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Kvindelige forfattere var i høj grad med til at forme gysergenren, da den voksede ud af den gotiske roman i slutningen af det 19. århundrede og for alvor tog form i starten af det 20. århundrede. Disse kvinder var ikke blot meget populære, om gyset så var deres foretrukne litterære felt eller ej, mange af dem vandt også stor anerkendelse i samtiden. De fortjener at blive husket på lige fod med de bedste mandlige forfattere inden for genren. Denne antologi er blevet til med det formål. De ni kvindelige forfattere i denne bog var alle markante kvinder, der på forskellig vis udfordrede tidens normer, kønsroller og seksualitet. Novellerne i denne samling er en buket af forskelligartede gys, og selvom et par af disse har mænd i hovedrollerne, så mærker man en anden tilgang til genren end hos de mere bombastiske mandlige gyserforfattere. Kvindernes tekster er ofte mere tvetydige, snigende og åndelige. Mange af novellerne har selvstændige og handlekraftige kvinder i hovedrollerne. Kvinder, der må klare sig selv i en barsk verden, hvor den stærke mand kun sjældent bruger sin magt til at beskytte dem. 'Døden og kvinden' indholder noveller af Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf, Amelia Blandford Edwards, Gertrude Atherton, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Edith Wharton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky og Charlotte Riddell

A tropical island getaway seems like the perfect honeymoon setting for newlyweds Ava and Logan, but a haunted mansion, a strange disappearance, and a goat named Fred, make them wish they'd stayed in Thornhollow. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "From the moment I met Ava I just knew she was going to become one of my favorite heroines. " Reader review Long walks on the beach, a couples massage, romantic dinners-it's all I've been wishing for. A honeymoon gift from a friend sends us to an island retreat that promises the perfect weekend getaway for me and Logan. Arriving at the secluded spot, however, we discover the staff members are 'missing', and ghosts inhabit the dilapidated historic mansion that once belonged to the island's owner. The only living person seems to be a mysterious woman who insists her goat, Fred, talks to her and predicts the future. Fred claims an ancient curse is at work and a phantom killer who wants the island to himself stalks the land. If Logan and I don't leave, we're next on his list. But we're trapped-our only means of escape lying at the bottom of the sea. Can I use my ghost-whispering skills to help the earthbound spirits cross over, as well as track down this killer? Or will the ancient evil that haunts this place make my honeymoon one to die for? Read Ava and Tabby's next ghost adventure today!

This demon in the online game is a little too realTwenty-year-old Abby Renshaw should be having a great summer. With still a year left in college, she's landed an internship in a law office-in gorgeous St. Augustine, Florida yet.Then the demon appears. As a true magician, Abby has dealt with evil spirits and monsters before, but this creature is something else. He's haunted the city throughout history, feeding on human grief and despair. Now he's allied with a creepy hacker guy, who's adding the demon into a game.Because of her magical talent, Abby's coerced into testing the game as the demon's opponent. She has little choice-unless she plays, the demon will continue his rampage, driving innocent people to suicide.Can Abby stay in the game long enough to vanquish the demon for good? Or will this summer turn out to be her?The latest installment of the Abby Renshaw Supernatural Mysteries. If you like tales of ghosts, psychic adventure, and magic, you will love this series.

Sacrifice, the sixth and final book in The Moncrief Legends, wraps up the tale of Erica and Seth, Jarius and Kim, the children, the brother, the devil, and the lies that have worked to pull them all apart.Erica's baby is born and the apparitions who have covered the group from as much harm as possible linger a bit longer, anticipating trouble, or just unwilling to leave the people they love, and the unfinished business they carry.While Thaddeus fights for his life in not-quite-hell, even more treachery is revealed. To say he anticipated anything less than his own tortured death would be a lie, but through the fights to survive in the cruel environment and find his child before she is sold off, he learns more about the vulgar deceit of his would-be wife and just how far she would go to harm the people around her.The rest of his family are left to wonder about Thad's disappearance, to suffer over the visions of what awaits him now that he's back in the hands of his malicious father. There are no details, no comforts, only dreadful speculation, only the knowledge that he was taken and will likely never escape. Erica's connection to her only brother is severed and she has nothing but her own frightening thoughts to direct her, to reveal his situation, however perilous it might be. Can she call him back with her gift? It's never worked before, but it's all she's got.All have their own ideas of how to reconnect with Thad and each is as unlikely as the next. There is simply no way to reach him.Or is there?Is there someone who can wield a new truth? Seth begins to pick up on subtle differences within the group, a shift in power, more, new abilities, things that he can use to his advantage, providing he can bend whatever it is to his will. If he can make it so it just might cost him his life, but the sacrifice would be a worthy one, and one he is willing to gamble with.

I have more now than I've ever had in my entire life. I should be content with that. So why am I not? Because so much death has surrounded me all my life and now, when things seem to have calmed down and I have a new family, I fear this comfort I've found is false. It's like I'm afraid of being happy, but that's not really it. I feel them out there. I know they'll come for Kim, for my son and his family. I know the past repeats itself, but I can't allow that. Not here. Not to these people. I couldn't bear it. Not again. I've suffered enough and now it's time I right my wrongs and truly find peace. The strength in our group should be enough to save us. Seth, Erica, Thad…all are formidable and will, without hesitation, kill for each other. Just as I will. I can find Shax before he realizes I'm coming for him. He has allies, but mine are stronger. I can practically taste my revenge.

Thaddeus has a new life and a new love. He and his family have finally found peace after years of strife and turmoil, but will it last? Not likely. Seth and Erica have battled on through the wickedness of the past to come out safe and sound on the other side of tragedy. Having another baby should be something of great joy and celebration but with a dark side of Erica's family dying to claim even a little bit of her for themselves, how safe will a new baby be? It's hard to say. Newly and blissfully married, Jarius and Kim seek to create a new chapter in their lives free of danger and demons, but is there more out there that could destroy them? Absolutely. In the fifth installment of The Moncrief Legends all bets are off. Danger will come from the left, the right, from above, and from where they least likely expect to find it. From the awakening of the past itself. No one is safe as darkness seeks to consume the family that refuses to give up. All will die or none will in the protection of what is theirs. Their dedication to each other will be pushed and tested to beyond the limits of what anyone should be expected to endure and they will come out of it missing someone they love.

On her 23rd birthday, Nadia Winters receives a mysterious gift that throws her into a magical world of the supernatural, witchcraft, and cutting-edge technology in Silicon Valley.

The Jerry McNeal Series, a Paranormal Snapshot Collection Volume 4Marine Veteran Jerry McNeal was born with a psychic ability that allows him to know when something will happen before it happens. Jerry can also see and speak with spirits, making for some "lively" conversations.The series starts when, one fateful night, while on patrol as a Pennsylvania State Trooper, Jerry finds himself aided by the ghost of a K-9 police officer. Without the dog's help, a woman would have died. With each book that follows, their unique partnership grows as they navigate their next adventure.Join Jerry McNeal and his ghostly K-9 partner as they put their gifts to good use.Books in this three-book collection:Chesapeake Chaos - book tenVillage Shenanigans - book elevenSpecial Delivery - book twelve

Some stories are better left for the light of day; others, spoken in whispered tones after midnight.These tales are not for the faint of heart. From mystery to intrigue to horror, there's something for everyone, including the author's beloved "trilogy to end all trilogies."So come...dive deeper. Stretch your mind further.Gaze past this world and into the unknown.And you'll never look at hay bales the same way.

"Excellent!"-Ellen Datlow, The Best Horror of the Year

Imagine you're isolated in the desert, the least inhabited place on earth, and your guilty past keeps hunting you, following you endlessly like a Shadow. Now, imagine that you wake up from this never-ending nightmare, only to realize it was never a dream and that the idle desert was very much alive! Sort of... The dying wish from his mother forces Mark Rodriguez, a man who struggles with vices and guilt, to reunite with his egocentric brother, John, on a long trip across the desert. When trapped in the ghost town of Esperanza, the Rodriguez brothers will revive their worst traumas, wondering how much their memories influence their reality. The House of Dust is a Supernatural Thriller about grief, challenging what is real and what is an echo from the past, immersing the reader in an endless prison of death.

It turns that even a witch can't run from her past forever.A lesson I learned the hard way.But now I'm back home, and things are going well. Or they were for about five minutes.With the town-saving fall festival days away, the inn's renovation have fallen apart, running me ragged and right into a crime scene. A suspicious death has sent gossip flying faster than you can say bibidi babidi boo, threatening to put Silverlake on the map for all the wrong reasons .It'll take all witches on deck to solve this crime and save Silverlake before it's too late.

Wladyslaw Reymont: Der VampirLesefreundlicher Großdruck in 16-pt-SchriftGroßformat, 210 x 297 mmBerliner Ausgabe, 2023Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor BorkenEntstanden 1911. Originaltitel: Wampir. Erstdruck der deutschen Fassung 1914 bei Albert Langen, München in einer Übersetzung von Leon Richter.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Wladyslaw Reymont, Porträt von Jacka Malczewskiego (1854-1929).Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt.Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH

"I will accept anything that showers me with gifts."When Sadie Collins stretched out her arms and yelled this "oath" to the universe, something was listening. Soon the materialistic girl "finds" a stunning yet spooky slot machine that starts fulfilling her wishes - and turning her life upside down. Known as "Pavlov," the machine demands allegiance for its magic ... or there will be Hell to pay!Once Sadie realizes something otherworldly is at play, she seeks the help of a pastor, and a parishioner who had fallen under a similar spell. Will God-given talent and wisdom prevail against demonic trickery? Well, what does The Book say?

The poet Ethel Archer was a long-time associate of the occultist Aleister Crowley and a member of the A¿A¿, his magical order. The Hieroglyph, her only novel, long out of print and here presented in a new edition with an introduction by literary scholar Daniel Corrick, is a mystical roman à clef of the highest order, revolving around her relationship with the magus Crowley and the various guises he took as poetic mentor, psychonaut, and mystical philosopher. The story follows the scandal surrounding the ill-fated public ceremonies known as the Rites of Eleusis, through the cataclysm of the Great War and beyond into undreamt of quests for salvation. Archer's reminiscences abound with descriptions of magical initiations, astral journeys and mescaline visions, as well as providing a speculative glimpse into the psychology of Crowley and the alternative fates which might have awaited him. The present edition also includes, as supplementary material, the series of unsigned articles, two of which have never before been reprinted, which led to the downfall of the A¿A¿.

"In 2001, Hellboy quits the B.P.R.D., leaving its roster of special agents to defend the world from any occult threats and the growing menace of the frog army. Now their adventures are collected in one continuous saga, following the exploits of Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, Roger the Homunculus, Johann Krauss, Kate Corrigan, Ashley Strode, and many more, from the war on frogs through the end of Ragna Rok."--

Includes a conversation with the author.

"On the outside, luxury realtor Sarah Nelson looks like every other mom in the neighborhood. But she has an edge that others don't: She's a witch. And no one knows . . . except her estranged ex-coven and college friends, Katrina and Alicia. One terrible night during their freshman year, the trio accidentally burned down their dorm, and soon after they scattered. Their secret had been safe, until Sarah learns they've been invited back to commemorate the anniversary of the fire. Suddenly, the magic doesn't want to be controlled. Sarah's orange tabby cat, Katy Purry, now argues with her. Her broom has become self-brooming, and her fridge somehow restocks thirty pounds of sliced turkey for school lunches. As it grows increasingly difficult to hide the magic and the past, Sarah, Katrina, and Alicia must harness their power together to keep their secrets safe . . . before they find out if polite society still burns witches."--

While Marine veteran Jerry McNeal and his ghostly K-9 companion Gunter are no strangers to foul weather, they face their biggest challenge to date when they find themselves knee deep in freshly fallen snow while they make their way across country to deliver a special present for Max's thirteenth birthday. They soon find themselves snowbound on the interstate with dozens of other holiday travelers - including a pregnant woman worried about her husband, who left in search of help when his cell phone couldn't get a signal. Will Jerry be able to get the woman help before her child is born on a snowy interstate? Will Jerry and Gunter be able to find the husband before hypothermia sets in? Will Max's present be delivered on time or will it disappear by the time they arrive?One thing is certain, Jerry and Gunter will have some rather unconventional help in Special Delivery, the twelfth installment of The Jerry McNeal Series.