Editorial: Babelcube
In the town of Crowswood, located in Oregon - United States, the calm and peaceful life of its inhabitants will soon be disturbed by a suicide, which will uncover two horrible crimes and along with them something more perverse, ancient and evil, linked to the stormy local history, a secret that should never be revealed.
Hazel believes the creaking of her bones is due to age, disuse, or maybe diet...until the whispers start.Ver libro
When Kreel reluctantly accepts a position on the eerie midnight shift at a nearby cemetery, little does he realize that his proximity to the resting souls around him may soon become alarmingly intimate. His world is turned upside down when a woman with eyes as dark as the night itself, and a soul equally mysterious, lays claim to him as her own. Now, Kreel finds himself thrust into a desperate quest for a remedy, racing against the relentless advance of the new moon. As the lunar cycle wanes, he clings to the hope that his hourglass of time hasn't already run dry.Ver libro
Forced by accusations of fould play to exhume the body of a recently deceased man, a young detective finds something far worse than he expected. A collapsed jaw, tattered lips and leaking gums, an empty black cavern where once once the mouth had been, evidence that someone had attacked the body with pliers and stolen all of the teeth.In the Taking of Teeth Occult detective Erasmus Crane faces another terrifying case. and a race against time to prevent a murder. A case which will bring him face to face not only with a crazed mad man, but with the darker older forces that drive him.Ver libro
Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing. CHIMERA: The incoming tide nudged gently at the line of seaweed and broken shells. Her eyes were on the horizon, her bare toes dug into the sand.Ver libro
An old house turns out not to be as empty as its new owners supposed. A nobleman barters his soul for arcane knowledge. A stranger with a terrible curse looks for an unsuspecting victim to take her place. Monsters, killers and unquiet spirits stalk these stories, drawn from the places where folklore, the Gothic and modern fiction intertwine – Irish literature's dark and ever-present shadow.Ver libro
