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Aisles of Horror


For those of you ghouls and girls with discerning taste in your bloody tales, here are some horrifically good, grotesquely wonderful, and frighteningly entertaining stories by both classic and contemporary masters of horror.

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House of Leaves: A Novel
House of Leaves: A Novel
by Mark Z. Danielewski
Staff Pick
"Saints be praised, this is the best book of the new millennium. A veritable tour de force. Pynchon meets Stephen King meets Robert Hughes meets Borges meets Dante. Joycian. Jungian. Mythic. Any clich used by fawning literary critics applies. Yadda Yadda... (read more)

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Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Staff Pick
This is one of the best vampire novels since Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Although the author wrote the screenplay, too, there's still a lot that didn't find its way into the film. If you read one bloodsucking book this year make sure it's the... (read more)

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The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
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Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only... (read more)

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Button, Button: Uncanny Stories
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories
by Richard Matheson
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Button, Button, which inspired a memorable "Twilight Zone" episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Matheson, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "I Am Legend."... (read more)

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Tales of H. P. Lovecraft (P.S.)
Tales of H. P. Lovecraft (P.S.)
by H P Lovecraft
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When he died in 1937, destitute and emotionally as well as physically ruined, H. P. Lovecraft had no idea that he would one day be celebrated as the godfather of modern horror. A dark visionary, his work would influence an entire generation of writers... (read more)

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Black Hole
Black Hole
by Charles Burns
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Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle... (read more)

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Ghost Story
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
Staff Pick
A truly creepy novel that could possibly be Straub's best. In the footsteps of Ambrose Bierce, M. R. James, and Edgar Allan Poe, Ghost Story will take you down a new and frightening path. Follow it if you dare!!!... (read more)

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International)
by Patrick Suskind
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An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion — his sense of smell — leads to murder. In the slums... (read more)

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Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce
by Ambrose Bierce
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23 modern horror stories by American master. "The Eyes of the Panther," "The Damned Thing," 21 more. "These pieces are not dated, nor are they lacking any of the narrative elements necessary to attract and hold the attention of anyone interested in the... (read more)

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The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
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Past the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits... Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodora... (read more)

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The Tooth Fairy
The Tooth Fairy
by Graham Joyce
Staff Pick
The Tooth Fairy is a particularly subtle literary horror novel. It is dark, erotic, filled with adolescent passions and nightmares. Joyce manages to capture the agony of unrequited love and its compensations in prose that is both freshly revealing and... (read more)

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Salems Lot
Salems Lot
by Stephen King
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Out walking alone one rainy night, Lucy becomes convinced that someone--or something--is following her. Soon she begins having terrifying visions and dreams--and she still can't shake the feeling of an unseen presence, always watching, waiting . . .... (read more)

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The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
Staff Pick
I've never seen a better example of a contemporary classic in the ghostly tales category than The Man in the Picture. Hill is as eloquent as Dickens and as dark as Poe.... (read more)

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The Dylan Dog Case Files
The Dylan Dog Case Files
by Tiziano Sclavi
Staff Pick
Witty, macabre, and hopelessly romantic, Dylan Dog is a page-turner of a classic, now finally available in graphic-novel format. But consider yourself warned: This Italian comic will probably keep you from doing anything responsible until you've finished... (read more)

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The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
Staff Pick
What is it that Frank has hidden up in the attic that could possibly tell the future? What does his father keep locked away in his private study? And when will his mentally disturbed brother, who escaped from the asylum, get home? Iain Banks's first... (read more)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Modern Library)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Modern Library)
by Oscar Wilde
Staff Pick
Loosely knowing the story beforehand couldn't have prepared me for the way in which it is told. There are pages, paragraphs, and sentences that are among the most eloquently written I've ever read. The Picture of Dorian Gray, in all its devious... (read more)

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Clive Barker's Books of Blood 1-3
Clive Barker's Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker
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With the 1984 publication of Books of Blood, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. He was hailed by Stephen King as "the future of horror," and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards. Now, with his numerous bestsellers, graphic... (read more)

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Teatro Grottesco
Teatro Grottesco
by Thomas Ligotti
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This collection features tormented individuals who play out their doom in various odd little towns, as well as in dark sectors frequented by sinister and often blackly comical eccentrics. The cycle of narratives that includes the title work of this... (read more)

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Richard Brautigan: A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon, and the Hawkline Monster
Richard Brautigan: A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon, and the Hawkline Monster
by Richard Brautigan
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Richard Brautigan was the author of ten novels, including a contemporary classic, Trout Fishing in America, nine volumes of poetry, and a collection of stories.Here are three Brautigan novels--A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon and... (read more)

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