Monsters: Narratives of Horror Perversion and Difference

Explore chilling tales of horror, perversion, and difference with our curated list of books on monstrous narratives. Dive into dark, twisted stories that redefine fear and the unknown.

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The Vampire Lectures

by Laurence A. Rickels

Rickles, a UC Santa Barbara professor, sifts through mythology of vampirism, from folklore to Marilyn Manson, to explore the profound and unconscious appeal of the …
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Nights at the Circus

by Angela Carter

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, her acclaimed …
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Gender trouble

 

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Beowulf

by Seamus Heaney

Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of …
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The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In …
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The mysteries of Udolpho

 

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Everything's Eventual

by Stephen King

Writing about encounters with the dead, about near death, or about the plain dread of mundane life, King is in top form in this collection …
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

U.S. poet/writer 1809-1849.
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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror "I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to …
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