Paperbacks from Hell

Paperbacks from Hell
Author: Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1594749825

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s. Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary’s Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like V. C. Andrews and R. L. Stine, plus many more who’ve faded into obscurity. Also included are recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried.

The Pack (Paperbacks from Hell)

The Pack (Paperbacks from Hell)
Author: David Fisher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781948405522

In the August heat they frolicked on the beaches, fetched sticks, played with the children. Then the summer dwellers left, abandoning them to the island's harsh winter. Ravenous hunger and violent rage have brought them together under a cunning, ferocious leader. Man has betrayed his best friend--now the dogs will have their day. It's a bitter winter, and the dogs of summer have grown hungry ... and vicious! This edition of David Fisher's The Pack (1976) features a new introduction by Will Errickson and the original cover painting by Lydia Rosier. "A flesh-crawling thriller!"--The New York Times

When Darkness Loves Us

When Darkness Loves Us
Author: Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-11
Genre: Horror tales, American
ISBN: 9780982159668

Sally Ann is a bright and bubbling farm girl, still caught in the thrill of a brand-new husband and a shining future ahead. When a careless exploration leaves her trapped underground, she learns to live again in the absence of everything she once knew. Even driven by love and light, Sally Ann finds the deepest darkness within herself in When Darkness Loves Us. Old Martha Mannes has been a part of Morgan, Illinois since her birth. The whole town knows her as the dim-witted woman who was born without a nose, but Martha's mind wasn't always a blank slate. Unlocking the monster buried deep in her memories may bring back the sparkling child she once was...or it may send those around her crashing down into the nightmares of a little girl gone wrong. A reprinting of Elizabeth Engstrom's first book, this two-novella collection twists together the beauty and horror underlying the seeming simplicity of small town life.

Black Ambrosia

Black Ambrosia
Author: Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781948405942

Angelina is a killer. You'd never know it to look at her--until you look into her eyes. Angelina doesn't kill out of hatred or fear--she kills out of love, bringing solace to her victims, guided by the seductive Voice that speaks only to her. Angelina offers you eternal peace--at the cost of your soul! This new edition of Elizabeth Engstrom's rare and highly sought-after 1980s horror classic features an introduction by Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell) and the original cover art by Bob Eggleton. "Behind Engstrom's soft-voice style is power, is surprise, is--well, ferocity!"--Theodore Sturgeon

Room

Room
Author: Emma Donoghue
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2017-05-07
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 178682177X

Kidnapped as a teenage girl, Ma has been locked inside a purpose built room in her captor's garden for seven years. Her five year old son, Jack, has no concept of the world outside and happily exists inside Room with the help of Ma's games and his vivid imagination where objects like Rug, Lamp and TV are his only friends. But for Ma the time has come to escape and face their biggest challenge to date: the world outside Room.

Gwen, in Green

Gwen, in Green
Author: Hugh Zachary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954321557

After receiving a large insurance settlement, young couple Gwen and George fulfill a dream by buying their own little island, a secluded, private paradise surrounded by a lush green landscape of plants. What the real estate man didn't tell them was that a tragedy took place years earlier in the cool, clear pool near the house. And the waters still hold a terrifying, centuries-old secret. Soon George begins to notice strange changes in his wife. Always so reserved and demure, suddenly Gwen has become passionate and insatiable. And then there are the people who have mysteriously started to disappear ... This first-ever reissue of Hugh Zachary's eco-horror novel Gwen, in Green (1974) features the original cover painting by George Ziel and a new introduction by Will Errickson.

The Auctioneer

The Auctioneer
Author: Joan Samson
Publisher: Centipede Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781933618203

A hardcover, nonreturnable signed edition with a short print run (300 numbered copies).

A Nest of Nightmares

A Nest of Nightmares
Author: Lisa Tuttle
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1782068708

A masterful collection of stories 'guaranteed to leave you strongly disquieted' says Neil Gaiman. What happens when your everyday life begins to skew towards the inexplicable and insane? What do you do when your already fractured normality shatters? Featuring all female protagonists, A Nest of Nightmares will take you on a journey through unease and disquiet. This classic of modern horror by award-winning author Lisa Tuttle' is 'the most significant book of its kind to take a consistently feminist approach to horror fiction' (Jessica Amanda Salmonson) Settle down to a collection of contemporary chills and shivers by one of the best horror writers in the world. Includes the stories 'Bug House', 'Dollburger', 'Community Property', 'Flying to Byzantium', 'Treading the Maze', 'The Horse Lord', 'The Other Mother', 'Need', 'The Memory of Wood', 'A Friend in Need',' Stranger in the House', 'Sun City' and 'The Nest'.

Omega for the Pack

Omega for the Pack
Author: N. J. Lysk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781979931779

Five alphas. One omega. The fate of their pack is in their hands. But what about the fate of their hearts? When Ray presents as an omega instead of an alpha, his life changes forever. As a male omega, he's expected to mate with a select group of alphas and start a pack of his own. The five men selected for him are as different as they are keen. And one of them is his best friend, Josh, who Ray was sure could never return his feelings. But now they all must deal with the mating instinct that the power of the Moon brings out in them; and after that... Ray will have bigger problems than a crush. Can Ray become the submissive omega his pack needs him to be? Will the alphas understand how hard it is for him, or demand more than he can give? If you enjoy dark romance, you'll love N.J. Lysk's Omega For The Pack. Buy now for group sex, mating instincts, knotting, biting, breeding, and a healthy dose of angst!