Beneath the Moors and Darker Places
Title | Beneath the Moors and Darker Places PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Lumley |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2007-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429913304 |
In this Lovecraftian horror collection, “additions to the mythos' pantheon of god-monsters are nasty, gruesome things, best not revealed in the dark” (Booklist). In addition to his stellar Necroscope series, Brian Lumley is highly regarded for his short fiction, for which he has won the British Fantasy Award. Beneath the Moors and Darker Places, a companion to The Whisperer and Other Voices, collects nine lengthy exemplars of the best of Lumley's short works, many of them unavailable for decades in any form. The Cthulhu Mythos of the immortal H.P. Lovecraft provides inspiration for much of Lumley's work, including “Dagon's Bell” and “Big C,” both included here. The explosive creation of a new volcanic island off Iceland in 1967 led to “Rising with Surtsey,” a homage not just to Lovecraft but to the great August Derleth. “David's Worm”—which takes an interesting view of “you are what you eat”—was published in a Year's Best Horror Stories. The collection also includes the macabre “The Second Wish,” published here for the first time with the author's original, intended ending, and “The Fairground Horror,” first published in The Disciples of Cthulhu twenty-five years ago and not seen since save for a small press edition. The title tale, Beneath the Moors, a complete short novel, has been unavailable in the United States since its first publication in the early 1970s. It is considered to be one of Lumley's strongest short works. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. “One of the best writers in the field.” ―New York Times–bestselling author John Farris
The Taint and Other Novellas
Title | The Taint and Other Novellas PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Lumley |
Publisher | Solaris |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2008-10-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1786181398 |
The Whisperer and Other Voices
Title | The Whisperer and Other Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Lumley |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2003-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780312878023 |
Lumley, winner of the British Fantasy Award for short fiction, presents a collection of nine of his best short works, including the short novel "Return of the Deep Ones, The Disapproval of Jeremy Cleave, Aunt Hester, " and the title story "The Whisperer."
The House of Cthulhu
Title | The House of Cthulhu PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Lumley |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2007-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429913355 |
The House of Cthulhu is classic Lovecraftian horror from one of the masters of the form, British Fantasy Award-winner Brian Lumley. Readers are introduced to the weird and wonderful world of Theem'hdra, an island continent of wonders and terrors, where brave men die terrifying deaths, awe-inspiring sorcerers hurl powerful magic at each other, and monsters abound. The volcanic eruption that created the island of Surtsey in 1967 also revealed a long hidden cache of documents that told the fantastic history of Theem'hdra as written by the sorcerer Teh Atht. Building on translations begun by the scholar Thelred Gustau-who vanished under mysterious, some say magical, circumstances-Brian Lumley brings the saga of the Primal Land to readers of today. Here, the wizard Mylarkhrion-most powerful of the terrible magicians who walked the earth in those long-ago days-battles sorcerers jealous of his knowledge, power, and wealth. His own apprentice, thinking he knows all of his master's secrets, challenges him-but Mylarkhrion has one final trick up his sleeve . . . . When the assassin Humbuss Ank, who specializes in killing wizards, makes Mylarkhrion his target, he avoids or destroys nearly all of the sorcerer's traps, forcing Mylarkhrion to a final, desperate gamble for survival. But even Mylarkhrion has a weakness, a lust for power that drives him to summon the Great One, Cthulhu, and so call doom upon himself! The fabled riches of the House of Cthulhu draw thieves and warriors from throughout the civilized-and uncivilized lands, but none escape with so much as a single gemstone, for they discover that Cthulhu's House is not a temple but a dwelling-place. Surely the Elder God lives there still, waiting for an unwary person to open the portal between his world and ours . . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi
Title | Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Lumley |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1996-04-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466818697 |
Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi is a collection of 13 short stories by master of horror Brian Lumley. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Beneath the Shadows
Title | Beneath the Shadows PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Foster |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2012-06-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466802642 |
In this thrilling gothic suspense debut by Sara Foster in the tradition of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah, a young mother searches Yorkshire's windswept moors for the truth behind her husband's mysterious disappearance. THE ANSWERS ARE HIDING BENEATH THE SHADOWS When Grace's husband, Adam, inherits an isolated North Yorkshire cottage, they leave the bustle of London behind to try a new life. A week later, Adam vanishes without a trace, leaving their baby daughter, Millie, in her stroller on the doorstep. The following year, Grace returns to the tiny village on the untamed heath. Everyone—the police, her parents, even her best friend and younger sister—is convinced that Adam left her. But Grace, unable to let go of her memories of their love and life together, cannot accept this explanation. She is desperate for answers, but the slumbering, deeply superstitious hamlet is unwilling to give up its secrets. As Grace hunts through forgotten corners of the cottage searching for clues, and digs deeper into the lives of the locals, strange dreams begin to haunt her. Are the villagers hiding something, or is she becoming increasingly paranoid? Only as snowfall threatens to cut her and Millie off from the rest of the world does Grace make a terrible discovery. She has been looking in the wrong place for answers all along, and she and her daughter will be in terrible danger if she cannot get them away in time. "A haunting tale of loss and one woman's search for the truth no matter the consequences. This vividly written novel will leave you breathless and as chilled as the starkly beautiful North Yorkshire moors where this compelling story unfolds." –Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of These Things Hidden
Sorcery in Shad
Title | Sorcery in Shad PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Lumley |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2007-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429913371 |
Classic Lovecraftian horror from one of the masters of the form, British Fantasy Award-winner Brian Lumley. Sorcery in Shad Pity the poor lamia! Mighty Orbiquita, she who damned to death countless men for merely looking at her, she who slew with impunity any who dared breach the walls of her fabled castle . . . Orbiquita has fallen in love—and with a barbarian Hrossak! Tarra Khash, he is, who saved a lamia's life and made her long to be human again. Tarra Khash, who with the help of the last survivors of an alien race, overthrew a god and saved an entire city thereby. Tarra Khash, who has adventured far and wide through the Primal Land, searching for treasure, for wine, women, and song. Tarra Khash, who has fallen into the clutches of the slave Cush Gemal, who was once an ordinary man but who has become the foulest of sorcerers, Black Yoppaloth. Like all sorcerers, Black Yoppaloth craves immortality, and believes he stands on the brink of achieving it. Then his evil power will be unrivaled and he will control all of the Primal Land. Only Tarra Khash stands in his way. Tarra Khash—and, though he does not know it, his friends and allies: she who was once the lamia Orbiquita; the alien Amyr Arn; a slumbering, ponderous yet powerful moon god; and the magician Teh Atht, who must choose between immortality and saving the Primal Land! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.