Stephen Jones
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
If you love ghosts and monsters and enjoy getting goosebumps, this spine-chilling book is for you! Inside, you will find a creature that lives in the dark and feeds on those who do not pay attention . . . a monster created by the descendant of Doctor Frankenstein . . . a haunted house at Halloween . . . a big cat that snacks on schoolteachers . . . a boy who is afraid of what will come down the chimney at Christmas . . . a school with very strange...
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
319 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the dawn of silent cinema to today, sci-fi movies have been a constant presence in pop culture, with mad scientists, terrifying monsters (giant and otherwise), UFOs, and invading aliens all bursting out from some of the most brilliantly designed posters ever printed, featuring art that was sometimes lurid, always eye-catching, and often simply beautiful. Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, The Art of...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sally Hurst is going to Rhode Island to live with her father Alex and his new girlfriend Kim in the nineteenth-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the estate, Sally finds a hidden basement and accidentally lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house's bottomless depths. Before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all, Sally must convince Alex and Kim that it's...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 523 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Illustrated with the atmospheric photography of Michael Marshall Smith, the stories in The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror tap into an aspect of folkloric tradition that has long been dormant, but never quite forgotten, while the depiction of these forces as being in some way "natural" in no way detracts from the sense of nameless dread and escalating horror that they inspire"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"[The authors] bring to life creatures described in lore and legend. They profile more than ninety bogies, including demons, fairies, ghouls, mermaids, vampires, kelpies, werewolves, and more. The entries are organized by habitat and explain the origin, characteristics, and cultural significance of each creature, while also offering . . . dispelling and disarming techniques"--Adapted from back cover.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xiii, 592 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Best and grisliest short stories of today. For twenty-five years this series has been published in the United Kingdom as The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, and now comes to the US to delight and terrify thriller enthusiasts. This has been the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction. This newest volume offers outstanding new writing by masters of the genre, such as Joan Aiken, Peter...