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  The Phantom of the Opera

  Gaston Leroux

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  Based on the translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.
   
   
  ‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as if I were face to face with Satan…’
   
   
  Erik, the Phantom of the Paris Opera House, is one of the great icons of horror literature. This tormented and disfigured creature has made his home in the labyrinthine cellars of this opulent building where he can indulge in his great passion for music, which is a substitute for the love and emotion denied him because of his ghastly appearance.
   
   
  It is in the Opera House that he encounters Christine Daaé whom he trains in secret to become a great singer. Erik’s passionate obsession with a beautiful woman beyond his reach is doomed and leads to the dramatic tragic finale.
   
   
  Gaston Leroux’s novel is a marvellous blend of detective story, romance and spine-tingling terror which has fascinated readers ever since the work was first published.

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  Old House of Fear

  Russell Kirk

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  A founding father of the American conservative movement, Russell Kirk (1918–94) was also a renowned and bestselling writer of fiction. Kirk’s focus was the ghost story, or “ghostly tale” – a “decayed art” of which he considered himself a “last remaining master.” Old House of Fear, Kirk’s first novel, revealed this mastery at work. Its 1961 publication was a sensation, outselling all of Kirk’s other books combined, including The Conservative Mind, his iconic study of American conservative thought. A native of Michigan, Kirk set Old House of Fear in the haunted isles of the Outer Hebrides, drawing on his time in Scotland as the first American to earn a doctorate of letters from the University of St. Andrews. The story concerns Hugh Logan, an attorney sent by an aging American industrialist to Carnglass to purchase his ancestral island and its castle called the Old House of Fear. On the island, Logan meets Mary MacAskival, a red-haired ingénue and love interest, and the two face off against Dr. Edmund Jackman, a mystic who has the island under his own mysterious control. This new edition features an introduction by James Panero, Executive Editor of The New Criterion.

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  A Dream to Die For - A Novel

  Susan Z. Ritz

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  In Riverton Falls, a small New England town, globe-trotting bartender Celeste Fortune stands in her kitchen puzzling over last night’s frightening dream—a woman at a window, lilacs blowing in the breeze, someone’s hands tight around her neck. Celeste is sure the dream belongs to someone else. Perhaps she has finally broken through to the collective dreams of Dreamland cult. Hoping her therapist and cult leader will help her untangle it, she heads off into the cold November morning to her final appointment with him—or so she hopes. Her estranged fiancé has delivered an ultimatum: Leave the cult of Dreamers, or end their relationship for good.
  
  Instead of help, however, Celeste discovers her therapist dying in a pool of blood, skull stove in by his own healing crystal. His computer, containing the intimate dreams and secrets of half the town, is gone. Suspicion immediately falls on Celeste, known to be a rebellious member of his cult. To clear her name, Celeste enlists the help of her old friend, Gloria, and the two women set out to find the real culprit. But in the middle of their hunt, the stolen dreams seemingly come to life, terrifying the town—and Celeste and Gloria become the killer’s next target.

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  The Lights

  Michelle D. Baillargeon

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  Agatha Bailey has taken up hiking as a distraction. Climbing the wooded trails near her new lake house has helped ease the pain and grief of a recent loss and the stress of new responsibilities. 
   
  Afer a hiking accident strands Aggie in the woods overnight, she has an odd but frightening experience on the dark trail. A true crime buff and armchair sleuth, Aggie is naturally curious about what she's seen, but it defies immediate explanation. 
   
  When Aggie and her best friend Rider are confronted with a equally eerie encounter, he reluctantly confesses that he saw nothing. 
   
  But now, someting has followed her home where the terrifying encounters continue and grow in intensity. When Rider is pulled away, Aggie realizes she's on her own with few options; confront the terror alone or abandon her new home. A home that she loves and has great plans for. 
   
  Read Unresolved - The Lights today and discover is Aggie has courage enough to face fear itself and reclaim her home from the dark force intent on driving her away. 

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  Coming Out Monster

  Erin Lee, Rena Marin

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  Every creature fantasizes about being the best of their kind. But what happens when your one supernatural talent is the thing that makes no sense to you at all? 
  A vampire who faints at the sight of blood. 
  A werewolf who believes every day is Hump Day. 
  A mute banshee. 
  A Wendigo afraid of the woods.  
  A vegan zombie. 
  A witch afraid to curse. 
  A monster afraid to get under the bed. 
  A demon with a conscience. 
  An angel with a dirty secret.  
  A shapeshifter who got stuck. 
  A sex addict ghost with an obsession.  
  Enter a fantastical other world of, well, [email protected] ups with only one way to ever fit into their molds…

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  Shadows of a Nightmare - Shadows #1

  Scott G. Gibson

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  Shadows of a Nightmare is a short story collection to haunt your nightmares and end the world as you know it. 
  These chilling tales are not ashamed of splashing blood across the page and crawling into the shadowy depths of horror: "The Rage", a grisly apocalyptic tale where a viral plague of anger overcomes humans; "Meat Market", about a killer monster who preys on gym-junkies to eat their well-toned flesh; "The Ghost", a harrowing supernatural tale about a man who is haunted by the world's most murderous spirit; "Alien Invasion", a story of extra-terrestrial beings taking over the world; "The Man in the Van" shows us what happens when an amateur sleuth tries to save his girlfriend from a vicious kidnapper; "Such is Life" asks what would happen if somebody went back in time to stop Ned Kelly and his gang from being killed at Glenrowan; plus many more. 
  Are you ready to enter a labyrinth of fear and thrills? Scott G Gibson's Shadows of a Nightmare brings you spine-tingling stories to keep you awake at night. Read them if you dare.

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