From beautiful scenery to strikingly engaging writing, this slow burning descent into madness is a thing of beauty. A modern classing of haunting-themed literature. A hauntingly good book. It will haunt you! Choose one but all apply. Recommended.
Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive.
It isn't easy when she's the only one in the family who doesn't quite fit in. Her twin brother, Benny, goes with the flow so much he's practically dissolved, and her older sister, Nicole, is so used to everyone - including her blandly docile husband and two kids - falling in line that Anna often ends up in trouble for simply asking a question. Mum seizes every opportunity to question her life choices, and Dad, when not reminding everyone who paid for this vacation, just…
Most people are familiar with Lindqvist through Let the Right One In, which has become a rather iconic modern vampire story, adapted for screen, time and again. But there's so much more to him; the man has had a stellar, prolific writing career. More so in his native country, but still. Moreover and most importantly, he's actually very, very good. As far as I now, this is his only collection, and what a wonderful collection it is. Story after story envelops you in dark strangeness. The deceptively simple language draws you right in. The plots twist and turn in wild directions, and the protagonists strum through all your emotional strings. In other words, excellent! Lindqvist has a gift for the dark uncanny. It might be too subtle for genre fans who look for gore and guts in their reading, but anyone who appreciates literary nightmares of subtlety and refined quality will likely enjoy this collection as much as I did.
A classic short story collection from the writer called Sweden's Stephen King that continues the breathtaking story begun in the internationally acclaimed classic Let the Right One In
Because of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. Now at last, in "Let the Old Dreams Die," the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair.…
This was a random yard sale find that I absolutely fell in love with and devoured over a weekend. It's a treat to find nonfiction that educates and entertains in equal measures and leaves you with a certain kind of shock and awe for the world we live in ... and the batshit (author's word) people in it. An absolute delight cover to cover, erudite, clever, funny, this is a voyage well worth taking.
This is not a book of facts; it's a book of 'facts'. Should you finish it believing we became the planet's dominant species because predators found us too smelly to eat; or that the living bloodline of Christ is a family of Japanese garlic farmers - well, that's on you.
Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Did life on Earth begin after a badly tidied-up picnic? Was it just an iceberg that sank the Titanic? Are authors stealing their plotlines from the future? Will we ever talk to animals? And why, when you're in the shower, does the shower…
Every town has that house-the one on the hill, the one people whisper about. But what if the truth is far stranger than any tale ever told? When the enigmatic owner of the Koshmaroff estate dies, the doors of her crumbling mansion finally creak open. Locals swarm in, eager to sift through the relics of a reclusive life. But the estate sale proves more than they bargained for. Each trinket sold seems to carry a curse, and each buyer is soon caught in a waking nightmare. No one knew the old woman and her vanished husband were collectors of forbidden things-objects bound to a legacy of ritual, blood, and power. From séances in Parisian salons to shadowy dealings with Aleister Crowley in Berlin, from the chaos of the Blitz to the quiet menace of upstate New York, the couple's story is stitched into every sinister item left behind. Now, their collection is being dismantled. And evil never likes to be divided. Mia Dalia's spellbinding debut is a work of historical horror steeped in occult lore and atmospheric dread. A sinister travelogue through time and terror-you won't leave empty-handed. Step inside for a bargain of a lifetime.
