Hangsaman (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

Hangsaman (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

Shirley Jackson's chilling second novel, based on her own experiences and an actual mysterious disappearance Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who keeps a tight rein on Natalie and her long-suffering mother. When

Raising Demons (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

Dark Tales (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Franklin Ruth)(Paperback)

Instantly heralded for its 'masterful' and 'thrilling' portrayal (Boston Globe), Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as 'The Lottery' and The Haunting of Hill House. In this 'remarkable act of reclamation' (Neil Gaiman), Ruth

Let Me Tell You (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

Just an Ordinary Day (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

Life Among the Savages (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

The Haunting of Hill House: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

In celebration of the Shirley Jackson centennial, a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of the greatest haunted house story ever written First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who

The Bird's Nest (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

Shirley Jackson's third novel, a chilling descent into multiple personalities Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines

The Lottery - Shirley Jacksonová

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime

Lottery and Other Stories (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna TarttThis is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century, and an influence on writers such as Neil Gaiman

The Lottery and Other Stories (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. 'Power and haunting,' and 'nights of unrest' were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction,

When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson (Datlow Ellen)(Pevná vazba)

An chilling anthology in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today's best horror writers. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more. A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in

Wonderland (Stage Zoje)(Paperback)

Shirley Jackson meets The Shining in this richly atmospheric and thrillingly tense novel from the acclaimed author of the 'deliciously creepy' Baby Teeth (New York Post). One mother's love may be all that stands between her family, an enigmatic presence--and madness. After years of city life, Orla

We Have Always Lived in the Castle: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle

North American Lake Monsters (Ballingrud Nathan)(Paperback)

The basis for the original series, Monsterland, on Hulu. Nathan Ballingrud's Shirley Jackson Award winning debut collection is a shattering and luminous experience not to be missed by those who love to explore the darker parts of the human psyche. Monsters, real and imagined, external and

Blindsight (Watts Peter)(Paperback)

Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight Two months since the stars fell... Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a

Mongrels (Jones Stephen Graham)(Paperback)

Nominated for both the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Awards, and a Best of 2016 selection of Tor.com and Book Riot, acclaimed horror writer Stephen Graham Jones' Mongrels goes beyond your typical werewolf story to show a young boy, mired in poverty and always on the run, coming-of-age in a world

The Bone Mother (Demchuk David)(Paperback)

WINNER OF THE 2018 SUNBURST AWARDNOMINATED FOR THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD, AMAZON FIRST NOVEL AWARD, AND SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEFor two hundred years, the Grazyn porcelain factory built its reputation on its magnificent thimbles. It is said that even the Czarina Anastasia Romanova had received one

Raising Demons (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children In the long out-of-print sequel to Life Among the Savages, Jackson's four children have grown from savages into full-fledged demons. After bursting the

Road Through the Wall (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

In Pepper Street, an attractive suburban neighbourhood filled with bullies and egotistical bigots, the feelings of the inhabitants are shallow and selfish: What can a neighbour gain from another neighbour, what may be won from a

The Hole (Pyun Hye-Young)(Paperback)

A 2017 Shirley Jackson Award Nominee Named One of the Top 10 Thrillers to Read This Summer by Time Magazine. Misery meets The Vegetarian in this bestseller from Korea, a psychological thriller about loneliness and the dark truths we try to bury. In this tense, gripping novel by a star of Korean

Bird's Nest (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Richmond is almost too quiet to be believed, with no friends, no parents, and a job that leaves her strangely unnoticed. But soon she starts to behave in ways she can neither control nor understand, to the increasing horror of her doctor, and the humiliation of her self-centred

Pew (Lacey Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

An eerie modern tale for fans of Shirley Jackson and Sarah Hall from a young American writer hailed as one of the finest of her