Verlag: Black Bed Sheet Books
A sinister night falls over the relaxed rural community of Dominic County. Before the light of day would return to the quiet woodland town, many came to believe that the gates of Hell had broken open and the Devil's minions were rampantly spreading terror and death there. The Chophouse is OPEN!
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume we examine Gothic short stories from the woman’s point of view. More usually in this genre the main examples are almost always given as male. Well, in this volume we prove that view needs severely testing. Here we explore works by classic women authors who, with the sheer breadth of their talents and narratives, can make mere men seem tame by comparison. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - Women's Gothic - An Introduction 2 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot 4 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot 5 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 6 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit 7 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett 8 - The Bishop of Hell by Marjorie Bowen 9 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 10 - The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton 11 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 12 - The Ghost at the Rath by Rosa MulhollandZum Buch
"Sweet Ermengarde" is a short comic story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft under the pseudonym "Percy Simple". As a comedy it is a curiosity of his early writing, and was probably written between 1919 and 1921; Lovecraft scholars state it is "the only work of fiction by HPL that cannot be dated with precision." It was first published in the Arkham House collection Beyond the Wall of Sleep (1943).The story is a parody of romantic melodrama, centering on Ethyl Ermengarde Stubbs and her relationships with villainous mortgage-holder 'Squire Hardman, would-be rescuer Jack Manly and fiancé Algernon Reginald Jones. An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia suggests that a more precise target for Lovecraft's satire was writer Fred Jackson, whose novels often "have exactly the sort of implausibility of plot and sentimentality of action that is parodied in 'Sweet Ermengarde'.Zum Buch
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. Step into the twisted fields of The Wicked Harvest, an audiobook that drags you into a world where crops whisper and roots thirst for more than water. In this haunting journey, you’ll: Wander moonlit rows of corrupted corn, where every rustle of stalks hints at something lurking just beneath the soil. Uncover the sinister pact between desperate farmers and an ancient earth spirit, its demands growing darker with each new season. Feel the unsettling pull of the harvest moon as it draws restless tendrils of fear through weathered barns and silent silos. Follow a reluctant agronomist racing against time to save her town—before the fields claim every last soul in their relentless cycle of sacrifice. Narrated with a tense, immersive cadence and woven with atmospheric soundscapes—from the soft snap of brittle stalks to distant, mournful chants—The Wicked Harvest entangles you in a tale of dread and desperation. Press play… and beware: once you hear the first scythe’s whisper, there may be no escape from what’s growing in the dark.Zum Buch
Answering a frantic call for help from his hated rival, Bristol McGrath finds the man's servant not only murdered but tortured and left for dead- Staked to the ground and tortured. Finding Richard Ballville having been taken prisoner and being tortured as well, Bristol kills his guard. Bristol learns his supposedly lost to-death love had not been lost after all- and she too is in danger! There, in the Pinelands the two men learn of a cult meaning to make a sacrifice to their god. Things from the darkest, most ancient times of human history and from long before don't stay in their own lands. When called forth by the greed and lust of men, things from far off will answer.Zum Buch
Communications specialist Alto’s shift aboard the starship M.G. Yellowjacket turns hellish after waking from a tryst to learn every crewmate has vanished. Worse, a sinister presence has crawled aboard the ship. It’s violent, destructive, and it can reach into your thoughts to make you see and feel what it wants.Anxiety-ridden Alto might be the least-qualified person to face a creature that can hack minds like computers. Only a perilous journey to the ship’s bridge can reunite comms specialist with crew and give them a chance to call for help.But the intruder only scratches the surface of this crisis, and discovering the truth will bring Alto face to face against a nightmare beyond flesh and thought.Zum Buch
The New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones, brings readers a spine-tingling journey through a young boy's haunted home. Winner of the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction!"A triumph. So emotionally raw, disturbing, creepy, and brilliant."—Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror MovieWalking through his own house at night, a young boy thinks he sees another person stepping through a doorway. The figure reminds him of his long-dead father, who drowned mysteriously before his family left the reservation. When he follows, it he discovers his house is bigger and deeper than he ever knew. The house is the kind of wrong place where you can lose yourself and find things you'd rather not have. Over the course of a few nights, the boy tries to map out his house in an effort that puts his younger brother in the worst danger, and puts him in the position to save them . . . at a terrible cost."Brilliant." —The New York TimesAlso by Stephen Graham Jones:Night of the MannequinsA Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.Zum Buch
