Bøger af Josh Malerman

"A horror novel about a haunting, told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls 'Other Mommy'"--

Twelve chilling and thrilling stories from the darkest stars of modern horror including Josh Malerman, Caroline Kepnes, Stephen Graham Jones, Ramsay Campbell and more...

BIRD BOX is now a major Netflix film, starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich! - If you’ve seen what’s out there … it’s already too late! Malorie raises the children the only way she can: indoors, with the doors locked, the curtains closed, and mattresses nailed over the windows. The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall, but soon she will have to wake them and blindfold them. Today they will risk everything. Today they will leave the house. Josh Malerman's New York Times bestselling Bird Box is a terrifying psychological thriller that will haunt you long after reading.

From the New York Times bestselling author of BIRD BOX and MALORIE comes a chilling story that revolves around a mysterious small town, revealing its sinister secrets one by one...

"[A] chilling debut . . . Malerman . . keeps us tinglingly on edge with his cool, merciless storytelling. . . . This earns comparisons to Hitchcock's The Birds, as well as the finer efforts of Stephen King and cult sci-fi fantasist Jonathan Carroll."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Written with the narrative tension of The Road and the exquisite terror of classic Stephen King, Bird Box is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat horror thriller, set in an apocalyptic near-future where an unimaginable, incomprehensible, and invisible foe lurks in the shadows--now available as a Harper Perennial Olive EditionSomething is out there. Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. But the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat--blindfolded--with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children's trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them. But is it man, animal, or monster?Engulfed in darkness, surrounded by sounds both familiar and frightening, Malorie embarks on a harrowing odyssey--a trip that takes her into an unseen world and back into the past, to the companions who once saved her. Malerman's breathtaking debut novel is a horrific and gripping snapshot of a world unraveled that will have you racing to the final page.

Five harrowing, all-new novellas overflowing with horror, imagination, and moving portrayals of humanity-from the bestselling author of Bird Box.

Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.“A superb serial killer novel and a great coming-of-age story.”—Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You HomeONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PasteIt’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. The last summer before her life begins.But the night before the big game, one of the players tells a ghost story about Daphne, a girl who went to their school many years ago and died under mysterious circumstances. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand. And some say that Daphne is a murderer herself. They also say that Daphne is still out there, obsessed with revenge, and will appear to kill again anytime someone thinks about her.After Kit hears the story, her teammates vanish, one by one, and Kit begins to suspect that the stories about Daphne are real . . . and to fear that her own mind is conjuring the killer. Now it’s a race against time as Kit searches for the truth behind the legend and learns to face her own fears—before the summer of her lifetime becomes the last summer of her life.Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, Daphne is an unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it.

From the bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes the legend of Pearl, a strange new monster unlike any other in horror.

"Five novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the author of Bird Box. A sister insists to her little brother that 'Half the House Is Haunted' by a strange presence. But is it the house that's haunted-or their childhoods? In 'Argyle,' a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder. A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in 'The Jupiter Drop,' but the real journey is into his own dark past. In 'Doug and Judy Buy the House Washer,' a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by their possessions, their history, and each other. And in 'Egorov,' a wealthy old cretin murders a young man, not knowing the victim was a triplet. The two surviving brothers stage a savage faux-haunting-playing the ghost of their slain brother-with the aim of driving the old murderer mad"

"Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a girls high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. It's the last summer for Kit Lamb: the last summer before college. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. The last summer before her life begins. But the night before the big game, one of Kit's players tells a ghost story about Daphne, a girl who went to their school many years ago and died under mysterious circumstances. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand. And some say that Daphne is a murderer herself. They also say that Daphne is still out there, obsessed with revenge, and will appear anytime someone thinks about her to kill again. After Kit hears the story, her teammates vanish, one by one, and Kit begins to suspect that the stories about Daphne are real...and to fear that her own mind is conjuring the killer. Now it's a race against time as Kit searches for the truth behind the legend and learns to face her own fears. Or else the summer of her lifetime will become the last summer of her life. Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, this is an unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it"--

From Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie, comes the legend of Pearl, a strange new monster unlike any other in horror (previously published as On This, the Day of the Pig).NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "Daring readers should find this tale of a malevolent telepathic pig to be a memorable experience."-Booklist (starred review)There's something strange about Walter Kopple's farm. At first it seems to be his grandson, who cruelly murders one of Walter's pigs in an act of seemingly senseless violence. But then people in town begin to whisper that Walter's grandson heard a voice commanding him to kill.And that the voice belongs to a most peculiar creature: the pig named Pearl. Walter is not sure what to believe. He knows he's always been afraid of the strangely malevolent Pearl. But as madness and paranoia grip the town and the townspeople descend on Walter's farm with violent wrath, they begin to discover that true evil wears a human face.

12 år efter Malorie og hendes børn roede op ad floden for at komme i sikkerhed, er øjenbindet stadig det eneste, der står mellem dem og vanviddet. Bare et glimt af væsnerne, som plager verden, vil drive et menneske til at udøve ubeskrivelig vold.Der er stadig ingen forklaring. Ingen løsning.Det eneste, Malorie kan gøre, er at overleve – og tvinge sine børn til at leve efter hendes strenge regler. Bliv ikke doven, siger hun til dem. Tag ikke jeres øjenbind af. OG ÅBN IKKE ØJNENE.Men så får hun en nyhed, der umuligt kan være sand. Og med den tillader Malorie sig selv at håbe for første gang i lang tid.Nogen, hun holder meget kær, nogen, hun troede, var død, er måske i live.Forude venter der Malorie et sindsoprivende valg: at leve efter de overlevelsesprincipper, der trofast har tjent hende indtil nu, eller at drage ud i mørket og atter række efter håbet.

12 år efter Malorie og hendes børn roede op ad floden for at komme i sikkerhed, er øjenbindet stadig det eneste, der står mellem dem og vanviddet. Bare et glimt af væsnerne, som plager verden, vil drive et menneske til at udøve ubeskrivelig vold.Der er stadig ingen forklaring. Ingen løsning.Det eneste, Malorie kan gøre, er at overleve – og tvinge sine børn til at leve efter sine strenge regler. Bliv ikke doven, siger hun til dem. Tag ikke jeres øjenbind af. OG ÅBN IKKE ØJNENE.Men så får hun en nyhed, der umuligt kan være sand. Og med den tillader Malorie sig selv at håbe for første gang i lang tid.Nogen, hun holder meget kær, nogen, hun troede, var død, er måske i live.Forude venter der Malorie et sindsoprivende valg: at leve efter de overlevelsesprincipper, der trofast har tjent hende indtil nu, eller at drage ud i mørket og atter række efter håbet.

Bobby er besat af Amy. I en verden overtaget af væsner, der kan drive folk til blodigt vanvid ved det blotte syn, har fem mennesker isoleret sig i et hus bag træbrædder og kludetæpper. Men det forhindrer ikke den unge Bobby i at belure Amy og hendes husfæller gennem en enkelt sprække i deres forsvar. Han kender deres navne, ved hvordan de ser ud og hvad de taler om – men kan han stole på dem? På dette sted er døden aldrig mere end et øjekast borte. Bør Bobby banke på?’Bobby Knocks’ er en Bird Box historie.Glæd dig til 'Malorie' - forsættelsen til 'Bird Box' - udkommer efteråret 2020.

Predatory eyes flicker in darkness, a legion of abominations seeking human destruction. Slashing claws and gnashing teeth, hungry for flesh, eager to kill.Clutch onto hope and pray for dawn. Creatures rule the night.In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror? shocking and quiet, pulp and literary, cold-hearted and heart-felt, weird tales of spiraling madness alongside full-throttle thrillers. Open these pages and unleash all-new terrors that consume from without and within.The creatures are here.It?s now time to find . . . In Darkness, Delight.? Mark Cassell? Richard Chizmar? Tim Curran? Ray Garton? Eddie Generous? Kev Harrison? Curtis M. Lawson? Andrew Lennon? Adam Light? Evans Light? Chad Lutzke? Josh Malerman? Mason Morgan? Christopher Motz? Frank Oreto? Glenn Rolfe? Kristopher Rufty? Mary SanGiovanni? Jeff Strand? Mikal Trimm? Gregor Xane

Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other exists-until now. The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and horror in a coming-of-age story like no other.

The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box returns with a supernatural thriller of love, redemption, and murder.

The hugely anticipated follow-up to the cultural sensation BIRDBOX.

The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box returns with a supernatural thrillerof love, redemption, and murder.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSWEEK';This one haunts you for reasons you can't quite put your finger on. . . . [Josh Malerman] defies categories and comparisons with other writers.'Kirkus ReviewsCarol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many times . . . but her many deaths are not final: They are comas,a waking slumber indistinguishable from death, each lasting days. Only two people know of Carol's eerie condition. One is her husband, Dwight, who married Carol for her fortune, andwhen she lapses into another comaplots to seize it by proclaiming her dead and quickly burying her . . . alive. The other is her lost love, the infamous outlaw James Moxie. When word of Carol's dreadful fate reaches him, Moxie rides the Trail again to save his beloved from an early, unnatural grave. And all the while, awake and aware, Carol fights to free herself from the crippling darkness that binds hersummoning her own fierce will to survive. As the players in this drama of life and death fight to decide her fate, Carol must in the end battle to save herself. The haunting story of a woman literally bringing herself back from the dead, Unbury Carol is a twisted take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that will stay with you long after you've turned the final page.Praise for Unbury Carol';Fantastically clever. A breakneck ride to save a life already lost, proving sometimes death is only the beginning.'J. D. Barker, internationally bestselling author ofThe Fourth Monkey';Breathtaking and menacing . . . an intricately plotted, lyrical page-turner about love, betrayal, revenge, and the primal fear of being buried alive.'Booklist (starred review) ';Unbury Carol is a Poe story set in the weird West we all carry inside us, and it not only hits the ground running, it digs into that ground, too. About six wonderful feet.'Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels ';Bleakly lyrical la Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor.'Library Journal (starred review) ';With vivid prose and characters that leap off the page, guns a-blazing, Unbury Carol creates its own lingering legend, dragging you along like an obstinate horse toward a righteous storm of an ending.'Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma

Now a Netflix film starring Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Rosa Salazar and John Malkovich!Written with the narrative tension of The Road and the exquisite terror of classic Stephen King, Bird Box is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat horror thriller, set in an apocalyptic near-future worlda masterpiece of suspense from the brilliantly imaginative Josh Malerman.Something is out there . . . Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now, that the boy and girl are four, it is time to go. But the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboatblindfoldedwith nothing to rely on but her wits and the childrens trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them. But is it man, animal, or monster?Engulfed in darkness, surrounded by sounds both familiar and frightening, Malorie embarks on a harrowing odysseya trip that takes her into an unseen world and back into the past, to the companions who once saved her. Under the guidance of the stalwart Tom, a motely group of strangers banded together against the unseen terror, creating order from the chaos. But when supplies ran low, they were forced to venture outsideand confront the ultimate question: in a world gone mad, who can really be trusted?Interweaving past and present, Josh Malermans breathtaking debut is a horrific and gripping snapshot of a world unraveled that will have you racing to the final page.

Der er noget derude ...Noget rædselsfuldt man ikke må se. Ét glimt af det, og man drives til voldeligt selvmord. Ingen ved, hvad det er, eller hvor det kom fra.Fem år efter, at det begyndte, er der kun en håndfuld spredte overlevende tilbage, deriblandt Malorie og hendes to små børn. De bor i et forladt hus ved floden, og hun drømmer om at flygte til et sted, hvor de måske kan være i sikkerhed. Nu, hvor drengen og pigen er fire år, er tiden inde til at tage afsted. Men det er en skræmmende rejse, der ligger foran dem: 30 km ned ad floden i en robåd - med bind for øjnene - hvor det eneste, de kan stole på, er hendes intelligens og børnenes trænede ører. Ét forkert valg og de dør. Og der er noget, der følger efter dem. Men er det mennesker, dyr eller væsenerne?I denne nervepirrende debut af Josh Malerman, hvor nutid og fortid blandes i et skræmmende og gribende snapshot af en kaotisk verden, vender siderne næsten sig selv.