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Laura lives an isolated life with her father, alone in a castle in the Austrian wilderness. When the mysterious Carmilla, a strange and beautiful lady, arrives in the night, no one suspects the supernatural occurrences that follow. But still more unsuspected is the tempestuous romance that blooms between the two young women, and Carmilla’s nightmarish secret. Written 26 years before Stoker’s "Dracula", Carmilla is the original vampire novel. Sheridan Le Fanu combines a chilling Gothic atmosphere with horrifying episodes, boldly exploring the sexual desires of his heroines, and establishing the image of the female vampire.

Bloodbound and penniless. Exiled to cursed lands. Hunted by death.When thief Suri suffers a humiliating robbery, she has just one day to settle a dangerous debt. Her plan: abduct and impersonate a foreign princess at the royal ball. But when the wickedly handsome fae lord of the wasteland, Kol, crashes the party to find the princess she's pretending to be, everything takes a darker turn. With her knife in Kol’s righthand man, stolen trinkets in her pockets, and the kidnapped princess now missing, Suri can’t outrun the law.

"The 120 Days of Sodom" is "the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began". It was written by the Marquis de Sade, a french noble man, in the space of 37 days, while imprisoned in the famous parisian Bastille. Fearing confiscation, the Marquis de Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, had to write it on a continuous roll of paper, made up of small pieces glued together. The original manuscript is now on display in Paris, and is the third most expensive kept in France, insured for 12 million euros.

Maddie is restless in London. She has friends, a job and a sort-of boyfriend, but something in her life is missing. Then she visits the ancient village of Walditch, deep in the Dorset countryside. Something stirs in her, and on a whim she buys a centuries-old cottage and moves there three months later. Her friends think she's crazy, but for Maddie it feels like coming home. Late at night in the cottage, Maddie hears strange noises and sees mist gathering indoors and out.

The Call of Cthulhu is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. Lovecraft's writing, particularly the so-called Cthulhu Mythos, has influenced fiction authors including modern horror and fantasy writers. Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Moore, for example, have cited Lovecraft as one of their primary influences...

BASADO EN HECHOS REALES, HAY LUGARES DONDE EL MIEDO SE CONVIERTE EN LA ÚNICA VERDAD. En la desolada Sierra Espuña, Murcia, se encuentra el abandonado Sanatorio de Murcia, que albergó a enfermos de tuberculosis y leprosos hasta su cierre en 1962. En 2017, tres parejas de turistas se ven atrapadas allí cuando su furgoneta se avería. Sin saberlo, el sanatorio guarda secretos oscuros y aterradores.Al refugiarse dentro, los jóvenes se enfrentan a la leyenda de la dama de negro y los espíritus que acechan en sus pasillos.

Magisch, kämpferisch, leidenschaftlich – eine Romantasy wie ein Rausch Yeeran ist die jüngste Colonel ihres Elfenvolkes, doch der erste Einsatz endet in einer Katastrophe. Die Strafe lautet Exil. Der treuergebene Kommandant Rayan folgt Yeeran gemeinsam mit ihrer jüngeren Schwester Lettle in die Wildnis. Auch wenn Lettle die Kunst der Prophezeiung beherrscht – niemals hätte sie vorhersagen können, dass sie dort auf die Fae treffen würden. Seit mehr als Tausend Jahren gelten sie als ausgestorben und leben nur in Legenden voller Magie und Grausamkeit fort.

"Frankenstein" begins in epistolary form, documenting the correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame and friendship. The ship becomes trapped in ice, and, one day, the crew sees a dog sled in the distance, on which there is the figure of a giant man. Hours later, the crew finds a frozen and emaciated man, Victor Frankenstein, in desperate need of sustenance.

"Do monsters always stay in the book where they were born? Are they content to live out their lives on paper, and never step foot into the real world?" The Villa Diodati, on the shore of Lake Geneva, 1816: the Year without Summer. As Byron, Polidori, and Mr and Mrs Shelley shelter from the unexpected weather, old ghost stories are read and new ghost stories imagined. Born by the twin brains of the Shelleys is Frankenstein, one of the most influential tales of horror of all time. In a remote mountain house, high in the French Alps, an author broods on Shelley's creation.

Could you condemn one child to save another? In a near-future Europe fracturing under climate change and far-right politics, biologist Lina Stephenson works in the remote Rila Mountains. But when an old enemy dies, Lina's dangerous past resurfaces and puts her family's lives at risk. Trapped with her vulnerable sister and the dead man's family, Lina is facing pressure from all sides: her enemy's eldest son is determined to destroy her in his search for vengeance, whilst his youngest carries a sinister secret.

Und hier waren sie nun: Das Monster und seine sterbende Prinzessin. Wie hatte alles nur so sagenhaft schieflaufen können? Nach ihrer Flucht aus Wjallvit findet Maren sich ohne magische Maske auf der verwilderten Ostseite Belis wieder. Alles, was ihr bleibt, um die Insel und Mandrell zu retten, sind ein verworrenes Rätsel über den Verbleib des Rabenschatzes und ein wütender Inselkönig, der nach Marens Verrat nur noch Augen für die zauberhafte Lorelian hat.

The chilling classic that inspired the new Netflix horror drama, "The Fall of the House of Usher". Venture, if you dare, into the House of Usher... The narrator visits his friend, Roderick Usher in his decaying mansion, only to witness the harrowing unravellings of Usher's mind and the dark family secrets lurking beneath the crumbling ancestral home. A classic tale of gothic horror that has haunted readers for generations.

Jaguar a gagné. Le clan de Hawke est décimé, et Raven n'a plus qu'une idée en tête : la vengeance, car Nyx est morte. Enfin... Pas totalement. Prisonnière de Jaguar, elle est devenue une créature plus dangereuse que jamais : une Vorcia. Maintenant prisonnière de sa nouvelle condition, enchaînée dans les cachots, avide de sang frais, saura-t-elle se contrôler ? Hawke et Raven arriveront-ils à la retrouver, à la ramener à la raison ? Mais surtout : à la fin, qui survivra ?" De Sang et d’Épine est le second tome de la duologie De Sang et d’Épine.

AVERTISSEMENT : Ce livre est une dark romance. Il contient des scènes de violences sexuelles et psychologiques pouvant heurter la sensibilité des personnes non averties. Ce livre ne convient pas aux mineurs. On oublie trop souvent que le diable lui-même était un ange… Rylan règne d’une main couverte de sang sur le cartel de la faucheuse. Il est sans cœur et sans attaches, et considère la pitié et l’espoir comme les pires des faiblesses. Baron du cartel, son cœur pourri ne peut battre que dans les ténèbres. Skye, elle, n’a qu’une idée en tête : protéger Jace, le petit frère de Rylan.

Chi non ha mai sentito parlare del dottor Jekyll e del suo alter ego, il signor Hyde? Uno dei classici della narrativa mondiale che ha ispirato innumerevoli autori e autrici che lo hanno succeduto. Londra vittoriana, cupa e coperta dai vapori e dalle esalazioni industriali, con i suoi vicoli acciottolati, le sue carrozze, i lumini a olio e le sue figure misteriose, le sue ombre pericolose - un'estetica che deve gran parte della propria fama narrativa proprio a questo romanzo.

In questo secondo volume della saga ambientata nel Regno di Taglia, i preparativi per l’incombente anno della Mattanza Giubilare sono giunti a compimento. In un mondo medievaleggiante che scorre fra contrade dai nomi rivelatori – Silvatroce, Fierenze, Pianura Pagana – i mattatori spietati si incontrano di arena in arena, versando fiumi di sangue in nome della legge "doma o sarai domato". Neanche la religione, ormai quasi indistinguibile dalla negromanzia, pone un argine etico a questa deriva. "Dura lex sed lex": il Regno di Taglia è pura indole assassina unita a mancanza di qualsiasi pietà.

Dans un monde où les êtres surnaturels se mêlent aux humains, Katherina, jeune sorcière surdouée, est membre d'une organisation de protection pour ces créatures de légende. Une nuit, alors qu'elle est en pleine mission, une malédiction la frappe de plein fouet, elle et son ennemi. Désormais liés, ils ne peuvent plus se séparer au risque de mourir. Elle entreprendra un périple pour lever le sortilège. Mais ce voyage changera sa vie à jamais. Entre choix, révélations et recherche de soi, sera-t-elle prête à l'accepter ?

Dans le Massif Vosgien, rien ne va plus... Un mystérieux tueur terrorise la population au quatre coins du département. Dans l'incompréhension la plus totale, les autorités peinent à trouver une piste. Les oreilles et les mains brûlées, les victimes semblent toutes avoir un lien avec la terre et le monde agricole. Selon Rostam Simurgh, éminent professeur d'Histoire aux capacités médiumniques incontrôlées, le tueur aurait déjà sévi au fil des siècles et sur tous les continents.

I figli di un nobiluomo si ritrovano loro malgrado a competere per la stessa ragazza. Tom, il maggiore, ne vorrebbe fare la propria amante; Jack, invece, amandola veramente, vorrebbe poterla sposare. Lo scontro rischia di finire in tragedia, quando i due fratelli decidono di ricorrere ad un duello risolutivo. La mattina in cui hanno deciso di incontrarsi per combattere, tuttavia, entrambi vivono un incontro che ha del paranormale, e che li convincerà a tornare a più miti consigli.

Launceston, 1665. Il Reverendo Ruddle, dopo aver pronunciato un toccante sermone al funerale del giovane John Elliot, è invitato da un nobiluomo a risolvere le turbe psichiche del figlio, convinto di essere perseguitato da una donna defunta. Inizialmente scettico, l'uomo dovrà poi ricredersi, di fronte alla visione, fatta in prima persona, del fantasma di Dorothy Dingle... Daniel Defoe, pur non considerandosi un credulone, riporta la storia così comi gli è stata raccontata, proponendo anche delle spiegazioni razionali.