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Your Own Dark Shadow - A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories - cover

Your Own Dark Shadow - A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories

Jack Fennell

Maison d'édition: Tramp Press

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Synopsis

An old house turns out not to be as empty as its new owners supposed. A nobleman barters his soul for arcane knowledge. A stranger with a terrible curse looks for an unsuspecting victim to take her place.
Monsters, killers and unquiet spirits stalk these stories, drawn from the places where folklore, the Gothic and modern fiction intertwine – Irish literature's dark and ever-present shadow.
Disponible depuis: 30/10/2024.
Longueur d'impression: 232 pages.

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