Résultats pour "Fairy Tale" dans Horreur

Der siebzehnjährige Charlie Reade hat kein leichtes Leben. Seine Mutter starb, als er drei war, und sein Vater ist dem Alkohol verfallen. Eines Tages offenbart ihm der von allen gemiedene mysteriöse Nachbar auf dem Sterbebett ein Geheimnis, das Charlie schließlich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in eine andere, fremde Welt führt. Dort treiben mächtige Kreaturen ihr Unwesen. Die unterdrückten Einwohner sehen in Charlie ihren Retter. Aber dazu muss er erst die Prinzessin, die rechtmäßige Herrin des fantastischen Märchenreichs, von ihrem schrecklichen Leiden befreien.

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK Read by Rebecca Lowman with a multicast featuring Saskia Maarleveld and Kristen Sieh, with original music and creative production, this audio edition will immerse the listener in the novel’s atmospheric world. The haunting new novel from New York...

In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that “barrels along like a freight train” (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? In a future so real and...

Brought to you by Penguin. The season of strangeness has begun . . . Many stories are told about the five Mansfield sisters. They are haughty, thinking themselves better than their neighbours in the picturesque village of Little Nettlebed. They have taken the death of their grandmother hard...

The award-winning artist Brom takes us on a haunting look at the true world of Peter Pan, in his first full-length novel. From modern day New York to the dying land of Faerie, The Child Thief reveals the world of Peter Pan through the eyes of an insecure runaway who is seduced by Peter’s charm. But any dreams of a fairy wonderland are quickly replaced by the reality of life and death survival as Peter’s recruits are forced into a lethal battle in which the line between good and evil is blurred.

The forest doesn’t just take what it’s owed—it takes whatever it wants. Dominic was born in Aplin Shade, a remote Canadian town built on the bones of another that vanished without a trace. Bookish and quiet, he never asked to lead his family, but after a carriage crash kills his father and...

When a librarian discovers she’s descended from a long line of powerful witches, she’ll need all of her bookish knowledge to harness her family’s magic, in this enchanting cozy fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. Zoe Ziakas enjoys a quiet life, working as a...

ometimes getting what you always wanted is the worst thing that could happen to you. After the events of Last Prince Standing, Danny Charming, the last of his line and current wielder of the title "Prince" Charming thought he'd finally got the hang of not dying horribly. He was wrong...

Not every fairytale has a happy ending…do you dare to dive into the dark depths of your favorite childhood stories? This spine-chilling anthology weaves together real fairy tales cultures across the globe, unmasking the eerie and unsettling narratives that have been whispered through...

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride. . . . Though ruled by British...

Gretel is a blood-curdling serial killer thriller, that tells the story of seventeen-year-old Lucy, taken against her will five years ago. Caged up with no one left to protect her she must survive the night or become the killer’s latest victim. After he killed her, she wept. Body bags and chainsaws stripped the night clean. Her mind was a mess of revulsion, as the silence took over and the girls pleaded for their lives. Had it been five years already?

Launching into new territory that the author hadn’t mapped out when he embarked on the series, NEKOMONOGATARI (White) tells the tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice—if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you’re asking, suffers...

Ten haunting tales of the ghostly, decadent, and supernatural by Adam Nicke, author of Temptation and Denial. Written in the style of late 19th century masters of the macabre, each weirdly twisting tale is haunted by characters confronting their inner turmoil and the dark recesses of the soul. Escape the modern age and let the lush, sensuous language in this audio wash over you as gently as the crimson hues of twilight on an early Autumn evening.

A haunting gathering of classic Japanese tales of monsters and demons, yōkai and oni and yūrei, that live on in popular manga, anime, J-horror films, and video games A Penguin Classic Flesh-eating oni demons, kappa water sprites, shapeshifting kitsune foxes, vengeful yūrei ghosts, and other...

A young woman on a trip to visit Grandma. A wolf. A Huntsman. Just the start of this grindhouse, blood-spattered battle of life and death. You've heard the fairy tales, but this tale has no Prince Charming. Just a girl in the woods driven to the edge of sanity as the magic of the forest awakens and reveals its dirty, rotten underbelly.

Prince Charming is dead. Meet his younger brother. Danny Charming thought getting arrested for running illegal tours of London's hidden places was his biggest problem. He was wrong. Very, very wrong. When Danny's brother dies in his flat, bleeding out while shoving a magical sword into Danny's...

A collection of dark poems and dark dreams. A wild ride through the mind of an angry young man who both loved and hated the world. A bitter struggle to reconcile with the horrors of life, the idea of religion, and the violence inherent in the world.

In The Witch with No Name, Kim Harrison brings back her wildly popular heroine for one final, epic battle. Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the klutzy runner fleeing a bad job. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon. She's lost friends and lovers and family, and an old enemy has become something much more.

“A carnivalesque tale spun in luscious, crackling prose, Freakslaw is the glittery punk offspring of Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love and Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus. You know those books you want to roll around in, rub on your skin, and clasp to your heart? Freakslaw is one.”...

“Proceed with caution because, as with many great books, not everything is entirely what it seems.”—Samanta Schweblin, National Book Award-winning author of Seven Empty Houses “An astonishing writer. . . . Each of his books is, for me, an event.” —Mariana Enríquez, author of Our...