OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE is a spectacular, propulsive fantasy adventure from the bestselling collaboration between 'master craftsmen' (Washington Post) Stephen King and Peter Straub.It is the story of Jack Sawyer who first travelled between America and the Territories to save his mother's life as a twelve-year-old boy. Many years later, as a retired policeman, he returns to face a serial killer.Now, he must undertake a dangerous journey, to stop bot...

The iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our time...Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother.His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between ...

'The best thing of its kind since Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House'NewsweekIn the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories: some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives.But one story is coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifyi...

Could the past he thought he'd escaped be reaching out to him from the Black House . . .Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called the Territories in search of the talisman to save his mother's life.Now Jack is a former Los Angeles homicide detective living in the quiet town of French Landing in Wisconsin. But a series of murders involving young children force him out of retirement.If Jack is to save the latest...

"Superstar editor Datlow makes no missteps...."—Publishers WeeklyTake a terrifying journey with literary masters of suspense, including Peter Straub, Kim Newman, and Caitlín R. Kiernan, visiting a place where the other is somehow one of us. These electrifying tales redefine monsters from mere things that go bump in the night to inexplicable, deadly reflections of our day-to-day lives. Whether it's a seemingly devoted teacher, an obsessive devotee of swans, or a dine...

The Beauty of Death Anthology, edited by Bram Stoker Award® Winning Author Alessandro Manzetti.BRAM STOKER AWARDS 2016 NOMINEE - SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGYOver 40 stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers. Stories by: Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Edward Lee, John Skipp, Poppy Z. Brite, Nick Mamatas, Shane McKenzie,Tim Waggoner, Lisa Morton, Gene O'Neill, Linda Addison, Maria Alexander, Monica O'Rourke, John Palisano, Bruce ...

In each of these stories from some of greatest writers of horror and dark fiction, water plays the dual role of accomplice and executioner. With accidental drownings, irresistible calls of sirens from the deep, strange whisperings from household plumbing, faces of the dead in droplets of water, rabid fish, leviathan monsters, and more, these thirty-nine tales of death by water will make you think twice about taking that long-awaited cruise, going for a midnight swim, or taking your next sh...

'Moves like an express train - very fine work indeed'STEPHEN KINGWealthy, middle-aged women in an exclusive Connecticut suburb are dying, one by one, and their murderer remains at large. Nora Chancel, wife of publishing scion Davey Chancel, fears she may be next. After all, her past has branded her a victim.Then Davey tells Nora a surreal story about the Hellfire Club, where years before he met an obsessed fan of Chancel House's most...

Peter Straub’s most acclaimed and biggest-selling novel – a visceral thriller with its roots in Vietnam – now reissued in a different cover style and making its first appearance on the HarperCollins list.‘KOKO… ’ Only four men knew what it meant. Vietnam vets. One was a doctor. One was a lawyer. One was a working stiff. One was a writer. All were as different as men could be – yet all were bound eternally together by a single shattering secret. And now they are joined together agai...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GHOST STORYForty years ago, Spenser Mallon led a group of young students to witness a brutal, ritual murder. The survivors never recovered. Now, it seems, he's back...It is the 1960s and the charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favours of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local...

A dazzling chilller from the bestselling author of KOKO and LOST BOY LOST GIRL.Award-winning children's book author Willy Patrick seems to be having a breakdown. Figures from her past are coming to visit her, most frighteningly her dead daughter, Holly, who was murdered together with Willy’s first husband. Then Willy discovers her mysterious fiancé may well have been responsible for the deaths of her husband and daughter.After fleeing the house they are renovating she runs ...

Heh, Heh, Kiddies! They say that you can always tell a GOOD BOOK by its COVER! Well, after you BONE UP on the front of this first BEST OF volume of THE WORLD S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY by legendary artist NORMAN SAUNDERS, you ll be left SPELLBOUND by some of the most SIZZLING fiction ever published in this AWARD-WINNING series. Between these covers are DEVILISHLY GOOD STORIES by RAMSEY CAMPBELL, HARLAN ELLISON, CHRISTOPHER FOWLER, NEIL GAIMAN, CAITLIN R. K...