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"What
is it that our horror literature and science fiction haul in whenever
they seek to make our skin crawl? Anything alive, mindless, and
gooey... anything sloppy, slobbering, liquescent, smelly, slimy,
gurgling, putrescent, mushy, grubby... things amoeboid or fungoid
that stick and cling, that creep and seep and grow... In a word,
anything organic,
and as messy as birth, sex, death, or decay." |
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(Theodore Roszak,
Where
the Wasteland Ends) |
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Midnight
Muse Books: Dark Fiction Favorites |
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The
Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson |
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We
Have Always Lived
in
the Castle
Shirley Jackson |
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The
Lottery and Other Stories
Shirley Jackson
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Skeleton
Crew
Stephen King
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Our
vote for best short story in this collection: "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut."
Do
you concur? |
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Pet
Sematary
Stephen King
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One
of the scariest books ever,
touching upon the darkest mysteries in the heart of man and
in Nature.
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Dolores
Claiborne
Stephen King
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A
surprisingly good and solid book, bordering on downright literature. |
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Heroes
and Villains
Angela Carter |
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The
Bloody Chamber
and
Other Stories
Angela Carter
(read
our review)
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The
Magic Toyshop
Angela Carter |
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Interview
With the Vampire
Anne Rice
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The
Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice |
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Queen
of the Damned
Anne Rice |
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The
Witching Hour
Anne Rice
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Lasher
Anne Rice |
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Taltos
Anne Rice
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No
cover picture available; but we highly recommend (and own) this
book. Includes Oscar Wilde's wonderful story, The Canterville
Ghost.
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Ghosts:
A
Haunting Treasury of 40 Chilling Tales
ed. by Marvin Kaye
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Gothic
Ghosts
edited by Charles Grant |
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No
cover picture available; but we highly recommend (and own) this
book. Some really excellent & disturbing stuff, more chilling for
the ring of authenticity.
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"I
Never Believed
in
Ghosts Until..."
100
Real-Life Encounters
by USA Weekend
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Castleview
Gene Wolfe
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This
book is seriously strange. We'd describe it if we knew how, but all
we can say is, it has something
to do with King Arthur, the unseelie fae, and a talking cat named G.
Gordon Kitty... |
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Cabal/Lord
of Illusions
Clive Barker
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The
novella "Cabal" inspired the 1988 movie Nightbreed,
now a cult favorite. A must for goths, vampyres and anyone else who
resonates to the phrase "children of the night..." |
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Books
of Blood
Clive Barker
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