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Sometimes your possessions own you.
Twelve spine-tingling stories of cursed curios that bring misfortune, madness and death upon their owners, penned by modern masters of the weird and uncanny.
A collection of 12 spine-tingling short stories of cursed curios that bring misfortune, madness and death upon their owners, penned by modern masters of the weird and uncanny.
Sometimes your possessions own you.
Delve into twelve terrifying stories that reimagine a tradition that stretches back over a century to W.W. Jacobs’ ‘The Monkey’s Paw’.
Discover the antique brooch possessed by a malignant spirit; the sewing needle that demands a bloody sacrifice; a cardboard cutout animated by the restless dead; a secret so unholy that even its likeness has the power to send people mad. Unhallowed Gifts proves that fear comes in many forms – and not all gifts are given with your best interests in mind.
A beautiful hardback with sprayed edges that features stories by Paul Tremblay, Charlie Higson, Evelyn Hollow, Eric LaRocca, Daisy Johnson, Laura Purcell, Jeremy Dyson, Muriel Gray, Robert Shearman, Lucie McKnight Hardy, John Langan, and Matt Hill.
A partial inventory Four of twelve
No. 01 The brooch An antique brooch possessed by a malignant spirit.
No. 02 The needle A sewing needle that demands a bloody sacrifice.
No. 03 The cutout A cardboard cutout animated by the restless dead.
No. 04 The likeness A secret so unholy that even its likeness has the power to send people mad.
Not all gifts are given with your best interests in mind.
Black sprayed edges.
Sprayed edges
Colour through the closed block.
Twelve stories
Every one an original.
First printing
Out of the first run.
Twelve writers
Modern masters of the weird and uncanny.
Paul Tremblay A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS
Charlie Higson THE ENEMY · The Fast Show
Evelyn Hollow Parapsychologist and broadcaster
Eric LaRocca THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE
Daisy Johnson EVERYTHING UNDER · Booker-shortlisted
Laura Purcell THE SILENT COMPANIONS
Jeremy Dyson Ghost Stories · The League of Gentlemen
Muriel Gray THE TRICKSTER
Robert Shearman TINY DEATHS
Lucie McKnight Hardy WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM
John Langan THE FISHERMAN
Matt Hill ZERO BOMB
Coxon is an award-winning editor and the anthologist behind some of the sharpest weird-fiction collections of the last decade.
