Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark [electronic resource] : Classic Halloween Ghost Stories from the Author of Uncle Paul
Fremlin, Celia2014
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Spine-chillingly creepy Halloween tales of horror from author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Uncle Paul: the 'grandmother of psycho-domestic noir' (Sunday Times) for fans of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith and Stranger Things.
'Few people can chill the blood like Celia Fremlin.' Telegraph
'Grips like grim death.' Spectator
I tried to open my mouth to call out again; but it was not my mouth that opened; it was a great beak, jutting out of my face, cruel and curved like a bird of prey ...
In the high flats, up near the clouds, Hilda and her baby twins reach a fateful end ...
An aunt feels foreboding about her niece's new fiance - but the darkness comes from within ...
A haunted babysitter experiences a little girl's terror of The Hen With The Great Big Eyes ...
One teenage girl's evening home alone is ruined by a mysterious unexpected visitor ...
A little boy's obsession with angels leads to a dramatic metamorphosis ... Celia Fremlin's classic Gothic story collection is a masterpiece of psychological horror, mining the darkest elements of marriage, childhood, and ageing; probing paranoia, grief and toxic relationships; inviting the ghosts of the past into our present; and exploring the nightmarish secret impulses and supernatural forces lurking beneath suburban Britain.
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Author:
Fremlin, Celia, AuthorSimmons, Chris, Author of introduction, etc
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Faber & Faber, 2014
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571312702
Language:
English
BRN:
4086138
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