The Haunting Season: The instant Sunday Times bestseller and the perfect companion for winter nights
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Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales.
From a bustling Covent Garden Christmas market to the frosty moors of Yorkshire, from a country estate with a dreadful secret, to a London mansion where a beautiful girl lies frozen in death, these are stories to make your hair stand on end, send shivers down your spine and to serve as your indispensable companion to the long nights of winter.
So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of The Haunting Season . . .
Featuring new and original tales from:
Bridget Collins
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding
Imogen Hermes Gowar
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies
Andrew Michael Hurley
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Loney
Jess Kidd
International award-winning author of Things in Jars
Elizabeth Macneal
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory
Natasha Pulley
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Laura Purcell
Award-winning author of The Silent Companions
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Wenn selbst die Geister frieren…
Dann ist der Winter eingebrochen, unter dessen Schleier Dinge geschehen, die man sich nur in Schauermärchen vor dem Kamin erzählt. Einige dieser Geschichten finden sich in diesem Buch, verfasst von prominenten Autoren. Sie entführen auf Kurzausflüge in verschlafene englische Dörfchen, in viktorianische Herrenhäuser oder dunkle Wälder. Oberflächlich haben sie nur wenig gemeinsam, aber in jeder einzelnen Geschichte sind die Schatten an den Wänden zu dicht, die Stille zu laut und das Licht nie genug. Nicht jede Geschichte konnte mich gleichermaßen begeistern, aber das sollte man bei einer Kurzgeschichtensammlung auch nicht erwarten. Viel eher kann man sagen: Wer es düster und ein wenig gruselig mag, der findet hier gute Unterhaltung, für jeden ist etwas dabei. Wirklicher Horror findet sich in diesem Buch nicht, aber das muss auch gar nicht sein, ein meist düster-atmosphärisches Leseabenteuer für dunkle Winternächte erhält man hier allemal.
A Study in Black and White by Bridget Collins - ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Creepy house, where a ghost likes to play chess. Interesting, but nothing too special. Thwaite’s Tenant by Imogen Hermes Gowar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely loved this story ❤ I think the 'reveal' of the haunting made this something special The Eel Singers by Natasha Pulley - ⭐️ I couldn't get into this story at all. It felt like I was supposed to know these characters, but I didn't :/ Lily Wilt by Jess Kidd - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Chillingham Chair by Laura Purcell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Hanging of the Greens by Andrew Michael Hurley - ⭐️⭐️ Confinement by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Monster by Elizabeth McNeal - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story 1: 3 ⭐Was okay but a little too shortStory 2: 3 ⭐Was unsettling but I'm not sure how I feel about the "abuse"-topic for it could be really triggering especiall with the detailed descriptions Story 3: 3,5 ⭐Quite nice, but too short for a propper world building, for it was a bit confusing. Think it would be good as a novel rather that a short story. Good characters and as far as I see it, Six could be autistic? (Update: recently learned that the characters are from one of her books and that makes so much sense!)Story 4: 2,5 ⭐Meh...was okayStory 5: 3,25 ⭐Quite liked it, wanted to rate ist 3,5 but the ending disappointed a little (not the plottwist but the very end) Story 6: 4 ⭐Liked it, would be a great movie, expeciall the parts where he tells about what happened at the farm (and the plottwist!)Story 7: 4 ⭐Loved the writing and had a really thrilling atmosphere. It also would be a great (A24) movie Story 8: 1,75 ⭐Way to much sexual content for my liking, also my gut turned at the part that to me seemed to be a rape (I don't see how this is necessary as an element of horror.)All in all the rating is 3,125 and I rounded it up to 3,25 because overall I enjoyed reading the book. Also, I know now that I like anthologies!!
2-3 Sterne Leider eher durchwachsen Ich weiß nicht, obs an mir lag und ich den Geschichten nicht genug Aufmerksamkeit schenken konnte, aber ich kam in einige Erzählungen eher schlecht rein Hab mir mehr davon versprochen und bin eher enttäuscht Werde das Buch aber vorerst nicht ausziehen lassen, sondern in der nächsten Herbst/Winterzeit nochmal einen Blick riskieren
Description
Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors - master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre - bring this time-honoured tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales.
From a bustling Covent Garden Christmas market to the frosty moors of Yorkshire, from a country estate with a dreadful secret, to a London mansion where a beautiful girl lies frozen in death, these are stories to make your hair stand on end, send shivers down your spine and to serve as your indispensable companion to the long nights of winter.
So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of The Haunting Season . . .
Featuring new and original tales from:
Bridget Collins
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding
Imogen Hermes Gowar
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies
Andrew Michael Hurley
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Loney
Jess Kidd
International award-winning author of Things in Jars
Elizabeth Macneal
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory
Natasha Pulley
Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Laura Purcell
Award-winning author of The Silent Companions
Book Information
Posts
Wenn selbst die Geister frieren…
Dann ist der Winter eingebrochen, unter dessen Schleier Dinge geschehen, die man sich nur in Schauermärchen vor dem Kamin erzählt. Einige dieser Geschichten finden sich in diesem Buch, verfasst von prominenten Autoren. Sie entführen auf Kurzausflüge in verschlafene englische Dörfchen, in viktorianische Herrenhäuser oder dunkle Wälder. Oberflächlich haben sie nur wenig gemeinsam, aber in jeder einzelnen Geschichte sind die Schatten an den Wänden zu dicht, die Stille zu laut und das Licht nie genug. Nicht jede Geschichte konnte mich gleichermaßen begeistern, aber das sollte man bei einer Kurzgeschichtensammlung auch nicht erwarten. Viel eher kann man sagen: Wer es düster und ein wenig gruselig mag, der findet hier gute Unterhaltung, für jeden ist etwas dabei. Wirklicher Horror findet sich in diesem Buch nicht, aber das muss auch gar nicht sein, ein meist düster-atmosphärisches Leseabenteuer für dunkle Winternächte erhält man hier allemal.
A Study in Black and White by Bridget Collins - ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Creepy house, where a ghost likes to play chess. Interesting, but nothing too special. Thwaite’s Tenant by Imogen Hermes Gowar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely loved this story ❤ I think the 'reveal' of the haunting made this something special The Eel Singers by Natasha Pulley - ⭐️ I couldn't get into this story at all. It felt like I was supposed to know these characters, but I didn't :/ Lily Wilt by Jess Kidd - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Chillingham Chair by Laura Purcell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Hanging of the Greens by Andrew Michael Hurley - ⭐️⭐️ Confinement by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Monster by Elizabeth McNeal - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story 1: 3 ⭐Was okay but a little too shortStory 2: 3 ⭐Was unsettling but I'm not sure how I feel about the "abuse"-topic for it could be really triggering especiall with the detailed descriptions Story 3: 3,5 ⭐Quite nice, but too short for a propper world building, for it was a bit confusing. Think it would be good as a novel rather that a short story. Good characters and as far as I see it, Six could be autistic? (Update: recently learned that the characters are from one of her books and that makes so much sense!)Story 4: 2,5 ⭐Meh...was okayStory 5: 3,25 ⭐Quite liked it, wanted to rate ist 3,5 but the ending disappointed a little (not the plottwist but the very end) Story 6: 4 ⭐Liked it, would be a great movie, expeciall the parts where he tells about what happened at the farm (and the plottwist!)Story 7: 4 ⭐Loved the writing and had a really thrilling atmosphere. It also would be a great (A24) movie Story 8: 1,75 ⭐Way to much sexual content for my liking, also my gut turned at the part that to me seemed to be a rape (I don't see how this is necessary as an element of horror.)All in all the rating is 3,125 and I rounded it up to 3,25 because overall I enjoyed reading the book. Also, I know now that I like anthologies!!
2-3 Sterne Leider eher durchwachsen Ich weiß nicht, obs an mir lag und ich den Geschichten nicht genug Aufmerksamkeit schenken konnte, aber ich kam in einige Erzählungen eher schlecht rein Hab mir mehr davon versprochen und bin eher enttäuscht Werde das Buch aber vorerst nicht ausziehen lassen, sondern in der nächsten Herbst/Winterzeit nochmal einen Blick riskieren