Henry James was born in the United States, in New York City, on April 15, 1843 and is considered an American writer, though he spent most of his life in England and, a year before his death in London on February 28, 1916, became a British citizen.
We return for another selection of 25 ghost stories in the classic tradition -- chosen from the vast storehouse of history's fiction for your personal delectation.
Richly atmospheric and deliciously eerie, The House on Vesper Sands is a gothic mystery set in Victorian London - best read while the night deepens and lamplight flickers .
The bestselling author of international BookTok sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.
Shadowy forces gather an unholy harvestMalicious whispers have long swirled around Stonecliff, Eleri James's family estate–especially the eerie bog called The Devil's Eye.
SIX SCARY STORIESSELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY STEPHEN KINGWinning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder-Guardian competitionThe Number 1 bestselling writer Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology:WILD SWIMMING by Elodie HarperEAU-DE-ERIC by Manuela SaragosaTHE SPOTS by Paul Bassett DaviesTHE UNPICKING by Michael ButtonLA MORT DE L'AMANT by Stuart JohnstoneTHE BEAR TRAP by Neil HudsonStephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
'One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any, country' Independent'Deliciously creepy'SUNDAY TIMES'Irresistible'MAIL ON SUNDAY'Manically ingenious'GUARDIANThe chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you're looking for it.
A beautiful new edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror classic, FrankensteinINCLUDES A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN S MONSTER BY JEANETTE WINTERSONNavigating the Arctic, the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps.
WINNER of the McIlvanney Prize 2020 Shortlisted for Bloody Scotland's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2020Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2020'Hugely atmospheric, exquisitely written and utterly gripping' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Hunting Party 'It's both eerie and thrilling at once, and had me under its spell until the end' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, author of Blue Ticket and The Water Cure________________ They are driving home from the search party when they see her.
An unnamed prisoner, condemned by the ominous judges of the Spanish Inquisition, awakens to find himself in a chamber designed for ingenious, psychological torment.