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Halloween Candy: Three Tales of Horror by Douglas Clegg is published in ebook form by Alkemara Press.
All stories and text in this ebook are copyright 1989-2009 Douglas Clegg. All rights reserved. Illustrations from Isis by Glenn Chadbourne, used here with permission. Cover titling utilizes the Zombified font created by Chad Savage at SinisterVisions.com. Fly design by DeenaWarnerDesign.com
The author grants the reader permission to distribute, re-post and pass around this ebook so long as nothing is altered or changed, and no text or illustration is removed from it.
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Dear Reader,
Here are three stories of the macabre I've written, to be read on an October night, preferably after dark.
I've also included information about Isis , my new book that's out in bookstores as of fall 2009. Here is an excerpt, some links, and other information about Isis --a book I do not want you to miss. Thank you,
Douglas Clegg
Visit my website at DouglasClegg.com
Find out more about Isis
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Table of Contents
About Isis
About the Author & Illustrator
Excerpt from Isis, A Tale of the Supernatural
Illustration from Isis
The Three Tales:
Where Flies Are Born
The Machinery of Night
265 and Heaven
More
Other Books
Play the Isis Game
Watch the Isis video
Read Isis
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A Supernatural Excerpt from the Book
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BE CAREFUL
WHAT YOU
WISH FOR...
New York Times
bestselling author
Douglas Clegg
brings u s Isis, a beautifully
illustrated,
unforgettable
novella that is sure
to become a classic
tale of the
supernatural.
If you lost
someone you
loved,
what would you
pay
to bring them back
from the dead?
About the Book
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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg brings us Isis, a beautifully illustrated, unforgettable novella that is sure to become a classic tale of the supernatural.
If you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead?
Old Marsh, the gardener at Belerion Hall, warned the Villiers girl about the old ruins along the seacliffs. “Never go in, miss. Never say a prayer at its door. If you are angry, do not seek revenge by the Laughing Maiden stone, or at the threshold of the Tombs. There be those who listen for oaths and vows…. What may be said in innocence and ire becomes flesh and blood in such places.”
She was born Iris Catherine Villiers. She became Isis.
From childhood until her sixteenth year, Iris Villiers wandered the stonehedged gardens and the steep cliffs along the coast of Cornwall near her ancestral home. Surrounded by the stern judgments of her grandfather—
the Gray Minister—and the taunts of her cruel governess, Iris finds solace in her beloved older brother who has always protected her. But when a tragic accident occurs from the ledge of an open window, Iris discovers that she possesses the ability to speak to the dead...
Be careful what you wish for.
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About the Author
Douglas Clegg is the New York Times bestselling author of The Priest of Blood, Afterlife , and The Hour Before Dark , among other novels. His short story collection, The Machinery of Night , won a Shocker Award, and his first collection, The Nightmare Chronicles , won both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award.
Visit Douglas Clegg at www.DouglasClegg.com
Twitter | Facebook | MySpace
About the Artist
Glenn Chadbourne is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Lincoln County News (Maine) as well as a muralist and painter. In addition to Isis , he's illustrated Stephen King's Secretary of Dreams and Colorado Kid , as well as created the logo character "Doug E Graves" for King's rock 'n roll radio station, WKIT. Chadbourne's creation was featured in the movie The Mist . He lives on the coast of Maine. You can find out more at his website at www.GlennChadbourne.com
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Excerpt from Isis by Douglas Clegg
-- 1 --“Beware a field hedged with stones,” our gardener, Old Marsh, told me in his smoky voice with its
Halloween Candy: Three Tales of Horror by Douglas Clegg is published in ebook form by Alkemara Press.
All stories and text in this ebook are copyright 1989-2009 Douglas Clegg. All rights reserved. Illustrations from Isis by Glenn Chadbourne, used here with permission. Cover titling utilizes the Zombified font created by Chad Savage at SinisterVisions.com. Fly design by DeenaWarnerDesign.com
The author grants the reader permission to distribute, re-post and pass around this ebook so long as nothing is altered or changed, and no text or illustration is removed from it.
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Dear Reader,
Here are three stories of the macabre I've written, to be read on an October night, preferably after dark.
I've also included information about Isis , my new book that's out in bookstores as of fall 2009. Here is an excerpt, some links, and other information about Isis --a book I do not want you to miss. Thank you,
Douglas Clegg
Visit my website at DouglasClegg.com
Find out more about Isis
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Table of Contents
About Isis
About the Author & Illustrator
Excerpt from Isis, A Tale of the Supernatural
Illustration from Isis
The Three Tales:
Where Flies Are Born
The Machinery of Night
265 and Heaven
More
Other Books
Play the Isis Game
Watch the Isis video
Read Isis
4
A Supernatural Excerpt from the Book
5
BE CAREFUL
WHAT YOU
WISH FOR...
New York Times
bestselling author
Douglas Clegg
brings u s Isis, a beautifully
illustrated,
unforgettable
novella that is sure
to become a classic
tale of the
supernatural.
If you lost
someone you
loved,
what would you
pay
to bring them back
from the dead?
About the Book
6
New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg brings us Isis, a beautifully illustrated, unforgettable novella that is sure to become a classic tale of the supernatural.
If you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead?
Old Marsh, the gardener at Belerion Hall, warned the Villiers girl about the old ruins along the seacliffs. “Never go in, miss. Never say a prayer at its door. If you are angry, do not seek revenge by the Laughing Maiden stone, or at the threshold of the Tombs. There be those who listen for oaths and vows…. What may be said in innocence and ire becomes flesh and blood in such places.”
She was born Iris Catherine Villiers. She became Isis.
From childhood until her sixteenth year, Iris Villiers wandered the stonehedged gardens and the steep cliffs along the coast of Cornwall near her ancestral home. Surrounded by the stern judgments of her grandfather—
the Gray Minister—and the taunts of her cruel governess, Iris finds solace in her beloved older brother who has always protected her. But when a tragic accident occurs from the ledge of an open window, Iris discovers that she possesses the ability to speak to the dead...
Be careful what you wish for.
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About the Author
Douglas Clegg is the New York Times bestselling author of The Priest of Blood, Afterlife , and The Hour Before Dark , among other novels. His short story collection, The Machinery of Night , won a Shocker Award, and his first collection, The Nightmare Chronicles , won both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award.
Visit Douglas Clegg at www.DouglasClegg.com
Twitter | Facebook | MySpace
About the Artist
Glenn Chadbourne is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Lincoln County News (Maine) as well as a muralist and painter. In addition to Isis , he's illustrated Stephen King's Secretary of Dreams and Colorado Kid , as well as created the logo character "Doug E Graves" for King's rock 'n roll radio station, WKIT. Chadbourne's creation was featured in the movie The Mist . He lives on the coast of Maine. You can find out more at his website at www.GlennChadbourne.com
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Excerpt from Isis by Douglas Clegg
-- 1 --“Beware a field hedged with stones,” our gardener, Old Marsh, told me in his smoky voice with its
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