Figures of fear
By: Graham Masterton
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780727884466
Subjects: English Horror tales
Description: From the beginning of history, men and women have been haunted by figures of fear--and now, in his latest short story collection, award-winning horror writer Graham Masterton reveals the figures that haunt his own imagination and keep him awake at night.  Figures of Fear presents eleven stories, introduction eleven new evils, guaranteed to unsettle and disturb.  Meet the little girl whose mother is keeping something important from her, with fearful results...Tremble at the artist who can see the future and prevent it, at a price...Beware of the dark, and the evil that lurks within it...Tremble, and hide, at the sound of the jingle-bells...Do figures of fear really bring bad luck?  Or are they nothing more than stories?  Only you can figure out how fearful you are...
Table of contents: title: Ex-voto --; title: What the dark does --; title: Saint Bronach's shrift --; title: The battered wife --; title: The night hider  --; title: Underbed --; title: Night of the wendigo --; title: Spirits of the age --; title: Witch-compass --; title: Resonant evil --; title: Beholder.