Bücher von Elizabeth Massie

"Arithmophobia," n.: The fear of numbers or mathematics.Whether you love mathematics or find it terrifying, this anthology of original tales of terror is sure to send a chill down your spine. With an unlucky thirteen brand new horror stories and a bonus poem in case any readers suffer from triskaidekaphobia, these pages combine the talents of some of the genre's most experienced award-winning practitioners of terror and some of the literary world's most promising new voices.Featuring contributions by Elizabeth Massie, Miguel Fliguer, Mike Slater, Patrick Freivald, Liz Kaufman, Damon Nomad, Sarah Lazarz, Martin Zeigler, Josh Snider, Rivka Crowbourne, Joe Stout, Brian Knight, Wil Forbis, David Lee Summers, and Maxwell I. Gold.These stories tell us of strange and horrifying new geometries, crazed and violent mathematicians, sentient and malevolent numbers, and even some new mathematical twists on some classic monsters. You needn't be a mathematician to experience these new forms of mathematical terror, though students of the discipline might recognize some familiar names and ideas lurking in the shadows.So pull up a chair, dust off your abacus and slide rule, and prepare to experience...Arithmophobia.

Novelization of season three of Showtime's historical drama "The Tudors" following King Henry VIII as he weds third queen Jane Seymour and then Anne of Cleves

Dive into fourteen tales of non-themed horror, with short stories and dark poems by some of the best horror writers in the world, including a story by the master himself, Graham Masterton.Allow the very first instalment of Tales From the Lake to transport you to lakeside terror in "Lover, Come Back to Me," "Lady of Lost Lake," and "Game On"; journey to the basement of your local pet store in "Dead Pull" and your neighbourhood pub in "O'Halloran's"; experience the apocalypse in "Devil's Night"; travel to Africa in "Witch-Compass" and "The Reunion"; spend time with talking dolls in "Don't Look at Me"; experience the horrors of drug addiction from close up in "Junksick"; and climb a ladder to the heavens in "Perrollo's Ladder."Tales From the Lake Vol.1 includes the winning stories from the 2013 Tales From the Lake Horror Writing Competition: a nautical tale in Jenn Loring's "The Art of Wrecking"; a bizarre story of strange addictions in J. Daniel Stone's "Alternative Muses"; and a cult horror story in the jungles of South America in William Ritchey's "Las Maquinas." Introduction by Rocky Wood - the late president of the HWA. Artwork by award-winning artist Ben Baldwin. Edited by Joe Mynhardt."This extremely neat, thoroughly edited anthology of carefully selected tales is another proud feather in the cap of Crystal Lake Publishing. For a collection of tales that will thrill, horrify, and generally captivate all readers of horror and dark fantasy, I highly recommend Tales from the Lake Vol.1 as a must-read!" - Ellen Fritz, Books4Tomorrow

The companion to THE TUDORS second series, following the hugely successfulBBC drama series about the tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII's reign.