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Detta är en bok för läsare som vill uppleva Japan genom dess mörkare berättelser – där skönhet, sorg och skräck vävs samman. Här rör du dig genom dimmiga tempel, lugna byar och nätter där hämndlystna andar, förlorade själar och kärlek som vägrar släppa taget, ens efter döden. Om du dras till känslan i The Ring och stämningen i Spirited Away kommer du känna igen dig. Det här är berättelser som kryper in under huden. Japansk mystik bygger på klassiska japanska spökhistorier och myter, tolkade till modern svenska av Sofi Poulsen. Du läser inte bara de här berättelserna. Du kliver in i dem.

Join Hekla and the remnants of the Bloodaxe Crew as they battle the evil, poisonous mist threatening the citizens of Istré - and perhaps all of Íseldur - in Roots of Darkness by Demi Winters, an epic romantasy novella following the events of Kingdom of Claw. Traveling the Road of Bones was only the start of Hekla's troubles. The Bloodaxe Crew have arrived at the village of Istré - beleaguered and missing three of their members. They might be down in numbers, but Hekla "Rib Smasher" is determined they'll complete their job all the same: defeat the monstrous, sentient mist, and keep the citizens of Istré safe. What she didn't expect is for Istré's bullheaded chieftain to block her every move. Exasperated, Hekla throws caution to the wind for a single passion-filled night. But to her horror, the mysterious, red-cloaked warrior to whom she's spilled her deepest secrets is the Bloodaxe Crew's new temporary leader and ally - Eyvind Hakonsson. Hekla must now learn to play by Eyvind's rules while guarding her heart. But when it becomes clear that his plans align with the chieftain's, Hekla takes matters into her own hands. Nothing will stop her from keeping the innocent people of Istré safe - not even the man who haunts her thoughts.Roots of Darkness is a romantic companion novella to the Ashen series from BookTok sensation Demi Winters. Continue reading the Ashen series with Dawn of the North, the third breathtaking book.****Readers DEVOURED Roots of Darkness . . .'Easy one sitting read for this incredible novella!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I easily could've read another 300+ pages .. . amazing amazing amazing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'THIS is how you do a novella'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Tropes: Vikings Feminine rage Golden retriever x black cat One night stand turned love interest Slow burn F*ck the patriarchy Animal sidekicks

A literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time: 'Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart' David Mitchell'Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new' Two people, until recently strangers, find themselves on a long, tortuous and dangerous journey across the ice. One is an outcast, forced to leave his beloved homeland; the other is fleeing from a different kind of persecution. What they have in common is curiosity, about others and themselves, and an almost unshakeable belief that the world can be a better place. As they journey for over 800 miles, across the harshest, most inhospitable landscape, they discover the true meaning of friendship, and of love.

The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks that have been inspired and informed by the morbid, melancholic and macabre.Throughout history, artists have been obsessed with darkness – creating works that haunt and horrify, mesmerise and delight and play on our innermost fears. Gentileschi took revenge with paint in Judith Slaying Holofernes while Bosch depicted fearful visions of Hell that still beguile. Victorian Britain became strangely obsessed with the dead and in Norway Munch explored anxiety and fear in one of the most famous paintings in the world (The Scream, 1893). Today, the Chapman Brothers, Damien Hirst and Louise Bourgeois, as well as many lesser known artists working in the margins, are still drawn to all that is macabre.From Dreams & Nightmares to Matters of Mortality, Depravity & Destruction to Gods & Monsters – this book introduces sometimes disturbing and often beautiful artworks that indulge our greatest fears, uniting us as humans from century to century.  But, while these themes might scare us – can’t they also be heartening and beautiful? Exploring and examining the artworks with thoughtful and evocative text, S. Elizabeth offers insight into each artist’s influences and inspirations, asking what comfort can be found in facing our demons? Why are we tempted by fear and the grotesque? And what does this tell us about the human mind?Of course, sometimes there is no good that can come from the sensibilities of darkness and the sickly shivers and sensations they evoke. These are uncomfortable feelings, and we must sit for a while with these shadows – from the safety of our armchairs.  Artists covered include Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Francisco de Goya, Leonora Carrington, John Everett Millais, Tracey Emin, Vincent van Gogh, Barbara Hepworth, Paul Cezanne and Salvador Dalí, as well as scores more. With over 200 carefully curated artworks from across the centuries, The Art of Darkness examines all that is dark in a bid to haunt and hearten. This book is part of the Art in the Margins series, following up on The Art of the Occult, which investigates representations of the mystical, esoteric and occult in art from across different times and cultures.

A brilliant new translation of Koestler's long-lost original manuscript. A chilling and unforgettable 20th century classic.From a prison cell in an unnamed country run by a totalitarian government Rubashov reflects. Once a powerful player in the regime, mercilessly dispensing with anyone who got in the way of his party’s aims, Rubashov has had the tables turned on him. He has been arrested and he’ll be interrogated, probably tortured and certainly executed.Darkness at Noon is as gripping as a thriller and a seminal work of twentieth-century literature. Published in Great Britain in 1940, it was feted by George Orwell, went on to be translated into thirty languages and is considered the finest work of pre-eminent European master, Arthur Koestler. And yet the novel’s worldwide reputation has, for over seventy years, been based on the first incomplete and inexpert English translation – Koestler’s original manuscript was lost when he fled the German occupation of Paris in 1940.In 2016, a student discovered that long-lost manuscript in a Zurich archive. At last, with the publication of this new translation of the rediscovered original, Koestler’s masterpiece can be experienced afresh and in its entirety for the first time.THE NEW TRANSLATION BY PHILIP BOEHM

Get the spooky thrills you crave with these terrifying stories of the unexplained, collected from ordinary people around the world.Unexplained Encounters is the number one podcast on the popular horror podcast network Eeriecast created by spooky storyteller extraordinaire Darkness Prevails. The podcast features allegedly real accounts of the unexplained, from ghost stories to mysterious creatures to supernatural encounters and beyond. In Phantom Phenomena, take a deeper, more detailed dive into specific encounters with stories that include:A werewolf stalking an isolated farm in central Sweden (“The Werewolf of the Pig Farm”)One man saved from a gruesome traffic accident by a ghostly savior (“The Ghost on I-4”)Opening the door to a trick-or-treater playing a harmless trick…or is it? (“Never Open Your Door for the Late Trick-or-Treater”)A narrow escape from a terrifying cryptid prowling the Scottish Highlands (“Hiding from a Highland Monster”)Four friends encountering a town seemingly caught in between this world and the next (“Shirley, Wisconsin”)A drifter’s experience happening upon an old, abandoned gas station (“The Old Gas Station”)One man’s childhood memory of a home, a mirror, and a haunting (“Superstition or Reality?”)And many more!Each eerie story is accompanied by spine-tingling illustrated art that goes beyond ordinary, expected depictions of ghosts, monsters, and night terrors, as well as fact boxes that provide more information on the creepy creatures and ghastly ghosts encountered.Discover the supernatural lurking all around you as you read these tales of horror … if you dare.

Join Hekla and the remnants of the Bloodaxe Crew as they battle the evil, poisonous mist threatening the citizens of Istré - and perhaps all of Íseldur - in Roots of Darkness by Demi Winters, an epic romantasy novella following the events of Kingdom of Claw. Traveling the Road of Bones was only the start of Hekla's troubles. The Bloodaxe Crew have arrived at the village of Istré - beleaguered and missing three of their members. They might be down in numbers, but Hekla "Rib Smasher" is determined they'll complete their job all the same: defeat the monstrous, sentient mist, and keep the citizens of Istré safe. What she didn't expect is for Istré's bullheaded chieftain to block her every move. Exasperated, Hekla throws caution to the wind for a single passion-filled night. But to her horror, the mysterious, red-cloaked warrior to whom she's spilled her deepest secrets is the Bloodaxe Crew's new temporary leader and ally - Eyvind Hakonsson. Hekla must now learn to play by Eyvind's rules while guarding her heart. But when it becomes clear that his plans align with the chieftain's, Hekla takes matters into her own hands. Nothing will stop her from keeping the innocent people of Istré safe - not even the man who haunts her thoughts.Roots of Darkness is a romantic companion novella to the Ashen series from BookTok sensation Demi Winters. Continue reading the Ashen series with Dawn of the North, the third breathtaking book.****Readers DEVOURED Roots of Darkness . . .'Easy one sitting read for this incredible novella!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I easily could've read another 300+ pages .. . amazing amazing amazing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'THIS is how you do a novella'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Tropes: Vikings Feminine rage Golden retriever x black cat One night stand turned love interest Slow burn F*ck the patriarchy Animal sidekicks

**'LIKE GAME OF THRONES IN AN INDIAN UNIVERSE' DAN JONES**THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON MEETS SUCCESSION IN AN EPIC REIMAGINING OF THE MAHABHARATA 'An unforgettable wild journey set in re-imagined Vedic India' SF Book Review'Like Game of Thrones in an Indian alternative universe... exhilarating... heralds the arrival of a special new talent' Dan Jones'Mahabharata imbued with A Song of Ice and Fire, The First Law, & Malazan Book of the Fallen' Novel NotionsSOME BALLADS ARE INKED IN BLOODBled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion. Senator Krishna and his third wife Satyabhama have put their plans in motion, both within and beyond the Republic’s blood-soaked borders, to protect it from total annihilation.But they are soon to discover that neither gold nor alliances last forever – and that they are not the only players on the board.Mati, Pirate-Princess of Kalinga, has decided to mend her ways and become a good wife. But old habits die hard, especially when one habitually uses murder to settle old scores.Brooding and beautiful Karna hopes to bury his brutal past, but finds that destiny is a miser when it comes to granting second chances.Hero-turned-torturer Shakuni limps through a path of daggers. Meanwhile, his foes and woes multiply, leaving little time for vengeance. Their lives are about to become yet more difficult, as a cast of sinister queens, naive kings, pious assassins and ravenous priests are converging where the Son of Darkness is prophesied to rise... even as forgotten Gods prepare to play their hand.

First published in 2002, RoyDavies’ Rainbow Rising was the first biography of Ritchie Blackmore’sRainbow. It chronicled the beginnings, break-ups and numerous line-up changesof Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow up to 1997. The biography was a starting pointand was well-received. Overthe two decades since its publication, Roy has spent an enormous amount of timecontinuing his research of this much-loved band, which returned for a series ofconcerts between 2016-19.Roy’sresearch has been nothing short of phenomenal which has resulted in a massive230,000 words, which are now split over three volumes, of which this is the secondpart, making this the most extensive and undisputed final word on Rainbow.

Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the planet Gethen, a world perpetually in winter. The people there are androgynous, normally neuter, but they can become male ot female at the peak of their sexual cycle. They seem to Genly Ai alien, unsophisticated and confusing. But he is drawn into the complex politics of the planet and, during a long, tortuous journey across the ice with a politician who has fallen from favour and has been outcast, he loses his professional detachment and reaches a painful understanding of the true nature of Gethenians and, in a moving and memorable sequence, even finds love...

Discover the history and culture of over 50 of the most fearsome mythical creatures to capture the human imagination in this startlingly illustrated compendium.Accompanied by illustrations of each beast, Freaky Folklore is your guide to the world’s most terrifying beings, from ancient times to today. Hosts from Eeriecast, the leading horror podcast network, present the most frightening—and entertaining—tales of these mysterious creatures, revealing everything you need to know.This beautifully creepy collection is filled with wicked monsters, including:  Chupacabra: A legendary monster that is said to drain the blood of livestock throughout Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the US Southwest.Jersey Devil: Said to have been created due to a mother's curse upon her newborn in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey, USA.Kelpie: A shape-shifting water horse told of in Celtic folklore. Whatever form it takes, it is said to lure its victims to their watery graves.Moehau: A cryptid from Māori mythology, it stands up to 8 feet tall and can be very aggressive when encountered.Kuchisake-onna: From Japanese folklore, Kuchisake-onna is a yokai with deep gashes that forms a haunting smile across her face. Should you happen to meet her, she will ask you a question—and you had better answer it correctly.Dogman: A werewolf or werewolf-type creature first reported in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan, Dogman sightings have been reported in several locations throughout Michigan, primarily in the northwestern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula.Freaky Folklore has the stories, culture, and illustrations for you to be on the lookout for these beasts. Dive into the world of mythology and find what makes each creature unique.