Through the lens of horror-from Halloween to Hereditary--queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes--such as the circumspect and resilient "final girl," body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet--spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.It Came from the Closet features twenty-five essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer's Body, Jude Ellison S. Doyle on In My Skin, Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.
This title presents 13 mini masterpieces from one of the most undeservedly neglected authors of twentieth century strange fiction. Nick Freeman, specialist in Gothic literature at Loughborough University, has selected the contents based on the author's best work. In the midst of this sudden and wild galloping brain-storm I remembered what Ferrers had said about the candlesticks. There was something sinister and uncanny about them. And I knew with a certainty that if I lay and watched I should see something unbearable. The supernatural tales of A. M. Burrage were recognized by contemporaries such as M. R. James and the critic E. F. Bleiler as some of the most imaginative and cleverly told ghost stories in the English language, and yet today his name haunts the fringes of the genre. Burrage was unafraid to position his ghosts among the trappings of modernity, and his experiments with the genre set him apart from the antiquarian 'Jamesian' tradition. Presenting 13 of the author's best tales from the 1920s and 30s - including accounts of uncanny living wax figures, unsettling timeslips into troubled pasts and Burrage's horror masterpiece 'One Who Saw' - this collection is another step towards restoring A. M. Burrage's name to the heights of the best writers of supernatural fiction.
From deep in the bowels of the earth, far into the chasms from which no one ever returns, past the horizon of all decency and light, comes the voice of the great ancient terror. And lo, it speaks. And it says, "Ribbit." Super soft!
The world is full of many brews. Some of them contain eye of newt and toe of frog. Some of them contain nice toasty malt, hops, and yeast. And some just contain a lot of caffeine. This is one of those. I mean, it also probably contains a bit of newt. But mostly caffeine.
Nothing toiling and troubling about this! We've been bubbling up this tiny potion pal for a while! The perfect companion to any spell-casters arsenal, this cauldron is juuust big enough for all your eyes of newt and dead men's toes!
ENTER CASTLE DRACULA... IF YOU DARE Immerse yourself in the Gothic World of Dracula in this stunning jigsaw puzzle by Adam Simpson. Packed with characters from the story, the illustration includes all the key scenes from the novel in incredible detail - every piece has something to capture the imagination. This richly rewarding puzzle is accompanied by an illustrated poster and explanatory text by leading Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst detailing who's who in the Count's grisly world. A 1000-PIECE JIGSAW FOR LITERATURE LOVERS. Piece together the grisly world of Dracula with a comprehensive poster guide.
WORLD EXPERT ON DRACULA. Text by world Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Dracula and the Oxford World's Classics edition of Dracula.
HOURS OF SPOOKY FUN. Stalk graveyards, climb castle stairs and fraternize with the undead - all from the comfort of home!
THE PERFECT GIFT. Illustration-led, highly finished jigsaw and illustrated poster for maximum gift appeal.
AMAZING ARTWORK. Adam Simpson's intricately drawn world is bursting with minute detail.
Finished puzzle 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.)
WORLD EXPERT ON DRACULA. Text by world Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Dracula and the Oxford World's Classics edition of Dracula.
HOURS OF SPOOKY FUN. Stalk graveyards, climb castle stairs and fraternize with the undead - all from the comfort of home!
THE PERFECT GIFT. Illustration-led, highly finished jigsaw and illustrated poster for maximum gift appeal.
AMAZING ARTWORK. Adam Simpson's intricately drawn world is bursting with minute detail.
Finished puzzle 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.)
Motionless now and in absolute silence, she awaited her doom, the moments growing to hours, to years, to ages; and still those devilish eyes maintained their watch. Seen by contemporaries as a natural successor to Edgar Allan Poe but with the added dimensions of a man who had witnessed true horror fighting in some of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, Ambrose Bierce was one of America's leading convention-defying writers, critics and essayists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - but still remains relatively unknown by many fans of the genre. This new collection not only brings together some of Bierce's best and most unusual stories (such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', 'The Moonlit Road' and 'The Death of Halpin Frayser') but also highlights those aspects of his life which saw him as a loner, someone who stepped aside from society and observed it as some other being. Even in death Bierce was unconventional, disappearing to join the Mexican Revolution, never to be seen again - a mystery editor Mike Ashley explores in a closing essay for the book.