Paperbacks from Hell

Author: Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594749825
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a 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.

The Nest

Author: Chris Baines
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711214811
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
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.

When Darkness Loves Us

Author: Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982159668
Category : Horror tales, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Let's Go Play at the Adams'

Author: Mendal W. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Euphrates River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description

We Sold Our Souls

Author: Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1683690214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
“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.

Black Ambrosia

Author: Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780812517514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Angelina Watson, a vampire, is lonely after her parents die and meets Boyd, who, learning her secret, is determined to prevent her from killing again

The Auctioneer

Author: Joan Samson
Publisher: Centipede Press
ISBN: 9781933618203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A hardcover, nonreturnable signed edition with a short print run (300 numbered copies).

The Tribe

Author: Bari Wood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933618777
Category : Holocaust survivors
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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

Stage Fright (Paperbacks from Hell)

Author: Garrett Boatman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781948405652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
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.

The Reaping (Paperbacks from Hell)

Author: Bernard Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781948405348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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