RACCONTO HORROR - L'Inferno aveva cercato Jack per la prima volta mentre lui giaceva disteso in un vicolo vicino a un bar malfamato di Baton Rouge.In questa oscura e inquietante reinterpretazione del mito di Jack Lanterna, Jack è un giocatore d'azzardo, un truffatore e un assassino la cui fortuna bussa alla sua porta la notte di Halloween, quando a un passo dalla morte incontra in un vicolo di Baton Rouge un demone giunto fin lì a reclamare la sua anima perduta. Con un po' di ingeg...

L'atmosfera sinistra di una vecchia casa abbandonata o di un cimitero, una sensazione improvvisa di gelo, rumori inspiegabili, una figura evanescente percepita con la coda dell'occhio: l'apparizione di un fantasma è da sempre ben radicata nel nostro immaginario. Se c'è un elemento comune a tutte le culture del pianeta è proprio la credenza in queste manifestazioni soprannaturali, presenze inquietanti che suscitano timore, protagoniste di leggende popolari, miti e tradizioni arcaiche. Nella...

Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer’s Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism – when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born.Among our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by ‘spirit rappings’; Daniel Dunglas Home, the ‘greatest medium of all time’; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Hel...

Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays, cornfield mazes, and haunted houses—and, most important, copious amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China, and Japan, but its association with death and the...

In the history of the numinous there are few things more common than the belief in ghosts. From the earliest writings such as the Epic of Gilgamesh to today’s ghost-hunting reality TV shows, ghosts have chilled the air of nearly every era and every culture in human history. In this book, now available in B-format paperback, Lisa Morton wrangles together history’s most enduring ghosts into an entertaining and comprehensive look at what otherwise seems to always evade our eyes.

From Bram Stoker Award® winner Lisa Morton comes this collection of 35 new short nightmares! Culled from her Spine Tinglers podcast, you'll find terrors here both classic and as contemporary as today's headlines. Looking for a good vampire story to sink your teeth into? Check out "Incident in a Drugstore Parking Lot," about a world at war with vampires...but they may not be the real bad guys. Love chompin' with the zombies? In "One Shot," a woman is forced to choose between what's legal (k...

Theatre director Beth Ortiz is the newest resident of The Castle, an exclusive Los Angeles artists' community. Anxious actors aren't all Beth has to worry about in her new space, however, for The Castle has a secret history of madness and murder, and a celebrity artist who develops a strange fixation on Beth....And The Castle also happens to be haunted by some particularly uneasy spirits....Written by Lisa Morton, Bram Stoker Award-winning author, and narrated by ho...

Robert McCammon, Kevin Lucia, John R. Little, Lisa Morton, and Mark Allan Gunnells put the horror back in Halloween with a quintet of devilishly delightful tales, curated by acclaimed author and editor Brian James Freeman.STRANGE CANDY by Robert McCammonChocolate bars and sour suckers are trick-or-treat staples, but beware the odd sweet at the bottom of your bag. You never know who it’s from—or what it might do to you.THE RAGE OF ACHILLES by ...

NEW WARRIORS IN AN ANCIENT BATTLE…The ongoing battle against the immortal Elder Gods enters the modern age. Magic, mayhem, and murder no longer reign in dusty books discovered in decrepit libraries. Today's monsters can be called by more than uncanny rituals in candlelit basements. Madness lurks on the internet and lives in the locker room. It breeds in the mall and ambushes its victims outside the club.But those who fight this vast evil have also moved int...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

Una raccolta di racconti horror di alcuni dei più grandi interpreti dell’horror e dello splatterpunk mondiale e nazionale. Volume 2.Contiene i racconti, mai pubblicati in lingua italiana: ‘Gli Ospiti’ di Gary Braunbeck, opera vincitrice del Bram Stoker Award 2003, 'Messo alla prova' di Lisa Morton, opera vincitrice del Bram Stoker Award 2006, l’inedito 'Il Re che dorme' di Caleb Battiago e ‘Il Vecchio Crudele’ di Ramsey Campbell.Quattro diverse interpretazioni dell'horror mod...

Our world is not as safe and secure as we believe. There are hunters out there, watching us, stalking us, waiting for their moment to strike. They are the predatory kind. Joe McKinney has brought together ten tales of horror and supernatural suspense by some of the todays top thriller writers, including: Scott Nicholson, Joseph Nassise, Simon Wood, Maria Alexander, Lucius Shepard, Nate Kenyon, Kealan Patrick Burke, Lisa Morton and Jeremy C. Shipp