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The Romance of Golden Star ...
Part #5 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Georgian Rake
Alice Chetwynd Ley
Romance / Historical Fiction
**A thrilling historical adventure story! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen.
An impetuous heroine uncovers a shocking scandal…**
1760, England
Amanda Twyford , confronted unexpectedly with the unwelcome news of her elder sister Isabella’s engagement to notorious rake Charles Barsett , is determined to put a stop to the impending nuptials.
Amanda immediately takes a dislike to cold, haughty Charles, and she is sure Isabella’s heart lies with another …
As she meddles more in their affairs, Amanda discovers that dark rumours surround Charles’ reputation. And they all seem to be connected to the secretive Medmenham Abbey.
But as Amanda becomes more involved in protecting her sister’s heart, does she risk losing control over her own…?
What is really going on at the mysterious Abbey? And what connection has Charles Barsett with that centre of ill-repute?*
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction…
THE GEORGIAN RAKE is a thrilling adventure story by Alice Chetwynd Ley: a traditional British, pre Regency romance novel with a twist of suspense and mystery, set in Georgian England.
‘Ley tosses in little hints and glimpses of what is really going on in her characters’ heads rather than let every thing wait until the end when it blows in out of the blue. This one is a Georgian era which is one of my favorites.’ – *Dear Author*
It is a fast-paced story, well plotted and really well written that made me "turn" the pages impatiently because I just had to know what would happen! I really loved this book and can definitely recommend it! - *Cup of Tea and Book Blog *
The Fantastic World of Kamtellar
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the back cover To be whisked into another world, and a world such as Kamtellar, is not what one would expect when cycling along a quiet Hampshire lane. But that is what happened to Paul Henry St John Sinclair. In Kamtellar he found a paradise of welcome—that is, until night came, and the creatures of the Dark Master terrorised the inhabitants. And, in resisting, Paul brings upon himself the legion of vampires and ghouls of the powers that rule this strange land. Vampires and ghouls also parade throughout the other stories in this informative book in which the author, with his inimitable gifts for horror and humour, seeks to warn the reader of the dangers that exist so close to the everyday world.
Phantoms and Fiends
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the inside flap 'R. Chetwynd-Hayes ranks as one of England's finest practitioners of the art of horror fiction... his prose displays a crips sophistication and, often, a macabre sense of humour to prove that the author is a major stylist in his own right.'—Karl Edward Wagner This latest volume from 'Britain's Prince of Chill' contains twenty-one never-before-collected stories of horror, science fiction and the supernatural from the past four decades, including two brand-new tales published here for the first time. In these masterful tales of horror and humour you will discover such macabre and menacing characters as a trio of weird sisters who refuse to let the dead rest in peace; a stranded couple who encounter the last of Cornwall's legendary giants; a murderous husband whose wife refuses to die; a young man who is haunted by his ghostly doppelgänger; a woman who is pursued by a lonely phantom; a mad genius who creates a terrifying new form of life; a man tormented by both his dead wife and his new lover, and an isolated family who feed upon human flesh. With an original forward by best-selling X Files novelist Charles Grant and an afterword by the author himself, this is a book that is guaranteed to raise a shudder and a shiver amongst the most hardened horror fan. 'Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes mixes humour and horror in equal doses to create an effect unrivalled in the field'—Shivers 'No list of modern masters of the supernatural yarn is complete without him.'—All Hallows 'A tried-and-true master of urbane and chilling tales.'—Gahan Wilson
The Unbidden
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
HORROR IN THE HAUNTED DARK!Flowers with human passions embrace an eager young girl. A corpse comes home, but not to rest. A monstrous blue-eyed rat leads his macabre companions in a dance of death. A beautiful black egg spawns its hideous young. A new-buried corpse claims his forbidden love. An aging enchantress hides her frightful secret under a seductive wig. The face in an antique mirror summons a young man with killing lust ....Relentlessly fascinating and chillingly believable—sensational new stories of the supernatural.THE UNBIDDENThey are waiting just outside to let the fearful darkness in!
From Pole to Pole
Part #10 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tales of Fear and Fantasy
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
THE DARK BLANKET OF FEAR ...A village of flesh-eating ghouls ...The youth who fell in love with a corpse ...A bleeding ghost in search of its head ...The salesman who dealt in souls ...From the black night of the soul, tales of blood and gnawing horror - by a master storyteller.
Tales from the Hidden World
Part #3 of "Clavering Grange" series by Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the inside flapClavering Grange was the most haunted house in England. And even though it was eventually razed to the ground, the linger on and even flourish. For the Grange was built on tainted ground that constantly spawns new and even more horrific progeny. In this new collection, the author, with his characteristic blend of horror and humour, recounts four more episodes in the murky history of the Grange and the tentacles that it throws out to smother the lives of those who live within its shadows.
Honeymoon in Space
Part #7 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The angel of the Revolution; a tale of the coming Terror. - By George Griffith. With illus. by Fred. T. Jane is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Mercenary
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Tales from the Dark Lands
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
The Saturn looked a remarkable care, with a remarkable driver, as it flashed around the Switch-Back track at 190mph. Just how remarkable they were only became obvious when the Saturn crashed and went up in flames. For that was not the end of the story, either for the Saturn or for its sinister driver. This is the theme of one of R Chetwynd-Hayes's outstanding stories of the supernatural in this new collection.
A Honeymoon in Space
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The situation was one which was absolutely without parallel in all the history of courtship from the days of Mother Eve to those of Miss Lilla Zaidie Rennick. The nearest approach to it would have been the old-fashioned Tartar custom which made it lawful for a man to steal his best girl, if he could get her first, fling her across his horse\'s crupper and ride away with her to his tent. But to the shocked senses of Mrs. Van Stuyler the present adventure appeared a great deal more terrible than that. Both Zaidie and herself had sprung to their feet as soon as the upward rush of the Astronef had slackened and they were released from their seats. They looked down through the glass walls of what may be called the hurricane deck-chamber of the Astronef, and saw below them a snowy sea of clouds just crimsoned by the rising sun. In this cloud-sea, which spread like a wide-meshed veil between them and the earth, there were great irregular rifts which looked as big as continents on a map. These had a blue-grey background, or it might be more correct to say under-ground, and in the midst of one of these they saw a little black speck which after a moment or two took the shape of a little toy ship, and presently they recognised it as the eleven-thousand-ton liner which a few moments ago had been their ocean home.
The Other Side
Part #2 of "Clavering Grange" series by Chetwynd-Hayes, R
For centuries, Clavering Grange has been a focus for evil. Whether cursed manor house, blasted heath, or modern housing development, the Grange is stalked by ghosts and demons, by an evil that never dies, merely sleeps -- and soon rises to strike again!Kepple thinks he can master the spirit of the Grange, tame its evil to his will. An innocent child will be his sacrifice, will bind the demon to him forever.And so it is -- but it is Kepple, not the demon, who is bound, Kepple who will serve forever in horrible darkness.Only the blood of another child can close the occult circle and set Kepple free.
The Grange
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
Clavering Grange is ghost-ridden: a red-haired boy wanders the halls, plaintively asking to go home; an old soldier stalks the corridors, sword drawn, eyes gleaming with unholy glee. Where they walk, death and disaster follow.The Grange's evil twists the souls of all who reside there: the master of the house is given to murderous rages and mysterious disappearances. His sister must be locked in her room each night -- to keep the horrors of the Grange out, or the keep a demonically possessed woman in?Miles Harrington, newly employed as estate manager, must plumb the depths of the Clavering Grange's evil and face its ghosts. But that evil is more ancient than the keep's crumbling stone walls, and far stronger. Can one man stand against it?
Shudders and Shivers
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
Strange, fantasy stories, connected to make a novel—the beautiful young man who puts on an ugly mask and finds that he cannot take it off; the man who murders his wife, only to find she has murdered him; the girl who performs miracles; and the man who hated women.
From the dustjacketThis is another brilliantly original work by R. Chetwynd-Hayes: a collection of stories, each one connected to the other by a common theme or character.
Three old men are seated on an old bench under a much older oak tree. Soon children come out of the house and ghost men consider going in. Draw warmth and life force from the long cold attic. They become The Intruders. There is a wedding which goes along very nicely until The Man in Black arrives. He takes the bride away and she is never seen again—or is she?
The beautiful young man who puts on an ugly mask and finds that he cannot take it off.
The man who murders his wife only to find that she has murdered him.
A Cumberloo, another monster to add to R. Chetwynd-Hayes list. It looks like a hideous spider monkey, but was somebody's landlady. Well, these things will happen. Sit under the old oak tree and listen to a bird sing the Twilight Song, before spending a Night on the Road where you will meet the girl who could perform miracles.
And what about the man who hated women?
Why not find out if you can shudder and shiver both at the same time? But in the same of sanity, do not bump into the Shiver Maker.
Altogether an unusual and entertaining book. Don't put it down until you have read it from cover to cover. You'll find it worthwhile.
The Cradle Demon & Other Stories
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
The cradle demon is no ordinary baby; his parents may think so , but to the baby-sitter he presents a more sinister, more frightening face. And then he climbs out of the cradle... This is the title story in this outstanding collection by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes who is already well-known for his masterly tales in his genre. In other stories he permits us a glimpse into the home life of the Vampire, the domestic life of the Ghoul and introduces the squelchy Sloathe and the almost invisible, inexorable Pimpkins. He takes a simple walk in the country and turns it into a nightmare, and from a garden shed he creates a monster. In these compelling stories of the macabre horror and humour are combined with chilling effect.
The Night Ghouls and Other Grisly Tales
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Nightmares of shuddering horror ...The terror-crazed ghost of Battersea ...A monster that feeds on virgin's blood ...The evil Black Riders who hunt by night ...A midnight feast of the ghouls ...Echoing down the eerie centuries, tales of mortal fear to curdle the blood by a master story-teller ...
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris - A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by George Chetwynd Griffith is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of George Chetwynd Griffith then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
The Elemental
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
THE SHAPE OF TERRORA beautiful, horror-crazed hunchback ...A house with devouring walls ...A corpse which seeks grusome revenge ...An unspeakable gaoler from the grim, dark past ...Fear has many faces. Here are eight of its more bizarre, more nerve-jangling aspects, brought into icy focus by a master of the macabre.
The World Peril of 1910
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
IN Clifden, the chief coast town of Connemara, there is a house at the end of a triangle which the two streets of the town form, the front windows of which look straight down the beautiful harbour and bay, whose waters stretch out beyond the islands which are scattered along the coast and, with the many submerged reefs, make the entrance so difficult. In the first-floor double-windowed room of this house, furnished as a bed-sitting room, there was a man sitting at a writing-table--not an ordinary writing-table, but one the dimensions of which were more suited to the needs of an architect or an engineer than to those of a writer. In the middle of the table was a large drawing-desk, and on it was pinned a sheet of cartridge paper, which was almost covered with portions of designs. In one corner there was what might be the conception of an engine designed for a destroyer or a submarine. In another corner there was a sketch of something that looked like a lighthouse, and over against this the design of what might have been a lantern. The top left-hand corner of the sheet was merely a blur of curved lines and shadings and cross-lines, running at a hundred different angles which no one, save the man who had drawn them, could understand the meaning of.
The Haunted Grange
Part #4 of "Clavering Grange" series by Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the inside flapClavering Grange: the house that was built on tainted ground, the house in which ghosts from all ages daily walk, the house in whose woodwork death lingers and in whose cellars and subterranean passageways nameless horrors lurk—for those that have the power to see. Brian Streatfield was only sixteen when he first entered the doors of the Grange. The building was so neglected that he thought it empty, abandoned. It was not, though it would have been better for him had it been the ruin he first thought it. But there dwelt Sire James and Lady Sinclair, members of the family that had lived in the house for hundreds of years. Over the centuries their fortunes had fluctuated. Those whom the house loved flourished. Those whom it did not... Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, author of many novels and collections of stories of horror, fantasy and the supernatural, proves in this new novel how justified is his reputation as Britain's Prince of Chill.
Kepple
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the inside flap A mysterious criminal organization known to the underworld as The Management, have engaged an American hit-man—Kepple—to terminate certain wealthy businessmen who have stepped out of line. But when Chief Superintendent Lomax comes to investigate he finds there is no record of Kepple's birth or any kind of official records, save those of a series of well-planned and brilliantly executed killings that have taken place in every country in the world. The soul-shattering truth is only suspected by Lomax's young assistant—Inspector Hargreaves—who is ridiculed by his superiors. As the violence escalates it becomes clear that Man has created Kepple after his own image. Carol Barlow comes to love a monster, even though she knows that eventually it will destroy her, and The Management are doomed when they try to use Kepple for their own ends. In his latest novel the author tells a blood-chilling story that may well lurk behind tomorrow's headlines—the gradual emergence of a super-Hitler, who comes to be identified with violence and death.
The World Masters
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
George Griffith, full name George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age.
Gaslight, Ghosts & Ghouls
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
A Centenary Celebration . . .Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes was born 100 years ago. To celebrate the centenary of his birth, his long-time friend and colleague, World Fantasy Award-winning editor Stephen Jones, has compiled Gaslight, Ghosts, & Ghouls, a stunning volume of stories and non-fiction that truly does justice to the enduring legacy of R. Chetwynd-Hayes.This massive volume contains sixteen of the author's highly original stories of horror and humour, including a rare reprint of one of his tales featuring "the world's only practising psychic detective" Francis St. Clare and his vivacious assistant Frederica ("Fred") Masters, two stories that have never been reprinted since their original publication, plus a vampire novella that appears here for the very first time! There is also the longest interview with the author ever published, plus the most complete and detailed Working Bibliography of his publications yet assembled.As R. Chetwynd-Hayes...
The Raid of Le Vengeur
Part #9 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Romance of Golden Star ...
George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
I - HIS HIGHNESS THE MUMMY 'Ah, what a thing it would be for us if his Inca Highness were really only asleep, as he looks to be! Just think what he could tell us--how easily he could re-create that lost wonderland of his for us, what riddles he could answer, what lies he could contradict. And then think of all the lost treasures that he could show us the way to. Upon my word, if Mephistopheles were to walk into this room just now, I think I should be tempted to make a bargain with him. Do you know, Djama, I believe I would give half the remainder of my own life, whatever that may be, to learn the secrets that were once locked up in that withered, desiccated brain of his.' The speaker was one of two men who were standing in a large room, half-study, half-museum, in a big, old-fashioned house in Maida Vale. Wherever the science of archoeology was studied, Professor Martin Lamson was known as the highest living authority on the subject of the antiquities of South America. He had just returned from a year's relic-hunting in Peru and Bolivia, and was enjoying the luxury of unpacking his treasures with the almost boyish delight which, under such circumstances, comes only to the true enthusiast. His companion was a somewhat slenderly-built man, of medium height, whose clear, olive skin, straight, black hair, and deep blue-black eyes betrayed a not very remote Eastern origin. Dr Laurens Djama was a physiologist, whose rapidly-acquired fame--he was barely thirty-two--would have been considered sounder by his professional brethren if it had not been, as they thought, impaired by excursions into by-ways of science which were believed to lead him perilously near to the borders of occultism. Five years before he had pulled the professor through a very bad attack of the calentura in Panama, where they met by the merest traveller's chance, and since then they had been fast friends.
Cold Terror
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
When ordinary everyday things shift form and threaten your life ...When the pretty girl at the party, the pleasant young couple next door, look at you with cold, inhuman faces ...When a door opens on ... nothing ...When something shares your bed ...When you face the horror that lies in wait beyond the closed door ...... within a woman's eyes... behind the darkened windows of the empty house... inside your own shadow.The everyday horror of things that are not quite as they appear... not altogheter as they should be.The horror, not of yesterday's legends, not even of tomorrow's predictions.... but of TODAY'S nightmares.Then you will know the meaning of COLD TERROR.The first collection of R. Chetwynd-Hayes's horror stories, The Unbidden, introduced a new writer with a unique talent for describing the underworld of the macabre which may lie just beyond our everyday world. Cold Terror is his second collection of these tales, several of which are to be filmed.
In Saturn's Realm
Part #11 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
A glimpse of a sinless star
Part #12 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Terror by Night
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the Back CoverWHAT HORRORS LURK IN DARK CORNERS? Out of the eerie darkness between midnight and morning come tales that make strong men shudder and the wicked take heart! —Lost in a blizzard on the moors, Lord Dunwilliam met a maiden whose phantom lover cast a terrible spell on those who vied for her hand. —The Wter Horse appeared in a tiny Scottish cillage in the guise of a tall dark man. He left behind a dreadful warning and stole the love of a beautiful girl. —Carl Blackwood was an actor famed for his role as the murderous Beat man. He never knew how engrossed in the part he’d become–until too late! Ten tales of shivering delight that rank with Poe and Lovecraft for mystery and mayhem.
Outlaws of the Air
Part #4 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
A Quiver of Ghosts
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
The girl on the bench in the gardens of Clavering Grange was a ghost. A beautiful and gentle ghost, but a ghost nevertheless. She was a study in white, like something out of a Raphael painting, and Peter promptly fell in love with her. What was even more unfortunate was that she fell in love with him. What then Happened is the theme of one of the stories in this new collection by 'Britain's prince of chill'. With expertise and humour R. Chetwynd-Hayes presents a parade of assorted ghosts, some benign, some less so and some that are very far from benevolent towards mankind.
Frights and Fancies
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the inside flapChildren of the night - what screams they make!This volume of previously uncollected fiction from 'Britain's prince of Chill' contains nineteen tales of fantasy and the supematural from the past four decades, including four brand-new stories and an original afterword appearing here for the very first time. In these masterful tales of horror and humour, the mostly young protagonists encounter bizarre and unusual creatures of various shapes and sizes: some frightening, some funny, some sad - but all entertaining.From such masterful monsters as the Hoppity-Jump, The Slippity-Slop, The Gale-Wuggle, The Tele-mon, The Wind-billie and The Mudadora, to classic frighteners like the ghoul, the werewolf, Frankenstein's Creature and Count Dracula himself, this last collection stands a fitting tribute to a writer who shared his unique world of frights and fancies with a long and loyal readership. As R. Chetwynd-Hayes would say: 'I wish you monstrous good reading'.'R. Chetwynd-Hayes is one of the greats of British horror fiction.' SFX Magazine About the AuthorRonald Chetwynd-Hayes (1919-2001) had a publishing career which lasted more than forty years. He produced thirteen novels, twenty-five collections of stories, and edited twenty-four anthologies. In 1989 both Horror Writers of America and the British Fantasy Society presented him with Life Achievement Awards, and he was the Special Guest at the 1997 World Fantasy Convention in London. His stories have been adapted for film, television, radio and comic strips, and have been translated into numerous languages around the world.
angel of the revolution
Part #2 of "Griffith" series by George Chetwynd Griffith
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Psychic Detective
Chetwynd-Hayes, R
From the dust jacketFrederica Masters, commonly known as Fred, is an extremely gifted medium. One evening whilst dining out with an admirer, she bumps into Francis St Clare, a wealthy young man who is an authority on the occult. He at once realizes her psychic power, and convinces her that by becoming his assistant she can fulfil her potential. However, whilst helping Francis destroy the evil spirits that lurk in his house, Fred is tricked by her new employer into going down to the lowest astral level, and there fights with an eighteenth century aristocrat who wishes to imprison her forever. Will Fred ever manage to escape and finally rid the house of its vicious elemental inhabitants? Again in this novel, we have the kind of plot one has come to expect from R. Chetwynd-Hayes. A mixture of pathos, humour and horror.
Collected Stories (4.1)
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Contents:BiographyThe Thing (1966)The Monster(1970)Crowning Glory (1971)Don't Go Up Them Stairs (1971)The Door (1973)Lord Dunwilliam and the Cwn Annwn (1973)The Labyrinth (1974)Christmas Eve (1975)The Ghouls (1975)The Ghost Who Limped (1975)The Werewolf and the Vampire (1975)The Fly-by-Night (1976)The Shadmock (1976)The Werewolf (1978)A Living Legend (1982)Rudolph (1987)
How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun
Josh Chetwynd
Sometimes it's neither art nor science that serves as the origins of the everyday kitchen and food items that we take for granted today. Sometimes, as Josh Chetwynd shows us in How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun, some of our greatest culinary achievements were simply by-products of \u201cdamned good luck.\u201d In How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun, Josh explores the origins of kitchen inventions, products, and foodstuff in seventy-five short essays that dispel popular myths and draw lines between food facts and food fiction. Josh's charming text combined with simple line illustrations makes this an excellent gift and go-to source book for all food and trivia buffs.
