Jonathan Janz schafft fesselnde Horrorerzählungen, die sich mit beunruhigenden Themen und furchterregenden Charakteren auseinandersetzen. Seine stilistische Brillanz und seine Fähigkeit, eine beklemmende Atmosphäre zu erzeugen, haben ihm Anerkennung von Kritikern und Lesern eingebracht. Janz' Werke erforschen häufig die dunkleren Seiten der menschlichen Psyche und untersuchen die Grenzen von Angst und Überleben. Sein einzigartiger Ansatz des Horrors macht ihn zu einer bedeutenden Stimme in diesem Genre.
Since the world ended, Dez McClane has survived in a world of monsters despite having no special powers. Now Dez and Iris must face an even greater evil: the ruling species in this terrible post-apocalyptic world, a horde of monsters whose bloodlust makes them unstoppable.
Fearing that mankind is heading toward nuclear extinction, a group of geneticists unleash a plot to save the world. They've discovered that mythological creatures were once real and that these monstrous genetic strands are still present in human DNA, but how long can a man survive in a world full of monsters?
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Zehn Schriftsteller werden für eine Klausur mit dem berühmten Autor Roderick Wells ausgewählt. Der legendäre und geheimnisvolle Gastgeber verspricht seinen Schülern, sie über das Schreiben und ihr ungenutztes Potenzial zu unterrichten. Vor allem aber sollen sie die Finsternis in ihren Herzen erkennen. Die Schriftsteller glauben, dass sich ihnen eine Chance auf Reichtum und literarischen Ruhm bietet. Doch in Wirklichkeit begeben sie sich in die irre Fantasie eines geistesgestörten Genies, in einen tödlichen Wettbewerb, in dem sie um ihren Verstand und ihr Leben kämpfen … Booklist: »In seinem neuesten Horror-Juwel ließ sich Janz vom frühen Stephen King beeinflussen, um die Geschichte eines abgelegenen Schriftsteller-Refugiums in etwas Einzigartiges und zum Nachdenken Anregendes zu verwandeln.« Booklist Online: »Ein Leckerbissen für Horrorfans, ja, aber der Roman wird auch ein breiteres Publikum ansprechen, da er es schafft, sowohl zu erschrecken als auch die Freude an Literatur zu ergründen.« Brian Keene: »Einer der besten neuen Horror-Autoren.«
The old house waited. For years there had been rumors that the owner, Lilith Martin, had been part of an unholy cult.Then Lilith died and the house sat empty. Until now. Her nephew, Chris, and his wife, Ellie, are moving in as the house has a lot more room to raise a baby. Unfortunately, they will soon learn that Lilith has other plans.
It is 1885 in the wilds of New Mexico and Cody Wilson and Willet Black are bent on revenge after their loved ones are slaughtered by a group of traveling actors, but neither of them suspects what they're really up against. For the actors are vampires. Their thirst for human blood is insatiable. The two must battle the vampires-alone-or die trying.
Myles Carver is dead. Myles's wife, Annabel, is dead too, but she is also waiting, lying in her grave in the woods. For nearly half a century she was responsible for a nightmarish reign of terror, and she's not prepared to stop now. She is hungry to live again...and her unsuspecting nephew, Paul, will be the key.
Jesse and a couple of friends are assigned by their newspaper to cover the opening weekend of the Peaceful Valley Nature Preserve. But the construction of the park has stirred an evil that has lain dormant for nearly a century, a species so ferocious that Peaceful Valley is about to be plunged into a nightmare of bloodshed and damnation.
Ben Shadeland's infant daughter has been kidnapped and he's convinced that the malevolent creature that lives in the catacombs beneath Castle Blackwood - an ancient god named Gabriel - is responsible. It has summoned unspeakable monsters to the Sorrows - both human and supernatural. And Gabriel won't rest until he has his revenge.
When Joe Crawford confronts a mother abusing her toddler, he has no idea of the chain reaction he's setting in motion. How could he suspect the mother is part of an ancient fire cult, a group of killers that will destroy anyone who threatens one of its members? When the little boy is placed in a foster home, they begin their mission of terror.
"Worth every bit of praise it has received so far, The Siren and the Specter should definitely be on your top 10 list of horror books." — The Splatter Geist Goodreads Choice Award finalist for Best Horror When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in “the most haunted house in Virginia,” he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different. Built by a 1700s land baron to contain the madness and depravity of his eldest son, the house is plagued by shadows of the past and the lingering taint of bloodshed. David is haunted, as well. For twenty-two years ago, he turned away the woman he loved, and she took her life in sorrow. And David suspects she’s followed him to the Alexander House. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.