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"An anthology of horror comics featuring food as a common theme"--
"On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei,...
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Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2017.
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First edition.
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English
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"This wide-ranging collection of inspirational poetry and prose offers readers solace, perspective, and the courage to persevere. In times of personal hardship or collective anxiety, words have the power to provide comfort, meaning, and hope. The past year has seen a resurgence of poetry and inspiring quotes--posted on social media, appearing on bestseller lists, shared from friend to friend. Honoring this communal spirit, How Lovely the Ruins is...
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Horror legend Bernie Wrightson's Creepy and Eerie short stories, color illustrations, and frontispieces are finally collected in one deluxe collection! These classic tales from the 1970s and early 1980s include collaborations with fellow superstars and Warren Publishing alumni Bruce Jones, Carmine Infantino, Howard Chaykin, and others, as well as several adaptations and original stories written and drawn by Wrightson during one of the most fruitful...
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Over 300 pages of timeless terror from a master storyteller! Horror comics visionary and coloring pioneer Richard Corben has been a voice of creativity and change for over four decades. For the first time ever, Corben's legendary Creepy and Eerie short stories and cover illustrations are being collected into one deluxe hardcover! With an informative foreword by artist and comic book colorist José Villarrubia-who also provides color restoration-this...
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Shambhala
Pub. Date
2018.
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First edition.
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English
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"The Hanshan ("Cold Mountain") poems are unquestionably the most enduring works to come out of the poetically rich Tang dynasty (seventh to early tenth century) of China. They entered modern Western consciousness though the influence of the Beat generation writers for whom they were a major influence, and they're rightfully known as some of the most accessible of classic Chinese poetry--the kind of poetry that speaks even to those who don't usually...
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Now volume 8
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The Eisner-nominated best anthology — and best deal — in comics continues! 128 full-color pages featuring entirely self-contained short stories from the best cartoonists around the globe. Now #8 features new work from E.S. Glenn, Walt Holcomb, Henry McCausland, Zuzu, Theo Elsworth, Veronika Muchitsch, Nick Thorburn, Tara Booth, Sami Alwani, Maggie Umber, and Noah Van Sciver.
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This collection of short stories forms a singular narrative that reveals the tiny moments when you realize you are at the precious end-days of youth. Calling on memories from his own childhood as well as those gathered from friends and family, author and artist Patrick Atangan's work blends stories with strong psychological elements and insight with simple artwork evocative of youth. Bittersweet, joyful and reflective, these are the type of marking...
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A lost masterpiece by cult artist Bob Powell! This deluxe hardcover collects early 1950s Thun’Da and Cave Girl stories, featuring campy and sexy “jungle girl” genre material at its leopard-skinned finest! Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales) provides an introduction. This book includes an essay by Eisner-winning author James Vance (Kings in Disguise) and John Wooley (Fangoria). Bob Powell's Complete Cave Girl is a complete collection of cult favorite...
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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar—also known to historians as El Cid—was an eleventh century Spanish military commander who led both Christians and Moors into battle. In the pages of Eerie magazine, however, writer Budd Lewis and artist Gonzalo Mayo transform El Cid into a larger-than-life fantasy warrior, battling dragons, trolls, and sirens for his life—and demons for his soul! This deluxe hardcover collects every El Cid adventure that ran in Warren...
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"Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book--Reunion Beach--these close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this ... woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina--a land of beauty, history, charm, and Gullah magic she ... brought to life in her acclaimed novels"-- Publisher's description.
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Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
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First edition.
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"The Spoilt Quilt and Other Frontier Stories, edited by Hazel Rumney, features sixteen brand-new stories that will delight historical fiction fans. These stories capture the spirit of freedom and individualism in the evolving American frontier through the early 1900s and feature pioneering women of the West who face life-changing challenges in settings that are in stark contrast to civilized society. Ranging from high-action traditional Westerns to...
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From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha.
Eight strangers looking for enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher are trapped in a cave high in the mountains on their way to his temple. One of his acolytes directs them to each tell a story that the group can learn from as they wait out the horrible snowstorm that rages...
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Touchstone
Pub. Date
2018.
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First Touchstone hardcover edition.
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English
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"In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen"--
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Murder, passion, and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics!
In these thirteen pitch-black noir stories, you'll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft.
Featuring stories by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Ed Brubaker, Sean...
In these thirteen pitch-black noir stories, you'll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft.
Featuring stories by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Ed Brubaker, Sean...
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Follow the tale of how Goadar the Great became the second-ever "Hero of Legend" for standing up and defending Valderia during a time of immense turmoil; the exile of King Eramad II. This issue includes back matter that will flesh out even more Battlecats lore.
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Traversing Z Press
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The eight short stories in this collection look at the ties that bind and the transformations they provoke. Whether bound by love, blood, or violent circumstance, the characters in these tales are fundamentally altered by those closest to them ... and not always for the better.
Two mothers become entwined in revenge against a violent man, with unexpected consequences. A roving gang of sirens finds themselves challenged from without and within. In...
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Pub. Date
2022.
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"Cada libro guarda la esencia de una historia vivida, querido yo; vamos a estar bien, es un libro para abrazarte a través de las palabras, para recordarte que el amor propio no puede ser olvidado y que eres tan importante y tan especial para esta vida y por algo estás aquí. No es un libro Perfecto, es un libro escrito con sentimientos reales y es por eso que, no debes tener miedo de lo que puedas encontrar en él. Comenzó una nueva era, un nuevo...
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From John Carpenter, the man who brought you the cult classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond comes the ultimate graphic novel anthology of tales to warm your toes by on a dark and stormy October night! Carpenter brings together storytellers from the worlds of movies, novels and comics for a collection of tales featuring graveyards, sunken ships, creepy crawlers and ghosts to haunt your dreams at night!
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