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150 Exquisite Horror Books

Author : Alessandro Manzetti

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Page : 210 pages

File Size : 22,21 MB

Release : 2021-11-05

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9781737721871

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A guide to some of the best horror and supernatural books, as recommended by several of the biggest names in the industry. Compiled and edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author Alessandro Manzetti, this is a guide to the best 150 books of modern horror, weird, and dark fantasy fiction (single author novels, novellas, and collections of short stories) published between 1986 and 2020. This captivating book includes publication details, reading notes and ratings for each work, as well as top-ten lists contributed by well-known writers, editors, critics, and essayists, including Joe R. Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell, John Skipp, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Jones, Linda D. Addison, Jack Bantry, David Barnett, Mort Castle, Randy Chandler, Brian Evenson, Owl Goingback, Eric J. Guignard, Paula Guran, Grady Hendrix, Kate Jonez, S.T. Joshi, Edward Lee, RC Matheson, Lisa Morton, Steve Rasnic Tem, David J. Schow, Craig Spector, Angela Yuriko Smith, Dacre Stoker, and Lucy Taylor. This guide is an essential resource for readers and fans of 20th century horror and supernatural books, in a modern and easy-to-read format, to discover the best books of the horror genre. Come dive into 150 books of must-read horror.



Phantoms

Author : Dean Koontz

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 448 pages

File Size : 41,79 MB

Release : 2002-02-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1440620172

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“Phantoms is gruesome and unrelenting…It’s well realized, intelligent, and humane.”—Stephen King They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California. At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease. But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...



Tender Is the Flesh

Author : Agustina Bazterrica

Publisher : Scribner

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 23,2 MB

Release : 2020-08-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1982150920

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Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.



Horror of the 20th Century

Author : Robert E. Weinberg

Publisher :

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 34,38 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Literary Collections

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The most renowned writers, illustrators, publishers, actors, and filmmakers are drawn together in this exquisite portrayal of horror. Every media from comics, paperbacks, hardcovers, and movies is represented in full color.



Le Berceau

Author : Julius Eks

Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc

Page : 85 pages

File Size : 22,92 MB

Release : 2020-03-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1635556880

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Ben considers himself lucky. He found Gabriel early in life and he is loved. But at twenty-one, he’s beginning to question if the boat of youthful independence will soon set sail without him. Will his devotion to Gabriel prevent him from exploring with other guys? Will he ever get to experience the heart-wavering thrill of falling in love again? Vacationing on Gabriel’s family boat on the French Riviera, Ben is unprepared for the arrival of Leo, a beautiful adolescent thriving in the noontide of carefree nonchalance. Over the course of a single day, Ben battles his burgeoning lust and intensifying guilt. Will he betray Gabriel, who has done nothing but love him? Or can he resist the carnal temptation of the most beautiful boy he has ever seen?



Arterial Bloom

Author : John Boden

Publisher :

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 24,87 MB

Release : 2020-04-02

Category :

ISBN : 9781646693108

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Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and macabre that exist within mankind. Each tale in this collection is resplendent with beauty, teeth, and heart.



H. P. Lovecraft

Author : Michel Houellebecq

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 118 pages

File Size : 28,13 MB

Release : 2019-09-03

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1683359747

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The award-winning French novelist pays tribute to a literary hero in this critical biography of the master of horror—with a foreword by Stephen King. Best known for his acclaimed novels, such as the Prix Goncourt-winning The Map and the Territory, Michael Houellebecq devotes his single work of nonfiction to the pioneering author of horror and weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft. In a volume that is part biographical sketch and part pronouncement on existence and literature, France's most famous contemporary author praises his prewar American alter ego, whose style couldn't be less like his own. With a foreword by Lovecraft admirer Stephen King, this eloquently translated edition is an insightful introduction to both Lovecraft’s dark mythology and Houellebecq’s deadpan prose.



The Best Horror of the Year

Author : Ellen Datlow

Publisher : Night Shade Books

Page : 497 pages

File Size : 33,61 MB

Release : 2022-12-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 159780665X

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From Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than four decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the thirteenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, and many others. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.



Absolute Unit

Author : Nick Kolakowski

Publisher :

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 43,8 MB

Release : 2021-07-27

Category :

ISBN : 9781737721819

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Absolute Unit is a dark carnival ride through the underside of the American Dream, where hustlers and parasites fight to survive against gun-toting furries, sarcastic drug kingpins, old ladies who are startlingly good with knives, and angry ex-girlfriends. It's a hardboiled slice of modern American horror that asks the deepest question of all: Is the human race worth saving?Bill is a nobody, a health inspector who's not above taking a few dollars to overlook a restaurant's mouse problem, and hated by nearly everyone except his long-suffering girlfriend. His nephew, Trent, isn't much better: sexually and morally confused, he's probably the worst teenage con artist on the East Coast. But today, these two losers are going to become the most important people in the world.That's because Bill and Trent harbor a sentient parasite with a sarcastic sense of humor and a ravenous appetite. As the parasite figures out how to control its new human hosts, the focus of its desires grows from delicious cheeseburgers and beer to something much darker and more dangerous.The apocalypse might come from within us?



It

Author : Stephen King

Publisher : Berkley

Page : 1102 pages

File Size : 28,89 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Children

ISBN : 9780451169518

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"Previously published in a Viking edition. A limited first edition of this book has been published by Phantasia Press"--T.p. verso.