Horror Sagas

Arthur Conan Doyle, le créateur du personnage de "Sherlock Holmes", le détective privé par excellence, était un écrivain prolifique. Il s'est aussi attelé à l'écriture de nombreux romans, historiques ou policier. On découvre ici une autre facette de son talent : l'écriture de nouvelles fantastiques, d'anticipation et d'horreur.

Venezia, 1576. In un anno la peste ha falcidiato un terzo della popolazione della città e, come se non bastasse, la Vigilia di Natale avviene il primo di una serie di efferati omicidi. Il delitto viene attribuito alla “masticatrice di sudari”, una sorta di vampiro che torna dall’Aldilà per cibarsi di sangue umano. L’alchimista Nane Zenon e il magistrato Orso Pisani indagano sui delitti, sospesi fra terrore e incredulità.

The Rhys who has existed for centuries is gone. Stripped of his ability to shift forms, Rhys can no longer embody the majestic, powerful dragon he was at birth. Cut off from his heritage by one of his own, this Dragon King must remain a man, haunted by demons who torment his every waking moment. The darkness would swallow him whole, except a woman so beautiful and haunted becomes the one beam of light in his world.

In a remote part of California just above the coastal town of Devilswood, Ravencrest Manor, imported stone-by-stone from England more than two centuries ago, looms tall and terrifying, gathering its dark and unnatural powers, and drawing those it wants as its own.

The teddies - clever Buddy, brave Sunny, sweet Sugar, and wise Reginald - have managed to find a child. Life with Darling is far better than any they’ve known. But something's not right - the promised bliss of Forever Sleep hasn’t come. And they are kept a secret from Darling’s mother, hidden underneath the child’s bed in the dusty darkness.

For seven long years, Elizabeth has clung to a fragile thread of hope, haunted by the mysterious disappearance of her husband. But when the lost whaling ship, The Maiden, emerges from the depths of the unknown, her world is suddenly turned upside down. It carries a single survivor—her husband, Daniel. Yet, the return she longed for brings with it an unsettling aura; not all answered prayers come wrapped in blessings.

“A riveting psychological thriller, a serious dissection of a dysfunctional family and an exploration of the power of art to change lives.” —Associated Press “A fast-paced psychological thriller with a fascinating set of characters. ... A real page-turner.” -B.A. Shapiro, author of The...

The hunt is on to find Patient Zero... Both the East and the West Coasts of the United States have collapsed, and the US military is in full retreat. All their attempts to stem the tide of the dead have failed. Former counter-terrorism agent Mark Steele and his fellow survivors have been bushwhacked in the West Virginia hills. The fringe West Virginians are teaching him a valuable lesson in the new rules of the apocalypse. The mountain folk are as resilient as they are ruthless, and Steele must find a way out to save his people.

Irresistibly drawn to mysteries, if only to debunk them, reporter Lionel Page exposes supernatural frauds, swindlers, and charlatans. His latest case is an obsession—at least for an ancient and wealthy heiress: verify the authenticity of a lost Edgar Allan Poe manuscript circulating through New York City’s literary underworld. But the shrewd Regina Dunkle offers more than money. It’s a pact. Fulfill her request, and Lionel’s own notorious buried past, one he’s been running from since he was a child, will remain hidden.

Jane Lindsay, een doodgewoon meisje in het Victoriaanse Engeland, had nooit grote ambities. Maar haar leven neemt een spannende wending wanneer ze samen met haar echtgenoot naar Hong Kong verhuist, naar het huis van haar dromen: Het huis met de duizend lampions. Het is een plek vol verborgen geheimen, legendes en mysteries. Lukt het de wereldvreemde Jane zich staande te houden als vrouw van een prestigieuze kunsthandelaar in de Oosterse stad?

"Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics" is a work by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal "Imago" (1912-13), employing the application of psychoanalysis to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion.

The Second Challenge is pushing them to the brink of losing all they hold dear, Dungeons, and they must be conquered or they all will unleash their denizens across the entire World of Erebus. Bronze Dungeons are what's on the table and they seem beyond what they can tackle but do so they must, at only Iron, and it will take cooperation amongst allies and enemies both. They know they will need one eye open for treachery hangs upon the edge of every path Gideon can see. The cost will be higher than he'd ever want or choose. People were going to die, it was inevitable.

On Martha’s Vineyard, the Laurent estate has always stood as a symbol of legacy, wealth, and power. But beneath the salt-stung air and rows of clinging vines lies a family poisoned by secrets. Victoria “Vee” Laurent returns to the island after years of addiction, haunted by the child she was forced to give up and the ghosts of her past. Evelyn, the iron-willed matriarch, rules with ruthless precision, determined to bind her family’s future to the vineyard—no matter the cost. Marcus, the chosen heir, hides betrayals that could shatter both his marriage and the Laurent name.

Home is where the horror is... Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet’s peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems so afraid that Violet, despite her scepticism, is persuaded to investigate.

Lovecraft est l'un des maîtres du fantastique et de la science-fiction. Il doit certainement à son enfance malheureuse l'inspiration de son œuvre. Alors qu'il n'a que trois ans, son père est interné dans un hôpital psychiatrique où il décédera des suites de la syphilis, maladie dont sa mère est également atteinte. A 13 ans, Howard rédige une première nouvelle fantastique. Un bref séjour à New York lui donne l'occasion, à travers le cercle d'amateurs de fantastique qu'il fréquente, de publier un premier récit.

At Ravencrest Manor, the organ in the abandoned east wing begins to play -- low, mournful, and mad -- and the walls tremble with each chord. The Bride is awake. Centuries ago, she wed Sir Lionel Manning, only to lose him to war. Alone and slowly going mad, she gave birth to a son who died in his crib -- or so the legend goes. Locals whisper that the child’s bones still cling to her beneath her tattered wedding gown, and that the ghost of her long-dead husband remains trapped in the scorched armor displayed in the dining hall.

How do you choose between life, love and the future? You can't. Rob's missing. Rouge's passed out. Caleb just told her that Rob's been taken away to be put down. Oh yeah, and Rouge's pregnant. Wait, what?! Rouge's the Seventh Mark, Michael's a guardian who's already dead. How can he get her pregnant? The high and mighty Caleb is even more determined now to stop Rouge and the abomination growing in her belly.

Antes de empezar sus vacaciones el comisario Servant visitaba la escena de un crimen: una joven desnuda de piel suave tumba-da en el suelo había sido asesinada de forma brutal y sádica. Se encargará del caso uno de sus subordinados mientras el corre a su casa para cambiarse y salir de viaje con Gracielle, su mujer y sus hijos. Eran unas vacaciones que le apetecían mucho, pero a medida que van teniendo lugar una serie de extraños sucesos, el comisario empieza a pensar si no habría sido mejor quedarse en París.

En 1899, un jeune médecin est appelé à l'aide par un lointain parent. Cet oncle, qui est un ancien chirurgien dans l'armée britannique aux Indes, dépérit peu à peu, victime de phénomènes terrifiants dont il refuse au début de parler. Il finit par avouer qu'il est visité chaque nuit par le fantôme d'un Hindou qui vient réclamer la main qu'il lui a coupée lors d'une opération médicale. Le jeune médecin a peut-être une idée pour mettre fin à cette étrange malédiction nocturne.

Una colección de cuentos de fantasmas y con fantasmas, una encrucijada de relatos tan perturbadores como esclarecedores. Fantasmas que habitan hoteles de carretera, fantasmas que habitan gatas embarazadas, fantasmas que habitan minúsculas mujeres desnudas y trenzas atadas por una cinta azul. Una colección de cuentos diferente, pero, como la buena literatura, siempre embrujada.