![]() With its suggestive visions of decadent sexuality, the work scandalized Victorian London. In "The Great God Pan," Arthur Machen delivers a tense atmospheric story about a string of mysterious suicides. Further, Machen's name often crops up in the writings of theorists and practitioners of psychogeography, a school of thought and literature which explores the hidden links between the landscape and the mind. Machen is also a key figure in the development of pulp magazine fiction (e.g., Weird Tales), a line of ancestry that leads directly to today's popular graphic novels. Yeats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as Paul Bowles and Jorge Luis Borges are just a few of the literary notables who are counted among his admirers. Waite - his writing transcends the genre of supernatural horror. While displaying a preoccupation with pagan themes and matters of the occult - an interest he shared with his close friend, the distinguished scholar A. LovecraftĪrthur Machen (1863–1947), Welsh novelist and essayist, is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his time. ![]() "Of creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few can hope to equal Arthur Machen." - H. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Whatever your preference in a book, boyfriend is highlighted in this novel as the author has woven a character for everyone. The Crows, comprised of Rook Clayton, Corvus James, and Grey Winters, rule the roost, and it doesn’t sit well with them when the new girl in school does not bow down to their threats. The story is set in Thorn Valley, and Lawson introduces us to all her four main characters, who are all students at Briar Hall Academy. ![]() It is a fast-paced, action-packed story full of suspense, mystery, tension, violence and twists. The novel is narrated from multiple points of view, allowing the reader to get a better glimpse into all four lead characters. In her series debut novel, Elena Lawson introduces the reader to her multifaceted characters, who are also complex and each have their unique story. Therefore, it is highly recommended for readers above the age of 18 years. As a disclaimer, the series contains explicit sexual content, foul language, possessive/jealous themes, and graphic gang violence themes. Boys of Bria Hall is a reverse harem romance book series by Elena Lawson. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter. His books include The Big Sleep, The Little Sister, Farewell, My Lovely, The Long Good-bye, The Lady in the Lake, Playback, Killer in the Rain, The High Window and Trouble is My Business. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction. 'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgessīest-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. ![]() 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times 'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph Sharper than a hoodlum's switchblade, more exciting than an unexpected red-head and stronger than a double shot of whisky, they are packed full of the punchy poetry and laconic wit that makes Chandler the undisputed master of his genre. Here then, from the well-thumbed pages of 'Black Mask' and 'Dime Detective Magazine', are eight of his finest stories including 'The Man Who Liked Dogs', 'The Lady in the Lake' and 'Bay City Blues'. ![]() It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared. Killer in the Rain collects together eight classic short stories by Raymond Chandler. ![]() ![]() Craig Lefteroff of Booklist says The Wise Friend “hearkens back to early titans of the genre, like Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, while simultaneously feeling fresh and modern.”įorthcoming 23 April 2020 from Flame Tree Press, The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell is available for pre-order now. Campbell has a way of taking the common and mundane in our lives and turning them into something dreadful and terrifying. He is the author of The Parasite, The Face That Must Die, Obsession, Ancient Images, The Influence, The Hungry Moon, and many other novels, as well as the ground-breaking collections, Cold Print, Demons by Daylight, and the recent Ghosts and Grisly Things among others. Ramsey Campbell has won more awards for his fiction than any other living writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now Patrick must convince Roy his suspicions are real, and that Roy and his girlfriend have awakened something dark that wants to take hold of the world. Roy and his girlfriend continue their search, but Patrick knows something just isn’t right. Ramsey Campbell was a boy who loved Lovecrafts works and started to write stories set in Lovecrafts world of Elder Gods, zombies and ancient powers. Though initially intrigued by these magical sites, Patrick begins to fear them. Now grown, Patrick finds his aunt’s journals, which also capture the fascination of his son Roy. Thelma was an artist, and her later works took a turn to the occult. ![]() While staying with his aunt Thelma when he was in his teens, Patrick learned she had traveled to magical sites. “Campbell has a way of taking the common and mundane things in our lives and turning them into something dreadful and terrifying.” ![]() ![]() Meissner ( As Bright as Heaven, 2018, etc.) has created a quietly devastating story that shows how fear and hatred during World War II changed (and even ended) the lives of many innocent Americans. ![]() As the war rages on, Elise never stops hoping that she and Mariko will eventually reunite even as the world crumbles around her. Elise and Mariko make big plans to move to Manhattan together when the war ends, but before that can happen, Elise’s family is sent back to Germany. People of different nationalities don’t often mix, but Elise becomes friends with Mariko, a Japanese-American teenager who lived in LA before coming to the camp with her parents and siblings. Although there are others of German descent and also some Italians, the majority of the camp’s residents are of Japanese descent. Eventually, their family is able to be together again-in a family internment camp in Texas. ![]() ![]() But then her father is arrested because the authorities think he might be a Nazi sympathizer, leaving Elise, her mother, and her brother all alone. ![]() A German-American girl becomes best friends with a Japanese-American girl in an internment camp during World War II.Įlise Sontag feels like a normal American teenager in 1943 even though her parents grew up in Germany. ![]() |