[PDF] The White Hands And Other Weird Tales eBook

Author : Arthur Machen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0241309514

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Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic.

Author : Mark Samuels
Publisher : Chomu Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781907681059

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"Cryptic and potent languages, bizarre cults, mysteries that span the gulf between life and death, occult influences that reverberate through history like a dying echo, irresistible cosmic decay, forces of nightmare that distort reality itself, gateways to worlds where esoteric knowledge rots the future. Here is a collection of tales that forms a veritable Rosetta Stone for scholars of cosmic wonder and terror"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 2482 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466803193

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From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Arthur Machen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 11,27 MB
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101552689

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Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from the award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo Del Toro Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Arthur Machen
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 872661538X

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'The White People' is a horror short story by Arthur Machen in which two men discuss the eternal battle between good and evil. Eventually one of them pulls out and opens a mysterious diary filled with archaic folklore and studies of the occult. A hallucinogenic labyrinth of madness, witchcraft and the vileness of mankind - 'The White People' is a must-read for devotees of Machen, H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe. Jorge Luis Borges cited Machen as a great writer and an inspiration for the magical realism movement in literature. Notorious occultist Aleister Crowley also greatly admired Machen for effortlessly crossing over the threshold that separates reality and the magical realm. Strongly recommended for fans of the 'Good Omens' series inspired by Terry Pratchett's fiction and starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Fans of the HBO show 'Lovecraft Country' may also find a true Lovecraft-ian treasure trove hidden between the pages of 'The White People'. Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh writer of supernatural, fantasy, and horror novels. Before his literary career skyrocketed he also worked as a journalist and an actor. His major belief was that the ordinary and external world surreptitiously conceals something far more mysterious and bizarre. In turn, we are deeply interested in trying to lift the veil enshrouding the threshold separating the two. His most acclaimed works include the classic horror novella 'The Great God Pan' and the semi-autobiographical 'The Hill of Dreams'.

Author : Christopher Slatsky
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 32,43 MB
Release : 2015-07-17
Category :
ISBN : 9780692492826

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"Slatsky builds dread from page one, and is not shy about amping up the weird." - THE ARKHAM DIGESTThe debut collection from Christopher Slatsky, author of NO ONE IS SLEEPING IN THIS WORLD. Contents:Loveliness Like a ShadowAn Infestation of StarsCorporautolysisNo One is Sleeping in this WorldMaking SnakesThe Ocean is Eating Our GravesThis Fragmented BodyTellurian Fa�adeFilm MauditA Plague of Naked Movie StarsScarcely Have They Been PlantedIntagliosAlectryomancer

Author : Various
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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"The Bodymaster and Other Weird Tales" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Ann VanderMeer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 1153 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765333600

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An oversized anthology of dark and bizarre tales written throughout the past century includes entries by international best-sellers and award-winners, including Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Franz Kafka.