Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (2 June 1879 – 14 March 1971), commonly known by his initials A. S. M. Hutchinson, was a British novelist. Views: 118
Kate Orton loves animals, especially unusual ones. So when she sees a pop-up ad on her computer for an amazing lizard from Australia, she has to have it. The ad says the lizard is actually a kind of chameleon—it can change its color to blend in with its surroundings. But what makes this lizard really strange is that it's a copycat—the ad says it can even change its shape. Kate's parents don't believe all the claims in the ad, but they tell her to go ahead and order it. They tell her not to be disappointed if it's just a plain old lizard. After anxiously checking the mail every day for two weeks, the package finally arrives. But when she finally opens it—there's no lizard inside. There's only an egg with a written warning. Is Katie ready for what's about to hatch? Views: 118
Dean Fulsome, once a modest slaughterhouse worker, is now Limbus Inc's director of Solar System operations. A series of horrendous murders on remote Moon City forces Dean to put his entire life on hold and take an interstellar transport far from his normal jurisdiction to lead an investigation. The victims are a rare species of alien known as the Deitii. Rumors suggest they share genetics with the entity that created all known universes. God. As more of the Deitii show up dead, the unknown killer in Moon City starts possessing shocking godlike powers, making him nearly unstoppable even for Limbus Inc's most seasoned assassins. Dean is no hired assassin or mercenary, and yet he may be the only one in Moon City who can save the universe from a terrifying new power. Strength, cunning and intelligence will not be enough however. In order to beat this kind of enemy, Dean will need to make sacrifices that may very well haunt him for the rest of his life. Views: 118
From Publishers WeeklyIn February of this year, Laymon, then president of the Horror Writers Association, died of a heart attack at age 53. A few weeks ago, the last of his novels to be published before his death, The Traveling Vampire Show, won the HWA's Stoker Award for best novel of the year. Soon after Laymon died, Cemetery Dance, which issued that award winner, brought out Night in the Lonesome October. But it turns out that wasn't the last we'll see of Laymon, nor is this new, enjoyable short novel. The Beast House Chronicles, launched in 1979, made Laymon's reputation. This novella is the slightest of the series four entries, emotionally as well as in page length, but it features all the trademark Laymon touches. There's a horny teen protagonist, Mark, and a spooky adventure, as Mark accepts the dare of the girl of his wet dreams, Alison, that he help her sneak into Beast House, scene of several horrific murders during past decades and now a major tourist attraction in the small West Coast town where it stands. There are plenty of suspenseful and scary moments as Mark breaks into the Beast House and hides in the Beast Hole, and a particularly shocking twist at book's end. Above all, there's that inimitable Laymon style, the use of simple, strong sentences to construct, via extraordinarily vivid sensual detail, a narrative that envelops the reader in a moment by moment revelation of events in the service of a story that's terrific, nasty fun. All Laymon fans and anyone who likes horror served with a cackle are going to like this one. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Review“Terrific, nasty fun. All Laymon fans and anyone who likes horror served with a cackle are going to like this one.” —Publishers Weekly“One of horror’s rarest talents.”—Publishers Weekly“If you’ve missed Laymon, you’ve missed a treat!” —Stephen King“All Laymon fans and anyone who likes horror served with a cackle are going to like this one.” – Publishers Weekly Views: 118
Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.Algernon Blackwood was an English author best known for his ghost stories. Blackwood's short stories The Willows and The Wendigo were very influential in the genre. This collection includes the following:NOVELS:The CentaurJimbo: A FantasyThe Human ChordA Prisoner in FairylandThe Extra DayJulius LeVallonThe Bright MessengerThe Wave: An Egyptian AftermathThe Promise of AirThe Garden of Survival SHORT STORIES:The WillowsThe WendigoThe DamnedThe Man Whom the Trees LovedThe Insanity of JonesThe Man Who Found OutThe Glamour of SnowSandA Physical InvasionAncient SorceriesThe Nemesis of FireSecret WorshipThe Camp of the DogA Victim of Higher SpaceThe Empty HouseA Haunted... Views: 117
When three teenagers disappear in the redwood forest of the Pacific northwest, private detective John Jeffers is hired by the families to find out why the local police seem to be covering things up. Jeffers travels to the shore town of Coastal Green to investigate...and learns of a terrible secret in the process. Views: 117
The tenth title in Titan Books' Marvel fiction reissue program, featuring the Captain America story, Captain America: Dark Designs.Steve Rogers knows the art of survival better than most. Decades under ice will do that to a man. But the Avengers chipped more than rock-hard morality and super strength out from under that permafrost. When Cap takes out a terrorist cell threatening to poison the world, he'll discover a threat far more deadly. An incurable virus has hidden in his body for years — and now it's come to the surface. To save the world, he'll have to return to his own personal hell: deep freeze. And he'll have to take an old friend with him. Having survived his own death by inhabiting a clone of Steve Rogers, the Red Skull has inherited the virus — and he's a little less willing to play martyr. As the deadly disease shifts and evolves, new patterns emerge. Can Captain America contain the Red Skull before the virus runs... Views: 117
The Toll-House has a long and terrible history as a place of death. But Jack Barnes doesn\'t believe in spirits. His travelling companions, Messrs. Meagle, Lester, and White, wager that he might be convinced otherwise if they all spend a night together in the house. Four men go in, but will four come out?W. W. Jacobs was an English author, well-known for his story "The Monkey\'s Paw." Views: 117
The tales in Space is Just A Starry Night range across genres, as elegant as the field of stars spanning a clear dark sky. A lone survivor of plague receives a mysterious visitor; a prison planet tortures political prisoners by methodically manipulating their memories; a young woman uncovers the ghastly truth about the cryogenically preserved ancestor who’s been thawed; a ship’s officer struggles with his suspicions about a shy drab woman taking passage aboard a ship of sun-worshipers—Tanith Lee explores these and other scenarios in her ever intense sensual prose. Views: 117
