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The satirical work in which a senior devil tutors a junior devil in a series of sly but increasingly frustrated letters.

Previously titled Father of Frankenstein, this acclaimed novel was the basis for the 1998 film starring Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, and Brendan Fraser. It journeys back to 1957 Los Angeles, where James Whale, the once-famous director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, is living in retirement, haunted by his past. Rescuing him from his too-vivid imagination is his gardener, a handsome ex-marine. The friendship between these two very different men is sometimes tentative, sometimes touching, often dangerous—and always captivating. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Night Vale is a fictional southwest American desert town where macabre, paranormal events are commonplace. This book, developed from a series of podcasts, tells a ghost story about the eponymous woman, and her interactions with the townâ€s living residents.

When Young Novice Monk Brother Beowulf Is Sent To Spy On Spook Johnson, He Has No Idea Of The Trouble He's About To Find Himself In. Johnson Boasts To Wulf Of His Battles Against Demonic Creatures, And Even Seems To Imprisons Local Witches, Though Wulf Is Sceptical - Not Least Because The Church Has Taught Him That Spooks Are A Force For Evil, And Not To Be Trusted. But Then The Monsters Johnson Claims To Fight Turn Out To Be Very Real Indeed, And Soon Wulf Is Forced To Seek Help From Another Young Spook, Tom Ward, Who Terrifies And Charms Him In Equal Measure. But The Forces Of The Dark Are Many, And It's Not Long Until Wulf And Tom Realise They've Bitten Off Far More Than They Can Chew. A Horrifying New Enemy Is Rising - And Only Wulf Can Stop It.

A Gloriously Spooky Horror-fantasy Story From Joseph Delaney, The Internationally Multi-million Bestselling Author Of The Spook's Apprentice Crafty Halted, His Heart Lurching With Fear, His Mouth Dry. There Were Bare Footprints In The White Snow, And Each One Was Smeared With Red, As If The Owner Of Those Clawed Feet Had Stepped In A Puddle Of Blood . . . Crafty And His Friends Have Already Faced Dozens Of Horrifying Aberrations During Their Time As Castle Gate Grubs - Assistants To The Mysterious Guild Of Gatemancers, Who Fight Against The Terrifying Shole. But The Real Battle Is Only Just Beginning. New And More Dangerous Aberrations Are Appearing All The Time, And Worse Yet, It Seems Someone From Within The Castle Is Helping Them Attack. And When An Old Enemy Returns To Give Crafty A Disturbing Warning, It Seems Time Might Be Running Out For All Of Them . . .

This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself.

From the international bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts comes a wildly original and enthrallingly dark medieval fantasy unlike anything you've read before – a fable of twisted folklore, macabre magic, and the strangest of found families. "A masterpiece of medieval dark fiction." – Christopher Buehlman, author of Between Two Fires "A wild fever dream – monstrous and beautiful." – Seanan McGuire, author of Every Heart a Doorway Eleven hundred and some years after the death of Christ, in the kingdom that had but recently begun to call itself England, I, Once Was Willem, rose from the dead to defeat a great evil facing the humble village of Cosham. The words enclosed herein are true.   I speak of monsters and magic, battle and bloodletting, and the crimes of desperate men. I speak also of secret things, of that which lies beneath us and that which impends above. By the time you come to the end of this account you will know the truth of your own life and death, the path laid out for your immortal soul, your origin and your inevitable end.   You will not thank me. "It's been a long time since a book has reached out and just entirely enveloped me in its world the way Once Was Willem did. Astounding, and I loved every moment of it." – RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships

Walter Wangerin's profound fantasy concerns a time when the sun turned around the earth and the animals could speak, when Chauntecleer the Rooster ruled over a more or less peaceful kingdom. What the animals did not know was that they were the Keepers of Wyrm, monster of evil long imprisoned beneath the earth ... and Wyrm, sub terra, was breaking free.

The third book in Robertson Davies's acclaimed The Deptford Trilogy, with a new foreword by Kelly LinkHailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Davies’s acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. World of Wonders—the third book in the series after The Manticore—follows the story of Magnus Eisengrim—the most illustrious magician of his age—who is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life’s courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work.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.

Hardcover. Good condition. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket is edge-worn and has several scores. One-centimetre tear on leading edge of rear jacket, causing abrasion on hardcover. Some bumping on hardcover spine ends. Contents are clear. AF