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Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood is a horror story by Thomas Peckett Prest. Structured in different episodes, these are classic tales of blood sucking horrors at midnights, for fans of the genre.
Author : Thomas Peckett Prest
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood is a horror story by Thomas Peckett Prest. Structured in different episodes, these are classic tales of blood sucking horrors at midnights, for fans of the genre.
Author : Elaine Pascale
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 2009-12
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : 9780982484210
What happens when a kept woman refuses to take her ridatemp and begins thinking for herself? In If Nothing Else, Eve, We've Enjoyed the Fruit; she begins talking to bunches of grapes and cantaloupe that convince her to commit murder. Through her visitations with fruit, the woman learns that a gender war can be reversed by traveling back in time and eradicating the Tree of Knowledge and its villainous apples. The fruit persuade her by telling her four other stories. Boys Will Be Boys: A spa is turned into a concentration camp: just don't ride the elevators! Ripped to Shreds: Pregnant Jody Burkhoff's body is changing rapidly, but not as quickly as the lupine metamorphosis of her husband. First the neighborhood animals are mutilated, then the neighbors are viciously murdered. Which proves to be more dangerous, a monstrous creature or a hormonal woman? O: Khaki Barlow enters a pageant in which only one woman survives. She must complete tasks that are both mentally and physically daunting, all while trying to learn the meaning of the words left by the eliminated: I am here. Does she face incredible fears? Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle? The Prison of Man: Told as an ethnographical project, Lara Thomas researches the deaths of shoppers at a mall embedded in a small town, and encounters the legendary Goat Man. If Nothing Else (Prologue): Readers learn the final decision in the gender war.
Author : Maggie MacKeever
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780821778265
Emily Dinwiddle recruits the help of Count Revay-Czobar--a beautiful creature she suspect to be a vampire--to help solve her father's murder. His knowledge of London's underworld will help Emily navigate the city--and his seductive aura is something Emily doesn't mind, either. Original.
Author : Jay Stevenson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1101020016
Vampires are the hottest topic in popular culture today. From the now classic novels of Anne Rice, to the mega-selling series by Stephanie Meyer to the hit HBO series True Blood based on the bestselling novels of Charlaine Harris, the undead are certainly not dead in terms of books sales. Now, those curious about the history and lore of these creatures can get up to speed in the refreshed edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vampires. It provides a detailed explanation of the origins of vampires and insight into the fascination they hold in literature and belief. • Complete history and origins of this mythic creature • An explanation of the various rules that vampires exist by • A lively and exhaustive literary discussion of vampires and their importance in fiction
Author : William Hughes
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1526120100
Suicide and the Gothic is the first study of the representation of suicide in Gothic texts from the eighteenth century to the present. Poems, short stories, novels, films and video games are covered from European, American and Asian contexts.
Author : Heidi Betts
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0758278519
Love At First Bite Nightclub dancer Chloe Lamoureaux just met the man of her dreams: Aidan Raines is charming, considerate, rich, and hot. Of course, he's a little mysterious about his age. And his favorite drink. And he's not much for sunlight. But he's asked her to marry him, and she's ready to do it. Sure, she has a few secrets too--but they'll have plenty of time to work things out while they're living happily ever after. Right? Her identical twin sister, Chuck, isn't so sure. Maybe reporting for the local Bigfoot-sighting tabloid doesn't make her an expert, but to Chuck, Aidan and his brother Sebastian look like honest-to-Dracula vampires. Especially Sebastian: beguiling, seductive, and just a hint of dangerous. Maybe she wouldn't mind him taking a little taste. But with Chloe's life in the balance, she has to know--do they want hot love or hot blood? Or maybe. . .a little of both? Praise for The Bite Before Christmas "Enjoyable reading." --Romantic Times "Inventive, gently humorous, and fast-paced, this steamy paranormal anthology offers an alternative to the typical holiday fare; perfect for readers who want their romances on the edgy side." –Library Journal
Author : Various
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 1989-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140124454
The terrifying and definitive collection of Vampire stories from the masters of literary horror They're lurking under the cover of darkness…and between the covers of this book. Here, in all their horror and all their glory, are the great vampires of literature: male and female, invisible and metamorphic, doomed and daring. Their skin deathly pale, their nails curved like claws, their fangs sharpened for the attack, they are gathered for the kill and for the chill, brought frighteningly to life by Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, Tanith Lee, and other masters of the macabre. Careful—they are all crafty enough to steal their way into your imagination and steal away your hopes for a restful sleep.
Author : John Polidori William
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 2021-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789355220271
The Vampyre is a work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori taken from the story Lord Byron told as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Vampyre is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre."
Author : Deborah Chester
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1626815909
The stunning conclusion to the “masterful” Ruby Throne trilogy from the national bestselling author of Reign of Shadows and Shadow War (Extrapolation). After nine centuries—and ten lifetimes—the Emperor Kostimon is dead, and darkness sweeps the land. The emperor’s young widow, Elandra, has fled the shadows of war with her champion, the warrior Caelan—the man she has grown to love. But is the emperor truly dead? Or can the power of the shadow god bring him back? Elandra must make a fateful decision—to fulfill her destiny on the throne, or to follow her heart. And the warrior Caelan must stand and fight—for his life, for his love, and for the entire kingdom. “Chester is a world class fantasist.” —The Best Reviews
Author : Thomas Preskett Prest
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 42,58 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
First published in the year 1847, famous Victorian writer Thomas Preskett Prest's longish gothic story 'Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood' was serialized as weekly cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as "penny dreadfuls".