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Loathly ladies: Women writing horror - Christchurch City Libraries

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Women are often overlooked as horror writers, despite always having a strong and terrifying presence in the genre. From psychological thrillers, supernatural suspense, brutality, gore, and good old fashioned ghost stories, these monstrous madams will unsettle, disturb and horrify. A Christchurch City Libraries list.

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Or, The Modern Prometheus

by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

Book - 1980

Here is a foreboding tale of a science experiment gone awry. Having crafted a creature from stolen body parts, Frankenstein is horrified by the hideousnes...Show more Here is a foreboding tale of a science experiment gone awry. Having crafted a creature from stolen body parts, Frankenstein is horrified by the hideousness of what he has created. Racked with loneliness, this tragic, nameless creature turns on its maker. A classic containing elements of monster horror, science fiction, and gothic romance. Show less

Here is a foreboding tale of a science experiment gone awry. Having crafted a creature from stolen body parts, Frankenstein is horrified by the hideousnes...Show more Here is a foreboding tale of a science experiment gone awry. Having crafted a creature from stolen body parts, Frankenstein is horrified by the hideousness of what he has created. Racked with loneliness, this tragic, nameless creature turns on its maker. A classic containing elements of monster horror, science fiction, and gothic romance. Show less

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The Lottery

The Lottery

Adventures of the Daemon Lover

by Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965

Book - 1988

Ghosts, poltergeists, and unseen forces abound in Jackson's work, which continues to haunt readers half a century on from her death. She is renowned for h...Show more Ghosts, poltergeists, and unseen forces abound in Jackson's work, which continues to haunt readers half a century on from her death. She is renowned for her short stories, in which she imbues the stuff of everyday life with an uncanny disquiet. The eponymous story of this collection is reflective of her early interest in the pressures and persecutor-y instincts of insular communities, while her later work shows a deepening preoccupation with 'demons of the mind', anxiety, and neuroses. Show less

Ghosts, poltergeists, and unseen forces abound in Jackson's work, which continues to haunt readers half a century on from her death. She is renowned for h...Show more Ghosts, poltergeists, and unseen forces abound in Jackson's work, which continues to haunt readers half a century on from her death. She is renowned for her short stories, in which she imbues the stuff of everyday life with an uncanny disquiet. The eponymous story of this collection is reflective of her early interest in the pressures and persecutor-y instincts of insular communities, while her later work shows a deepening preoccupation with 'demons of the mind', anxiety, and neuroses. Show less

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The Drowning Girl

The Drowning Girl

A Memoir

by Kiernan, Caitlín R.

Book - 2012

Described as an eerie masterpeice, The Drowning Girl has won the Bram Stoker Award for superior acheivement in horror. Part horror, part dark fantasy, tot...Show more Described as an eerie masterpeice, The Drowning Girl has won the Bram Stoker Award for superior acheivement in horror. Part horror, part dark fantasy, totally original, this is the story of Imp, struggling with her schizophrenia, and unable to tell if the strange and frightening things happening to her are reality, or something else entirely. Show less

Described as an eerie masterpeice, The Drowning Girl has won the Bram Stoker Award for superior acheivement in horror. Part horror, part dark fantasy, tot...Show more Described as an eerie masterpeice, The Drowning Girl has won the Bram Stoker Award for superior acheivement in horror. Part horror, part dark fantasy, totally original, this is the story of Imp, struggling with her schizophrenia, and unable to tell if the strange and frightening things happening to her are reality, or something else entirely. Show less

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Rise

Rise

The Complete Newsflesh Collection

by Grant, Mira, pseud., 1978-

Book - 2016

A collection of eight novellas set in Mira Grant's tense and detailed world where a viral zombie apocalypse has taken over. Stories about the cruelty of n...Show more A collection of eight novellas set in Mira Grant's tense and detailed world where a viral zombie apocalypse has taken over. Stories about the cruelty of nature, malicious intentions, tragic stories about everyday struggles in post-apocalyptic life all flesh out this incredible zombie infected world. Show less

A collection of eight novellas set in Mira Grant's tense and detailed world where a viral zombie apocalypse has taken over. Stories about the cruelty of n...Show more A collection of eight novellas set in Mira Grant's tense and detailed world where a viral zombie apocalypse has taken over. Stories about the cruelty of nature, malicious intentions, tragic stories about everyday struggles in post-apocalyptic life all flesh out this incredible zombie infected world. Show less

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The Hidden People

The Hidden People

by Littlewood, Alison

Book - 2016

When the mysterious and haunting death of a cousin, who died brutally at the hands of her superstitious husband happens in the small village of Halfoak, A...Show more When the mysterious and haunting death of a cousin, who died brutally at the hands of her superstitious husband happens in the small village of Halfoak, Albie Mirralls approaches the incident like the skeptical and rational man of the 1800's that he is. Albie is determined that the husband is brought to proper English justice but the rumor's that her death may have been more supernatural than natural complicate his mission and blur the lines of reality. An intricate plot and a menacing sense of brooding gothic bleakness. Show less

When the mysterious and haunting death of a cousin, who died brutally at the hands of her superstitious husband happens in the small village of Halfoak, A...Show more When the mysterious and haunting death of a cousin, who died brutally at the hands of her superstitious husband happens in the small village of Halfoak, Albie Mirralls approaches the incident like the skeptical and rational man of the 1800's that he is. Albie is determined that the husband is brought to proper English justice but the rumor's that her death may have been more supernatural than natural complicate his mission and blur the lines of reality. An intricate plot and a menacing sense of brooding gothic bleakness. Show less

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The Doll-master and Other Tales of Terror

The Doll-master and Other Tales of Terror

by Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

Book - 2016

Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific author, and this collection will give you a taste of her best: six psychologically daring stories filled to the brim with ...Show more Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific author, and this collection will give you a taste of her best: six psychologically daring stories filled to the brim with tales of, obsession, media frenzies, dolls (always terrifying), escaping a deadly relationship, death and intruders when you're home alone... These six quietly terrifying, lethal and imaginative stories will have you rapt. Show less

Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific author, and this collection will give you a taste of her best: six psychologically daring stories filled to the brim with ...Show more Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific author, and this collection will give you a taste of her best: six psychologically daring stories filled to the brim with tales of, obsession, media frenzies, dolls (always terrifying), escaping a deadly relationship, death and intruders when you're home alone... These six quietly terrifying, lethal and imaginative stories will have you rapt. Show less

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The Winter People

The Winter People

by McMahon, Jennifer, 1968-

Book - 2014

Jennifer McMahon masterfully builds suspense and tension with incredibly well-realized characters. Two homeschooled, isolated girls wake to find their mo...Show more Jennifer McMahon masterfully builds suspense and tension with incredibly well-realized characters. Two homeschooled, isolated girls wake to find their mother has disappeared. A diary, a creepy and gruesome history, and a touch of the dark supernatural. Show less

Jennifer McMahon masterfully builds suspense and tension with incredibly well-realized characters. Two homeschooled, isolated girls wake to find their mo...Show more Jennifer McMahon masterfully builds suspense and tension with incredibly well-realized characters. Two homeschooled, isolated girls wake to find their mother has disappeared. A diary, a creepy and gruesome history, and a touch of the dark supernatural. Show less

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The Silent Companions

The Silent Companions

by Purcell, Laura

Book - 2017

Elsie is a newly widowed and pregnant. To see out the rest of her pregnancy, she moves into her late husband's country estate. Expecting a life of comfort...Show more Elsie is a newly widowed and pregnant. To see out the rest of her pregnancy, she moves into her late husband's country estate. Expecting a life of comfort and wealth, her new home and companions are not what she expected. Furthermore, she's getting increasingly creeped out by a series of 'companions,' life sized dolls constructed of wood, and one looks spookily similar to her... Read for a creepy Victorian ghost story featuring a locked room and a sinister presence. Show less

Elsie is a newly widowed and pregnant. To see out the rest of her pregnancy, she moves into her late husband's country estate. Expecting a life of comfort...Show more Elsie is a newly widowed and pregnant. To see out the rest of her pregnancy, she moves into her late husband's country estate. Expecting a life of comfort and wealth, her new home and companions are not what she expected. Furthermore, she's getting increasingly creeped out by a series of 'companions,' life sized dolls constructed of wood, and one looks spookily similar to her... Read for a creepy Victorian ghost story featuring a locked room and a sinister presence. Show less

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Broken Monsters

Broken Monsters

by Beukes, Lauren, 1976-

Book - 2014

Gabriella Versado is a detective in Detroit. Hardened by urban life - Gabriella is shocked to find a murder of a young boy, who has been fused with a dee...Show more Gabriella Versado is a detective in Detroit. Hardened by urban life - Gabriella is shocked to find a murder of a young boy, who has been fused with a deer. This half creature shocks the city, but is the first in a string of uniquely horrifying murders. Also on the scene is Gabriella's teenage daughter Layla, getting herself into trouble online, a desperate journalist and a homeless man trying to protect himself from becoming a half-beast. This thriller-horror is gruesome and gut wrenching! Show less

Gabriella Versado is a detective in Detroit. Hardened by urban life - Gabriella is shocked to find a murder of a young boy, who has been fused with a dee...Show more Gabriella Versado is a detective in Detroit. Hardened by urban life - Gabriella is shocked to find a murder of a young boy, who has been fused with a deer. This half creature shocks the city, but is the first in a string of uniquely horrifying murders. Also on the scene is Gabriella's teenage daughter Layla, getting herself into trouble online, a desperate journalist and a homeless man trying to protect himself from becoming a half-beast. This thriller-horror is gruesome and gut wrenching! Show less

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Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

Stories

by Enriquez, Mariana

Book - 2018

This is a collection of 12 sharp, grotesque and often macabre short stories, all set in unnamed cities in Argentina. Pulling the skin away from everything...Show more This is a collection of 12 sharp, grotesque and often macabre short stories, all set in unnamed cities in Argentina. Pulling the skin away from everything, Enriquez manages to scratch at the surface and find something unnatural or terrifying within the human psyche or daily life. Enter here if you are ready for a ride down a varied path of torture, ghost stories, urban legend and corruption. Show less

This is a collection of 12 sharp, grotesque and often macabre short stories, all set in unnamed cities in Argentina. Pulling the skin away from everything...Show more This is a collection of 12 sharp, grotesque and often macabre short stories, all set in unnamed cities in Argentina. Pulling the skin away from everything, Enriquez manages to scratch at the surface and find something unnatural or terrifying within the human psyche or daily life. Enter here if you are ready for a ride down a varied path of torture, ghost stories, urban legend and corruption. Show less

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Interview With the Vampire

Interview With the Vampire

A Novel

by Rice, Anne, 1941-

Book - 1976

A tragic and disturbing gothic horror with a hint of romance too. This is Louis's story about his journey through an immortal life. It is a tale of loneli...Show more A tragic and disturbing gothic horror with a hint of romance too. This is Louis's story about his journey through an immortal life. It is a tale of loneliness and isolation, along with the other trials and tribulations one could imagine are associated with vampirism, with a good dose of bloodsucking too of course! A painful look at trying to find a place in the world but... through the eyes of a vampire. Show less

A tragic and disturbing gothic horror with a hint of romance too. This is Louis's story about his journey through an immortal life. It is a tale of loneli...Show more A tragic and disturbing gothic horror with a hint of romance too. This is Louis's story about his journey through an immortal life. It is a tale of loneliness and isolation, along with the other trials and tribulations one could imagine are associated with vampirism, with a good dose of bloodsucking too of course! A painful look at trying to find a place in the world but... through the eyes of a vampire. Show less

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Fever Dream

Fever Dream

A Novel

by Schweblin, Samanta, 1978-

Book - 2017

With psychological menace, Schweblin conjures up a taut novel that explores pesticides, motherly relationships and abandonment. Amanda is waiting to die i...Show more With psychological menace, Schweblin conjures up a taut novel that explores pesticides, motherly relationships and abandonment. Amanda is waiting to die in a rural hospital. Beside her, a young boy named David. Through dialogue, and nightmarish half-reality, we slowly unravel the most recent events leading to Amanda in hospital. Recommended to read this novel in one go - you'll become feverish too, not to mention, haunted. Show less

With psychological menace, Schweblin conjures up a taut novel that explores pesticides, motherly relationships and abandonment. Amanda is waiting to die i...Show more With psychological menace, Schweblin conjures up a taut novel that explores pesticides, motherly relationships and abandonment. Amanda is waiting to die in a rural hospital. Beside her, a young boy named David. Through dialogue, and nightmarish half-reality, we slowly unravel the most recent events leading to Amanda in hospital. Recommended to read this novel in one go - you'll become feverish too, not to mention, haunted. Show less

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White Is for Witching

White Is for Witching

by Oyeyemi, Helen, 1984-

Book - 2009

The Silver family live in a large old house in Dover. Inside the old home lives Miranda and her twin Eliot, and their widowed father. Miranda has Pica, a ...Show more The Silver family live in a large old house in Dover. Inside the old home lives Miranda and her twin Eliot, and their widowed father. Miranda has Pica, a disorder that causes her to want to eat things such as chalk and plastic. This fractured family struggles to cope from grief, isolation and diverging needs, Miranda's health takes a tumble she struggles to cope as four generations of women start to inhabit the house and tell her the story about a cursed matriarchal line. A contemporary gothic masterpiece. Show less

The Silver family live in a large old house in Dover. Inside the old home lives Miranda and her twin Eliot, and their widowed father. Miranda has Pica, a ...Show more The Silver family live in a large old house in Dover. Inside the old home lives Miranda and her twin Eliot, and their widowed father. Miranda has Pica, a disorder that causes her to want to eat things such as chalk and plastic. This fractured family struggles to cope from grief, isolation and diverging needs, Miranda's health takes a tumble she struggles to cope as four generations of women start to inhabit the house and tell her the story about a cursed matriarchal line. A contemporary gothic masterpiece. Show less

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Beloved

Beloved

A Novel

by Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

Book - 1987

In Cincinnati, in the wake of the American Civil War, we are introduced to Sethe, a woman who has escaped the horrors of slavery, and lives in a house hau...Show more In Cincinnati, in the wake of the American Civil War, we are introduced to Sethe, a woman who has escaped the horrors of slavery, and lives in a house haunted by a revenant. Later, a strange young woman arrives, and with her, the terrible secret of Sethe’s past. Inspired by the true story of Margaret Garner, 'Beloved' is a classic work, exploring trauma, family, and the repression of memory Show less

In Cincinnati, in the wake of the American Civil War, we are introduced to Sethe, a woman who has escaped the horrors of slavery, and lives in a house hau...Show more In Cincinnati, in the wake of the American Civil War, we are introduced to Sethe, a woman who has escaped the horrors of slavery, and lives in a house haunted by a revenant. Later, a strange young woman arrives, and with her, the terrible secret of Sethe’s past. Inspired by the true story of Margaret Garner, 'Beloved' is a classic work, exploring trauma, family, and the repression of memory Show less

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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Carter, Angela, 1940-1992

Book - 1979

Here, you will find a darker, subversive and more sensual version of some well-known fairy tales. Carter has re-written classics such as Beauty and the Be...Show more Here, you will find a darker, subversive and more sensual version of some well-known fairy tales. Carter has re-written classics such as Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard and Puss in Boots. Expect feminism, sensual words, some violence, and dark gothic vibes. Beautiful lyrical writing throughout, if you like language-heavy stories this one is for you. Show less

Here, you will find a darker, subversive and more sensual version of some well-known fairy tales. Carter has re-written classics such as Beauty and the Be...Show more Here, you will find a darker, subversive and more sensual version of some well-known fairy tales. Carter has re-written classics such as Beauty and the Beast, Bluebeard and Puss in Boots. Expect feminism, sensual words, some violence, and dark gothic vibes. Beautiful lyrical writing throughout, if you like language-heavy stories this one is for you. Show less

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