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Saana Jaakkola & John Swallow: Ghosts of Rauma

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Haunted Tales from the City of Lace You may have heard of the city of Rauma, well-known for its lace, maritime history and UNESCO-listed old town. Situated on the picturesque southwest coast of Finland, its medieval quarter contains colourful wooden buildings and cobblestoned streets. It’s an idyllic place. Less known are the mysterious secrets hidden within its walls. Since becoming a city in 1442, many dramatic events have occurred in Rauma. These have included: devastating fires, deadly diseases and violent murders. No wonder some of its former residents haven't yet found peace. In Rauma, you will find haunted houses, bone-chilling boutiques and macabre museums. Its resident spirits can also appear at any time of the day or night, so eyes and ears should be kept open. Who knows what might be around the next corner? Welcome to Rauma – a city of lace and ghosts! Book Trailer: Ghosts of Rauma Book Trailer Suomeksi: Aaveiden Rauma – Kummitustarinoita pitsikaupungista Ghosts of Rauma - Haunted Tales from the City of Lace | Saana Jaakkola & John Swallow | Illustrations Suvi Kari | hardback | ISBN 978-952-7413-13-5 | 2021

Marko Hautala & Broci: Pale Toes - A Graphic Novel

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KAMPANJA (NORM. 20 €) Graphic novel adaptation of the Shirley Jackson Award nominated novelette “Pale Toes” by Marko Hautala A backpacker couple arrive at a village in Southern France. At the local inn, they meet a man who offers to take them to prehistoric underground caves that are off limits for regular tourists. He shows them his bare foot which has only one toe left. The rest, he says, are still somewhere in the caves. The mystery of the missing toes takes the couple deep into the timeless darkness underground. Artist Broci and author Marko Hautala will take you on a claustrophobic journey to the center of your deepest fears. He looked at the strange formation in the rock and realized that it had the shape of a face. Empty eye sockets, a mouth. A dead face momentarily animated by the moving beam of the torch. Book Trailer E-book (Amazon) #paletoescomic (Instagram) Suomeksi: Valkoiset varpaat - Sarjakuva-albumi Pale Toes - A Graphic Novel | Marko Hautala & Broci | Kuvitus Broci | 108 s. pehmeäkantinen | ISBN 978-952-7100-23-3 | 2017 Based on the short story Varpaat published by Haamu Publishing 2015 | Original short story © Marko Hautala 2015 | Finnish text © Broci & Marko Hautala 2017 | English translation © Broci & Marko Hautala 2017 | Illustrations © Broci 2017 Marko Hautala’s unique blend of psychological thriller and realism has attracted readers of all genres, earning him a reputation as the Finnish Stephen King. Marko Hautala’s thrillers balance on the fine line between psychological horror and the supernatural, and often incorporate realistic elements such as bits of local history and the most terrifying of legends. He received the Kalevi Jäntti Prize in 2010 and the Tiiliskivi Prize in 2008. His works have been translated into English, German, Italian and Czech. Marko Hautala Broci is a comic artist whose visual style revolves around the paranormal, horror, human form and fashion. Broci’s illustrations are often dark and veiled in the symbolism of death. The art is often inspired by world wide mythology and horror stories. Broci’s work includes comics called Bad Friday and Stupid Comics, as well as illustrations, graphic and costume design. broci.art

Marko Hautala: The Black Tongue | AmazonCrossing

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For generations, the urban legend of Granny Hatchet has plagued the quiet residential area of Suvikylä in northern Finland. As the story goes, this immortal killer murders her victims with a hatchet, then buries the hearts in a potato field and eats them after they’ve rotted black. But not everyone is convinced it is just a story. Maisa Riipinen has returned to her hometown to complete her dissertation on urban folklore at the same time that Samuel Autio has come home to arrange his father’s funeral. As hazy, disturbing memories from their pasts meld with strange events in the present, Maisa and Samuel attempt to make sense of the town’s fearful obsession with the mythical Granny Hatchet. But if it’s only a legend, then why are people still vanishing without a trace? From Finnish author Marko Hautala comes The Black Tongue, a gripping novel about a terrifying story with the power to silence—and the power to make those who dare speak disappear. About the Author: Marko Hautala’s unique blend of psychological thriller and realism has attracted readers of all genres, earning him a reputation as the Finnish Stephen King. His first novel, Itsevalaisevat (The self-illuminated ones), received the Tiiliskivi Prize, and Käärinliinat (Shrouds) received the Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for young authors in 2010. Unikoira (Seeing eyes) was nominated for the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize in 2013.

A Different Darkness and Other Abominations | Valancourt Books

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Luigi Musolino Introduction by Brian Evenson Book Description This brilliant new collection showcases the best short stories and novellas of one of Italy's leading horror writers, now available in English for the first time. In 'Lactic Acid', a runner out for a jog through the countryside decides to take a shortcut that leads him straight into a nightmare. In 'Uironda', a jaded truck driver hears an eerie legend of a mysterious highway exit that leads to another dimension, but the reality of the horror he finds there is beyond his wildest imagination. In 'The Stag', a journalist covering a traditional festival in a small town finds himself lost in the woods with a monstrous and terrible deity. And in the title novella, after a girl vanishes from a supermarket without a trace, her grieving parents begin to find solace when they discover a bottomless hole in their basement from which the little girl's voice seems to be coming. But the shimmering allure of that different darkness is not all it seems ... As Brian Evenson writes in his introduction, "Musolino has a strong and original voice and uses it to get to some uniquely dark places. Rather than blood or gore, he’s ultimately interested in what’s truly terrifying: the vertiginous darkness that threatens to open up and swallow us. A darkness that calls to us, calls to us, until we can’t help but answer and stumble toward it." Set among the plains and mountains of Musolino's native Piedmont and drawing on Italian folkloric traditions, these tales may have an Italian flavor to them, but the strangeness and horror they explore are universal. Haamu is an authorized reseller of Valancourt Books in Finland.

Hell Hound (1977) | Valancourt Books

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Ken Greenhall With a new introduction by Grady Hendrix Book Description ‘What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? What if she were to lunge forward, grasping at the air, striking her thin skull against the edge of a stair? What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway?’ Such are the thoughts of Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier on the hunt for the perfect master, as he contemplates the demise of his first victim. The basis for the acclaimed 1989 film Baxter, Ken Greenhall’s utterly chilling and long-unobtainable Hell Hound (1977) has earned a reputation as a lost classic of horror fiction. This first-ever reissue includes a new introduction by Grady Hendrix. Lue Marko Hautalan suositus: Koira helvetistä ja muita suosittuja helmiä Haamu is an authorized reseller of Valancourt Books in Finland.

Thanatrauma: Stories | Valancourt Books

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Steve Rasnic Tem Book Description “All my life I’ve dreamed of the dead.” Thanatrauma: the dread of it erodes you, the shadows waiting at the end, the impending conclusion, the troubling dream from which you will not wake. These 21 stories – four published here for the first time – explore some of our fundamental fears: death, loss, grief, and aging. In “Reflections in Black,” a man takes a phantasmagoric Halloween journey in search of a former love. In “The Parts Man,” a man enters a desperate contract with a sinister entity in a long, vintage automobile. The darkly beautiful “The Dead Outside My Door” is a haunting post-apocalyptic tale unlike any you’ve ever read. Other offerings include “Whatever You Want,” in which a Christmas wish has terrible consequences; “Torn,” a bizarre vision of a highly personalized hell; and “The Way Station,” a tribute to the legendary Stefan Grabinski. Also featured is a special bonus, “August Freeze,” from the lost, undistributed Winter 1985 issue of Weird Tales. Steve Rasnic Tem has won the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards and has established himself as one of today’s finest writers of horror and weird fiction. In this new collection, by turns chilling and thought-provoking, Tem is at his very best. Haamu is an authorized reseller of Valancourt Books in Finland.

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Paperbacks from Hell #13 Joan Samson Introduction by Grady Hendrix Book Description One of the finest and best-selling horror novels of the 1970s returns at last to chill a new generation of readers In the isolated farming community of Harlowe, New Hampshire, where life has changed little over the past several decades, John Moore and his wife Mim work the land that has been in his family for generations. But from the moment the charismatic Perly Dinsmore arrives in town and starts soliciting donations for his auctions, things begin slowly and insidiously to change in Harlowe. As the auctioneer carries out his terrible, inscrutable plan, the Moores and their neighbors will find themselves gradually but inexorably stripped of their freedom, their possessions, and perhaps even their lives ... A chilling masterpiece of terror whose sense of creeping menace and dread increases page by page, Joan Samson’s The Auctioneer (1975) is a rediscovered classic of 20th-century fiction. With echoes of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Stephen King’s Needful Things, Samson’s novel returns to print at last in this long-awaited new edition, which features an introduction by Grady Hendrix (Horrorstör, Paperbacks from Hell) and an afterword by the author’s husband. Lue Marko Hautalan suositus: Koira helvetistä ja muita suosittuja helmiä Haamu is an authorized reseller of Valancourt Books in Finland.

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Michael McDowell With a new introduction by Michael Rowe Book Description After a bizarre and disturbing incident at the funeral of matriarch Marian Savage, the McCray and Savage families look forward to a restful and relaxing summer at Beldame, on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, where three Victorian houses loom over the shimmering beach. Two of the houses are habitable, while the third is slowly and mysteriously being buried beneath an enormous dune of blindingly white sand. But though long uninhabited, the third house is not empty. Inside, something deadly lies in wait. Something that has terrified Dauphin Savage and Luker McCray since they were boys and which still haunts their nightmares. Something horrific that may be responsible for several terrible and unexplained deaths years earlier — and is now ready to kill again . . . A haunted house story unlike any other, Michael McDowell’s The Elementals (1981) was one of the finest novels to come out of the horror publishing explosion of the 1970s and ’80s. Though best known for his screenplays for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, McDowell is now being rediscovered as one of the best modern horror writers and a master of Southern Gothic literature. This edition of McDowell’s masterpiece of terror features a new introduction by award-winning horror author Michael Rowe. McDowell’s first novel, the grisly and darkly comic The Amulet (1979), is also available from Valancourt Books. Lue Marko Hautalan suositus: Koira helvetistä ja muita suosittuja helmiä Haamu is an authorized reseller of Valancourt Books in Finland.

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Edited by James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle What if there were a whole world of great horror fiction out there you didn't know anything about, written by authors in distant lands and in foreign languages, outstanding horror stories you had no access to, written in languages you couldn't read? For an avid horror fan, what could be more horrifying than that? For this groundbreaking volume, the first of its kind, the editors of Valancourt Books have scoured the world, reading horror stories from dozens of countries in nearly twenty languages, to find some of the best contemporary international horror stories. All the foreign-language stories in this book appear here in English for the first time, while the English-language entries from countries like the Philippines are appearing in print in the U.S. for the first time. The book includes stories by some of the world's preeminent horror authors, many of them not yet known in the English-speaking world: Pilar Pedraza, 'Mater Tenebrarum' (Spain) Flavius Ardelean, 'Down, in Their World' (Romania) Anders Fager, 'Backstairs' (Sweden) Tanya Tynjälä, 'The Collector' (Peru) Frithjof Spalder, 'The White Cormorant' (Norway) Jose María Latorre, 'Snapshots' (Spain) Luigi Musolino, 'Uironda' (Italy) Martin Steyn, 'Kira' (South Africa) Attila Veres, 'The Time Remaining' (Hungary) Lars Ahn, 'Donation' (Denmark) Bernardo Esquinca, 'Señor Ligotti' (Mexico) Cristina Fernández Cubas, 'The Angle of Horror' (Spain) Christien Boomsma, 'The Bones in Her Eyes' (Netherlands) Elisenda Solsona, 'Mechanisms' (Catalonia) Michael Roch, 'The Illogical Investigations of Inspector André Despérine' (Martinique) Solange Rodríguez Pappe, 'Tiny Women' (Ecuador) Bathie Ngoye Thiam, 'The House of Leuk Dawour' (Senegal) Marko Hautala, 'Pale Toes' (Finland) Yvette Tan, 'All the Birds' (Philippines) Ariane Gélinas, 'Twin Shadows' (Québec) Flore Hazoumé, 'Menopause' (Ivory Coast) Haamu is an authorized reseller of Valancourt Books in Finland.

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Saana Jaakkola & John Swallow: Ghosts of Rauma

Marko Hautala & Broci: Pale Toes - A Graphic Novel

Marko Hautala: The Black Tongue | AmazonCrossing

A Different Darkness and Other Abominations | Valancourt Books

Hell Hound (1977) | Valancourt Books

Thanatrauma: Stories | Valancourt Books

The Auctioneer (1975) | Valancourt BooksSold out

The Elementals (1981) | Valancourt BooksSold out

The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories | Valancourt BooksSold out