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  With and Without Buttons -...

  Mary Butts

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  Mary Frances Butts was born on 13th December 1890 in Poole, Dorset. 
   
  Her early years were spent at Salterns, an 18th-century house overlooking Poole Harbour.  Sadly in 1905 her father died, and she was sent for boarding at St Leonard's school for girls in St Andrews. 
  Her mother remarried and, from 1909, Mary studied at Westfield College in London, and here, first became aware of her bisexual feelings.  She was sent down for organising a trip to Epsom races and only completed her degree in 1914 when she graduated from the London School of Economics.  By then Mary had become an admirer of the occultist Aleister Crowley and she was given a co-authorship credit on his ‘Magick (Book 4)’. 
   
  In 1916, she began the diary which would now detail her future life and be a constant reference point for her observations and her absorbing experiences. 
   
  During World War I, she was doing social work for the London County Council in Hackney Wick, and involved in a lesbian relationship.  Life changed after meeting the modernist poet, John Rodker and they married in 1918. 
   
  In 1921 she spent 3 months at Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema in Sicily; she found the practices dreadful and also acquired a drug habit.  Mary now spent time writing in Dorset, including her celebrated book of short stories ‘Speed the Plough’ which saw fully develop her unique Modernist prose style. 
   
  Europe now beckoned and several years were spent in Paris befriending many artists and writing further extraordinary stories.   
   
  She was continually sought after by literary magazines and also published several short story collections as books. Although a Modernist writer she worked in other genres but is essentially only known for her short stories.  Mary was deeply committed to nature conservation and wrote several pamphlets attacking the growing pollution of the countryside. 
   
  In 1927, she divorced and the following year her novel ‘Armed with Madness’ was published.  A further marriage followed in 1930 and time was spent attempting to settle in London and Newcastle before setting up home on the western tip of Cornwall.  By 1934 the marriage had failed. 
   
  Mary Butts died on 5th March 1937, at the West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance, after an operation for a perforated gastric ulcer. She was 46. 
   
  Once more Butts reveals her wonderful talents.  Here, two sisters plan a prank on their neighbour.  But when real life imitates and amplifies their idea unease and dread come to the fore.

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  The Mass for the Dead

  Edith Nesbit

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  E. Nesbit’s The Mass for the Dead is a haunting tale of love, guilt, and the supernatural — a gothic romance where the boundaries between devotion and damnation blur in the flicker of candlelight. 
  When Jasper learns that the woman he loves is to marry another man — a wealthy Spaniard named Benoliel — his sleepless night turns into a waking nightmare. In the still hours before dawn, he hears a strange and beautiful music: a funeral mass for the dead. But when his beloved Kate confesses she too heard the same ethereal requiem, their destinies become entwined in a chilling mystery that stretches beyond the veil of life and death. 
  Driven by love, haunted by fate, and shadowed by the sins of pride and greed, The Mass for the Dead captures the eerie elegance of Victorian gothic fiction — where faith becomes fear and every vow carries a ghostly echo. 
  Narrated by Christopher Mireider, this dramatized performance brings E. Nesbit’s rarely heard masterpiece to life with haunting clarity and emotional depth. 
  Perfect for fans of Crimson Peak, The Turn of the Screw, and Wuthering Heights.

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  Journey Into Hell

  Joe Davison

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  Mike Strong has a face the bad guys like to punch. 
  Valkyrie City is full of killers, mobsters, and thieves—and that's just on the surface. In the city’s underbelly lurks something far worse. Generally, the citizens of Valkyrie City are blissfully unaware of the supernatural beings who live among them. 
  Harvard professor turned soldier Mike Strong returned from the battlefield a changed man. The evil he encountered gave him powers he never thought imaginable. Now he’s on a mission to rid his city of monsters, even if that means taking on a crime syndicate, a demon, and all the possessed contents of a haunted toy factory. 
  But if anyone is game: it’s Mike Strong. While he’ll earn his fair share of bumps and bruises, you should see the other guy…

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  I Was a Teenage Slasher: Book...

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas. 
  I Was a Teenage Slasher is a thrilling, pulse-pounding ride into the world of teen horror. Combining a gripping narrative with heart-stopping suspense, this audiobook takes you on a journey of survival, terror, and the haunting question of whether escaping the past is truly possible. Follow a teenage protagonist whose life is forever altered when she crosses paths with a masked slasher in a secluded town. As danger looms, trust is shattered, and the fight for survival becomes a race against time. Will she escape, or is she doomed to become another victim of the sinister figure lurking in the shadows? With chilling atmosphere, dark humor, and unexpected twists, I Was a Teenage Slasher is a must-listen for fans of teen horror and slasher films alike.

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  Hiding From the Light: An...

  Barbara Erskine

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  A gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, from the Sunday Times bestselling author… 
  The parish of Manningtree and Mistley has a dark history. In 1644, Cromwell's Witchfinder General tortured scores of women there, including Liza the herbalist, whose cottage still stands. Some say the spirits of his victims still haunt the old shop on the High Street… 
  Emma Dickson gave up her high-flying career to live in Liza’s cottage, but as Halloween approaches, visions of a terrible past are driving her to madness. In despair, Emma turns to the local rector for help, but he, too, is in the grip of something inexplicably dangerous… 
  Readers LOVE Barbara Erskine: 
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  ‘Captivating and engrossing’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  In her latest bestseller, Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Erskine masterfully combines suspense, historical mythology, and gothic elements to create a thrilling narrative. The ghostly legends and ancient fairy tales that permeate the story are not mere figments of imagination, but a haunting reality that adds depth to the plot. 
  For fans of Elena Collins (The Wicked Lady), Paula Brackston (The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish), Kelley Armstrong (A Stitch in Time), Susanna Kearsley (The Lesser Stars), and Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Babysitting is Hell

  Rachel Lawson

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  Babysitting is Hell 
  When the king of the grim reapers took his young great-granddaughter the princess of vampires to the afterlife to babysit her as he worked he didn't expect it would end up with him and his assistant hunting for blood.The Princess of Darkness 
  Vampires Queen Astra and King Max of Vampires's daughter is on her first day at kindergarten, will this ankle biter be a pain in the neck. 
  "Hurry up Astry we're late!" cried Astry Starfire's Mum, "get in the car." 
  Astry jumped in her Mum's car. 
  "You remember every thing?" asked her mother Astra, Queen of Vampires. 
  "Yes Mum," Astry said.," got my lunch bottle." 
  "Remember to call it tomato juice not blood and don't share it," said her mum. 
  ''Yes mum" said Astry. 
  "And don't tell any one about vampires," said Astra. 
  "Yes mum," said Astry. 
  "We're here!" said Astra a while later. 
  "Out you hop," said said Astra. 
  "Mummy why is that girl so pale," a young child asked seeing Astry. 
  The mum of the child saw Astra and Astry scooped up their child and put them in their car and said "You're going to another Kinder," and sped off in their car.

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