Douglas Winter (`de geestelijk vader van horror en zwarte fantasie') vroeg de dertien beste auteurs van het macabere en van de zwarte romantiek een bijdrage te leveren aan Angst & Apocalyps. Speciaal voor deze bundel creëerden meesters als Poppy Z. Brite en David Morrell hun duistere fantasieën over onheilspellende ontwikkelingen in de verschillende decennia van de afgelopen honderd jaar. Een caleidoscopische verzameling van visionaire verhalen die tot een eenheid werd gesmeed door een briljante apocalyptische parabel van de hand van Clive Barker.
Drew Struzan has created some of the most iconic movie poster images, from
Raiders of the Lost Ark to Star Wars: Episode III. This book cover his movie
work. Featuring over 300 pieces of artwork, including poster art for Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Hellboy II, it is suitable for movie
buffs and artists alike.
Vietnam holds bitter memories for Miami Vice cop, Sonny Crockett. He got out with his mind intact–but his photojournalist friend Ira Stone wasn’t so lucky. The mysterious figure known only as The Sergeant, however, didn’t come back crazy–just corrupt and very, very wealthy.After ten years, The Sergeant is now moving not only dope but mercenaries, turning warfare into big business in Nicaragua, and Stone is on his trail with the help of detectives Crockett and Tubbs, who find themselves trapped in a deadly and vicious war of today.
Modern masters of the macabre bring the dead to life in this specially re-vamped edition of the classic compilation every horror fan will want to sink their teeth into. From an award-winning editor who knows the genre backwards, here is the very best in vampire fiction: from tales of tempting sirens to contemporary serial killers; from the dark origins of fairy tales to a modern reinterpretation of the King of the Undead himself, Count Dracula. This revised edition features over a dozen new stories, including Tina Rath's A Trick of the Dark and Kim Newman's Andy Warhol's Dracula, as well as classic novellas such as Hugh B. Cave's Stragella and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Investigating Jericho. There are contributions by Nancy Kilpatrick, Christopher Fowler, Paul Mcauley, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tina Rath, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison and Kim Newman.
This special collection hearkens back to the best creepy, eerie horror comics of yesteryear, only these feature the added bonus of being adapted from stories by horror literature legends Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, David J. Schow and Paul F. Wilson by comics luminaries like Ashley Wood, Ted McKeever and many more. Completely Doomed features the Eisner-nominated "Blood Son" by Wood and Chris Ryall, and 15 other adapted tales of wretched excess and predestined downfall, all presided over by the macabre madame, Ms. Doomed.
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission . . . These powerful words introduce each chilling episode of the innovative and frightening series, The Outer Limits. Revived in 1995, the show is ranked as the top weekly action-adventure drama. Readers can now enjoy a third volume of thrilling short stories based on the best scary tales from both the original and new series. This volume encompasses nearly sixty years of storytelling and includes notable stories such as:
• "I, Robot" by Eando Binde, where Dr. Link's ultimate robot must convince a fearful town that it is not born evil after the doctor's mysterious death.
• "The Quality of Mercy" by Phoebe Reeves, featuring two humans in an alien prison, where their humanity is tested in unprecedented ways.
• "The Voyage Home" by Diane Duane, where a Martian expedition takes a turn when astronauts discover an alien artifact on their final day.
• "The Forms of Things Unknown" by Richard A. Lupoff, exploring the surreal implications when a murdered man returns to life.
Volume Three also includes an original introduction by David Schow, a leading authority on the series' history. For those interested in strange and unexpected tales, this collection offers a thrilling journey for the imagination.
In diesem literarischen Alptraum geht es um ein unheimliches Hotel in Chicago, dessen Wände bluten und Räume sich verändern, um Mieter zu fangen. Als Kokain in einen Lüftungsschacht geworfen wird, erleben die Bewohner einen irren Trip. Der Roman gilt als origineller Beitrag des Splatterpunk zur Phantastik.
Continuano i Mammoth Book curati da Stephen Jones. Dopo Terrore, Vampiri, Zombi e Lupi Mannari, questa volta il protagonista è Frankenstein. L'antologia inizia con il romanzo originale, il Frankenstein di Mary Shelley e continua con una panoramica dei migliori racconti e romanzi brevi che sull'argomento. I Racconti: Frankenstein, ovvero il Prometeo moderno di Mary W. Shelley Una nuova vita di Ramsey Campbell Il creatore di R. Chetwind-Hayes Meglio morto di Basil Copper La Creatura cerca conforto di Nancy Kilpatrick Gli omini di Robert Bloch El Sueño de la Razón di Daniel Fox Pithecanthropus Rejectus di Manly Wade Wellman In pratica un omicidio di John Brunner L'ultimo treno di Guy N. Smith Il mastino di Frankenstein di Peter Tremayne L'invenzione madre di Graham Masterton L'eredità di Frankenstein di Adrian Cole Comunicazione interrotta di Dennis Etchison Il mostro di Poppi di Lisa Morton Illusione di vita di Karl Edward Wagner Una donna completa di Roberta Lannes Ultima chiamata per i figli dello shock di David J. Schow Chandira di Brian Mooney Il paradiso del collezionista di Kim Newman La tentazione del dottor Stein di Paul J. McAuley Ricevere è meglio di Michael Marshall Smith Punto d'arrivo di David Case Frankenstein di Jo Fletcher
