Books with category American Gothic
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Welcome to Night Vale

From the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves... no matter where we live.

Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.

Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "King City" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about him and his paper unsettles her, especially the fact that she can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and that no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City and the man in the tan jacket before she herself unravels.

Night Vale PTA treasurer Diane Crayton's son, Josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. And lately Diane's started to see her son's father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it.

Diane's search to reconnect with her son and Jackie's search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: "King City". It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries, and their futures...if they can ever find it.

The Devil All the Time

Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s.

There’s Willard Russell, a tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer, no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his “prayer log.”

There’s Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America’s highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate.

There’s the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law.

Caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte’s orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.

The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories

The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories is a milestone in American supernatural fiction, creating a sensation since its initial publication in 1895. This collection includes twelve gripping tales that delve into the horror of the nameless and the unimaginable.

Robert W. Chambers, hailed as the historic link between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King, demonstrates his remarkable imaginative powers throughout these stories. This edition, edited by noted authority on supernatural fiction, E. F. Bleiler, includes an informative introduction that provides context to Chambers' work.

The collection features haunting stories such as the grisly "Yellow Sign," the disquieting "Repairer of Reputations," and the tender "Demoiselle d'Ys." Additionally, it includes thrilling tales like "Maker of Moons" and "The Messenger."

An unusual delight awaits those familiar with Chambers only through his horror stories: three of his finest early biological science-fiction fantasies from In Search of the Unknown are also featured here.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher, arrives in the eerie town of Sleepy Hollow to educate its young minds. However, his life takes a chilling turn as he becomes enamored with a wealthy farmer's daughter and hears tales of the Headless Horseman.

One fateful night, Ichabod encounters a dark, menacing figure riding behind him. The figure carries something unusual in its hands, and the encounter leaves Ichabod's fate a mystery, as he is never seen in Sleepy Hollow again.

This timeless tale, set in 1790, is a captivating blend of horror and suspense, making it a classic read for those who enjoy ghostly legends and historical fiction.

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