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This is the home for horror fiction, dark literature, rare and collectible books, the weird and transgressive, and the forgotten and obscure.
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Psycho Paths: Tracking the Serial Killer Through Contemporary American Film and Fiction by Philip Simpson (opens the original)
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THE KALEIDOSCOPE KID (opens the original)
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Eye of the Storm by V.C. Andrews (opens the original)
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Eye of the Storm by V.C. Andrews, Pocket Books, 2000. 3rd in the ‘Hudson’ series.I’m not really a big fan of the stories in this series by V.C. Andrews (Andrew Neiderman writing as, in this instance, I think), but I do love the cover art, especially the ‘stepback’ page artwork. Would love to know if any of you out there collect these paperbacks with stepback art, especially horror titles. Do you have any favourites you’d like to share in the comments?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"
A DREAM REALIZED (opens the original)
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Night Terrors, edited by Charles L Grant (1990) (opens the original)
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Night Terrors, edited by Charles L Grant, Headline Paperback, 1990.“The sound of horror is not always a scream” (from the introduction by Charles L Grant).This 312-page paperback is an excellent addition to any horror fan's collection. I’d say that most of the stories curated here by Charles L Grant are fine examples of psychological and supernatural horror. Brennan’s stories are the most supernaturally fantastical, followed by Wagner’s amazing tales of psychological and other-worldly horror. Mo
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