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High medieval gothic horror, featuring vampire Genevieve, from an undisputed master of macabre fiction.
Kim Newman je majster žánrovej literatúry, ktorý s neuveriteľnou komplexnosťou a humorom čerpá z prvkov hororu, sci-fi a fantasy. Jeho diela sú plné odkazov na klasickú i populárnu kultúru, pričom sa pohráva s očakávaniami čitateľov a subvertuje žánrové konvencie. Newmanov štýl je charakteristický hravosťou a schopnosťou prepájať zdanlivo nesúrodé odkazy do pútavých a často znepokojivých príbehov. Či už skúma alternatívne histórie, kde sa fikcia stáva realitou, alebo sa ponára do temných zákutí ľudskej psychiky, jeho písanie vždy ponúka jedinečný a provokatívny pohľad na svet.







High medieval gothic horror, featuring vampire Genevieve, from an undisputed master of macabre fiction.
Readers are taken through a journey in the fantasy land of Warhammer through five interwoven novellas featuring Genevieve the vampire.
It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders. Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history. Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London.
Sir Edward Grey is sent to Hallum to investigate the death of a crown-appointed official, but once he is there he hears rumors of the mysterious Unland, the wetlands around the town, and the creatures that inhabit it. Grey's skepticism of the murder vanishes when he encounters the monsters of Unland, and he realizes that Hallam is a place of secrets.
A classic vampire tale set in the Old World of Warhammer Fantasy.
A classic vampire tale set in the Old World of Warhammer Fantasy.
A compilation of the spine-chilling artwork of Les Edwards, master of Gothic horror.
One of a series of novels set in a nightmare USA of the near future; an anarchic, cybergoth world devastated by climatic catastrophe and populated by gang-cults and policed zones. Society is marked by a resurgence of tribalism, and even the laws of nature are on the brink of collapse.
In 1968, George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby brought a new slant to the horror film, bringing zombies and witchcraft into a contemporary setting, and much closer to home than the cardboard Transylvanias of earlier films. This work is a critical overview of the horror movie genre from the late 1960s with a discussion of over 2000 films - masterpiece and monstrosity alike.
From Frankenstein to Peeping Tom , the imaginative flair of the horror film has always shocked and delighted viewers. Packed with images of the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, this definitive volume traces the genre decade by decade, providing a witty and informative critique of more than 200 movies from all over the world. A team of seasoned, top horror experts leads the way with authority, humor, and encyclopedic knowledge, making this a superb guide for both die-hard and new horror fans.
Krokodil is an arch assassin who is also possessed by a demon. Many people want her dead because she interferes with corporate plans. So much so that the powers that be feel the need to send three hit men to hunt her down -- one of which is another demon. What's a girl and demon host supposed to do to earn a living?
1989... One of the two superpowers which has dominated the 20th century is on the verge of being torn apart. The old communists regime which has held sway since the Revolution of 1917 is weak and divided. Dissident voices, silent for too long, have been raised against the corrupt and inefficient gangsterism of a morally and financially bankrupt ruling party. A new age of openness and reconstruction is dawning... This is the United Socialist States of America. When Eugene Debs led the Revolution, few expected it to lead to the iron-fisted regime of Chairman Al "Scarface" Capone, a dictatorship that would last into the 1950s. But no tyranny, capitalist or communists, can stop real revolutionaries like Buddy Holy, Howard Hughes, Tom Joad, Eliot Ness, Kurt Vonnegut, andthe Blues Brothers. This is the story of 20th century where America had a revolution... and Russia didn't; where there were Tsars in the Kremlin and Commissars in the White House. Where America invaded Japan and Britain fought the war in Vietnam; where Isaac Asimov was a Russian TV astrologer and Ed Gein was a Hero of Labor. Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne turn history on its head with this novel of "what if...?" -- a must-read for Proletariats world-wide!
It is 1918 and Dracula is commander-in-chief of the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. As ever the Diogenes Club is at the heart of British Intelligence and Charles Beauregard and his protege Edwin Winthrop go head-to- head with the lethal vampire flying machine that is the Bloody Red Baron...
Modern masters of the macabre bring the dead to life in this specially re-vamped edition of the classic compilation every horror fan will want to sink their teeth into. From an award-winning editor who knows the genre backwards, here is the very best in vampire fiction: from tales of tempting sirens to contemporary serial killers; from the dark origins of fairy tales to a modern reinterpretation of the King of the Undead himself, Count Dracula. This revised edition features over a dozen new stories, including Tina Rath's A Trick of the Dark and Kim Newman's Andy Warhol's Dracula, as well as classic novellas such as Hugh B. Cave's Stragella and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Investigating Jericho. There are contributions by Nancy Kilpatrick, Christopher Fowler, Paul Mcauley, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tina Rath, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison and Kim Newman.
A collection of stories which re-open some of the great closed cases of fantasy and horror fiction. Newman explores familiar universes in a new, unusual light, from Dr Jekyll to Dracula, and from a Victorian ghost story to the Paris of Bogart and Bergman.
Considered alongside / Am Legend and Interview with the Vampire as one of the stand-out vampire stories of the last century, this novel is part of the influential Anno Dracula series.
Deliciously creepy, this loving tribute to the master of modern horror features riveting stories from his wicked progeny. H. P. Lovecraft created a wealth of legendary monstrosities a century ago, and this collection of stories reconnects with those imaginings: the massive, tentacled Cthulhu, who lurks beneath the sea waiting for his moment to rise; the demon Sultan Azathoth, who lies babbling at the center of the universe, mad beyond imagining; the Deep Ones, who come to shore to breed with mortal men; and the unspeakably-evil Hastur, whose very name brings death. Celebrating these famous beasts in all their grotesque glory, each story is a gripping new take on a classic mythos creature accompanied by an illuminating illustration. In one accursed tale, something unnatural slouches from the sea into an all-night diner to meet the foolish young woman waiting for him. In another storyline the Hounds of Tindalos struggle to survive trapped in human bodies, haunting pool halls for men they can lure into the dark. Strange, haunting, and undeniably monstrous, this is the best of Lovecraft's creatures—reawakened and re-imagined.
Stories of famous monsters in a new horror anthology featuring Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, and many others. Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau, the Headless Horseman, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Wicked Witch of the West--they're all here, in this collection of horror short stories that reimagine, subvert, and pay homage to our favorite monsters and creatures. Written by the biggest names in the genre--including Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Morton, Owl Goingback, Richard Christian Matheson, Seanan McGuire, Maurice Broaddus, Dacre Stoker, Linda D. Addison, Alessandro Manzetti, Tim Waggoner, John Palisano, Mercedes M. Yardley, Lucy A. Snyder, Gary A. Braunbeck, Rena Mason, and Monique Snyman. And monstrously illustrated by Colton Worley and Mister Sam Shearon.
Welcome to the City made from a dream. But this isn’t any dream; it is the dark and haunting nightmare of a killer. It is the near future and old-fashioned movies, or “flatties”, have been replaced by Dreams, virtual reality scenarios written by professional Dreamers. When infamous criminal Truro Daine escapes imprisonment, he flees into the City, an artificial world of his own creation, where he rules as the all-powerful Night Mayor. Now, detective Dreamer Tom Tunney and Susan Bishopric, author of romance Dreams, must join forces to track him down. But how do you hunt the Night Mayor in a city populated by a dense crowd of strangely familiar characters, where it’s always two-thirty in the morning, shots never kill and the creator is omnipresent in every drop of falling rain…?
Now officially the most popular drama on television, Doctor Who has seen many ups and downs in its long and colourful history. From humble beginnings in 1963 to its cancellation in 1989 and resurrection in 2005, the show has always been a quintessential element of British popular culture. This new, updated edition of the bestselling Pocket Essential guide puts all the Doctors under the microscope with facts, figures and opinions on every Doctor Who story televised.
As a six-year-old in the school playground you are asked to choose your favourite 'Man From Uncle' character: Napoleon Solo or Illya Kuriakin? If you choose the latter you are small, quiet and sensitive, prone to screaming fits and bullied. If the former, you join a gang, can look after yourself, become a successful businessman, get married. You make the choices, the story is your life. LIFE'S LOTTERY is a novel you can play like a game, read like a book or live like a life.
In 1961, Derek Leech rises from the polluted Thames to build a media empire. By 1978, three ambitious men make a deal with him. As Leech's goals culminate in 1994, the men face struggles and confront the harsh truth of their choices.
Anne Nielson, an American journalist, comes to London to investigate the strange death of her sister. Soon, she becomes sucked into a netherworld of corruption and perversion and is hurtled toward a final confrontation where she has only the dead as allies.
A week after Mother found her sleeping on the ceiling, Amy Thomsett is delivered to her new school, Drearcliff Grange in Somerset. Although it looks like a regular boarding school, Amy learns that Drearcliff girls are special, the daughters of criminal masterminds, outlaw scientists and master magicians. Several of the pupils also have special gifts like Amy’s, and when one of the girls in her dormitory is abducted by a mysterious group in black hoods, Amy forms a secret, superpowered society called the Moth Club to rescue their friend. They soon discover that the Hooded Conspiracy runs through the School, and it's up to the Moth Club to get to the heart of it.
A dysfunctional British nuclear family seek a new life away from the big city in the Somerset countryside. At first their new home, seems to embrace them, creating a rare peace and harmony within the family. But when the house turns on them, it seems to know just how to hurt them the most - threatening to destroy them from the inside out.
Krokodil ist eine Auftragskillerin, die auch von einem Dämon besessen ist. Viele Menschen wollen sie tot, weil sie sich in die Pläne der Konzerne einmischt. So sehr, dass die Mächtigen das Bedürfnis verspüren, drei Auftragskiller zu schicken, um sie zu jagen – einer von ihnen ist ein weiterer Dämon. Was soll ein Mädchen und Dämonenwirt tun, um seinen Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen?
With authors ranging from Stephen King to Steven Spruill, this anthology of horror fiction aims to showcase some of the genre's newer stars as well as many older and more established writers.
Creature condannate, nelle notti di plenilunio, a subire orripilanti metamorfosi e ad assalir gli esseri umani più indifesi,spesso proprio le persone da loro amate,i licantropi costituiscono la figura più tragica del pantheon orrorifico. Ventitre racconti tradotti per la prima volta in italiano riuniscono, in questa antologia,i nomi più prestigiosi della narrativa fantastica che si sono magistralmente cimentati nella rielaborazione del mito del Lupo Mannaro - rilanciato anche dal Cinema con il film "Wolf",interpretato da Jack Nicholson e da Michelle Pfeiffer - Graham Masterton,Peter Tremayne,Karl Edward Wagner,Ramsey Campbell, Basil Copper con i loro uomini-lupo rievocano in ventitre modi diversi la natura animale che è in ciascuno di noi. Dopo aver letto le storie di questo libro, le notti di luna piena non saranno più le stesse per noi...
Eine der Romane, die in einem Albtraum-USA der nahen Zukunft spielen; eine anarchische Welt, die von klimatischen Katastrophen verwüstet wurde, in der die Gesellschaft von einem Wiederaufleben des Tribalismus geprägt ist und selbst die Gesetze der Natur am Rande des Zusammenbruchs stehen. Der Held des Buches ist der nicht tote, sondern im Ruhestand befindliche Elvis Presley.