Paperbacks From Hell

Author : Grady Hendrix
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781594749827

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Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix Pdf

An affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate! Horror author and vintage paperback book collector Grady Hendrix offers killer commentary and witty insight on these trashy thrillers that tried so hard to be the next Exorcist or Rosemary’s Baby. Complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles, this unforgettable volume dishes on familiar authors like V. C. Andrews and R. L. Stine, plus many more who’ve faded into obscurity. Also included are recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time and which should stay buried.

Author : Lisa Tuttle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1948405679

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A Nest of Nightmares (Paperbacks from Hell) by Lisa Tuttle Pdf

In Lisa Tuttle's stories, the everyday domestic world of her female protagonists is invaded by the bizarre, the uncanny, the horrific. In 'Bug House', a woman who goes to visit her aunt is shocked to find she is dying - but even more shocking is what is killing her. The divorcing couple in 'Community Property' arrive at a macabre solution for how to divide ownership of a beloved pet. In 'Flying to Byzantium', a writer travelling to a science fiction convention finds herself caught in a strange and terrifying hell. The thirteen tales in this collection are highly original and extremely chilling, and they reveal Tuttle to be a master of contemporary horror fiction. Never before published in the United States and highly sought-after by collectors, A Nest of Nightmares (1986) is a classic of modern horror. This new edition features the original paperback cover art by Nick Bantock and a new introduction by Will Errickson. 'Thirteen stories guaranteed to leave you strongly disquieted' - Neil Gaiman

Author : Grady Hendrix
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781683690214

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We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix Pdf

“A gloriously over-the-top scare fest that has hidden depths. Readers will root for Kris all the way to the explosive, poignant finale.”—Publishers Weekly From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Only a girl with a guitar can save us all. Every morning, Kris Pulaski wakes up in hell. In the 1990s she was lead guitarist of Dürt Würk, a heavy-metal band on the brink of breakout success until lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom, leaving his bandmates to rot in obscurity. Now Kris works as night manager of a Best Western; she’s tired, broke, and unhappy. Then one day everything changes—a shocking act of violence turns her life upside down, and she begins to suspect that Terry sabotaged more than just the band. Kris hits the road, hoping to reunite Dürt Würk and confront the man who ruined her life. Her journey will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a celebrity rehab center to a satanic music festival. A spine-tingling horror novel, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, pill-popping, paranoid country that seems to have lost its very soul.

Author : Mendal W. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Euphrates River Valley
ISBN : UOM:39015025363790

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Let's Go Play at the Adams' by Mendal W. Johnson Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN : 0982159668

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When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom Pdf

Sally Ann is a bright and bubbling farm girl, still caught in the thrill of a brand-new husband and a shining future ahead. When a careless exploration leaves her trapped underground, she learns to live again in the absence of everything she once knew. Even driven by love and light, Sally Ann finds the deepest darkness within herself in When Darkness Loves Us. Old Martha Mannes has been a part of Morgan, Illinois since her birth. The whole town knows her as the dim-witted woman who was born without a nose, but Martha's mind wasn't always a blank slate. Unlocking the monster buried deep in her memories may bring back the sparkling child she once was...or it may send those around her crashing down into the nightmares of a little girl gone wrong. A reprinting of Elizabeth Engstrom's first book, this two-novella collection twists together the beauty and horror underlying the seeming simplicity of small town life.

Author : Chris Baines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Birds
ISBN : 0711214816

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The Nest by Chris Baines Pdf

Each story in this four-part series of young ecology books tells of how the lives of plants and animals change when human beings become involved. This is the story of two birds who are building their nest and rearing their young. It tells of the danger they face from the children's kitten.

Author : T. Chris Martindale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948405490

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Nightblood (Paperbacks from Hell) by T. Chris Martindale Pdf

As a soldier in the jungle of Vietnam, Chris Stiles learned how to fight against a deadly enemy. Now the war is over, but when his brother is slaughtered in Central Park, Chris finds himself called back into action, this time to battle a different kind of foe: an army of the undead! His quest for the creature that killed his brother brings him to Isherwood, Indiana, home to 800 people--and one ancient vampire. As all hell breaks loose and the townspeople are turned one by one into blood-sucking monsters, will Chris's tactical skills and his arsenal of automatic weapons be enough to stop the vampire menace? This first-ever reprint of T. Chris Martindale's action-packed vampire romp Nightblood (1990) includes a new introduction by Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell) and the original cover painting by Greg Winters. "It's heavy-duty armaments and ghostly aid versus fangs and immortality . . . genuine entertainment!"--Locus Magazine "The scares jump off the page at you!"--Gary Brandner, author of The Howling "It tingled my spine!"--Robert Bloch, author of Psycho

Author : Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948405946

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Black Ambrosia by Elizabeth Engstrom Pdf

Angelina is a killer. You'd never know it to look at her--until you look into her eyes. Angelina doesn't kill out of hatred or fear--she kills out of love, bringing solace to her victims, guided by the seductive Voice that speaks only to her. Angelina offers you eternal peace--at the cost of your soul! This new edition of Elizabeth Engstrom's rare and highly sought-after 1980s horror classic features an introduction by Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell) and the original cover art by Bob Eggleton. "Behind Engstrom's soft-voice style is power, is surprise, is--well, ferocity!"--Theodore Sturgeon

Author : Bernard Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1948405342

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The Reaping (Paperbacks from Hell) by Bernard Taylor Pdf

Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.

Author : Bari Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Holocaust survivors
ISBN : 1933618779

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The Tribe by Bari Wood Pdf

Classic horror novel here presented as a fine, illustrated limited edition signed by Bari Wood and T.M. Wright.

Author : Garrett Boatman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948405652

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Stage Fright (Paperbacks from Hell) by Garrett Boatman Pdf

Out of the darkness of the fetid Hudson River, the undead rose to eat their victims alive.... Horror-movie monsters burst from late-night TV screens -- to turn their viewers into victims. Biker gangs of decomposing corpses rode the highways of America, on the hunt for unsuspecting motorists.... Take a front seat in the baddest nightmare in town. Superstar Izzy Stark has the power to make your dreams -- and nightmares -- come true. He's the master of disaster, the guru of gore, the doctor of doom, the duke of death and destruction -- and you can't escape this command performance. This first-ever reprint of Garrett Boatman's rare '80s paperback horror gem Stage Fright (1988) features a new introduction by Will Errickson and the original cover art.

Author : Lisa Tuttle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948405695

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Familiar Spirit (Paperbacks from Hell) by Lisa Tuttle Pdf

THE BIG OLD HOUSE WAS PERFECT FOR SARAH Now that her life with Brian was over, she would have a home of her own. She could begin again. But something was waiting for Sarah in her new house, waiting to welcome her, to make her feel at home. Something was waiting for Sarah in the night with golden eyes that glowed and burned, commanding her obedience, demanding her soul, promising her ... Sarah tried to escape the power, but night after night it drew her back, filling her with screaming horror one moment, and relentless, burning pleasure the next. Sarah tried to escape the house, to fight the evil. But she came back. She will always come back. Because now Sarah is never alone ... This reissue of Lisa Tuttle's first novel Familiar Spirit (1983) features the classic cover art by Lee MacLeod and a new introduction by Will Errickson.

Author : Thomas Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1948405334

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The Spirit (Paperbacks from Hell) by Thomas Page Pdf

Originally published: New York: Rawson Associates, 1977.

Author : Joan Samson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1948405075

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The Auctioneer (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Joan Samson Pdf

Also includes new afterword by Warren Carberg (pages 224-226).

Author : Ken Greenhall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195432183X

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Hell Hound (Paperbacks from Hell) by Ken Greenhall Pdf

'What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? What if she were to lunge forward, grasping at the air, striking her thin skull against the edge of a stair? What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway?' Such are the thoughts of Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier on the hunt for the perfect master, as he contemplates the demise of his first victim. The basis for the acclaimed 1989 film Baxter, Ken Greenhall's utterly chilling and long-unobtainable Hell Hound (1977) has earned a reputation as a lost classic of horror fiction. This reissue includes a new introduction by Grady Hendrix. 'An unsung classic of the bizarre that ranks with Crash and The Wasp Factory.' - Fright.com 'Deserves to be much more well-known and not simply as a "cult classic" . . . I cannot recommend it highly enough!' - Too Much Horror Fiction 'An author who has been criminally neglected by modern readers . . . It's time to start celebrating Ken Greenhall.' - Jonathan Janz