Horror Fairy Tales

Sidste roman i Dark Tower-serien, eller Det mørke Tårn. Nogle kalder den nr. 8 andre kalder den nr. 4,5, men sikkert er det, at den er læng ventet på dansk af alle Kings dark tower fans. Vinden gennem nøglehullet er skrevet som den sidste i serien, men handlingsmæssigt placere den sig mellem nr. 4 og 5. King indledte faktisk Dark Tower serien helt tilbage i 1974, men først i løbet af 80’erne slog serien for alvor igennem, og fik kultstatus. De seneste bind i serien blev udgivet i 2003 og 2004, men efterfølgende besluttede King sig for at skrive Vinden gennem nøglehullet til stor begejstring for de mange fans. Faktisk kan romanen også læses uden at have læst de øvrige i serien, og kan på den måde udgøre en port ind til Kings forfatterskab.

The gothic tale of Frankenstein and his construction of a human being who runs amok has, with the help of numerous films, become one of the most vivid horror stories. But Mary Shelley's original novel, written in 1816, dealt more sympathetically with "the daemon," showing how an initially beneficent creature is hammered into a daemon by the way he is treated. Her ideas, and her dramatic but poignant story, is brought to life in this sound dramatization.

When 17-year-old Sophia Petheram’s beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation - on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting - from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi. Sophie has always longed for a comfortable life, and she finds herself both attracted to and shocked by the charm and easy manners of her overgenerous guardian.

Years have passed since Marlene's death, and Gretel, unable to cope with her mother's descent into madness, has fled the Back Country for the solitude and anonymity of the Old World. But one quiet day in the remote village of Stedwick, Gretel is taken by Gromus, an ageless mythical figure known only by locals, but whose reputation and power is steadily growing.

Peel back that rotting skin and behold the improbable creatures, nightmarish places, and horrifying events that lie waiting just beyond everyday experience. Witness the terror of a man stalked for decades by entities from across the void. Feel the agony of an unholy union between technology and flesh. Know the decay of our reality as it collapses into a darker plane. Our deepest fears are mere shadows on the wall. Find out what casts those shadows in this collection of short stories by Felix Blackwell and Colin J. Northwood.

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is Mary Shelley's passionate and Gothic tale of terror, in which a man's desire to know the unknowable sweeps him into a living nightmare. Victor Frankenstein's experiments with life itself give birth to an extraordinary force with the potential for either good or evil.

Adelaide Brindamour is dreading the thought of a husband. That he'll neither understand nor appreciate her ability to communicate with ghosts goes without saying. When a mysterious, blue-bearded gentleman appears at Madame Gossard's summer house party, however, the thought of matrimony becomes a bit more tempting. But when a whirlwind love affair turns into a daring elopement, Adelaide may find herself in for a bit more mystery—and murder—than she was prepared for.

After Molly confesses a shocking detail to Dan, the two of them are visited by multiple guests. Who or what are they, and what could they want?

Welcome to Cambio Springs. In this small desert town, secrets bubble up from the desert floor, and history is written on the canyon walls. Seven friends will gather at the crossroads, because in Cambio Springs everything - and everyone - changes. Jena Crowe escaped the Springs 10 years ago. Now she's heading home with two boys to start a new life. With her husband's ghost keeping her company on the road, Jena will learn that moving back and moving backward aren't necessarily the same thing.

So packend war Rotkäppchen noch nie: Der neue Bestseller von Fantasy-Horror-Königin Christina Henry! Geh nicht allein in den tiefen Wald! Doch Red hat keine Wahl: Seit die Krise vor drei Monaten über das Land kam, ist sie auf sich allein gestellt. Ihre einzige Hoffnung besteht darin, sich zu ihrer Großmutter durchzukämpfen. Red fürchtet nicht die Unwesen, die nachts durch die Wälder streifen. Die wahre Bedrohung geht von den Menschen aus: von ihren dunklen Sehnsüchten, niederen Beweggründen und bösen Hintergedanken.

Ron and Jessica Stahl are a power couple from California, on a Christmas holiday in Colorado. When they stop for the afternoon in sleepy Lone Cone, they're charmed by the quaint tourist town. But the folksy hospitality will vanish as the sun drops behind the mountains. A winter storm is approaching, and the Stahls couldn’t have picked a worse night of the year to get snowed into this perfect little town with a dark, dark secret.

Un manoir hanté, le fantôme d'un homme qui a tué sa femme et une tâche de sang qui apparaît de façon récurrente. Pourtant, Mr Otis n'a pas peur et ne croit pas aux revenants. "Le Fantôme de Canterville" est une nouvelle dont l'écriture se prête à différentes grilles de lecture. Ainsi, les plus jeunes en apprécieront sans nul doute les traits d'humour, alors que d'autres y trouveront une forme particulièrement intelligente de critique sociale.

In einer schicksalshaften Nacht in San Francisco wird Police Detective Brandon Hunt von einem wolfsähnlichen Wesen angefallen und schwer verletzt. Und nicht nur das: Er mutiert selbst zum Monster und ist fortan vor seinen eigenen Kollegen auf der Flucht. Hunt muss sich immer neuen Herausforderungen stellen und kann niemandem trauen - am wenigsten sich selbst.

Dracula begins with the journal of Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor on the way to Transylvania to give information to the mysterious Count Dracula about his new estate in London. Dracula takes the young man prisoner, and Jonathan sees many strange and evil things in the castle before escaping and fleeing into the night. He later decides that he must have been mad.

Chills race up and down young solicitor Jonathan Harker's spine as he enters the eerie castle of a Transylvanian count. His host, Count Dracula, is a curious creature who becomes enamored with the photograph of Harker's fiancée, Mina. Dracula decides he must find the enchanting Mina and have her as his own.

Agent Franks ist etwas ganz Besonderes. Zusammengesetzt aus verschiedenen menschlichen Teilen und versehen mit unmenschlichen Kräften, gehört er zu den effektivsten Waffen, die Monster Hunter International zu bieten hat. Doch nur unter einer Bedingung stellt er seine durchschlagenden Fähigkeiten der Organisation zur Verfügung: Sie musste ihm versprechen, keine weiteren Wesen wie ihn zu erschaffen. Franks Schöpfer ist jedoch unersättlich.

Against the backdrop of an ancient battle between the forces of Light and the forces of Darkness, Aidan struggles to control the newly awakened and enigmatic powers that seem to be his only hope for rescuing Ava, his little sister, trapped somewhere beyond the Veil. As he gravitates to Kara, the beguiling and dangerously unstable girl who helped him realize his abilities, a terrible mistake of fate is revealed that points him back toward Rebecca, whose role is becoming more critical to the battle.

Death came easy for Piper. Living forever is the hard part. Just days ago, she was killed. Her killer walks free, and there is nothing she can do about it. Or so they keep telling her.

Arriving at Princeton for her freshman year, Thea Slavin finds herself alone, a stranger in a strange land. Away from her family and her Eastern European homeland for the first time, she struggles to adapt to unfamiliar American ways and the challenges of college life - including a young man whose brooding good looks and murky past intrigue her. Drawn to the elusive Rhys and his equally handsome and mysterious brother Jake, she ventures into a sensual mythic underworld as irresistible as it is dangerous.

A young lawyer travels to Transylvania, where he begins to doubt his own sanity and unwittingly helps to unleash an ancient evil across the sea and onto the teeming streets of London. A beloved and beautiful woman suffers from a puzzling illness, her blood mysteriously drained with each passing day. And a group of improbable heroes gathers to hunt a vampire. Can they destroy the creature before it’s too late for us all?