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Dead Funny

Horror Stories by Comedians

by Robin Ince, Mitch Benn, Katy Brand, Neil Edmond, Richard Herring, Charlie Higson, Matthew Holness, Rufus Hound, Phill Jupitus0, Tim Key1, Stewart Lee2, Michael Legge3, Al Murray4, Sara Pascoe5, Reece Shearsmith6, Danielle Ward7 ...

What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny is an audacious anthology, featuring tales of terror from some of the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this unique exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror to see if they do, as believed, make the most comfortable of ... Read more

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What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny is an audacious anthology, featuring tales of terror from some of the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this unique exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror to see if they do, as believed, make the most comfortable of
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Dead Funny: Encore

More Horror Stories by Comedians

by James Acaster, Clare Ferguson Walker, Toby Hadoke, Natalie Haynes, Rufus Hound, Elis James, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Alice Lowe, Jason Manford, Alan Moore, Andrew O'Neill, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John Robertson, Isy Suttie ...

What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this second exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror, the dark follow up to 2014's smash hit debut, Dead Funny.Featuring stories ... Read more

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What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this second exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror, the dark follow up to 2014's smash hit debut, Dead Funny.Featuring stories
... Read more
Bound in Blood

Stories of Cursed Books, Damned Libraries and Unearthly Authors

by Johnny Mains, Adam Cesare, Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Nadia Bulkin, A.G. Slatter, Kim Newman, Zin Rocklyn, Isy Suttie, Angeline Morrison, Priya Sharma, A.K. Benedict, Guy Adams, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Ramsey Campbell ...

**A chilling anthology of nineteen stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals and the end of the world.From award-winning authors including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman and A. G. Slatter. Perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark.**You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in ... Read more

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**A chilling anthology of nineteen stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals and the end of the world.From award-winning authors including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman and A. G. Slatter. Perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark.**You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in
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The Book of Beasts

Folklore, Popular Culture and Nigel Kneale’s ATV TV Series

by Andrew Screen ...

Nigel Kneale is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in television fantasy, notably the creation of Quatermass, and his landmark adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 for the BBC. This book is the first in-depth study of another, arguably lesser known but equally as important, Kneale creation: the 1976 Folk Horror anthology television series, Beasts. Each of the six episodes of Beasts was a ... Read more

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Nigel Kneale is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in television fantasy, notably the creation of Quatermass, and his landmark adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 for the BBC. This book is the first in-depth study of another, arguably lesser known but equally as important, Kneale creation: the 1976 Folk Horror anthology television series, Beasts. Each of the six episodes of Beasts was a
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Bound in Blood

Stories of Cursed Books, Damned Libraries and Unearthly Authors

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A chilling anthology of nineteen stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals, and the end of the world.From award-winning authors, including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman, and A. G. Slatter. Perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark.You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in ... Read more

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A chilling anthology of nineteen stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals, and the end of the world.From award-winning authors, including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman, and A. G. Slatter. Perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark.You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in
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Revival

A Novel

by Stephen King ...

Stephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terror” (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller!The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a ... Read more

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Stephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terror” (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller!The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a
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Fragile Things

Short Fictions and Wonders

by Neil Gaiman ...

“A prodigiously imaginative collection.”—New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice“Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic.”—Washington Post Book WorldFragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, ... Read more

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“A prodigiously imaginative collection.”—New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice“Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic.”—Washington Post Book WorldFragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book,
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Close to Midnight

Edited by Mark Morris ...

Series series The Flame Tree Book of Horror
An exceptional third book in the horror anthology series which Publishers Weekly highlighted as “Beautifully written pieces that lean into the intuitive and fantastic.”Close to Midnight is the third volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 ... Read more

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An exceptional third book in the horror anthology series which Publishers Weekly highlighted as “Beautifully written pieces that lean into the intuitive and fantastic.”Close to Midnight is the third volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20
... Read more
House of Fear

by Joe R. Lansdale, Sarah Pinborough, Christopher Priest ...

The tread on the landing outside the door, when you know you are the only one in the house. The wind whistling through the eves, carrying the voices of the dead. The figure glimpsed briefly through the cracked window of a derelict house.Editor Jonathan Oliver brings horror home with a collection of haunted house stories by some of the finest writers working in the horror genre, including Joe R. ... Read more

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The tread on the landing outside the door, when you know you are the only one in the house. The wind whistling through the eves, carrying the voices of the dead. The figure glimpsed briefly through the cracked window of a derelict house.Editor Jonathan Oliver brings horror home with a collection of haunted house stories by some of the finest writers working in the horror genre, including Joe R.
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Mammoth Books presents Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside

by Christopher Fowler ...

Series Book 260 - Mammoth Books
'Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside' came about firstly because I was commissioned to write a story for the World Horror Convention souvenir book and, as the event was to take place in Brighton, it seemed logical to set a tale on the South coast of England."I had written a fantasy novel, Calabash, some years earlier, hinting at the dark madness of such seaside towns, which are the antithesis of ... Read more

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'Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside' came about firstly because I was commissioned to write a story for the World Horror Convention souvenir book and, as the event was to take place in Brighton, it seemed logical to set a tale on the South coast of England."I had written a fantasy novel, Calabash, some years earlier, hinting at the dark madness of such seaside towns, which are the antithesis of
... Read more
Best New Horror - 25th Anniversary Edition

Best New Horror, #1

by Stephen Jones, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Robert R. McCammon, Cherry Wilder, Stephen Gallagher, Alex Quiroba, Laurence Staig, Steve Rasnic Tem, Gregory Frost, Donald R. Burleson, Nicholas Royle, Thomsa Ligotti, Chet Williamson, Robert Westall, Brian Lumley, D.F. Lewis, Thomas Tessier, Ian Watson, Karl Edward Wagner, Richard Laymon ...

Series Book 1 - Best New Horror
AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey CampbellCATEGORY HorrorPUBLICATION DATE September 2014COVER ILLUSTRATION Lee EliasCOVER DESIGN Smith & JonesA 25th Anniversary edition of the longest running anthology series of the very best in horror fiction.Introduction: Horror in 1989 — The EditorsPin — Robert R. McCammonThe House on Cemetery Street — Cherry WilderThe Horn — Stephen ... Read more

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AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey CampbellCATEGORY HorrorPUBLICATION DATE September 2014COVER ILLUSTRATION Lee EliasCOVER DESIGN Smith & JonesA 25th Anniversary edition of the longest running anthology series of the very best in horror fiction.Introduction: Horror in 1989 — The EditorsPin — Robert R. McCammonThe House on Cemetery Street — Cherry WilderThe Horn — Stephen
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Best British Short Stories 2016

by David Gaffney, Janice Galloway, Jessie Greengrass, Thomas McMullan, Kate Hendry, Ian Parkinson, Graham Mort, Alex Preston, Tony Peake, John Saul, Leone Ross, Robert Sheppard, Colette Sensier, Claire-Louise Bennett, Mark Valentine, Greg Thorpe, Crista Ermiya, Neil Campbell, Trevor Fevin, Stuart Evers, Nicholas Royle, D. J. Taylor ...

Series series Best British Short Stories
The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, ... Read more

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The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies,
... Read more

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