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A companion to the New York Times bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, now a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton.Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales.Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in Tales of the Peculiar—the collection of fairy tales known to hide information about the peculiar world, including clues to the locations of time loops—first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.Riggs now invites you to share his secrets of peculiar history, with a collection of original stories in this deluxe volume of Tales of the Peculiar, as collected and annotated by Millard Nullings, ward of Miss Peregrine and scholar of all things peculiar. Featuring stunning illustrations from world-renowned woodcut artist Andrew Davidson this compelling and truly peculiar anthology is the perfect gift for not only fans, but for all booklovers.A perfect gift, reminiscent of classic bookmaking, this beautifully packaged volume features full-page woodcut illustrations, gold foil stamping, a ribbon, and removable back sticker.“[These tales] embody gentle, empowering messages: accept yourself and others; celebrate difference and oddity; never lose your sense of wonder.” —Financial Times“With a Victorian style for writing and a capacity for subtle humor, the tales read as cautionary fables, rich with peril and phantasy, and will be enjoyed by teens and adults alike.” —GeekDad.com

By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows," which Lovecraft singled out as "the single finest weird tale in literature"; "The Wendigo"; "The Insanity of Jones"; and "Sand."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.

The horror story your students have been asking you for! The only children’s story by the master of horror.

Del Rey / Ballantine, 1977. Paperback, 1st printing. Brown was a master of short-form science fiction. Introduction by Robert Bloch, and these stories: "Arena" (1944); "Imagine" (1955. poem); "It Didn't Happen" (1963); "Recessional" (1961); "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (1965, with Carl Onspaugh); "Puppet Show" (1962); "Nightmare in Yellow" (1961); "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" (1960); "Jaycee" (1955); "Pi in the Sky" (1945); "Answer" (1954); "The Geezenstacks" (1943); "Hall of Mirrors" (1953); "Knock" (1948); "Rebound" (1960); "Star Mouse" (1951); "Abominable" (1960); "Letter to a Phoenix" (1949); "Not Yet the End" (1941); "Etaoin Shrdlu" (1942); "Armageddon" (1941); "Experiment" [Two Timer]" (1954); "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I" (1961); "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver II" (1961); "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver III" (1961); "Reconciliation" (1954); "Nothing Sirius" (1944); "Pattern" (1954); "The Yehudi Principle" (1944); "Come and Go Mad" (1949); "The End" (1961).

Dive into the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this beautiful gift set.Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.#1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer invites readers to join Alex and Conner on their fairy tale adventures from the beginning in this gorgeous paperback gift set, which includes the first three books in the Land of Stories series: The Wishing Spell, The Enchantress Returns, and A Grimm Warning.

Dive into the complete #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this beautiful gift set.Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.#1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer invites readers to join Alex and Conner on their fairy tale adventures from the beginning in this gorgeous hardcover gift set, which includes all six books in the Land of Stories series: The Wishing Spell, The Enchantress Returns, A Grimm Warning, Beyond the Kingdoms, An Author's Odyssey, and Worlds Collide.

Creak...Crash...BOO! Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room.

Perfect for fans dying to get their hands on the complete series by Lisi Harrison! The frighteningly hip teenage children of the world's most famous monsters have gathered together under one roof...to brave the horrors of high school! Includes all four hardcover books in the series.

All the Tales From Dimwood Forest -- Ragweed, Poppy, Poppy and Rye, and Ereth's Birthday -- in one stunning boxed set!

Richard Corbens classic story line of his Character DEN. Fully illustrated in full color this oversize fantasy tale is a first edition from 1978. Corben spent more than 5 years creating more than 500 color panels to bring this masterpiece to life. Considered one of the greatest comics classics of all time the main character DEN is more sought after today than ever. A must have for any Richard Corben or DEN Fan. ADULT SITUATIONS.