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Когда человек умирает, его душа ищет новое пристанище. Некоторые люди — идеальный сосуд для теней умерших. Двенадцатилетнюю Мейкпис тени преследовали всегда. Являлись в ночных кошмарах, трогали ледяными пальцами, шептали едва слышные слова. Однажды Мейкпис впустила в себя тень... Тень дикого животного завладела ее разумом и телом. Она стала проклятьем и единственной защитой одинокой девочки в поместье Гризхейз, жители которого веками хранят жуткие тайны. Чтобы спасти свою жизнь и разгадать загадку своего мрачного дара Мейкпис отправляется в опасное путешествие через всю Англию. Оказавшись в водовороте политических интриг, она узнает, скольких жизней стоит корона короля... Сможет ли она укротить зверя, бушующего в душе?

Когда человек умирает, его душа ищет новое пристанище. Некоторые люди — идеальный сосуд для теней умерших. Двенадцатилетнюю Мейкпис тени преследовали всегда. Являлись в ночных…

Dominic Sheldrake has never forgotten his childhood in fifties Liverpool or the talk an old boy of his grammar school gave about the First World War. When his history teacher took the class on a field trip to France it promised to be an adventure, not the first of a series of glimpses of what lay in wait for the world. Soon Dominic would learn that a neighbour was involved in practices far older and darker than spiritualism, and stumble on a secret journal that hinted at the occult nature of the universe. How could he and his friends Roberta and Jim stop what was growing under a church in the midst of the results of the blitz? Dominic used to write tales of their exploits, but what they face now could reduce any adult to less than a child...

Dominic Sheldrake has never forgotten his childhood in fifties Liverpool or the talk an old boy of his grammar school gave about the First World War. When his history teacher…

Fenrin Grace is larger than life, almost mythical. He’s the school Pan, seducing girls without really meaning to. He’s biding his time until someone special comes along. Someone different, who will make him wonder how he got along all this time without her. Someone like me. Fenrin’s twin, Thalia, is a willowy beauty with rippling, honey-colored hair. Wherever she goes, Thalia leaves behind a band of followers who want to emulate her. She casts spells over everyone she encounters, just like Fenrin—even if they both deny it. Then there’s Summer. She’s the youngest Grace, and the only one who admits she’s really a witch. Summer is dark on the outside—with jet-black hair and kohl-rimmed eyes—and on the inside. It was inevitable that she’d find me, the new girl—a loner with secrets lurking under the surface. I am River. I am not a Grace. But I’ll do anything to become one.

Fenrin Grace is larger than life, almost mythical. He’s the school Pan, seducing girls without really meaning to. He’s biding his time until someone special comes along. Someone…

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. The elite team of five will climb Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain and one of mountaineering's biggest killers. No one has scaled it before, and they are, quite literally, following in the footsteps of one of the most famous mountain disasters of all time - the 1907 Lyell Expedition.

Five men lost their lives back then, overcome by the atrocious weather, misfortune and 'mountain sickness' at such high altitudes. Lyell became a classic British hero when he published his memoir, Bloody, But Unbowed, which regaled his heroism in the face of extreme odds. It is this book that will guide this new group to get to the very top.

As the team prepare for the epic climb, Pearce's unease about the expedition deepens. The only other survivor of the 1907 expedition, Charles Tennant, warns him off. He hints of dark things ahead and tells Pearce that, while five men lost their lives on the mountain, only four were laid to rest.

But Pearce is determined to go ahead and complete something that he has dreamed of his entire life. As they get higher and higher, and the oxygen levels drop, he starts to see dark things out of the corners of his eyes. As macabre mementoes of the earlier climbers turn up on the trail, Stephen starts to suspect that Charles Lyell's account of the tragedy was perhaps not the full story...

In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. The elite team of five will climb Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest…

Конец XIX века, научно-технический прогресс набирает темпы, вовсю идут дебаты по медицинским вопросам. Эмансипированная вдова Кора Сиборн после смерти мужа решает покинуть Лондон и перебраться в уютную деревушку в графстве Эссекс, где местным викарием служит Уилл Рэнсом. Уже который день деревня взволнована слухами о мифическом змее, что объявился в окрестных болотах и питается человеческой плотью. Кора, увлеченная натуралистка и энтузиастка научного знания, не верит ни в каких сказочных драконов и решает отыскать причину странных россказней. Она считает, что змей — попросту неизвестный науке вид пресмыкающегося, который нужно описать для научных целей. Викарий же видит в панике, охватившей его паству, угрозу вере и потому тоже стремится как можно скорее выяснить правду. Двигаясь к истине с разных сторон, убежденные противники оказываются вовлечены в странную и таинственную историю. Изящный, умный, с литературной игрой роман принимает самые разные обличия — то детектива, то любовной истории, а то и романа нравов. Сара Перри ловко балансирует на грани между викторианским и модернистским романом: в ее романе читатель найдет и остроумных диккенсовских нищих, и любовные сцены (да, точь-в-точь Лоуренс), и поэтичные описания природы, которые по стилистике, пожалуй, ближе к Гамсуну или Тургеневу. Перри не следует какой-то одной традиции: она ее переосмысляет. При этом роман не оставляет впечатления стилистической или сюжетной мешанины – скорее, это фантазия на исторические темы, но фантазия полнокровная и живая.

Конец XIX века, научно-технический прогресс набирает темпы, вовсю идут дебаты по медицинским вопросам. Эмансипированная вдова Кора Сиборн после смерти мужа решает покинуть Лондон…

У каждой семьи есть свои тайны. Именно с такой тайной столкнулся летом 1840 года известный литератор из Филадельфии мистер Эдгар Аллан По, получивший в наследство от приемного отца шкатулку красного дерева со стопкой старых писем. Какая связь между бедными актерами, супругами Генри и Элизабет Арнольд, и таинственным Лондонским Монстром — неуловимым маньяком, полвека назад терроризировавшим добропорядочных английских дам? Подлинны ли письма, или это искусная подделка, и если второе, то с какой целью она предпринята? Как связаны странные нападения на По в детстве с неизвестным, который преследует его сейчас и, похоже, осведомлен о прошлом семьи писателя куда лучше его самого? Возможно, получить ответы на все эти вопросы, мистеру По поможет его друг — великий сыщик шевалье Огюст Дюпен, которого также привело в Лондон семейное дело…

У каждой семьи есть свои тайны. Именно с такой тайной столкнулся летом 1840 года известный литератор из Филадельфии мистер Эдгар Аллан По, получивший в наследство от приемного…

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas – Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch – perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley.

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas – Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch – perfect…

Sarob Press is pleased to present a bumper first hardcover collection of ghostly stories by Michael Chislett. These thirteen stories are mostly set in or around the author’s fictional London borough of Milford and the suburb of Mabbs End (possibly some of the most haunted of London locations). Although Mr Chislett’s very original voice shines brightly in every story, a few also subtly (or not so) reveal his influences ... especially Angela Carter, MR James & Arthur Machen. Some of the stories have previously appeared in the excellent Supernatural Tales magazine (edited by David Longhorn) and some in Rosemary Pardoe’s superb Ghosts & Scholars journal. “The Old Geezers” previously appeared in The Silent Companion (the fiction journal of “A Ghostly Company”). The novelette “The Changelings” and the story “Held in Common” are both original to this volume.
These are not your usual hauntings ... in the city of ghosts there are no rules. And not everything is as it might, at first, appear.
There is darkness ... and there is light ... and, often, it’s not easy to spot the difference!
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Sarob Press is pleased to present a bumper first hardcover collection of ghostly stories by Michael Chislett. These thirteen stories are mostly set in or around the author’s…

Самые известные и уважаемые писатели всего мира приезжают в огромный особняк Грянул-Гром-Холл вместе со своими любимыми питомцами для участия в литературно-собачьей выставке. В то же время что-то (или кто-то) загадочное появляется в доме лорда Гота — странные отпечатки лап, вой по ночам и подозрительно пожёванные ботинки. Сумеют ли Ада и её друзья раскрыть секрет таинственного незнакомца до следующей полной луны?

Самые известные и уважаемые писатели всего мира приезжают в огромный особняк Грянул-Гром-Холл вместе со своими любимыми питомцами для участия в литературно-собачьей выставке. В…

All adeptly told, often with a sense of locale and time neatly placed within the narratives. Her family history informs and inspires some of her stories. Folklore figures as a focus in more than one story, whether urban myth or historical lore. But ghostly they are and deceptively disturbing.

All adeptly told, often with a sense of locale and time neatly placed within the narratives. Her family history informs and inspires some of her stories. Folklore figures as a…

It is October 1859, and notorious philanderer Lord Geoffrey Thraxton cares for nothing except his own amusement. After humiliating an odious literary critic and surviving the resulting duel, he boasts of his contempt for mortality, and insults the attending physician. It is a mistake he will come to regret. When Thraxton becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman who appears to him one fog-shrouded night in Highgate Cemetery, he unwittingly provides the doctor with the perfect means to punish a man with no fear of death…

It is October 1859, and notorious philanderer Lord Geoffrey Thraxton cares for nothing except his own amusement. After humiliating an odious literary critic and surviving the…

Итак, добро пожаловать в проулок Слейд. Его не так-то легко отыскать в лабиринте улочек лондонской окраины. Найдите в стене маленькую черную железную дверь. Ни ручки, ни замочной скважины; но дотроньтесь до двери — и она откроется. Вас встретит залитый солнцем старый сад и внушительный особняк — слишком роскошный для этого района, слишком большой для этого квартала. Вас пригласят зайти, и вы не сможете отказаться…

Итак, добро пожаловать в проулок Слейд. Его не так-то легко отыскать в лабиринте улочек лондонской окраины. Найдите в стене маленькую черную железную дверь. Ни ручки, ни замочной…

Pitman has created an array of characters that you will love and detest in equal measures. Music in the Bone is a fabulous collection, easy to pick up on your lunch break and read a few stories, or as I did all in one sitting. It appeals to most audiences as the stories cross genres from horror into fantasy. They are simple stories that somehow cover every theme, you will finish this book with a head that is overflowing and a heart too big for your chest.

Pitman has created an array of characters that you will love and detest in equal measures. Music in the Bone is a fabulous collection, easy to pick up on your lunch break and read…

Katherine Haynes has written over thirty original and memorable ghost stories which have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. Daydreams and Nightmares, her first published collection, contains seven new previously unpublished stories.

Katherine Haynes has written over thirty original and memorable ghost stories which have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. Daydreams and Nightmares, her first…

Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five.

When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she could answer their hopes for new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall.

Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five.

When a vagabond brings a…

A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly.

In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found.

This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late-nineteenth-century literary society. While on a voyage to Africa, a rather hard-up and unproven young writer named Arthur Conan Doyle hears of the Mary Celeste and decides to write an outlandish short story about what took place. This story causes quite a sensation back in the United States, particularly between sought-after Philadelphia spiritualist medium Violet Petra and a rational-minded journalist named Phoebe Grant, who is seeking to expose Petra as a fraud. Then there is the family of the Mary Celeste's captain, a family linked to the sea for generations and marked repeatedly by tragedy. Each member of this ensemble cast holds a critical piece to the puzzle of the Mary Celeste.

These three elements—a ship found sailing without a crew, a famous writer on the verge of enormous success, and the rise of an unorthodox and heretical religious fervor—converge in unexpected ways, in diaries, in letters, in safe harbors and rough seas. In a haunted, death-obsessed age, a ghost ship appearing in the mist is by turns a provocative mystery, an inspiration to creativity, and a tragic story of the disappearance of a family and of a bond between husband and wife that, for one moment, transcends the impenetrable barrier of death.

A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly.

In 1872 the American merchant vessel…

Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to walk. Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway. Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. At twenty-two, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it contains all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous museum of taxidermy. The stuffed birds that used to grace every parlour are out of fashion, leaving Gifford a disgraced and bitter man. The string of events that led to the museum's closure are never spoken of and an accident has robbed Connie of any memory of those days. The bell begins to toll and all eyes are fixed on the church. No one sees the gloved hands holding a garotte. As the last notes fade into the dark, a woman lies dead. While the village braces itself against rising waters and the highest tide of the season, Connie struggles to discover who is responsible - and why the incident is causing memories to surface from her own vanished years. Does she know the figure she sees watching from the marshes? Who is the mysterious caller that leaves a note without being seen? And what is the secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop? The Taxidermist's Daughter is the stunning new novel from the multi-million copy bestselling author, Kate Mosse.

Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to walk. Here, where the estuary leads out to the…

A dysfunctional British nuclear family seek a new life away from the big city in the sleepy Somerset countryside. At first their new home, The Hollow, seems to embrace them, creating a rare peace and harmony within the family. But when the house turns on them, it seems to know just how to hurt them the most—threatening to destroy them from the inside out.

A dysfunctional British nuclear family seek a new life away from the big city in the sleepy Somerset countryside. At first their new home, The Hollow, seems to embrace them,…

For fans of Anne Rice, The Historian, and The Night Circus, an astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London

1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he is introduced to the drawing-rooms of high society and finds love in an unexpected quarter. Then, suddenly, he vanishes without a trace. Alarmed, his sister, Charlotte, sets out from their crumbling country estate determined to find him. In the sinister, labyrinthine London that greets her, she uncovers a hidden, supernatural city populated by unforgettable characters: a female rope walker turned vigilante, a street urchin with a deadly secret, and the chilling “Doctor Knife.” But the answer to her brother’s disappearance ultimately lies within the doors of the exclusive, secretive Aegolius Club, whose predatory members include the most ambitious, and most bloodthirsty, men in England.

In her first novel, Lauren Owen has created a fantastical world that is both beguiling and terrifying. The Quick will establish her as one of fiction’s most dazzling talents.

For fans of Anne Rice, The Historian, and The Night Circus, an astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London…

What are you afraid of? What are you haunted by? What waits for you in the dark? Face your fears and embark on a journey to the dark side of the human condition. Defy the demons that prey on you and the cruel twists of fate that destroy what you hold most dear. A sadistic baker, a psychopathic physics professor, wolves, werewolves, cannibals, Nazis, devils, serial killers, ghosts and other monsters will haunt you long after you finish reading FOR THOSE WHO DREAM MONSTERS by Anna Taborska.

What are you afraid of? What are you haunted by? What waits for you in the dark? Face your fears and embark on a journey to the dark side of the human condition. Defy the demons…

После скоропостижной смерти горячо любимого отца, который смертельно простудился по дороге на выступление Чарльза Диккенса, осиротевшая Элайза Кейн, школьная учительница, решает резко переменить свою жизнь. Прочтя в газете объявление, эта рассудительная и трезвомыслящая девица уезжает из Лондона в графство Норфолк — воспитывать неизвестно сколько детей неизвестно какого возраста в неизвестно какой обстановке. С самого прибытия у Элайзы складывается впечатление, что условия ее педагогической работы не так просты и комфортны, как предполагалось. Начать с того, что прямо на вокзале на нее совершает покушение некто незримый — и это лишь первое в череде сверхъестественных злоключений, выпадающих на ее долю. В поместье Годлин-холл, куда Элайзу, как вскоре выясняется, заманили не совсем честным путем, она поселяется с двумя детьми, которые всячески увиливают от любых вопросов о том, где находятся и когда наконец появятся их родители. А помимо детей и немногочисленных, но весьма подозрительных слуг в поместье обитает еще нечто — и никакая рассудительность, никакое трезвомыслие не позволяют Элайзе отрицать страшную правду о том, какова природа этого зловещего невидимого обитателя.

После скоропостижной смерти горячо любимого отца, который смертельно простудился по дороге на выступление Чарльза Диккенса, осиротевшая Элайза Кейн, школьная учительница, решает…

«Беллмен и Блэк» — последний роман Дианы Сеттерфилд, прославленного автора «Тринадцатой сказки», признанного шедевра современной английской прозы, который заставил критиков заговорить о возвращении золотого века британского романа, овеянного именами Шарлотты и Эмили Бронте и Дафны Дю Морье,
В детстве Уильям Беллмен убивает из рогатки грача; невозможный, через все поле, выстрел тем не менее попадает в цель. Поступок этот вскоре забывается, но имеет непредсказуемые и трагические последствия через много лет, когда Уильям уже вырос, стал уважаемым человеком, счастливо женатым, с четырьмя детьми. Ведь грачи не забывают ничего… И вот ночью, на кладбище, Уильям заключает невероятную сделку с незнакомцем в черном, таинственным образом вошедшим в его жизнь; сделку, которая навсегда изменит судьбу Уильяма.

«Беллмен и Блэк» — последний роман Дианы Сеттерфилд, прославленного автора «Тринадцатой сказки», признанного шедевра современной английской прозы, который заставил критиков…

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists

One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride. . . .

Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound.

Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.

After an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir, Tian Bai. Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits, and monstrous bureaucracy—including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit. Li Lan must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family—before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever.

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating,…

Лондон, примерно полвека после появления Проблемы: массового появления призраков, которые в лучшем случае пугают детей, а в худшем убивают человека одним своим прикосновением. Агентств по борьбе с потусторонним в Англии немногим меньше, чем защищающих от Гостей железных набивок на пороги и специальных противопризрачных ламп, и в одном из них работает всего трое подростков. После расследования «жуткого завывания» в дымоходе (источник: застрявший кот) и тому подобных скучных дел героиня с двумя напарниками оказывается уже в серьезной передряге, единственный выход из которой предполагает посещение едва ли не самого опасного особняка с привидениями.

Лондон, примерно полвека после появления Проблемы: массового появления призраков, которые в лучшем случае пугают детей, а в худшем убивают человека одним своим прикосновением.…

A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.
Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus. She buys a penny twist of coloured sugar and settles down to watch the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion, billed as a monster from the savage heart of Africa. Mama swears she hears the lion sigh, just before it leaps…and nine months later when Eve is born, the story goes, she doesn’t cry – she meows and licks her paws.
When Abel is pulled from the stinking Thames, the mudlarks are sure he is long dead. As they search his pockets to divvy up the treasure, his eyes crack open and he coughs up a stream of black water. But how has he survived a week in that thick stew of human waste?
Cast out by Victorian society, Eve and Abel find succour from an unlikely source. They soar to fame as The Lion Faced Girl and The Flayed Man, star performers in Professor Josiah Arroner’s Palace of Curiosities. And there begins a journey that will entwine their fates forever.

A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed…