#31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, vol. 2

by Robert J Gannon

Author	: Robert J Gannon
Publisher	: Robert J Gannon
Total Pages	: 172
Release	: 2021-12-21
Genre	: Performing Arts
ISBN	: 100503608X

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The #31Days challenge is back for another deep dive into the world of horror. Every day in October, media critic Robert J Gannon watches, analyzes, and publishes new articles and reviews inspired by different horror films, TV series, and books. This year, 32 new essays went up just at Sketching Details. Themes for the challenge included anthology films, films directed by women, documentaries, queer horror films, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre series. #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, vol. 2 features 64 original essays on horror media, including an entire series of essays on The Outer Limits completed in October. Come explore the terrifying world of horror, including Halloween Kills, Nothing but Broken Teeth, Deadhouse Dark, and No One Gets Out Alive. #31Days also includes recommendations for additional horror media for each title discussed in the collection. Full list of subjects: #Like A Classic Horror Story Blind Sun Body Bags Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Deadhouse Dark Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Extended Cut Good Manners Halloween Kills His House In Search of Darkness Knife + Heart Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III Little Deaths Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau Lucky Lyle Nightbreed, The Director's Cut No One Gets Out Alive Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw Seance Southbound Spookers Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation The Mortuary Collection The Old Ways The Outer Limits The Swarm The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: A Family Portrait The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 The Wind Things Heard & Seen

#31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays, Vol. 1

by Robert J Gannon

Author	: Robert J Gannon
Publisher	: Robert J Gannon
Total Pages	: 172
Release	: 2020-12-22
Genre	: Art
ISBN	:

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Imagine immersing yourself in a world of unimaginable horrors for a month. Now imagine doing it every year for 16 years. Horror critic Robert J Gannon does it ever year. The #31Days challenge is to watch and review a different horror property--film, TV series, book, game, play, etc.--every day for the month of October. In this newly revised and expanded collection of essays, Robert J Gannon celebrates the horror genre with a focus on film and television. #31Days features 65 essays and reviews covering everything from Don Coscarelli's "Phantasm" series to the anthology horror show "Masters of Horror." This non-fiction collection follows the spirit of Sketching Details, Robert's long-running entertainment media criticism website. Horror deserves the same level of respect and analysis as any other genre. Robert J Gannon has built a career out of analyzing and sharing a passion for genre fiction--horror, sci-fi, and fantasy--and he's ready to show the world in his debut non-fiction collection.

The Art of the Occult

by S. Elizabeth

Author	: S. Elizabeth
Publisher	: Frances Lincoln
Total Pages	: 243
Release	: 2020-10-13
Genre	: Art
ISBN	: 0711254168

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A visual feast of eclectic artwork informed and inspired by spiritual beliefs, magical techniques, mythology and otherworldly experiences. Mystical beliefs and practices have existed for millennia, but why do we still chase the esoteric? From the beginning of human creativity itself, image-makers have been drawn to these unknown spheres and have created curious artworks that transcend time and place – but what is it that attracts artists to these magical realms? From theosophy and kabbalah, to the zodiac and alchemy; spiritualism and ceremonial magic, to the elements and sacred geometry – The Art of the Occult introduces major occult themes and showcases the artists who have been influenced and led by them. Discover the symbolic and mythical images of the Pre-Raphaelites; the automatic drawing of Hilma af Klint and Madge Gill; Leonora Carrington's surrealist interpretation of myth, alchemy and kabbalah; and much more. Featuring prominent, marginalised and little-known artists, The Art of the Occult crosses mystical spheres in a bid to inspire and delight. Divided into thematic chapters (The Cosmos, Higher Beings, Practitioners), the book acts as an entertaining introduction to the art of mysticism – with essays examining each practice and over 175 artworks to discover. The art of the occult has always existed in the margins but inspired the masses, and this book will spark curiosity in all fans of magic, mysticism and the mysterious.

The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One

by John Blackburn

Author	: John Blackburn
Publisher	: Valancourt Books
Total Pages	: 191
Release	: 2016-10-04
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 1943910529

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In this volume, you will encounter tales of ghosts, haunted houses, witchcraft, vampirism, lycanthropy, and sea monsters. Stories of cruelty and vengeance, of a body that refuses to be cremated, a deranged performer with one last shocking show, a frozen corpse that may not be dead. With stories ranging from frightening to horrific to weird to darkly funny, by a lineup of authors that includes both masters of horror fiction and award-winning literary greats, this is a horror anthology like no other. Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, including two original tales and many others that have never or seldom been reprinted, by: Charles Birkin • John Blackburn • Michael Blumlein • Mary Cholmondeley • Hugh Fleetwood • Stephen Gregory • Gerald Kersh • Francis King • M. G. Lewis • Florence Marryat • Richard Marsh • Michael McDowell • Christopher Priest • Forrest Reid • Bernard Taylor • Hugh Walpole 'The things were there and they were hiding in the slime; waiting ... waiting to clutch and claw and savage’ - AUNTY GREEN by John Blackburn ‘The sound that came from her throat, a small, pleading cry of terror, was cut off before she’d hardly had a chance to utter it’ - OUT OF SORTS by Bernard Taylor ‘The words filled her with an indescribable fear, and she turned to run; but her way was blocked by a figure, gigantic in stature – and its monstrous shape moved towards her, and she knew it was the incarnation of evil itself ’ - THE TERROR ON TOBIT by Charles Birkin

The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories

by Various

Author	: Various
Publisher	: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages	: 1176
Release	: 2005-01-05
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 9781840220568

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A superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre; many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from the vintage era of the supernatural.

Scary Stories

by Billy Wells

Author	: Billy Wells
Publisher	: CreateSpace
Total Pages	: 184
Release	: 2014-09-29
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 9781501051371

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This is a collection of horror stories with surprise endings. If you don't like horror, please do not read this book. STORIES IN THIS BOOK CRAWLSPACE: Two reporters interview a strange humpbacked man in a house where gruesome experiments were conducted by previous owners. CONVERTIBLE BANDITS: Two travelers take a tip to save time by taking a shortcut on a lonely road not on their map. JUMPER: A patrol officer discovers a lovesick young man on a bridge contemplating suicide. THE ABHORRENT CLUB: A group of depraved multimillionaires sponsor a freak show for their annual event. DEAD: A young man killed in an automobile accident ten years ago visits his parents. BUG: A professor is propositioned by a student who offers him sex for an "A." VAMPIRE: After a woman and her son move to town, a serial killer begins a reign of terror. STRANGER IN THE RAIN: A stranger asks a man in the deserted pool area of a large resort hotel if he will have dinner with him. NO REST FOR THE DEAD: A gravedigger provides fresh cadavers for medical research and makes a killing. PANDORA'S BOX: A man learns the love of his life can only marry him if he promises never to open her black box. THE MONSTER NEXT DOOR: An apartment dweller is convinced his next door neighbor is a monster. THE WALL: A rich playboy discovers an island with an enormous wall, Japanese soldiers, and a village of pygmy cannibals. THE GREAT ZANDINI: A man hypnotized in a nightclub act becomes involved in a murder plot.

A Night in the Lonesome October

by Roger Zelazny

Author	: Roger Zelazny
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2023-09
Genre	: Characters and characteristics in literature
ISBN	: 9781788424769

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"In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman prowls the midnight streets with his faithful watchdog Snuff - gathering together the grisly ingredients they will need for an upcoming ancient and unearthly rite. And all manner of players, both human and undead, are preparing to participate."--Publisher.

Battle Pope Vol. 2: Mayhem

by Robert Kirkman

Author	: Robert Kirkman
Publisher	: Image Comics
Total Pages	: 132
Release	: 2009-11-07
Genre	: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN	: 1534301704

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Picking up right where volume one left off, this collection paves the way for all future Battle Pope stories. Featuring the downfall of HellCorp and Pope's rise to local celebrity status, plus as many fights, guns, jokes, chicks and violence as you can fit in a 120-page trade paperback. This one has it all.

On Abstract Art

by Briony Fer

Author	: Briony Fer
Publisher	: Yale University Press
Total Pages	: 216
Release	: 2000-01-01
Genre	: Art
ISBN	: 9780300087352

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Introducing abstract painting and sculpture of the 20th century, this volume explores new ways to think about abstract art and the problems of interpretation it raises. Each of the ten chapters in the book addresses a particular problem associated with abstract art by focusing on specific works.