Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Laura Purcell

Andrew Michael Hurley

Imogen Hermes Gowar

Bridget Collins

Sara Collins

Natasha Pulley

Jess Kidd

Elizabeth Macneal

Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

The Haunting Season

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree. Starve Acre is a devastating new novel by the author of the prize-winning bestseller The Loney. It is a novel about the way in which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for hope, we can so easily unearth horror.

'Beautifully written and triumphantly creepy' Mail on Sunday

Starve Acre

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 'Modern classics in this genre are rare, and instant ones even rarer; The Loney, however, looks as though it may be both' Sunday Telegraph If it had another name, I never knew, but the locals called it the Loney - that strange nowhere between the Wyre and the Lune where Hanny and I went every Easter time with Mummer, Farther, Mr and Mrs Belderboss and Father Wilfred, the parish priest. It was impossible to truly know the place. It changed with each influx and retreat, and the neap tides would reveal the skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents. No one ever went near the water. No one apart from us, that is. I suppose I always knew that what happened there wouldn't stay hidden for ever, no matter how much I wanted it to. No matter how hard I tried to forget . . .

The Loney

The second novel from the Costa winning and bestselling author of The Loney 'The new master of menace' Sunday Times In the wink of an eye, as quick as a flea, The Devil he jumped from me to thee. And only when the Devil had gone, Did I know that he and I'd been one . . . Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. Very little changes in the Endlands, but this year, his grandfather - the Gaffer - has died and John's new wife, Katherine, is accompanying him for the first time. Each year, the Gaffer would redraw the boundary lines of the village, with pen and paper, but also through the remembrance of tales and timeless communal rituals, which keep the sheep safe from the Devil. But as the farmers of the Endlands bury the Gaffer, and prepare to gather the sheep, they begin to wonder whether they've let the Devil in after all . . .

Devil's Day

Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Stuart Turton

Catriona Ward

Susan Stokes-Chapman

FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES. Featuring new and original stories from: Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave Andrew Michael Hurley Jess Kidd Natasha Pulley Elizabeth Macneal Laura Purcell Susan Stokes Chapman Laura Shepherd-Robinson Stuart Turton Catriona Ward The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today's most loved and lauded authors of historical and gothic fiction - are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, and drawing inspiration from festive traditions from all around the globe, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of Christmases past . . .

Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

The Winter Spirits

An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, Juliette seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree. But as they delve further into their grief, both uncover more than they set out to. Starve Acre is a devastating new novel by the author of the prize-winning bestseller The Loney. It is a novel about the way in which grief splits the world in two and how, in searching for hope, we can so easily unearth horror.

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Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights

Winter Spirits

Lange, kalte Winternächte: Zeit, um den Kamin zu entzünden, Zeit für Geistergeschichten. Ob in den wilden Mooren von Yorkshire, auf dem verschneiten Gelände eines Spukhauses oder auf dem belebten Londoner Weihnachtsmarkt – diese Geschichten, die von Gespenstern vergangener Tage erzählen, jagen den Lesenden die köstlichsten Schauer über den Rücken. So herrlich britisch wie Yorkshire Pudding, so stimmungsvoll und gruselig wie ›Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte‹ von Charles Dickens und so spannend, dass man dieses Buch kaum aus den Händen legen kann. ›Schaurige Nächte‹ vereint acht Erzählungen ausgewiesener Gruselexpert*innen, die eine alte Tradition neu beleben: Als Meister*innen des Unheimlichen und Makabren bescheren sie uns einen Nervenkitzel ganz besonderer Art.

Unheimliche Geschichten für den Winter

Schaurige Nächte

Mark Haddon

Sarah Perry

Max Porter

Kate Clanchy

Kamila Shamsie

Jeanette Winterson

Stuart Evers

Ocho destacados escritores contemporáneos reinterpretan las clásicas historias de fantasmas en esta inquietante colección de relatos ambientados en las localizaciones más misteriosas de las islas británicas. Inglaterra es por excelencia la tierra de las apariciones y los lugares encantados. Para este libro, ocho prominentes novelistas británicos tuvieron la oportunidad de elegir un edificio perteneciente al English Heritage ;una institución pública que protege y promueve el patrimonio histórico inglés; y permanecer en él después del horario de visita habitual. Inmersos en la historia, la atmósfera y las leyendas sobre esos emplazamientos, canalizaron la parte más oscura de su fantasía para crear las extraordinarias historias de fantasmas contemporáneas recogidas en este volumen. La mansión jacobea de Audley, el fuerte romano de Housesteads, los castillos de Dover, Kenilworth, Pendennis y Carlisle, el palacio de Eltham y un búnker de la Guerra Fría situado en York. Entre los muros de estos famosos lugares encantados, cada autor encontró la inspiración necesaria para reinterpretar a su manera las clásicas ghost stories, que llevan aterrorizando desde hace generaciones a cuantos lectores se acercan a ellas.

Ocho fantasmas ingleses

Fanatyzm religijny czy głęboka wiara? Magia czy boskie znaki? Pustki to najprawdziwszy majstersztyk. Debiutancka powieść grozy, która podbiła krytyków i czytelników, zdobywając tytuł Książki Roku brytyjskiego rynku wydawniczego! „Końcówka jesieni była dzika i gwałtowna. Chociaż tu, w Londynie, pogoda obeszła się z ludźmi łaskawie. Na północy zalało trakcje kolejowe, całe wioski topiły się w brunatnej, mętnej wodzie z okolicznych rzek. Ostatnio w mediach pojawiła się informacja o nagłym obsunięciu się ziemi w Coldbarrow. I o szczątkach dziecka, które przy tej okazji znaleziono w starym domu u stóp klifu. Coldbarrow. Nie słyszał tej nazwy długo, chyba od trzydziestu lat. Podświadomie zawsze jednak wiedział, że to, co się tam stało, prędzej czy później musi wyjść na jaw...” Informacja o wstrząsającym znalezisku w starym domu u stóp klifu ożywia wspomnienia dawnej pielgrzymki w odludne rejony angielskiego wybrzeża, zwane Pustkami. Niespodziewane wypadki i napotkani ludzie sprawili, że rodzinna wyprawa w celu uzdrowienia synka-niemowy zmieniła się w koszmar, z którego jeszcze wiele lat później jej uczestnicy nie są w stanie się otrząsnąć. Skłócona rodzina, metafizyczna aura, fascynujący krajobraz i intrygująca fabuła – Pustki to przewrotna powieść grozy, nawiązująca do najlepszych tradycji gatunku, trzymająca w napięciu od pierwszej do ostatniej strony i pełna niedopowiedzeń, tajemniczości oraz symboliki religijnej, która jeszcze bardziej potęguje grozę. Ta książka jest nie tylko dobra, jest wspaniała. Niesamowita powieść. – Stephen King Oto arcydzieło, dzięki któremu Hurley znalazł miejsce w cechu najwybitniejszych twórców powieści gotyckiej, wyobrażam sobie jego nazwisko napisane na zwoju pergaminu razem z nazwiskami Walpole’a czy Du Maurier. – Sarah Perry, „The Guardian” Specyficzni bohaterowie, duszna atmosfera, opustoszały krajobraz i wszechobecne poczucie zagrożenia – to niesamowita, niepokojąca opowieść, która nie odpuszcza aż do zaskakującego zakończenia. – „Daily Mail” Jakość tego przenikającego do szpiku kości, sugestywnego pisarstwa jest zbyt dobra, by szufladkować je w ramach jednego gatunku. – „The Times” Andrew Michael Hurley – brytyjski pisarz. Opublikował dwa zbiory opowiadań: Klatki i inne opowiadania (2006) oraz Niezwykła śmierć Julii Christie i inne opowiadania (2008). Pustki (2014), to jego debiut powieściowy, pierwotnie wydany przez niezależne wydawnictwo Tartarus Press. Hurley mieszka w hrabstwie Lancashire, gdzie naucza literatury angielskiej i prowadzi kursy kreatywnego pisania.

Pustki

Hylätty ranta palkittiin Britanniassa vuoden 2015 parhaana esikoisromaanina.

Hylätty ranta

Joka vuosi John Pentecost palaa juurilleen syrjäiseen kylään Luoteis-Englannin nummille. Laaksossa asiat pysyvät muuttumattomina vuodesta toiseen, mutta tänä vuonna on toisin. Johnin isoisä - kyläläisille Gaffer - on kuollut ja John tuo hautajaisiin myös tuoreen vaimonsa, Katherinen. Kauan sitten sakea lumipyry eristi koko laakson viikoiksi ja paholainen livahti lammasten vaatteissa kylään. Tuho oli valtava. Nyt kylässä vietetään Paholaisen päivää joka syksy, ulkopuolisten mielestä perin kummallista juhlaa. Mutta kyläläiset tietävät että perinteitä pitää kunnioittaa ja vanhat rituaalit varmistavat, että kaikki ovat turvassa paholaiselta tänäkin vuonna. Vaan kuinka käy?

Paholaisen päivä

A couple attempt to recapture a lost relationship but their memories disintegrate the world about them...A widow tries to understand the brutality of her husband's death...Three soldiers confront the image of man's struggle with his own aggression...A writer finally begins to understand the frailty of words. Often stark, often brutal, often hopeful, these stories find lives falling apart under the strain of entrapment but also celebrate the pleasurable cages that we wilfully and inevitably impose upon ourselves.

Cages and Other Stories

Elisabeth Macneal Macneal

"Inverno: la stagione delle notti più fredde, delle tenebre che avviluppano la Terra, della luce che muore. La stagione dei fantasmi: quando i crepuscoli si tingono di nero, infatti, è bello raccontare e raccontarsi gli incubi che abitano i recessi della nostra mente, immaginarli camminare di fianco a noi. Così, prima ancora che Charles Dickens componesse il suo Canto di Natale, la letteratura – in particolare quella anglosassone – ha trovato le sue parole più belle per dare vita al lato in ombra della realtà, ed è tradizione in quei luoghi raccogliersi insieme per leggere inquietanti storie gotiche. Nei dodici racconti di questa raccolta, spiriti e fantasmi si danno appuntamento in gran parata per riempire di presenze le lunghe ore invernali. Dal fango della Londra dickensiana alle scogliere della Cornovaglia, estremo limite del mondo, dalla Edimburgo del Settecento sotto un gelido manto bianco a una enorme villa adagiata su un isolotto in mezzo a un lago italiano, gli esseri soprannaturali che incontriamo in queste storie ci accompagnano in una trasvolata che tocca le più varie epoche e Paesi e ci rivelano con eleganza che il posto piú buio di tutti, in fondo, è il cuore degli uomini. Dalle penne di maestri del gotico – fra gli altri, Stuart Turton, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Shepherd-Robinson e Susan Stokes-Chapman – I fantasmi dell’inverno è una raccolta di dodici storie di ombre, possessioni demoniache e sogni ricorrenti; una incredibile collezione di fantasmi, spiriti, apparizioni e spettri da leggere con il fiato sospeso... e con la luce accesa. «L’orologio a pendolo batté la mezzanotte. I rintocchi scossero la casa uno dopo l’altro come altrettanti colpi inferti da un dio irato. Indietreggiai barcollando nel vedere le finestre che tremavano e l’intonaco che si staccava dal soffitto. Il lampadario ondeggiò pericolosamente, i soprammobili andarono in frantumi e i quadri si staccarono dalle pareti». Stuart Turton, Il Signore della Casa «Ne I fantasmi dell’inverno ogni storia è un gioiello». Laura Shepperson "

I fantasmi dell'inverno

A gripping and unsettling novel from a writer praised by Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates that asks how much we owe to tradition and how far we will go to preserve it.

Richard e Juliette devono affrontare il dolore più grande che due genitori possano provare: la morte improvvisa di Ewan, cinque anni. Starve Acre, la loro casa al confine con la brughiera, da cuore di una nuova famiglia è diventata un nodo di dolorosi ricordi. Juliette è convinta che Ewan sia ancora con loro, in qualche forma, e cerca l’aiuto di un gruppo di occultisti per parlare con lui. Richard invece si concentra sul campo di fronte a casa, il campo dove Ewan amava giocare da solo, e avvia gli scavi alla ricerca dei resti di una quercia antica e maledetta. Che nesso c’è fra il passato remoto di quel luogo, teatro di forme di sommaria e brutale giustizia, la strana malattia che si è portata via Ewan, e la sua propensione alla violenza? La terra rivoltata darà forse le sue risposte, ma non saranno quelle che ci si aspetta. Una storia gotica, che viaggia tra leggende locali e un presente attraversato dall’orrore, con un finale da mozzare il fiato.

La voce della quercia

Although John Pentecost left the place and married Katherine, he feels very attached to his hometown in Lancashire, a beautiful place that harbors uncomfortable memories. But when John's grandfather dies, John will be forced to return home, where he will have to face decisions and sacrifices for the clan.

Andrew Michael Hurley

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