HorrorDe beproeving (The Stand) is een van Stephen Kings meest gelezen apocalyptische verhalen. In deze bloedspannende thriller wordt de wereld geteisterd door een enorme plaag. De beproeving is een van Stephen Kings beroemdste romans en wordt tot een van de hoogtepunten binnen zijn oeuvre gerekend. Stephen Kings apocalyptische visie op een wereld getroffen door een grote plaag en verstrikt in een strijd tussen goed en kwaad is nog altijd even meeslepend – en angstaanjagend plausibel – als toen het boek voor het eerst werd gepubliceerd. Een patiënt ontsnapt uit een biologische testfaciliteit, niet wetende dat hij een gemuteerde stam van een dodelijke supergriep bij zich draagt. De ziekte vernietigt vrijwel de gehele beschaving op aarde. Steden liggen bezaaid met rottende lijken. Overal hangt een oorverdovende stilte. Een handjevol overlevenden blijft verbijsterd achter en moet op zoek naar een nieuwe leider. Er dienen zich twee kandidaten aan: Moeder Abagail, de goedgezinde 108-jarige
Fictie en literatuur'ORIGINAL, THRILLING AND POWERFUL' - Guardian 'HAUNTING, HEARTHBREAKING' - Vogue The phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller that is now a BAFTA Award-nominated movie NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh. Melanie is a very special girl. Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will read this year. 'A great read that takes hold of you and doesn´t let go' - John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN *Return to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS in M. R. Carey's stunning new novel THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE - out now!*
HorrorIn deze griezelige klassieker brengt een achtentwintig jaar oude belofte zeven volwassenen terug naar Derry, Maine. Pennywise is terug... It is de angstaanjagende klassieker van horrormeester Stephen King. Succesvol verfilmd in twee delen door regisseur Andy Muschietti, met o.a. de creepy Bill Skarsård als Pennywise. Een zesjarig jongetje speelt in Derry tijdens een stortbui met een papieren bootje in de goot. Plotseling verdwijnt het bootje. Als het jongetje op zijn knieën in het donkere gat tuurt, staren twee felgele ogen hem aan vanuit het riool... De zeven leden van de Stumpersclub waren tieners toen ze werden geconfronteerd met het kwaad dat geen naam heeft: Het. Ze zwoeren om weer samen te komen als de demon die aast op kinderen opnieuw zou verschijnen. Nu, 28 jaar later, zijn ze volwassen en op zoek naar succes en geluk. Maar als er weer kinderen ontvoerd en vermoord worden in Derry is het tijd voor de zeven om terug te keren, om het kwaadaardige wezen dat loert vanuit het ri
HorrorVoor de fans van Stephen King, Thomas Olde Heuvelt en Ulf Kvensler Een race om de ark te vinden. Een nachtmerrie van Bijbelse proporties. Een pas verloofd stel beklimt de berg Ararat in Turkije en ontdekt als eerste een enorme grot die dankzij een recente aardbeving toegankelijk is geworden. De grot blijkt een eeuwenoud begraven schip te zijn, waarvan velen al snel geloven dat het om de Bijbelse ark van Noach gaat. Samen met het stel ontdekt een team van geleerden, archeologen en filmmakers achter in de grot een kist. Het artefact wekt hun nieuwsgierigheid en ze breken de kist open. Binnenin vinden ze een lelijk, misvormd kadaver. Niet de heilige man die ze hadden verwacht, maar een afschuwelijk wezen met hoorns. Dan raast een enorme sneeuwstorm over hen heen en komen ze vast te zitten in de grot, duizenden meters hoog op de flank van een afgelegen berg. En ze zijn niet alleen… In de pers ‘Ik hou van een goed eng verhaal, maar angst alleen is niet genoeg om
Fictie en literatuurWanneer het misbruikte en levenloze lichaam van een elfjarig jongetje wordt gevonden, wijzen ooggetuigen en forensisch materiaal onmiskenbaar in de richting van de populaire coach van het plaatselijke Little League-team. Maar de verdachte, die met groot machtsvertoon wordt gearresteerd, heeft een waterdicht alibi. Detective Ralph Anderson raakt na verder onderzoek ook overtuigd dat hij inderdaad buiten de stad was. Hoe kan hij dan tegelijkertijd op twee plekken zijn geweest?
HorrorEen kleine stad wordt op onverklaarbare wijze van de rest van de wereld afgesloten door een onzichtbare koepel. Verfilmd als grote tv-serie Under the Dome, geproduceerd door Steven Spielberg. In Under the Dome (Gevangen) van bestsellerauteur Stephen King sluit een mysterieuze, onzichtbare energiekoepel het stadje Chester's Mill in Maine plotseling af van de buitenwereld. Wie binnen is, kan er niet meer uit, en van buiten kan er niemand meer in. Zelfs met raketten lukt het niet de koepel open te breken. Gevangen in de koepel grijpt 'Grote' Jim Rennie, de meest corrupte man van de stad, zijn kans. Binnen enkele dagen weet hij de macht naar zich toe te trekken en voert hij een schrikbewind waarbij hij zijn medebewoners terroriseert en intimideert. Ondertussen verslechtert de luchtkwaliteit in Chester's Mill en begint de tijd voor de inwoners te dringen... 'Het beste boek van Stephen King ooit.' Lee Child 'Gevangen is bijna 1000 pagina's ouderwets thrillen en chillen.' Veronica Magazine
Horror‘Briljant en volstrekt origineel.’ Stephen King Op een mistige winterochtend zien Luca Wolf en Emma Reich een achttiende-eeuws zeilschip in een bollenveld bij de duinen liggen. Orakel, staat er op de achtersteven. Het ligt er, in alle opzichten, verkeerd. Emma kan haar nieuwsgierigheid niet bedwingen en gaat het luik op het hellende dek binnen. Niemand ziet haar nog terug. Luca blijft verbijsterd achter: hij wilde haar wel achternagaan, maar iets hield hem tegen. De uitdrukking op haar gezicht toen ze door het luik ging, maakte hem bang… Niet veel later zijn er elf mensen verdwenen, worden Luca en zijn moeder afgeschermd van de wereld vastgehouden en staan de geheime diensten voor een raadsel. Alles moet uit de kast worden gehaald om een mediastorm te voorkomen. Maar als men graaft in een ver verleden om het mysterie van de Orakel te ontrafelen, blijkt het schip een voorbode te zijn van iets onheilspellends. In de pers ‘Dit boek zul je niet snel vergeten.’ Trouw 'Robert Grim
HorrorWith the heart of Stand By Me and the genius horror of Christine , MILE 81 is Stephen King unleashing his imagination as he drives past one of those road signs . . . At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It's the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother heads off to the gravel pit to play 'paratroopers over the side'. Pete, armed with only the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up burger shack and drinks enough to pass out. That's why he doesn't notice a freshly mud-spattered station wagon (which is strange because there hadn't been any rain in New England for over a week) which veers into the Mile 81 rest area, ignoring the sign that reads 'closed, no services'. The driver's door opens but nobody gets out . . .
Fictie en literatuurWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky. The Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction. It is full of narrative, linguistic and psychological pleasures, and has a fiendishly clever and original structuring device. Written in pitch-perfect historical register, richly evoking a mid-19th century world of shipping and banking and goldrush boom and bust, it is also a ghost story, and a gripping mystery. It is a thrilling achievement and will confirm for critics and readers that Catton is one o
HorrorNow with a stunning new cover look, King's classic No. 1 bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as the inspiration for HBO Max's upcoming Welcome to Derry. We all float down here. Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live. It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes IT appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing . . . Time passes and the children grow up, move away and forget. Until they are called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories, emerging again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.
HorrorEen spectaculair, duister en zinderend verhaal over verslaving, geloof, muziek en leven na de dood. In een klein dorpje in New England, een halve eeuw geleden, valt een schaduw over een jongetje dat met zijn soldaatjes speelt. Jamie Morton kijkt op en ziet een indrukwekkende man: de nieuwe dominee, Charles Jacobs. Al snel vormen ze een sterke band, gebaseerd op hun gedeelde interesse voor experimenten en elektriciteit. Decennia later leeft Jamie een nomadisch rock & roll-kroegleven en is hij verslaafd. Dan komt hij Jacobs weer tegen, met verstrekkende gevolgen voor beide mannen. Hun verbond wordt een pact dat zelfs de duivel niet had kunnen bedenken, en Jamie ontdekt dat het woord revival veel betekenissen heeft… ‘Stephen King is een regelrecht fenomeen.’ De Morgen
Horror#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • In this masterpiece of modern American horror that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, Jack Torrance takes a job as the caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. As the brutal winter sets in, the hotel’s dark secrets begin to unravel. “An undisputed master of suspense and terror.” — The Washington Post Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
Horror#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”— Entertainment Weekly We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the pandemic. The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or a
HorrorH.P. LOVECRAFT [Inspiration for Stephen King] COMPLETE MAJOR WORKS All the Major Masterpieces of H.P. Lovecraft Classics of Horror Over 10,000 Pages Including "The Call of Cthulhu", At the Mountains of Madness and More! "The twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." Stephen King TABLE OF CONTENTS SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE THE BEAST IN THE CAVE THE ALCHEMIST THE TOMB DAGON A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON POLARIS BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO THE WHITE SHIP THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER THE STREET SWEET ERMENGARDE THE TREE THE TEMPLE FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN AND HIS FAMILY CELEPHAÏS FROM BEYOND THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE THE NAMELESS CITY THE QUEST OF IRANON THE MOON-BOG THE OUTSIDER THE OTHER GODS HERBERT WEST — REANIMATOR THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN HYPNOS THE HOUND THE LURKING FEAR THE RATS IN THE WALLS THE UNNAMABLE THE FESTIVAL IMPRISONED WIT
Fictie en literatuurDon’t miss the “harrowing” ( The Washington Post ) #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from master storyteller Stephen King that inspired the hit television series, following the apocalyptic scenario of a town cut off from the rest of the world. On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them s
Horror‘Olde Heuvelt overtreft zichzelf met November.’ Vrij Nederland Welkom in Bird Street, de gelukkigste straat van de Verenigde Staten. De bewoners wonen in kasten van huizen en zijn stuk voor stuk vitale, weldenkende en – de meesten van hen althans – ruimhartige mensen. En hun kinderen? Die zijn perfect. Je zou kunnen zeggen dat het de bewoners van Bird Street iets té goed gaat. Tot het november wordt. Dan breken de Donkerder Dagen aan. Luana en Ralph weten het en hun kinderen ook. Ieder jaar in november slaat hun geluk om en worden ze juist overvallen door ongeluk. Na een week of vier keert het geluk terug... maar wel tegen een prijs. Iemand moet sterven in de bossen achter hun huis. Gebeurt dat niet, dan grijpt het onheil om zich heen. En elk jaar stellen Luana en Ralph zich de vraag: hoeveel is een mensenleven waard? Met November, een moderne twist op het klassieke faustiaanse pact, geeft Thomas Olde Heuvelt een ongekend duistere inkijk in de menselijke ziel. Een specta
HorrorThe major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor available from Netflix May 2022 With a stunning new cover look, King's 'powerful sequel to The Shining ' (Observer) - an instant international No. 1 bestseller. Following a childhood haunted by terrifying events at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance has been drifting for decades. Finally, he settles into a job at a nursing home where he draws on his remnant 'shining' power to provide crucial comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep'. Then he meets Abra Stone, a girl with 'the brightest shining' ever seen. But her gift is attracting the beautiful yet merciless Rose the Hat and her followers The True Knot. They may look harmless, the sort of people who are devoted to their campers and RVs, but they live off the 'steam' that children like Abra produce. Now Dan must call upon his powers once more as he battles for Abra's soul and survival - facing his fears and reawakening ghosts from his past.
HorrorNow with a stunning new cover look comes WOLVES OF THE CALLA, the fifth captivating volume in King's epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER. In the fifth novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy series, Roland and his ka-tet are bearing through the forests of the Mid-World on their journey to the Dark Tower. Tracking their every move is a group of farmers from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis. The trackers have been warned that the Wolves, a band of masked riders, are about to gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap and raid their town. And they want to enlist the help of the four gunslingers. How can Roland and his tet both protect the innocent community and return to New York to save our world's incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation? JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER... 'Classic King, fine characters, compellingly written in a gripping well-honed plot' DAILY EXPRESS ' Strange, scary and utterly gripping - the perfect start to an unforgett
HorrorEen ongekend duo: Stephen King & Richard Chizmar schrijven samen nagelbijtende spanning In Gwendy’s knoppenkist verandert het leven van de twaalfjarige Gwendy Peterson voor altijd wanneer ze van een vreemde man een mysterieuze houten kist krijgt. Die biedt verleidelijke lekkernijen en vintage munten, maar de man waarschuwt haar dat als ze op een van de prachtig gekleurde knoppen van de kist drukt, dood en verderf zullen volgen. Jaren later, in Gwendy’s magische veer, is Gwendy een succesvolle schrijfster geworden met een veelbelovende toekomst in de politiek. Maar wanneer de knoppenkist plotseling weer in haar leven verschijnt, moet ze beslissen of ze bereid is alles op het spel te zetten voor de verleiding die hij biedt. En in het spannende slot, Gwendy’s laatste taak, proberen kwade krachten de knoppenkist in hun bezit te krijgen. Het is aan senator Gwendy Peterson om hem koste wat kost voor hen verborgen te houden. Maar waar kan iemand zoiets destructiefs verbergen voor
HorrorVier mensen nemen in deze verhalenbundel een cruciaal besluit waarvan de gevolgen hen het duister in leiden. Aardedonker, zonder sterren bevat vier intense verhalen van meesterverteller Stephen King. In 1922 schrijft Wilfred Leland James dat er in elke man een vreemdeling schuilt. Voor James ontwaakt die vreemdeling wanneer zijn vrouw, Arlette, voorstelt om de familieboerderij te verkopen en naar Omaha te verhuizen. Een gruwelijke uitbarsting van moord en waanzin wordt hiermee in gang gezet. In Grote trucker komt cosycrime-auteur Tess een vreemdeling tegen op een zijweg in Massachusetts. De vreemdeling valt Tess aan en laat haar voor dood achter. Tess zweert dat ze wraak zal nemen, maar die wraak leidt haar ook naar nóg een vreemdeling in haar leven… De verlenging is het kortste verhaal, en misschien wel het smerigste en grappigste. Een deal met de duivel redt niet alleen het leven van Dave Streeter, maar het compenseert hem ook voor een leven vol wrok. In Een goed huwelijk hebben
HorrorIn de winkel van Leland Gaunt is alles te koop, maar tegen welke prijs... "In De noodzaak van Stephen King heeft de stad Castle Rock, Maine, in de loop der jaren behoorlijk wat eigenaardigheden gezien, maar niets is zo eigenaardig als de kleine curiosawinkel die er net is geopend. Het loopt storm in De NoodZaak, de pas geopende winkel van de geheimzinnige en gedistingeerde Leland Gaunt. De elfjarige Brian Rusk vindt er voor een spotprijs een felbegeerd, zeldzaam kauwgomplaatje uit 1956 van zijn favoriete baseballspeler. Iedereen vindt er wel iets van zijn gading. En iedereen betaalt natuurlijk een prijs. Maar bij De NoodZaak blijkt die prijs uiteindelijk erg hoog te zijn... Het boek werd verfilmd door Fraser C. Heston (de zoon van) met o.a. Ed Harris en Max von Sydow."
Fictie en literatuur'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING __________________ THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FANTASY OF 2019 AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF OCTOBER 2019 A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST IN DEVELOPMENT FOR TELEVISION WITH AMAZON STUDIOS BY THE BESTSELLING CREATOR OF THE GRISHAVERSE AND THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES SHADOW AND BONE STEP INTO THE WORLD OF NINTH HOUSE __________________ Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch. Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with
HorrorDe marathon vertelt het verhaal van de deelnemers aan een slopende marathon waarbij er maar één de winnaar kan zijn: degene die overleeft. De marathon, de bestseller van meesterverteller Stephen King, gaat over de langste en dodelijkste afvalrace ooit waarbij slechts één deelnemer kan winnen. DE MARATHON: de af te leggen afstand is 700 kilometer. DE REGELS: Er mag niet langzamer dan 6 km per uur gelopen worden; men moet blijven bewegen; er zal slechts één winnaar zijn. Bij overtreding krijgen de deelnemers drie waarschuwingen. De vierde is de laatste en is definitief. De kogel. DE DEELNEMERS: honderd zorgvuldig geselecteerde jongeren, onder wie de zestienjarige Ray Garraty. Een gruwelijke afvalrace gaat beginnen… ‘Stephen King is een regelrecht fenomeen.’ De Morgen
HorrorThis is a terrifying new short story from authors Stephen King and Joe Hill, brought to you as an eBook original by sister publishers Orion and Hodder & Stoughton. As USA TODAY said of Stephen King's MILE 81: 'Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?' IN THE TALL GRASS begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they've lost one another. The boy's cries are growing more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver. This eBook original also contains exclusive extracts from the eagerly anticipated novels NOS4R2 by Joe Hill, and DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King.
HorrorThe old radio at the station had poured out haunting images of a dying world from the first day. Through it, the tiny group hunkered down at the Village of Portsmouth, bore witness to the death of millions. Where the sickness left off, storms and brutal emotions took over. Some fought. Some starved. Others simply disappeared. Storms ravaged the power grids. Relief efforts died before they ever started. Entire countries collapsed. Like the rest of the world, the people stranded on Portsmouth Island could only wait and hope. When it came, the disease struck hard, killing one and sending another into a violent rage. Hounded by an evil he didn't understand, William Hill struggled to survive. The evil had other plans. It wanted his blood. This time, it had a face. This time, it offered a deal
Fictie en literatuurOne of the Ten Best Books of The New York Times Book Review Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTS RANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED. WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer—takes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it. It begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching GED classes. He asks his students to write about an event that changed their lives, and one essay blows him away—a gruesome, harrowing story about the night more than fifty years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a sledgehammer. Reading the essay is a watershed moment for Jake, his lif
Fictie en literatuurStephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. Soon to be a television series. 'THE STAND is a masterpiece' ( Guardian ). Set in a virus-decimated US, King's thrilling American fantasy epic, is a Classic. First come the days of the virus. Then come the dreams. Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms. When a man crashes his car into a petrol station, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies and it doesn't take long for the virus which killed him to spread across America and the world.
Fictie en literatuurThis Enhanced eBook Edition contains a 13-minute film, written and narrated by Stephen King and enhanced with historic footage from CBS News, that will take you back—as King’s novel does—to Kennedy era America. On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de force. Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome , King sweeps readers back in time to another moment—a real life moment—when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history. Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harro
HorrorA spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
Fictie en literatuurNow a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor! From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying sequel to The Shining —an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is “[a] vivid frightscape” ( The New York Times ). Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance’s sanity, as his paranormal gift known as “the shining” opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook—and his father’s legacy of alcoholism and violence—kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname “Doctor Sleep” by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone—who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining—the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of t
H. P. Lovecraft, T.E.D. Klein, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Darrell Schweitzer, John Glasby, Michael R. Collings, Brian Stableford, Brian McNaughton, Frank Belknap Long, Stephen Mark Rainey, Jason Van Hollander, Henry Kuttner, Mark McLaughlin, Lin Carter, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Adrian Cole, Robert M. Price & John P. McCann
HorrorThis volume assembles no less than 40 stories set in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Ranging from Lovecraft's own tales (including classics such as the novel At the Mountains of Madness, ʺThe Shadow Over Innsmouth,ʺ and ʺThe Colour Out of Spaceʺ) to works by his friends and contemporaries (Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert Bloch), to later followers (Henry Kuttner, Lin Carter, Brian McNaughton), and contemporary afficianados (Brian Stableford, Mark McLaughlin, Adrian Cole) -- and many more. This is one collection no Lovecraft fan can afford to miss! Included are: "At the Mountains of Madness,ʺ by H. P. Lovecraft "The Events at Poroth Farm," by T.E.D. Klein "The Return of the Sorcerer, by Clark Ashton Smith "Worms of the Earth," by Robert E. Howard "Envy, the Gardens of Ynath, and the Sin of Cain," by Darrell Schweitzer "Drawn from Life," by John Glasby "In the Haunted Darkness," by Michael R. Collings "The In
HorrorIn this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent... In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a women's prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain? The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Dooling's Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake. And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether...
Fictie en literatuurDon't miss King's #1 chilling classic, now a major motion picture from Warner Bros. Pictures. Available in cinemas (UK and Germany) or stream on MAX from October 2024. 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets and solid church steeples. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but no more than in any other such town. Ben Mears has returned to the Lot to write a novel and exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood - since the event he witnessed at the Marsten House. He finds the house has been rented by a newcomer, a man who causes Ben some unease. And then things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list keeps growing...
HorrorDeze betoverende verhalenbundel bevat ruim twintig unieke verhalen uit de diepste krochten en ongeëvenaarde fantasie van de meester himself. "Stephen King neemt je in zijn verhalenbundel Nachtmerries en droomlandschappen mee naar plekken waar je nog nooit bent geweest. Ogenschijnlijk zijn het alledaagse gebeurtenissen: een automobilist pikt in een zware storm een lifter op, een echtpaar verdwaalt in een buitenwijk van Londen, iemand aan de telefoon is verkeerd verbonden… maar het zijn juist de herkenbare situaties die veranderen in afgrijselijke nachtmerries. Met onovertroffen verbeeldingskracht schetst Stephen King een wereld vol boosaardige kinderen, moordzuchtige padden en klapperende tanden. Als geen ander weet de ‘meester van de horror’ de menselijke angst beklemmend te beschrijven. Maar liefst 24 korte verhalen van een van de beste verhalenvertellers ter wereld. Inclusief nawoord van de auteur."
HorrorEen man verliest alles wat hij liefheeft: zijn bruid, zijn eer en zijn krijgsmakkers. Zal hij zijn vrouw terugvinden en in triomf terugkeren naar zijn dorp? Of is hij weinig beter dan het monster dat hem van alles beroofde?
HorrorEdgar Allan Poe: Tales of Horror and Mystery Audio Edition is an anthology of over 15 classic Edgar Allan Poe short stories. All selections within this anthology are accompanied by their audio book counterpart, so you can listen and read along. Edgar Allan Poe is often cited as birthing the modern day detective story, as well as the Gothic horror genre. This selection includes: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, Bernice, The Masque of Red Death, Silence, Eleonora, The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Oblong Box, The Premature Burial, Hog Frog, The Cask of Amontillado, The Facts in the case of M. Valdemar, The Imp of the Perverse, and the Oval Portrait.
Fictie en literatuurOne of the true classics of horror, now with a new stunning cover look. THE SHINING is regarded as one of Stephen King's masterpieces. Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive? Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine . . .
HorrorEen onheilspellende klassieker over het kwaad dat ver buiten het graf bestaat – een van Kings meest iconische en angstaanjagende romans. Verfilmd als Pet Sematary. Stephen Kings Dodenwake wordt gezien als een van zijn engste boeken ooit. Als dr. Louis Creed met zijn vrouw, drie kinderen en de kat naar het kleine plaatsje Ludlow verhuist lijkt er niets aan de hand. Niet ver achter het huis liggen twee begraafplaatsen, een voor honden en katten uit de buurt, en een veel oudere indiaanse begraafplaats waar de mensen uit het dorp magische krachten aan toeschrijven. Als de kat overreden wordt en deze op de begraafplaats achter het huis begraven wordt, komt Louis er pas achter hoeveel waarheid er in dat bijgeloof steekt, en betekent dat het begin van de ondergang van het gezin. Het boek werd twee keer verfilmd als Pet Sematary. In 1989 door regisseur Mary Lambert. En in 2019 door regisseurs Kven Kölsch en Dennis Widmyer met o.a. Jason Clarke en John Lithgow. ‘Een boek voor iedereen die
Fictie en literatuurA young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home. The young woman doesn't believe in exorcism or the supernatural. However when she enters the house for the first time, she begins to feel it too, as if the very house is watching her, waiting, biding its time . . . The Grownup , which originally appeared as 'What Do You Do?' in George R. R. Martin's Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world's most original and skilled voices in fiction.
HorrorThe iconic science fiction vampire novel, adapted into the film starring Will Smith. The last man on earth is not alone . . . Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this? The SF classic that inspired the blockbuster vampire movie starring Will Smith Readers can't put down I Am Legend : ' A classic of several genres , sci-fi, horror, vampires, and post-apocalypse. I love the scientific rationalization of the classic vampire lore' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I certainly understand why Richard Matheson is regarded as a master of the horror genre and why even THE Stephen King looked up to him as an inspiration . . . If you like horror, suspense and the maca
HorrorEr hangt geen vuiltje in de lucht op Poplar Street in Wentworth, Ohio. Behalve dan die rode bestelbus boven aan de heuvel. Want als die in beweging komt, gaan er doden vallen. De New York Times-bestseller De regelaars van Stephen King, oorspronkelijk uitgegeven onder zijn pseudoniem Richard Bachman, keert terug in een geheel nieuw jasje. Tezamen met het destijds gelijktijdig verschenen spiegelverhaal Desperation, dat King (als test) wel onder zijn eigen naam uitbracht. Het is een zomermiddag in Wentworth, Ohio en in Poplar Street gaat alles zijn gangetje. De krantenjongen bezorgt de krant, er vliegen frisbees door de lucht en er worden voorbereidingen voor de barbecue getroffen. Het enige dat hierbij lichtelijk uit de toon valt is het rode bestelbusje dat met draaiende motor boven aan de heuvel staat. Zo dadelijk zal het zich in beweging zetten en zullen de eerste doden vallen. Tegen de tijd dat de avond valt in Poplar Street zullen de bewoners die dan nog in leven zijn zich in een an
Fictie en literatuur'ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY' INDEPENDENT 'Deliciously creepy' SUNDAY TIMES 'Irresistible' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Skin-crawling' OBSERVER 'Manically ingenious' GUARDIAN 'An elegant fright-fest' THE TIMES The chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you're looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the right-hand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn't quite make sense; too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies. A stranger greets you and invites you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't. This unnerving, taut and intricately woven tale by one of our most original and bewitching writers begins in 1979 and comes to its turbulent conclusion around Hallowe'en, 2015. Because every n
HorrorEen dienaar volgt zijn meester naar de kust van het 17e-eeuwse Noord-Afrika. Zal zijn meester vinden wat hij begeert? Of zal hij luisteren naar zijn geweten en opstaan tegen demonische krachten? Winnaar Unleash Award 2011.
Fictie en literatuurMile 81 is Stand by Me meets Christine —the story of an insatiable car and a heroic kid. At Mile 81 on the Maine turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play “paratroopers over the side.” Pete, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up burger shack and drinks enough to pass out. Not much later, a mud-covered station wagon (which is strange because there hadn’t been any rain in New England for over a week) veers into the Mile 81 rest area, ignoring the sign that says “closed, no services.” The driver’s door opens but nobody gets out. Doug Clayton, an insurance man from Bangor, is driving his Prius to a conference in Portland. On the backseat are his br
HorrorFenomenale, duistere spanning voor de fans van Thomas Olde Heuvelt, J.D. Barker en Gillian Flynn – uitgeroepen tot thriller van de maand in The Times, The Observer én The Guardian Ted Bannerman woont in het laatste huis aan de bosrand. Het is er wat eenzaam: zijn dochter Lauren is er niet altijd en verder heeft hij alleen zijn kat Olivia. Het is er ook wat bedrukkend, met de dichtgetimmerde ramen en de spiegels die Ted heeft moeten weghalen toen hij zichzelf er niet meer recht in kon aankijken. En dan zijn er nog de vreemde geluiden op de zolder en datgene wat er achter het huis in het bos begraven ligt. Dan krijgt de straat een nieuwe bewoonster. Eentje die bijzonder geïnteresseerd lijkt in Ted en in een meisje dat jaren geleden in deze omgeving verdween. Dit is het verhaal van een moordenaar. Van een gestolen kind. Van wraak. Dit is het verhaal van Ted, Lauren en Olivia, die in een doodgewoon huis aan het einde van een doodgewone straat wonen. Al deze dingen zijn waar. En toch z
HorrorThis contains below mentioned collection Fiction The Alchemist At the Mountains of Madness Azathoth The Battle that Ended the Century The Beast in the Cave Beyond the Wall of Sleep The The Call of Cthulhu The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Cats of Ulthar Celephaïs The Challenge from Beyond Collapsing Cosmoses The Colour Out of Space Cool Air The Crawling Chaos The Curse of Yig Dagon The Descendant The Diary of Alonzo Typer The Disinterment The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath The Dreams in the Witch House The Dunwich Horror The Electric Executioner The Evil Clergyman Ex Oblivione Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family The Festival From Beyond The Green Meadow The Haunter of the Dark He Herbert West – Reanimator History of the Necronomicon The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast The Horror at Martin’s Beach The Horror at Red Hook The Horror in the Burying-Ground The Horror in the Museum The Hound Hypnos Ibid In the Vault Within the Walls of E
HorrorStephen King's fan-favourite thriller. Also available in audio for the first time, read by Academy Award nominee James Franco. The two things that conjured up that horrible night, were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune, and the mask . . . Meet Johnny Smith. A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash. Followed by blackness. A long, long time in cold limbo. When he wakes up life has been turned upside down. His fiancée has met someone else. And Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men's souls. He's had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child. Now he has an ability to see into the future. An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and dangerous man . . .
HorrorQuarantaine is het spannende debuut van Erik Betten. Een actuele thriller over een dodelijke bacterie – en een overheid die ondenkbare maatregelen neemt. Quarantaine is het spannende debuut van Erik Betten. Een actuele thriller over een dodelijke bacterie – en een overheid die ondenkbare maatregelen neemt. Groningen, oktober. Een oeroude bacterie vindt via een gaswinningspunt haar weg naar de oppervlakte. In luttele dagen zwermen de halfdode, besmette slachtoffers wezenloos uit over Noord-Nederland. Bang voor verdere verspreiding besluit de overheid de provincies af te sluiten. Het Gronings-Friese Kamerlid Homme Olivier, die zich jarenlang heeft ingezet voor de lokale bevolking en haar problemen met de gaswinning, wordt naar voren geschoven als woordvoerder. Aan hem de taak om de kalmte te bewaren terwijl er naar een oplossing wordt gezocht. Maar als de overheid vervolgens het leger inzet om de vluchtelingen uit het gebied tegen te houden, lijkt Homme juist als zondebok te worden
HorrorINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book.” — The Washington Post One of The Atlantic ’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront. “A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing.... An important book.” —Katherine Dunn, bestselling author of Geek Love Look for Bret Easton Ellis’s latest novel, The Shards !
Fictie en literatuur'One of the most brilliant first novels I have come across' Telegraph 'One of the top 100 novels of the century' Independent 'Brilliant...irresistible...compelling' New York Times 'Macabre, bizarre, and impossible to put down' Financial Times ' Read it if you dare' Daily Express The Wasp Factory is a bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath - one of the most infamous of contemporary Scottish novels. 'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.' Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.
HorrorThis book contain collection of 58 books 1. Supernatural Horror in Literature 2. The Beast in the Cave [1904] 3. The Alchemist [1908] 4. The Tomb [1917] 5. Dagon [1917] 6. A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson [1917] 7. Polaris [1918] 8. Beyond the Wall of Sleep [1919] 9. The Transition of Juan Romero [1919] 10. The White Ship [1919] 11. The Doom that Came to Sarnath [1919] 12. The Statement of Randolph Carter [1919] 13. The Street [1919] 14. Sweet Ermengarde [c.1919-21?] 15. The Tree [1920] 16. The Temple [1920] 17. Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family [1920] 18. Celephais [1920] 19. From Beyond [1920] 20. The Picture in the House [1920] 21. The Nameless City [1921] 22. The Quest of Iranon [1921] 23. The Moon-Bog [1921] 24. The Outsider [1921] 25. The Other Gods [1921] 26. Herbert West--Reanimator [1922] 27. The Music of Erich Zann [1921] 28. Hypnos [1922] 29. The Hound [1922] 30. The Lurking Fear [1922] 31. The Rats in the Walls [1923] 32. The Unnamable [1923] 33. T
Fictie en literatuurNow with a stunning new cover look for the 50th Anniversary comes Stephen King's legendary debut. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her . . .
HorrorFenomenale spanning voor de fans van Thomas Olde Heuvelt, J.D. Barker en Gillian Flynn Whistler Bay, 1989. Wilder Harlow brengt de zomer door in het vakantiehuis dat zijn ouders hebben geërfd. Hij loopt de knappe Nathaniel en de fascinerende Harper tegen het lijf, maar hij weet nog niet dat zijn intense band met hen hem zal tekenen voor het leven. Wanneer de drie vrienden een gruwelijke ontdekking doen in een grot in de baai, leidt dat niet alleen tot de ontmaskering van een seriemoordenaar, maar ook tot een tragisch eind van de vriendschap. Meer dan dertig jaar later keert Wilder terug naar Whistler Bay om daar de confrontatie met zijn demonen aan te gaan. Maar het verleden achtervolgt hem, want ook Harper is teruggekeerd naar het kustplaatsje en houdt angstvallig haar geheimen voor zich. En dan zijn er nog de hallucinaties die gepaard gaan met Wilders oogziekte. Of worden ze door iets anders veroorzaakt? De grens tussen feit en fictie vervaagt. Hoe meer Wilder schrijft, hoe meerhij
HorrorEen wanhopige man probeert een tv-spel te winnen, waarin het enige doel is om in leven te blijven. In Vlucht naar de top van Stephen King vallen De Hongerspelen en Squid Game in het niet bij de gruwelijke wedstrijd waar Ben Richards in terechtkomt… Op jacht naar hoge kijkcijfers worden er steeds extremere televisiespelletjes bedacht. Kandidaten genoeg: de werkloosheid is hoog en uitkeringen zijn er niet. Ben Richards, achtentwintig jaar, is de wanhoop nabij. Zijn dochtertje is ziek en geld om medicijnen te kopen heeft hij niet. Ben schrijft zich in als kandidaat voor het spel Vlucht naar de top. Hoofdprijs: één miljard dollar. Het spel: een jacht op leven en dood... King schreef Vlucht naar de top onder zijn pseudoniem Richard Bachman. Het werd in 1987 verfilmd door Paul Michael Glaser met o.a. Arnold Schwarzenegger in de hoofdrol. Een nieuwe film is in de maak onder regie van Edgar Wright.
HorrorStephen King's iconic horror masterpiece. An international bestselling and highly acclaimed novel, a must-read for any horror fan, also a hugely successful film starring Tom Hanks. The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary's electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it seems with John Coffey, and around him unfolds a bizarre and horrifying story. Evil murderer or holy innocent - whichever he is - Coffey has strange powers which may yet offer salvation to others, even if they can do nothing to save him. Readers are reading The Green Mile through their fingers: ' This is King at the top of his game. It's the perfect length with all six parts, it ends well, and he doesn't rely on horror or too much salty language to tell a fantastic story . . . Seriously, this is my favourite book
Horroranvankelijk negeerden de mensen de bizarre getuigenissen op het nieuws. Maar er kwamen er steeds meer en ze kwamen van steeds dichter bij huis. Algauw hoorden we dat het bij ons op straat gebeurde, om de hoek. De televisie ging op zwart, de radio zweeg en het internet viel uit. Telefoons stopten met overgaan. En we konden niet meer naar buiten. Want daar zijn zij. En zij mogen niet gezien worden... Malorie voedt haar kinderen binnen op. Iets anders is ondenkbaar. Nog nooit zijn ze buiten geweest. Het huis is stil, de deuren zijn vergrendeld, de gordijnen gesloten. De ramen zijn afgedekt met matrassen, vastgespijkerd in de kozijnen. De kinderen slapen. Straks zal ze hen wakker maken en hen blinddoeken. Vandaag zullen ze het huis verlaten. Vandaag zetten ze alles op het spel.
HorrorStephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terror” ( People ) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller! The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a secret obsession—a draw so powerful, it would have profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Now Jamie, a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, meets Charles Jacobs again. And when their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, Jamie discovers that the word revival has many meanings….
Fictie en literatuurA brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...
Horror*An AI twist on Frankenstein. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Black Mirror * 'Best thing I've read this year' Will Dean 'Terrifying' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'A brilliantly plotted story' Guardian 'Gripping . . . A twist on The Shining' New York Times 'Its chilling final twist will have you turning directly back to the first page' Mail on Sunday Henry, a brilliant but reclusive engineer, has achieved the crowning discovery of his career: he's created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He names the half-formed robot William. But there's something strange about William. It's not that his skin feels like balloon rubber and is the colour of curdled milk, nor is it his thick gurgling laugh or the way his tongue curls towards his crooked top teeth. It is the way he looks at Henry's wife, Lily. Henry created William but he is starting to lose control of him. As William's fixation with Lily grows and threatens to bring harm to their house, Henry has no choice but to destroy Willia
HorrorEen spuuglelijke biochemicus die met DNA klooit, een chimpansee die van dansen houdt, een irritante robot en een wondermooie studente...dat kan nooit goed gaan. Of wel? Winnaar NCSF-prijs 2011.
HorrorNothing is as it seems . . . France, 1928. It is ten years since the Great War ended, but Freddie Watson is still haunted by the loss of his beloved brother. Driving through the foothills of the Pyrenees, his car spins off the road in a snowstorm. He takes refuge in an isolated village and there meets the captivating Fabrissa. They spend the night talking of love and loss and war. By daybreak, Fabrissa has vanished and Freddie has discovered that he alone holds the key to an ancient mystery, one which leads him deep into the mountains and to a cave that conceals a shocking secret . . . 'A wonderfully haunting winter's tale. Stop the clock and read it in one sitting' She 'A great read . . . Mosse writes movingly about loss and atmospherically about France' Daily Mail 'Beautiful and haunting, this is a great story of love, loss and courage' Woman WITH READING GROUP NOTES AND AN EXCLUSIVE SHORT STORY
HorrorWith a stunning new cover look, King's classic tale of survival sees a young mother and her son trapped in a car by a horrifyingly familiar monster. Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine . . . Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn't a rabbit warren any more. It is a cave inhabited by rabid bats. And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him . . .
Fictie en literatuurA young hospital security guard with a disturbingly unique taste in women. A maternity doctor with a horrifically unusual appetite. When the two of them meet, they embark on a journey of self-discovery while shattering societal norms and engaging in destructively aberrant behavior. As they unwittingly help each other understand a world in which neither seems to belong, they begin to realize what it truly means to be alive...And that it might not always a good thing.
HorrorThis collection contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. The Stories included are: -The Nameless City -The Festival -The Colour Out of Space -The Call of Cthulhu -The Dunwich Horror -The Whisperer in Darkness -The Dreams in the Witch House -The Haunter of the Dark -The Shadow Over Innsmouth -Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" -The Shadow Out of Time -At the Mountains of Madness -The Case of Charles Dexter Ward -Azathoth -Beyond the Wall of Sleep -Celephaïs -Cool Air -Dagon -Ex Oblivione -Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family -From Beyond -He -Herbert West-Reanimator -Hypnos -In the Vault -Memory -Nyarlathotep -Pickman's Model -The Book -The Cats of Ulthar -The Descendant -The Doom That Came to Sarnath -The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath -The Evil Clergyman -The Horror at Red Hook -The Hound -The Lurking Fear -The Moon-Bog -The Music of Erich Zann -The Other Gods -The Outsider -The Pictur
HorrorSummer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We're going to Christmasland ... NOS4R2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of the seat while you read, and leaving the lights on while you sleep. With the horrific tale of Charles Manx and his Silver Wraith, Joe Hill has established himself as the premiere horror and supernatural thriller writer of his generation.
Horror#1 BESTSELLER • A collection of bone-chilling, nail-biting tales from the undisputed master of horror that showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" ( Chicago Tribune ).• INCLUDES THE STORY “THE BOOGEYMAN” – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20th CENTURY STUDIOS Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn , Chapelwaite , and Lawnmower Man. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories--a perfect showcase of just how far King's dark imagination can go. Here we see mutated rats gone bad ("Graveyard Shift"); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ("Night Surf," the basis for The Stand ); a possessed, evil lawnmower ("The Lawnmower Man"); unsettling children from the heartland ("Children of the Corn"); a smoker who will try anything to stop ("Quitters, Inc."); a reclus
HorrorShirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
HorrorThe iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our time... Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape. 'Extraordinary . . . makes your hair stand on end' Washington Post 'The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft' Independent
Horror'A resonant novella set in one of King's signature locales: the small town of Castle Rock, Maine' Washington Post The small town of CASTLE ROCK, MAINE has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told...until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game. One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: 'Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.' On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black sui
HorrorNow with a stunning new cover look, comes a ' supreme page turner . . . and a plot that will keep you awake at night' (GQ) from the ultimate storyteller. You'll lose a lot of sleep. Ralph does. After his wife dies, he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then he starts to observe some strange things going on in the small town of Derry, Maine - auras, coloured ribbons streaming from people's heads, and two little men wandering about after dark. That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. He realises that his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting dangerously out of control. And now he is terrified that his home town is about to become the new Armageddon . . .
HorrorTweeëntwintig sfeervolle griezelverhalen, een essay over de auteur door W.F. Hermans, een postume hommage door A. Derleth (tijdgenoot) en een beschouwing over ‘Het fenomeen Lovecraft’ door E. Lankester (samensteller bundel): samen goed voor urenlang gruwelplezier. Howard Phillips Lovecraft geldt als een van de voornaamste auteurs van griezelverhalen ter wereld en zijn werk bleek zeer invloedrijk bij latere schrijvers en fans van horrorverhalen.
Horror'THE TROOP scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. Not for the faint-hearted' STEPHEN KING He felt something touch his hand. Which is when he looked down. For the scouts of Troop 52, three days of camping, hiking and survival lessons on Falstaff Island is as close as they'll get to a proper holiday. Which was when he saw it. But when an emaciated figure stumbles into their camp asking for food, the trip takes a horrifying turn. The man is not just hungry, he's sick. Sick in a way they have never seen before. Which was when he screamed. Cut off from the mainland, the troop face a terror far worse than anything they could have made up around a campfire. To survive they will have to fight their fears, the elements...and eventually each other. Winner of the inaugural James Herbert Award, THE TROOP is a novel that will not fail to get under your skin...
HorrorVele reizigers zullen Desperation betreden op weg naar een andere bestemming. Maar eruit komen is niet zo eenvoudig als het lijkt… "Desperation van Stephen King bestaat uit hitte, zand en Desperation… De nachtmerrie van elke automobilist. Er ligt een gehucht aan highway 50 dat door sommigen wel de eenzaamste plek op aarde wordt genoemd. Het staat bekend als Desperation, Nevada. Ooit was het een welvarende mijnstad in het midden van de woestijn, nu is het akelig verlaten. Het is geen gezellige plek om te wonen. Het is zelfs een slechte plek om dood te gaan. Laat de strijd tussen goed en kwaad maar beginnen: Welkom in Desperation! "
Horror#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD • Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers • In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror. "Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it’s still challenging and guiding the genre." — Esquire “A master storyteller.” — The Los Angeles Times • “Guaranteed to chill you.” — The New York Times • "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." — Chicago Tribune Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she m
HorrorDie perfekte Mischung aus Fantasy und Horror. Im Vorläufer zu King/Straubs Bestseller "Das Schwarze Haus" begibt sich der zwölfjährige Jack Sawyer auf eine weite, abenteuerliche Reise, in der Idylle und Entsetzen nahe beieinander liegen. Meisterregisseur Steven Spielberg hat sich die Verfilmungsrechte an "Der Talisman" für "DreamWorks" gesichert.
HorrorThe Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft contains the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It begins in 1917 with “The Tomb” and ends in 1935 with his last original work “The Haunter of the Dark.” The book is ordered chronologically by the date the story was written. Because Lovecraft was a terrible businessman and left no heirs to his intellectual property, all of his works are already in the public domain. I did not include collaborations or revisions because some of those works may still be under the co-author’s copyright. There also left out two completely non-Weird very early stories. Table of Contents: The Alchemist At the Mountains of Madness Azathoth The Battle that Ended the Century The Beast in the Cave Beyond the Wall of Sleep The Book The Call of Cthulhu The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Cats of Ulthar Celephaïs The Challenge from Beyond Collapsing Cosmoses The Colour out of Space Cool Air The Crawling Chaos The Curse of Yig Dagon The Descendant The
Horror'Buy my stepfather's ghost' read the e-mail. So Jude did. He bought it, in the shape of the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it: because his fans ate up that kind of story. It was perfect for his collection: the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest-to-God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphanalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock. But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold. The bones don't make the dogs bark; the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. And none of the artefacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life ...
HorrorWith a stunning new cover look, King's bestselling supernatural tale about a boy, his girlfriend and a possessed '58 Plymouth Fury called Christine. This is the story of a lover's triangle . . . It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry. Christine is eating into his mind, burrowing into his unconscious. Christine, blood-red, fat, and finned, is twenty. Her promise lies all in her past. Greedy and big, she is Arnie's obsession, a '58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished. There is still power in her - a frightening power that leaks like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corrodes the mind and turns ownership into Possession.
HorrorA CASTLE ROCK NOVEL WITH A FOREWORD BY STEPHEN KING PREPARE TO RETURN AGAIN TO STEPHEN KING'S CASTLE ROCK, THE SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN BUILT ON A BEDROCK OF DEEP, DARK SECRETS, JUST AS IT'S ABOUT TO AWAKEN FROM ITS QUIET SLUMBER ONCE MORE. Something evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls. In Washington D.C., thirty-seven-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn't be more different from the self-conscious teenaged girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock's Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she was entrusted - or cursed - with the extraordinary button box by a mysterious stranger in a black suit. Gwendy has never told a soul about the box - not even her husband. But one day it shows up again. Inspired by the curious appearance of the box and the troubling disappearances in her hometown, Gwendy returns to Castle Rock, where time is running out for t
HorrorIn an attempt to make sense of his own mysterious and unsettling childhood memories, a man begins to reconstruct his past. As the games and adventures of his youth become engulfed by a larger story, he finds that it forms a tapestry of unbelievable horror that he never could have expected. Each chapter completes a different piece of the puzzle for both you and the narrator, and by the end of it all, you will wish that you could forget what he never knew.
HorrorFather Damien Karras: 'Where is Regan?' Regan MacNeil: 'In here. With us.' The terror begins unobtrusively. Noises in the attic. In the child's room, an odd smell, the displacement of furniture, an icy chill. At first, easy explanations are offered. Then frightening changes begin to appear in eleven-year-old Regan. Medical tests fail to shed any light on her symptoms, but it is as if a different personality has invaded her body. Father Damien Karras, a Jesuit priest, is called in. Is it possible that a demonic presence has possessed the child? Exorcism seems to be the only answer... First published in 1971, The Exorcist became a literary phenomenon and inspired one of the most shocking films ever made. This edition, polished and expanded by the author, includes new dialogue, a new character and a chilling new extended scene, provides an unforgettable reading experience that has lost none of its power to shock and continues to thrill and terrify new readers.
HorrorA terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone. Intent on uncovering the secrets of his childhood hero, the mysterious Conrad Vane, he begins to investigate Vane’s life, but he finds himself warned off at every turn. Before long he realises he is being followed too. A pale, thin boy is haunting his every step but every time he tries to confront the boy he disappears. And what of the chilling scream and desperate sobbing only he can hear? His quest leads him eventually to the old lady of Kittiscar Hall, where he discovers something far more terrible at work than he could ever have imagined. ‘Thoroughly frightening’ Daily Telegraph ‘Chills the blood’ The Times
Fictie en literatuurFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the must-read thriller of the year, perfect for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure. Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman – whose doctor says she has one year to live. She replies, ‘We’ll see.’ Her sudden recovery is a medical miracle. An enigmatic woman convinces Bibi that she escaped death so that she can save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell. But who is Ashley Bell? And what exactly does she need saving from? Bibi’s obsession with finding Ashley sends her on the run from threats both mystical and worldly, including a rich and charismatic cult leader with terrifying ambitions. Reviews Praise for Ashley Bell: ‘A mind-bender filled with satisfying surprises’ People Magazine Praise for The City: ‘A satisfying dish blended with a little sadness and pips of joy that swell inside you. Delicious’ Sun 'I loved this novel. It is such a joy to re
HorrorThe terrifying Hammer novella by Minette Walters, bestselling author of The Sculptress and The Scold's Bridle Muna's bedroom is a dark windowless cellar and her activities are confined to cooking and cleaning. She’s grown used to being maltreated by the Songoli family; to being a slave. She’s never been outside, doesn’t know how to read or write, and cannot speak English. At least that’s what the Songolis believe. But Muna is far cleverer - and her plans more terrifying - than the Songolis, or anyone else, can ever imagine ...
HorrorNiemand ontsnapt aan de mist. Toch? Maar lukt het David Drayton samen met zijn zoontje wel? Dichte mist, een ijzingwekkend spannende novelle van internationaal bestsellerauteur Stephen King, is succesvol verfilmd als The Mist met Thomas Jane en Marcia Gay Harden in de hoofdrol. Na een hevige onweersbui hangt er in het stadje Bridgton in Maine een dikke, onnatuurlijke mist, waarin zich talloze bizarre wezens verbergen die iedereen aanvallen. De geruchten gaan dat de dichte mist het gevolg is van een experiment op een nabijgelegen geheime militaire basis. Lukt het David Drayton om samen met zijn zoontje Billy aan de mist te ontsnappen? Dichte mist verscheen eerder in de bundel Duistere Krachten.
Fictie en literatuurDuma Key is a powerful suspense novel from No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, now with a new cover. When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key, off Florida's coast, to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there. But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island's secrets begin to stir. Secrets of children lost in the undertow, of a ghost ship riding the distant horizon - and a family's buried past reaching long hands into the present.
HorrorHaunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter. They are told by the people who have all answered an ad headlined 'Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months'. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of 'real life' that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. But 'here' turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theatre where they are utterly isolated from the outside world - and where heat and power and, most importantly, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction blockbuster that will certainly be made from their plight.
HorrorFollowing the highly acclaimed Nocturnes and Night Music , Night & Day is filled with eerie surprises and dark delights. Night & Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled with fictional characters to a bunker deep beneath the earth where scientists seek revenge on old Nazis, from an English marsh haunted by a mother and her son to a country house where a grieving widower finds comfort in a most unlikely source. Concluding with the author's account of how an obscure horror film brought him closer to his lost father, and how nostalgia can help through our hardest times, this is a collection that will move, entertain, and keep you reading late into the night.
Fictie en literatuurEen huiveringwekkende, beklemmende, aangrijpende thriller voor de liefhebbers van Stephen King en Kazuo Ishiguro. Een boek dat je in je dromen zal achtervolgen. Christopher is zeven. Christopher is de nieuweling. Christopher heeft een denkbeeldige vriend. Alleenstaande moeder Kate Reese is op de vlucht. Vastbesloten om het leven voor haar en haar zoon te verbeteren, ontsnapt ze midden in de nacht samen met Christopher aan een gewelddadige relatie. Samen belanden ze in de hechte gemeenschap van Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, ver van de bewoonde wereld. Slechts één snelweg leidt erheen en één snelweg eruit. Eerst lijkt het de ideale plek om eindelijk tot rust te komen. Maar dan verdwijnt Christopher. Zes afschuwelijke dagen lang kan niemand hem vinden. Totdat Christopher tevoorschijn komt uit het bos aan de rand van het dorp, ongedeerd maar niet onveranderd. Hij keert terug met een stem in zijn hoofd die alleen hij kan horen, met een missie die alleen hij kan volbrengen: hij moet voor ke
Horror'This is totally, brilliantly original' STEPHEN KING WELCOME TO BLACK SPRING, A PICTURESQUE TOWN WITH AN HORRIFYING SECRET... A 17th century woman with her eyes and mouth sewn-shut walks Blacks Springs streets... enters its homes... and watches its people while they sleep. They call her the Black Rock Witch . So accustomed to her presence, the townsfolk often forget what will happen if her eyes ever open. To protect themselves the Black Spring elders use high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with the lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the rules and go viral with the haunting. But no one foresees the dark nightmare that awaits them all. PRAISE FOR THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT: 'Reminiscent of vintage Stephen King' John Connolly 'A powerfully spooky piece of writing' Financial Times 'Spielbergian... a fabulous, unforgettable conceit' Guardian
HorrorJosh Malerman’s debut novel Bird Box is a terrifying, Hitchcockesque psychological horror that is sure to stay with you long after reading. Most people dismissed the reports on the news. But they became too frequent; they became too real. And soon it was happening to people we knew. Then the Internet died. The televisions and radios went silent. The phones stopped ringing And we couldn’t look outside anymore. Reviews ‘BIRD BOX turns the old Hollywood cliché of facing down the demon inside out – then tears it into little pieces’ Daily Mail ‘A book that demands to be read in a single sitting, and through the cracks between one's fingers' Hugh Howey ‘A lean, spellbinding thriller that Stephen King fans will relish.’ Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW) ‘You wonder whether that brush against your shoulder was some unspeakable horror or merely a falling leaf’ SFX ‘This completely compelling novel contains a thousand subtle touches but no mere flourishes – it is so we
HorrorIs it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Dave Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness - if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband's dark and terrifying secrets - he's not the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he's heading home . . . Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me , FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.
Fictie en literatuur' You like it darker? Fine, so do I ', writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel 'the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind', and in You Like it Darker , readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again. 'Two Talented Bastids' explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In 'Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny's most catastrophically. In 'Rattlesnakes', a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance - with major s
HorrorFenomenale spanning voor de fans van Thomas Olde Heuvelt, J.D. Barker en Gillian Flynn Rob leeft in angst. Angst voor haar oudste dochter Callie, die dierenbotten verzamelt en fluistert tegen denkbeeldige vrienden. En angst voor haar jongste dochter Annie, omdat ze bang is voor wat Callie haar zal aandoen. Rob ziet een duisternis in Callie, een die haar doet denken aan de familie die ze achterliet. Ze besluit haar oudste dochter mee te nemen naar haar ouderlijk huis, dat de naam ‘Zonnewijzer’ draagt, diep in de Mojave-woestijn. En daar zal ze een vreselijke keuze moeten maken. Callie is bang voor haar moeder, die haar met andere ogen lijkt te zien. Rob begint geheimen uit haar verleden te vertellen die Callie zowel verontrusten als opwinden. En Callie begint zich af te vragen of ze Zonnewijzer wel levend zal verlaten. De pers over Ward: 'Zonnewijzer is duister, gruwelijk en Ward weet het allemaal geweldig te doseren. Zelden heb ik een boek sneller uitgelezen dan deze koortsdroom v
HorrorAlles voelt vertrouwd. Maar alles is veranderd na een angstaanjagende buitenaardse ontdekking en de effecten die deze heeft op het kleine stadje Haven. In De gloed, de bestseller van meesterverteller Stephen King, raakt een stadje in de ban van een buitenaardse intelligentie wanneer een oud ruimteschip wordt opgegraven. Nadat Bobby Anderson een mysterieus voorwerp in het bos heeft ontdekt, gebeuren er vreemde dingen met haar. Ze vermagert en begint telepathische vermogens te ontwikkelen. Niet veel later ondergaan de andere inwoners van het plaatsje Haven ook een metamorfose. Dan beseffen ze dat ze in een angstaanjagende nachtmerrie terecht zijn gekomen... ‘Het stadje Haven bestaat niet. De personages bestaan niet. Deze roman is fictie, met één uitzondering: de Tommyknockers bestaan wel. En als u me niet gelooft, moet u 's avonds beter naar het nieuws kijken.’ Stephen King
Fictie en literatuurThe perfect winter ghost short story collection from the No.1 bestselling author of LABYRINTH and THE CITY OF TEARS I hear someone coming. It has happened before. I pause and listen but no longer hear anything. I sigh. As always, hope is snatched away before it can take root. And so then, as always, I am carried back to that first December so very long ago... Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are tales of ghosts and spirits seeking revenge, grief-stricken women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny.
HorrorA special 50th anniversary edition of the classic bestselling horror novel The Rats 'The Rats is splatterpunk deluxe. Not only great, gory fun but a prime example of what was once called "the British nasty." I loved it then, love it still' - Stephen King The first victim was a former paper salesman drinking himself into oblivion down by the docks. Next a child and her beloved dog, then six drifters fighting over a bottle of gin - all devoured by a black, writhing mass of giant rats. As London descends into panicked chaos, high school teacher Harris is pulled head-first into the nightmare when a student arrives with a rat bite on his hand. And he quickly realises that this is no ordinary creature, nothing like anyone has ever seen before. With their intelligent, wicked-looking eyes and razor-sharp teeth, the balance of power between man and rat has suddenly - shockingly, horribly - shifted. The rats have had their first taste of human blood. And they're hungry for more . . . 'Lean, mea
HorrorAn ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname—Buffalo Bill—is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perce
HorrorRoused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes up to the chilling realisation that her husband is going to kill her. And she takes flight - with his credit card. Alone in a strange city, Rosie begins to build a new life: she meets Bill and she finds an odd junk shop painting, 'Rose Madder', which strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it. But it's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. Norman is a corrupt cop with the instincts of a predator. A man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter the myth and become a person she never knew she could be - Rose Madder. Because Norman is getting close. Rosie can feel how close he is getting . . .