Bøger af Gwendolyn Kiste

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban hometown turned into ghosts—perfect for fans of Yellowjackets.The Velkwood Vicinity was the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some pseudo-scientific investigations as the block of homes disappeared behind a near-impenetrable veil that only three survivors could enter—and only one has in the past twenty years, until now. Talitha Velkwood has avoided anything to do with the tragedy that took her mother and eight-year-old sister, drifting from one job to another, never settling anywhere or with anyone, feeling as trapped by her past as if she was still there in the small town she so desperately wanted to escape from. When a new researcher tracks her down and offers to pay her to come back to enter the vicinity, Talitha claims she’s just doing it for the money. Of all the crackpot theories over the years, no one has discovered what happened the night Talitha, her estranged, former best friend Brett, and Grace, escaped their homes twenty years ago. Will she finally get the answers she’s been looking for all these years, or is this just another dead end? Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste has created a suburban ghost story about a small town that trapped three young women who must confront the past if they’re going to have a future.

Una rotunda primera obra que mezcla un afilado trasfondo social con un terror cercano al realismo mágico. En el Cleveland de los años ochenta, deprimido por el abandono de fábricas industriales y huelgas continuas, una serie de mujeres jóvenes empieza a oxidarse, tanto en el exterior como en el interior. El secreto de lo que les está sucediendo podría encerrar un horror más allá de la imaginación.Gwendolyn Kiste es una autora estadounidense afincada en Pittsburg. Su obra, dotada de una sensibilidad desacostumbrada en el género de terror, le ha valido numerosas nominaciones y premios, entre ellos el Bram Stoker tanto a mejor novela como a mejor colección de cuentos.

Boneset & Feathers is a novel of witchy folk horror by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste, in which a young woman must re-ignite her magic against the threat of the dreaded witchfinders.You don''t know their fire is coming until it''s too late. That''s exactly the way the witchfinders like it. As an isolated enchantress, Odette knows this too well-she lost nearly her whole family to the last round of executions, barely escaping with her own life. All the magic she could conjure wasn''t enough to protect her mother and sister, a burden that leaves a despondent Odette practically wishing she''d burned with the rest.Now it''s five years later, and as the last witch left from her village, Odette has exiled herself to the nearby woods where she''s sworn off all magic, hoping instead for quiet and for safety. But no witch has ever been permitted a peaceful life.It starts with crows tumbling out of the clouds and spectral voices on the wind that won''t leave her alone. Then there are those midnight visits to the graveyard that she can''t quite remember in the morning and the strange children following her everywhere she goes. Odette wants to forget magic, but her magic doesn''t want to forget her. Meanwhile, the former friends she left behind in the village are cowering together, hiding from the ghostly birds they believe she''s sent to torment them for abandoning her. But that''s only the beginning of their problems, as Odette soon discovers their worst nightmare is about to come true-the witchfinders are returning. And this time, the decree is clear: to burn the witch that got away.With the men drawing nearer to the village, Odette must face the whispers from the dead and confront her fear of her own growing power if she wants any chance of stopping the army of witchfinders determined to rid the countryside of magic once and for all.

The classic monsters have returned… again!During the gothic horror revival of the late 1950s through the 1970s, vampires, witches, devil worshipers, occultists, spirits, ghouls, and grave-robbing mad scientists returned to terrify a new generation of thrill-seeking movie audiences. Influenced by the social and cultural upheavals of the time and the ever-present specter of nuclear war, these classic terrors became more violent, more subversive-and more seductive.Behold the Undead of Dracula features stories inspired by the films of the gothic horror revival, dripping with blazing bright-red blood and radiating sex appeal.Eleven of the best authors in underground horror fiction offer up unique and terrifying takes on this special era of cinematic history, summoning spine-tingling tales sure to frighten and seduce unwary readers.Grab your popcorn, take a seat, and watch as the curtain rises on these gothic nightmares. Bear witness to the lurid and sensual horrors of Behold the Undead of Dracula!Featuring:"Go to the Devil" by Matthew M. Bartlett"Over the Violets There That Lie" by Gwendolyn Kiste"George Strait and the Black Orchard Grimoire" by Mer Whinery"Vengeance of the Blood Princess" by Dominique Lamssies"Diabolus in Musica" by William Tea"Taste of Fear in the Night (European Release Title: Curse of the Mountain Witches)" by Tom Breen"You Should Smile More: The Blood Coven of Arkana" by Heather L. Levy"Mina's Castle" by Sean M. Thompson"Cleaver Castle of Carnage Presents: The Coven Strikes Back" by Christa Carmen"The Bloody Cask of Rasputin" by Thomas C. Mavroudis"The Filthy Creation of Frankenstein" by Gemma FilesCover art by Trevor HendersonInterior illustration by Mat FitzsimmonsEditing and layout by Jonathan Raab

Mary, Mary...Always hitchhiking the same lonely highway, she calls herself Rhee, but everyone else knows her as Resurrection Mary. And when she's transported home each night to the same decrepit, nowhere mansion, she's always got her sisters.Call her name three times, and Bloody Mary appears. In the poisoned garden, Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary. Downstairs, Mary Mack, forever building her own coffin. And brooding with her horse skull, the restless Mari Lwyd.They are the Marys, embodiments of urban legend and what goes bump in the night, every child's nightmare. But as the walls between their realities start to crack, the shadows threaten oblivion.To save herself and her sisters, Rhee must unravel who the Marys are before the darkness claims them.