Horror Shelfie
For my own records, and the potential edification and amusement of my readers, I have decided to list the books that can be seen however dimly in the picture. They are all from the personal library assembled by David and myself, and the unifying theme will rapidly become clear.
Maria Alexander, At Louche Ends, Burning Effigy Press, 2011
"", Mr Wicker, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2014
K. J. Bishop, The Etched City, Prime Books, 2003
Poppy Z. Brite, Exquisite Corpse, Orion Books, 1996
"", Self Made Man, Orion Books, 1998
"", Lost Souls, Delacorte Press, 1992
"", Swamp Fetus, Penguin Books, 1994
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights, Pan Books, 1967 (1847)
Edwina Grey, Prismatic, Lothian, 2006
Barbara Hambly, Immortal Blood, Unwin Paperbacks, 1988
"", Travelling With The Dead, Voyager, 1995
Narelle Harris, The Opposite of Life, Pulp Fiction Press, 2007
":" Walking Shadows, Clan Destine Press, 2012
Susan Hill, The Woman In Black, Mandarin 1992 (1983)
Nancy Holder, Dead in the Water, Raven Books, 1995
Shirley Jackson, Hangsaman, Victor Gollancz, 1951
"", The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris, Demon Lover, Lion Books, 1950
"", The Sundial, Ace Books, 1958
"", We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Penguin Books, 1984 (1962)
"", The Haunting of Hill House, Robinson Publishing, 1987 (1959)
Elizabeth Knox, Daylight, Harper Collins, 2005 (2003)
Kathy Koja, Skin, Millennium, 1993
"", Bad Brains, Millennium, 1993
"", Strange Angels, Dell Publishing 1994
Tanith Lee, The Blood of Roses, Legend Limited Editions, 1990
"", Vivia, Little, Brown & Company, 1995
"", The Book of the Damned, Unwin Paperbacks , 1989( (1988)
"", The Book of the Beast, Unwin Paperbacks, 1989 (1988)
"", The Book of the Dead, The Overlook Press, 1991
"", The Book of the Mad, The Overlook Press, 1992
"", Dark Dance, Warner Books, 1993 (1992)
"", A Personal Darkness, Warner Books, 1994 (1993)
"", Darkness, I, Warner Books, 1995 (1994)
"", Companions on the Road, Bantam Books, 1977.
"", Kill The Dead, Daw Books, 1980.
"", Faces In Water, The Overlook Press, 1998
"", Saint Fire, The Overlook Press, 1999
"", A Bed of Earth, The Overlook Press, 2002
"", Venus Preserved, The Overlook Press, 2003
Penelope Lively, The Ghost of Thomas Kemp, Pan Books, 1975 (1973)
C. L. Moore, The Best of C. L. Moore, Nelson Doubleday, 1975
"", Judgement Night, Dell Publishing, 1952
"", Doomsday Morning, World Distributors London, 1960 (1957)
"", Shambleau, World Distributors London, 1961 (1976)
Lisa Morton, The Free Way, Fools Press, 1994
"", The Castle of Los Angeles, Gray Friar Press, 2010
Kirstyn McDermott, Madigan Mine, Picador, 2010
"", Perfections, Twelfth Planet Press, 2014 (2014)
Yvonne Navarro, Dead Rush, Bantam Books, 1995
Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Picador, 1994 (1992)
"", Zombie, Picador, 1996 (1995)
"", The Accursed, Fourth Estate, 2013.
Sarah Pinborough, A Matter of Blood, Gollancz, 2010
"", The Shadow on the Soul, Gollancz, 2011
"", The Chosen Seed, Gollancz, 2012
"", The Language of Dying, Jo Fletcher, 2013 (2009)
Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Uldolpho, Oxford University Press, 1980 (1794)
"", The Italian, Oxford University Press, 1991 (1797)
Ann Rice, Interview with the Vampire, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 (1976)
"", The Vampire Lestat, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 (1985)
"", Queen of the Damned, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988
"", The Tale of the Body Thief, Chatto & Windus, 1992
"", Memnoch the Devil, Chatto & Windus, 1995
"", The Witching Hour, Chatto & Windus, 1991
"", Lasher, Chatto & Windus, 1993
"", Taltos, Chatto & Windus, 1994
Ann K. Schwader, Twisted In Dream, Hippocampus Press, 2011
Mary Wollstonecraft-Shelley, Frankenstein, Aerie Books Ltd, 1988 (1818)
"", The Last Man, Oxford University Press, 1994 (1826)
Lucy Taylor, The Safety of Unknown Cities, Eros Adult Fiction, 1996
Kyla Lee Ward, The Land of Bad Dreams, P'rea Press, 2011
Kaaron Warren, The Grinding House, CSFG Publishing, 2005
"", Slights, Angry Robot Books, 2009
Kim Wilkins, The Infernal, Arrow, 1997
"", Grimoire, Arrow, 1999
"", The Resurrectionists, HarperCollins, 2000
"", Angel of Ruin, HarperCollins, 2001
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, The Palace, New English Library, 1978
"", Hotel Transylvania, New American Library, 1978
"", Path of the Eclipse, Tor Books, 1981