MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL
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MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL

by Marvin Kaye

1985•Horror•658 pages

Taste attributes: horrorfantasymonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA fantastical horror novel that is unsavoury, fresh and emotional. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Contents Marvin Kaye – Introduction: In Search Of Masterpieces Bram Stoker – Dracula’s Guest Theodore Sturgeon – The Professor’s Teddy Bear Ivan Turgenev – Bubnoff And The Devil Patricia Highsmith – The Quest For Blank Claveringi Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – The Erl King Robert Louis Stevenson – The Bottle Imp Craig Shaw Gardner – A Malady Of Magicks M. Lucie Chin – Lan Lung Richard L.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HorrorFantasyMonster/alien/supernaturalSolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

Occult fictionHorror talesParanormal fiction

Details

Author
Marvin Kaye
Published
1985
Pages
658
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