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Wormwood: A Collection of Short Stories

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Love in Vein: Twenty Original Tales of Vampiric Erotica

Kathe Koja, Barry N. Malzberg, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melaine Tem, Norman Partridge, W.H. Pugmire, Brian Hodge, Mike Baker, A.R. Morlan, Danielle Willis, Robert Devereaux, Thomas F. Monteleone, Wayne Allen Sallee, Gene Wolfe · 405 pages

Twenty stories of vampiric erotica, or more precisely depravity with sex prominently featured. People are skinned alive and a pair of women make love to a man until he dies. Edited by the author of Drawing Blood.

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Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado · 248 pages

In this electric and provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying di

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By Bizarre Hands

Joe R. Lansdale · 244 pages

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Brain Cheese Buffet

Edward Lee · 179 pages

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Night Shift

Stephen King · 336 pages

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Wrong

Dennis Cooper · 165 pages

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Lovedeath

Dan Simmons · 320 pages

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Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enriquez · 208 pages

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The Pit and the Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe · 59 pages

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Fiends

Richard Laymon · 310 pages

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Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk · 416 pages

Twenty-three stories chronicle the experiences of people who have answered an ad for an artist's retreat, believing that they will find a peaceful refuge, only to find themselves isolated and trapped in a cavernous old theater.

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Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

Garth Ennis · 200 pages

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Book of the Dead

Glen Vasey, Les Daniels, Douglas E. Winter, Steven R. Boyett, Nicholas Royle, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Hodge, David J. Schow, Robert R. McCammon, Chan McConnell, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Philip Nutman, Edward Bryant · 362 pages

Blossom / Chan McConnell -- Mess hall / Richard Laymon -- It helps if you sing / Ramsey Campbell -- [Home delivery / Stephen King][1] -- Wet work / Philip Nutman -- A sad last love at the diner of the damned / Edward Bryant -- Bodies and heads / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Choices / Glen vasey -- The good parts / Les Daniels -- Less than zombie / Douglas E. Winter -- Like Pavlov's dogs

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The Living Dead

Joe Hill, George R.R. Martin, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Laurell K. Hamilton, Joe R. Lansdale, Poppy Z. Brite, Harlan Ellison, Kelly Link, Stephen King, Douglas E. Winter, David Barr Kirtley, Dan Simmons, Dale Bailey, Sherman Alexie, David J. Schow, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Michael Swanwick, Darrell Sch · 487 pages

Contains: This year's class picture / Dan Simmons -- Some zombie contingency plans / Kelly Link -- Death and suffrage / Dale Bailey -- Ghost dance / Sherman Alexie -- Blossom / David J. Schow -- The third dead body / Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- The dead / Michael Swanwick -- The dead kid / Darrell Schweitzer -- Malthusian's zombie / Jeffrey Ford -- Beautiful stuff / Susan Palwick -- Sex, dea

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Alabaster: Wolves

Caitlin R. Kiernan · 134 pages

For nearly as long as she can remember, Dancy Flammarion has fought monsters, cutting a bloody swath through the demons and dark things of the world, aimed like a weapon by forces beyond her control or questioning. But now, for the first time, Dancy finds herself alone--and the wolves are closing in.

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Occultation and Other Stories

Laird Barron · 245 pages

Laird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, building on the eldritch tradition pioneered by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti. His stories have garnered critical acclaim and have been reprinted in numerous year’s best anthologies and nominated for multiple awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Gui

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Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror

Douglas E. Winter · 380 pages

[Night flier / Stephen King][1] -- Having a woman at lunch / Paul Hazel -- Blood kiss / Dennis Etchison -- Coming to grief / Clive Barker -- Food / Thomas Tessier -- Great God Pan / M. John Harrison -- Orange is for anguish, blue for insanity / David Morrell -- Juniper tree / Peter Straub -- Spinning tales with the dead / Charles L. Grant -- Alice's last adventure / Thomas Ligott

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Creepshow

Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson · 64 pages

**CREEPSHOW - STEPHEN KING EM QUADRINHOS É MUITO DARKSIDE®** Por Stephen King e Bernie Wrightson. Adaptado do filme de George A. Romero. Tudo começou em 1982. King juntou forças com outro gênio das sombras, o diretor George A. Romero (A Noite dos Mortos-Vivos), para realizarem um filme inspirado em quadrinhos clássicos dos anos 1950, como Contos da Cripta, da EC Comics. O longa-metragem m

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Horror Stories

Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath · 278 pages

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The Tale of the Body Thief

Anne Rice · 448 pages

Miami, 1992, "city of water, city of speed," tropical garden of a city where corruption pulses beneath the lush surface. Miami, the perfect city for a vampire. Yet Lestat—hero, rock star, incorrigible seducer of millions, the most powerful and sensual vampire of them all—prowls this savage garden in desperate N. misery. Restlessly pursuing the mystery of his dark existence across time and space,

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The Living Dead 2

Robert Kirkman, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Paula R. Stiles, Adam-Troy Castro, Karina Sumner-Smith, Matt London, Marc Paoletti, Molly Brown, Seth Lindberg, Walter Greatshell, Jamie Lackey, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Brian Keene, Amelia Beamer, Steven Popkes, David Barr Kirtley, Brenna Yova · 518 pages

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Dark Love

John Lutz, David J. Schow, Robert E. Weinberg, Richard Laymon, Bob Burden, George C. Chesbro, John Peyton, Kathryn Ptacek, John Shirley, Michael Blumlein, Ed Gorman, Lucy Taylor, Karl Edward Wagner, Douglas E. Winter, Michael O'Donoghue, Kathe Koja, Basil Copper · 408 pages

Contains: [Lunch at the Gotham Café](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19781075W/Lunch_at_the_Gotham_Cafe) / Stephen King -- The psycho / Michael O'Donoghue -- Pas de Deux / Kathe Koja -- Bright blades gleaming / Basil Copper -- Hanson's radio / John Lutz -- Refrigerator heaven / David J. Schow -- Ro Erg / Robert Weinberg -- Going under / Ramsey Campbell -- Hidden / Stuart Kamins

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