THEY BITE (eBook)

Jonathan Maberry, David F. Kramer (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
320 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-3216-5 (ISBN)

Infos

From two award-winning authors, a collection of horror legends and folklore from the world of supernatural and paranormal storytelling. The ultimate guidebook to the horrific roots and modern-day expressions of our darkest fears, with contributions from the modern masters of the macabre. Wary mortals have always lived in fear of monsters that feast on human flesh and blood to energize their evil essence. Every culture and country has its demonsand since earliest times weve tried to capture these supernatural predators through the power of storytelling. But they refuse to be tamed... Join Bram Stoker Award winners Maberry and Kramer on a chilling journey into the nature of the beast. Youll unearth graves and venture into forbidden caves and forests to discover the evolution of supernatural predators throughout centuries of scares. From ancient heroes battling dragons to wary vampire hunters opening cobweb-enshrouded coffins, this compendium of creepy creatures tracks the monsters of our imagination from the whispered fireside tales of old to the books, comics, and films that keep us shivering on the edges of our seats with delight and fascination.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2009
• Zusatzinfo: 8pp color insert w134 b-w illu
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Afterlife • Angels • animals • Anthology • ART • Aura • Beasts • Belief • Bestiary • Biography • Body • Cats • Christopher Golden • Comics • cryptids • Cryptozoology • Culture • Death • demon dogs • Demons • Dogs • encycopledia of monsters • Fairy tales • Fallen • Folklore • Folklore & Mythology • Folkore • frightening stories • ghost • Ghosts • Ghost Stories • Gordon Ramsey • hags • Halloween • Happiness • Haunted • haunting • hauntings • Healing • Heaven • hell • Herschell Gordon Lewis • Historical • History • Holly Black • Horror • horror movies • Hounds • incubi • Intuition • Jack Ketchum • John Carpenter • john carpenter-halloween • Kelley Armstrong • Kevin J. Anderson • Legends • Magic • Mermaids • mind & spirit • mind and body therapies • Monster • monsters • Mystery • mystery in transylvania • mythical • Mythology • mythology trivia • Myths • New Age • Non-fiction • Occult • Paranormal • Paranormal books • Peter Straub • poltergeists • popu-lar • popular culture • predators • ramsey campbell • Ray Garton • Reference • scary myths • scary tales • Short Stories • Simon Clark • Social Science • spiritual books • Spirituality • Succubi • Supernatural • supernatural (incl. ghosts) • Supernatural in literature • supernatural in motion pictures • supernatural trivia • Thriller • Transylvania • Tricksters • Trivia • trivia anthologies • Undead • Urban Fantasy • Vampire • vampires • V-Wars • werewolf • Werewolves • Wicca • Witchcraft • Witches • Zombies
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-3216-5 / 0806532165
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-3216-5 / 9780806532165