For Fear of the Night

For Fear of the Night
Author: Charles L. Grant
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2017-02-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The amusement park on the pier burned ten days ago. The blackened skeleton of the House of Horrors is a grim reminder of summer's dreams turned to nightmares, of a young life cut short. Julie Etler and her friends had been looking forward to one final summer of freedom before college and the responsibilities of adulthood. Now Julie is dead. Or is she? Her voice is on Devin Graham’s answering machine. Her boyfriend, Tony, sees her walking on the moonlit beach. And something is haunting the ruins of the House of Night …

The Literature of Terror: Volume 2

The Literature of Terror: Volume 2
Author: David Punter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317888022

The Literature of Terror: the Modern Gothic is the second volume in David Punter's impressive survey of gothic writing covering over two centuries. This long awaited second edition has been expanded to take into account the latest critical research, and is now published in two volumes. Volume One covers the period from 1765 to the Edwardian age while Volume Two discusses modern gothic, starting with the 'decadent' gothic writing of Oscar Wilde and continuing through the twentieth century.

The Terror That Comes in the Night

The Terror That Comes in the Night
Author: David J. Hufford
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0812292596

David Hufford's work exploring the experiential basis for belief in the supernatural, focusing here on the so-called Old Hag experience, a psychologically disturbing event in which a victim claims to have encountered some form of malign entity while dreaming (or awake). Sufferers report feeling suffocated, held down by some "force," paralyzed, and extremely afraid. The experience is surprisingly common: the author estimates that approximately 15 percent of people undergo this event at some point in their lives. Various cultures have their own name for the phenomenon and have constructed their own mythology around it; the supernatural tenor of many Old Hag stories is unavoidable. Hufford, as a folklorist, is well-placed to investigate this puzzling occurrence.

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Author: John Clute
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 1110
Release: 1999-03-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780312198695

Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.

Inferno

Inferno
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2023-11-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504088735

This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear. To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would “provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights very bright and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear.” Mission accomplished. The resulting collection draws together some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories’ characters toil within their own hell. Winner of the 2008 World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award, and Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.

Orange World and Other Stories

Orange World and Other Stories
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525656146

From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell’s extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination. Karen Russell’s comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner in lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories. In“Bog Girl”, a revelatory story about first love, a young man falls in love with a two thousand year old girl that he’s extracted from a mass of peat in a Northern European bog. In “The Prospectors,” two opportunistic young women fleeing the depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant, hilarious title story, a new mother desperate to ensure her infant’s safety strikes a diabolical deal, agreeing to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection. The landscape in which these stories unfold is a feral, slippery, purgatorial space, bracketed by the void—yet within it Russell captures the exquisite beauty and tenderness of ordinary life. Orange World is a miracle of storytelling from a true modern master.

The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories

The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories
Author: Various
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 1176
Release: 2005-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840220568

A superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre; many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from the vintage era of the supernatural.

In the Forests of the Night

In the Forests of the Night
Author: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2009-08-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375897143

I was born to the name of Rachel Weatere in the year 1684, more than three hundred years ago. The one who changed me named me Risika, and Risika I became, though I never asked what it meant. I continue to call myself Risika, even though I was transformed into what I am against my will. By day, Risika sleeps in a shaded room in Concord, Massachusetts. By night, she hunts the streets of New York City. She is used to being alone. But now someone is following Risika. Someone has left her a black rose, the same sort of rose that sealed her fate three hundred years ago. Three hundred years ago Risika had a family -- a brother and a sister who loved her. Three hundred years ago she was human. Now she is a vampire, a powerful one. And her past has come back to torment her. This atmospheric, haunting tale marks the stunning debut of a promising fourteen-year-old novelist.

Night Terrors Vol. 1

Night Terrors Vol. 1
Author: Scare Street
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-08-28
Genre:
ISBN:

Terror stalks the night...An old woman's obsession with youth leads her to purchase a cursed appliance from a sinister antique shop. A new homeowner discovers her property comes with a deadly addition. And dark forces stalk a troop of innocent boy scouts when they spend the night on a haunted aircraft carrier... Scare Street delves into the darkness to bring you a new collection of spine-tingling terror. This diabolical tome is bursting with thirteen sinister stories of supernatural horror, featuring ghastly ghosts, cold-blooded killers, and fiendish visions torn from your worst fears. Just be careful you don't lose track of time as you meander through this shadowy landscape of dreams and nightmares. Because once the sun sets, something waits for you in the darkness of night. And if it finds you, you may never see daylight again... This bone-chilling supernatural collection contains: 1. Cool Air by Peter Cronsberry 2. The Presentation by Tarphy W. Horn 3. The Homeowner's Guide to Sanity by K. M. McKenzie 4. Retrospective: Florne's Ghost by Emil Pellim 5. 7734 by Ryan Benson 6. Aisle 3 by Rosie O'Carroll 7. Pumpkin Patch by C. B. Channell 8. The Third Father by A. M. Todd 9. Troop 94's Last Scouting Trip by Karl Melton 10. Play It, Win It, Kill It by J. M. White 11. Satan's Town by Bob Johnston 12. Everything as It Was by Warren Benedetto 13. Summer Camp by Ron Ripley