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King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Two (2) x Hugo Nominee. Tweets by @bitterkarella

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Book Cover for: Children of Chicago, Cynthia Pelayo

Children of Chicago

Cynthia Pelayo
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Starts as a hard-bitten police procedural before flying off the rails, Cynthia Pelayo’s Children of Chicago is a brooding and noir-tinged supernatural thriller about a cop on the edge confronted with the urban legend of a child-snatching bogeyman that might prove all too real.

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Book Cover for: Lodore: Gothic Romance Novel, Mary Shelley

Lodore: Gothic Romance Novel

Mary Shelley
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King: well look we have a system here and we all agreed to it King: that's part of the fun, you know? Poe: steve it's mary King: yeah but i mean Shelley: OH MY GOD YOU NERDS Shelley: FINE Shelley: submitted for the approval of the midnight society i call this the tale of lodore

Paperback, 2020

$9.80Member price:$4.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: You've Lost a Lot of Blood, Eric Larocca

You've Lost a Lot of Blood

Eric Larocca
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Eric LaRocca’s You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood is a mind-bending nesting doll of narratives: a weird fever dream that starts as a slow-burn VC Andrews gothic mansion crawl but then spirals out into unrelenting Giger-esque body horror

Paperback, 2022

$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Faust, Goethe Johann Wolfgang Von

Faust

Goethe Johann Wolfgang Von
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of faust Goethe: so this guy sells his soul to the devil to get the ultimate knowledge Goethe: oh the guy's name is faust by the way

Hardcover, 2022

$33.95Member price:$30.56 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The White People, Arthur Machen

The White People

Arthur Machen
The Midnight SocietyThe Midnight Society

A found document, Arthur Machen’s The White People is a rambling excerpt from a young girl’s diary – written in typical breathless child excitement, all about the thrill of discovering something nasty that the grown ups don’t want you to find

Paperback, 2021

$5.99Member price:$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Them, Joyce Carol Oates

Them

Joyce Carol Oates
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Mary Shelley: sup fuckers Joyce Carol Oates: I was just thinking about how hard men have it Oates: it’s so hard for them to get books published Shelley: good Shelley: I make it my business to make things hard for them

Paperback, 2006

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Later, Stephen King

Later

Stephen King
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Edgar Allan Poe: hey everyone welcome to the all midnight society talent night Poe: later we'll have the ventriloquism of RL Stine & his little pal knothead Poe: and the hypnotism of the amazing Mort Castle Poe: but first please enjoy the dad joke comedy stylings of stephen king

Paperback, 2021

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin

Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin
The Midnight SocietyThe Midnight Society

"A gift to genre fiction"- Garrett Cook (Charcoal) "Made me five times jollier than I was before reading" –Madeleine Swann (The Sharp End of the Rainbow) "Juicy, crunchy and surprisingly sharp" — Gretchen Felker-Martin (Manhunt) Check it out! https://t.co/1stzlR57AX

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Faust: A Dramatic Poem, J. W. Von Goethe

Faust: A Dramatic Poem

J. W. Von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of faust Goethe: so this guy sells his soul to the devil to get the ultimate knowledge Goethe: oh the guy's name is faust by the way

Hardcover, 2022

$79.90Member price:$54.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: The Willows, Algernon Blackwood

The Willows

Algernon Blackwood
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Algernon Blackwood: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the willows Lovecraft: g-guys this is my favorite story! Lovecraft: ooh it's so good, it's so scary! King: oh yeah? what's so scary about it? Lovecraft: there's a swede in it

Paperback, 2005

$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book