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Desapariciones misteriosas, fantasmas vengativos, caballeros y aristócratas con una doble vida de asesinos y bandidos, maldiciones que se vuelven contra los descendientes de quien las pronunció, encierros en castillos, persecuciones implacables y penosas huidas Los clasicos elementos del genero gotico que atrayeron a Elizabeth Gaskell, una de las mayores novelistas del realismo victoriano, podria pensarse que se impusieron, como una evasion fantastica, al caracter cotidiano y a la proyeccion social de sus temas habituales. Sin embargo, cabe recordar que una de las imagenes clave del genero es el hallazgo de un esqueleto en el armario de un pulcro interior domestico; los secretos que se revuelven, y que regresan con su poder atormentador, afligen a familias corrientes y especialmente a heroinas muy marcadas por su dependiente condicion de mujeres.Estos Cuentos goticos, lejos de escapar al realismo, constituyen de hecho una inteligente y a veces patetica exploracion del genero en busca de sus fundamentos reales. A este respecto, La bruja Lois, cronica de la celebre caza de brujas de Salem en 1692, es un ejemplo impecable. Y, por su parte, Curioso, de ser cierto, donde un forastero perdido en un bosque asiste a una extraña reunion de personajes de cuentos de hadas, esboza con humor el futuro probable de las fantasias cuando dejan de serlo.

Un rodaje maldito. Una secta perversa. Un secreto mortal.El director de documentales Kyle Freeman está pasando por una mala racha. Se enfrenta a la bancarrota y al olvido, hasta que acepta el encargo para hacer un documental nada corriente. En 1975, la secta del Templo de los Ultimos Dias se autoinmolo en una noche de violencia ritual. Desde entonces, se rumorea que los secretos misticos y las experiencias paranormales del grupo han permanecido ocultos tras su legado de asesinatos, perversiones sexuales y condenas de prision.Al iniciarse el rodaje empiezan a sucederse una serie de hechos inexplicables: Kyle recibe inquietantes visitas nocturnas y descubre objetos espantosos que parecen advertencias dirigidas a el, mientras que sus entrevistados comienzan a morir de forma repentina. Kyle descubre, demasiado tarde, que esta metido de lleno en el horrible legado de la secta y que existe una buena razon para que los implicados en el caso hayan mantenido silencio durante decadas...

Con grandes dosis de sangre, sexo y acción en un estilo plagado de referencias literarias, angustias existenciales y rebosante de humor ácido, El último hombre lobo es la primera novela de una trilogia sobre hombres lobo en el siglo XXI del autor londinense Glen Duncan. Jacob Marlowe es el ultimo hombre lobo de la tierra, y esta harto de su vida. En los ultimos ciento cincuenta años, gracias a la eficiencia de la Organizacion Mundial de Control de los Fenomenos Ocultos, el hombre lobo ha pasado de campar a sus anchas a estar en vias de extincion. Pero Eric Grainer, el mandamas de la organizacion, no estara satisfecho hasta que mate con sus propias manos a Marlowe, responsable de la muerte de su padre. No sera facil porque hay muchos mas intereses en juego: los vampiros, por ejemplo, quieren mantener con vida a Marlowe a toda cosa, ya que en su sangre se esconde la clave de un deseo anhelado durante siglos. Hasta el propio Marlowe, cuando ya se habia convencido de que su muerte era inevitable, descubre una razon para sobrevivir.Best-seller desde su publicacion en Inglaterra, con mas de 50.000 ejemplares vendidos, Ridley Scott esta preparando una adaptacion cinematografica de la trilogia.La critica ha dicho... Una novela magnifica. Un aullido brutal, indignado y lunatico. Una novela sangrienta y adictiva, perfectamente dotada de suspense, que despedaza el genero de terror para crear algo extatico y majestuoso que se sostiene por si solo. Nick CaveEscrito con una ferocidad tan escandalosa y un humor tan acido que parece el equivalente literario de aullarle a la luna. Matt HaigSexy, divertida, abrasadoramente inteligente, y sin ningun parecido con Crepusculo... Duncan es el marchante del terror mas astuto desde Bram Stoker. Kate Saunders, The Times

Un clásico del terror inquietante.En Barrington House, un elegante bloque de pisos londinense, hay un apartamento vacío. Nadie entra, nadie sale. Y así ha sido durante cincuenta años. Hasta que una noche el vigilante oye unos ruidos y decide ir a investigar. Lo que experimenta alli basta para cambiar su vida para siempre.La joven Apryl llega a Barrington House procedente de Estados Unidos. Ha heredado un apartamento de su misteriosa tia abuela Lillian, fallecida en extrañas circunstancias. Se rumorea que Lillian estaba loca. Pero su diario insinua que estuvo implicada en un suceso terrible e inexplicable varias decadas atras.Decidida a averiguar algo sobre esta excentrica mujer, Apryl comenzara a desentrañar la historia oculta de Barrington House. No tardara demasiado en descubrir que un mal que transforma a la gente aun habita en el edificio. Y que la puerta del apartamento 16 es el acceso a algo mucho mas terrorifico...

Hongos de Yuggoth es una serie de 36 sonetos escritos por H.P. Lovecraft que exploran temas de horror cósmico, mitología y la relación entre la humanidad y el universo desconocido. En estos sonetos, Lovecraft transporta al lector a traves de una odisea poetica que abarca dimensiones oscuras y distantes, introduciendo criaturas, dioses y lugares que desafian la comprension humana.A lo largo de los sonetos, el narrador comparte sus experiencias y descubrimientos mientras explora regiones del cosmos habitadas por seres indescriptibles y paisajes alienigenas. Desde las ruinas de ciudades olvidadas hasta la vastedad del espacio exterior, cada soneto revela un fragmento del vasto mosaico de horrores y maravillas que conforman el universo lovecraftiano.Con una prosa poetica rica en imagenes y una atmosfera evocadora, Hongos de Yuggoth invita al lector a sumergirse en un mundo de misterio y asombro, donde los limites de la realidad se desdibujan y las fuerzas cosmicas acechan en las sombras. A traves de esta coleccion de sonetos, Lovecraft ofrece una vision unica y profundamente inquietante de la naturaleza del cosmos y la insignificancia de la humanidad frente a su vastedad.

Após derrotar Beneloforte e seus algozes responsaveis pela morte dos seus pais e irmão, Nintrevi com a ajuda de Finiditra irão em busca de vingança. Não só como prazer, mas também como a libertação d

A collection of witty, transgressive tales from the great Enlightenment thinker, best known for his inimitable blend of philosophy and scandalous sexuality__________A bawdy burlesqueGuardianA wonderful introduction to Sades diversity...among the most accessible of his fiction.Literary ReviewSade, who seemed to represent nothing throughout the nineteenth century, may well dominate the twentieth. Guillaume Apollinaire__________The Marquis de Sade is one of the select group of authors whose name has become an adjective, inspiring the word sadism with his shocking works of philosophical fiction. But for all his scandalous reputation, Sade was a moralist and a philosopher above all, and the stories collected here show him in his full range, using his kinky imagination to poke fun at convention and decry social ills.In the longer stories, Florville and Courval and Eugenie de Franval, we see one of the greatest taboos of all - incest - employed to criticise the corrupt social order of the time. Shorter pieces such as The Horse-Chestnut Flower and The Husband Who Played Priest, meanwhile, show Sades sharp sense of humour at play. This collection reveals Frances most infamous libertine as an author whose literary range and psychological insight can still astonish, centuries after he first shocked polite society.

Em um mundo de lobisomens e vampiros, um jovem nasce em uma família de lobisomens, mas decide fugir antes de receber a mordida que o transformaria em uma criatura noturna indesejada. Determinado a escapar de um destino que no escolheu, ele se ve em uma batalha contra seu proprio irmo gemeo, que esta determinado a seguir os planos traçados para suas vidas desde a profecia da Lua Azul. Enquanto o Conselho das Sete Alcateias espera ansiosamente pelo cumprimento da profecia, surgem divergencias sobre como ela deve se concretizar.Nas ruas do Rio de Janeiro do seculo XIX, um vampiro chamado Melchior vive uma existencia melancolica, ansiando pela atenço de seu amante, que o despreza e o seduz por mero prazer. Suas unicas alegrias vem de Sara, a vampira que o transformou e com quem ele desenvolveu uma relaço de irmos. No entanto, quando Melchior se ve apaixonado por um timido cavalariço, a felicidade se torna uma possibilidade real. A mudança em Melchior desperta em Sara a esperança de que ele possa recuperar a alegria e a bondade que possuia seculos atras.A preocupaço de Melchior com a chegada de lobisomens em massa ao Rio de Janeiro se confirma quando Gaspar e atacado por essas criaturas selvagens. Salvo da morte por Sara, Gaspar ve a chance de um novo começo. No entanto, Melchior no percebe que a origem incomum de Gaspar, que o tornou um vampiro especial, os levara por um caminho sem retorno.Alem de lidarem com seus proprios traumas e inseguranças, Gaspar e Melchior tero que enfrentar mentiras e verdades ocultas, to ameaçadoras quanto aqueles que desejam separa-los e controla-los. Em meio a uma disputa de poder que jamais imaginaram travar, no esta claro quem e o verdadeiro inimigo e em quem podem confiar.O passado no permitira que vivam em liberdade. Lealdades sero testadas, rostos conhecidos revelaro suas verdadeiras faces e cada um tera que decidir quais juramentos defendero e quais sacrificios esto dispostos a fazer. Quebrar juramentos pode afasta-los para sempre daqueles que amam e de tudo em que acreditam, mas talvez seja a unica forma de sobreviver e encontrar a paz e a felicidade to almejadas.

A powerful Nigeria-set horror tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets and murder from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and Queen of African Horror. For readers of Octavia Butler, Ben Okri and Koji Suzuki.Bata, an 11-year-old girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousins door. Her skin, hair, and eyes have turned a dazzling white colour, which even the medicine-man cant heal. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom.Through the night, Bata battles the vengeful ghost and finally vanquishes it before collapsing. On awakening, she has no recollection of the events. And when the medicine-man tries to exorcise the entities clinging to her body as a result of her supernatural possession, Bata dies on the exorcism mat.There begins her journey. She is taken into Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides, by Mmu-Ka-Mmu, the ghost-collector of the spirit realm. There she meets the ghosts of brides from every culture who died tragically before their weddings; both the kind and the malevolent. Bata is given secret powers to fight the evil ghost-brides before being sent back to the human realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives to protect those whom she loves.By turns touching and terrifying, this is vivid supernatural horror story of family drama, long-held secrets, possession, death - and what lies beyond.

A visceral and heartbreaking work of gothic horror about small town mysteries, local folklore and the things we leave behind when were gone, from the Bram Stoker Award winning author of Queen of Teeth.What really happened to Cabrina Brite?Ivorys life changes irrevocably when she discovers the body of Cabrina Brite on the sands of Cape Morning, along with a mysterious poem. How did she die, and why does it seem she was trying to swim to Ghost Cat Island, the center of so many local mysteries?Desperate to uncover the answers surrounding Cabrinas death, and haunted by her discovery, Ivory begins to see the pale ghost of Cabrina, only to shake it off as a mere hallucination. But Ivory is not alone. Cabrinas closest friends have also seen a similar apparition, and as they toy with occult possibilities, they begin to unravel the truth behind Cabrinas death.Because Cape Morning isnt a ghost town, but a town filled with ghosts, and Ivory is about to discover just what happens when you let one in.

A creepy and atmospheric slice of small town horror from the Bram Stoker award finalist and bestselling author of Come With Me. Perfect for readers of Christopher Golden and fans of Mike Flanagan.In the aftermath of a terrible storm, the town of Stillwater, Maryland tries to recover what it has lost. From flooded roads and houses to ruined businessesthe residents of the town begin to clean up and return to normal.In the midst of the clean-up, people begin to see things. Matthew Crawly spies his father in the woodlands above the Narrows, but that cannot be possible; Maggie Quedentock nearly hits a child with her car, only to find an empty road lying before her; and in the middle of it all, Sergeant Ben Journell is thrust into an impossible investigation. Animals are being slaughtered, their brains systematically removed from their bodies. Something is happening to the town of Stillwatersomething dark and ancient and evil has its grip on everyone.The saying goes, still waters run deep, but no one in Stillwater is prepared for just how deep they run, and no one can possibly be ready for what they might find waiting for them in the dark.

A terrifying tale of supernatural horror set in a cursed Louisiana bayou, from the minds of legendary director George Romero and bestselling author Daniel Kraus.In 2019, while sifting through University of Pittsburgh Librarys Systems George A. Romero Archival Collection, novelist Daniel Kraus turned up a surprise: a half-finished novel called Pay the Piper, a project few had ever heard of. In the years since, Kraus has worked with Romeros estate to bring this unfinished masterwork to light.Alligator Point, Louisiana, population 141: Young Renee Pontiac has heard stories of "the Piper"a murderous swamp entity haunting the bayouher entire life. But now the legend feels horrifically real: children are being taken and gruesomely slain. To resist, Pontiac and the towns desperate denizens will need to acknowledge the sins of their ancestorsthe infamous slave traders, the Pirates Lafitte. If they dont . . . its time to pay the piper.

Two brothers return to their family home to care for their dying father, only to find the ghosts of their pasts are restless and hungry for blood in this gothic horror, perfect for fans of Hereditary and readers of Stephen Graham Jones.When their father calls them to tell them he is dying, Nick and Joshua rush back to their Nebraskan childhood home, Stags Crossing, hoping for a deathbed reconciliation with the man who raised them. But their return sparks memories of their childhood, and their fatherCarlylea ruthless, violent racist who ruled Stags Crossing with an iron fist and disowned Joshua for marrying a woman of Asian descent.Very quickly, the family find themselves falling into familiar patterns. Joshua and his father renew their tight bonds. As his long-buried memories of a youthful romance with another boy resurface, Nick finds himself ostracised and growing closer to Emilia, his brothers enigmatic wife.But something else has arrived at Stags Crossing, a presence out for revenge, and Nick, Joshua and Carlyle, who have traded in blood, dirt and violence for so long, are about to face a reckoning like no other.Inspired by Kailee Pedersens own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up on a farm in Nebraska, this rich and atmospheric supernatural horror debut draws on ancient Chinese mythology to explore the violent legacy of inherited trauma and the total collapse of a family in its wake.

Neste e-book, temos um compilado que junta a ediço do livro "Horror oriental" + "Horror oriental II" e a ediço em parceria com a Luva editora, ou seja, ainda mais 3 contos, totalizando 34 contos sobrenaturais asiaticos de paises como China, Coreia, Japo, Filipinas, Malasia, Vietnam e muitos outros

"Tanto os fantasmas quanto os humanos são atraentes e mortais." Kirkus Starred ReviewUM TERROR PSICOLÓGICO, BEST-SELLER DO NEW YORK TIMES, PERFEITO PARA OS FÃS DE GÓTICO MEXICANO. A CASA DAS FLORES E

"The Reformatory is one of those books you cant put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park." Stephen KingWinner of the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel, this is a gloriously creepy Deep South horror story based on the infamous Dozier School for boys, perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians and Nothing But Blackened Teeth.Jim Crow Florida, 1950.Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there.In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the schools ghosts only they have their own motivations...

Você já teve um sonho que jurou ser real? Ou até mesmo aquela sensação de déjà-vu ao passar por um lugar em que com certeza nunca esteve? Agora imagine se esse local for uma cena de crime e você, um

Mary Shelley (1797-1851), mulher do poeta inglês Percy B. Shelley, escreveu Frankenstein para participar de um concurso de histórias de terror realizado na intimidade do castelo de Lord Byron. Mesmo

Nestas histórias ao mesmo tempo sutis e vertiginosas, Tobias Carvalho fala do efeito dos sonhos na vida de quatro pessoas. São personagens que encontram caminhos para os labirintos da memória e para

It is the spring of 1895, and more than a decade of combating eldritch entities has cost Dr John Watson his beloved wife Mary, and nearly broken the health of Sherlock Holmes. Yet the companions do not hesitate when they are called to the infamous Bedlam lunatic asylum, where they find an inmate speaking in Rlyehian, the language of the Old Ones. Moreover, the man is horribly scarred and has no memory of who he is.The detectives discover that the inmate was once a scientist, a student of Miskatonic University, and one of two survivors of a doomed voyage down the Miskatonic River to capture the semi-mythical shoggoth. Yet how has he ended up in London, without his wits? And when the man is taken from Bedlam by forces beyond normal mortal comprehension, it becomes clear that there is far more to the case than one disturbed Bostonian. It is only by learning what truly happened on that fateful New England voyage that Holmes and Watson will uncover the truth, and learn who is behind the Miskatonic monstrosity...