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Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Cover for Swedish Cults by Anders Fager
Our $2.99 Kindle deal for December is Anders Fager's SWEDISH CULTS, a collection of Lovecraftian tales from Sweden that we released a couple of years back. Grab it cheap here all month long: www.amazon.com/Swedish-Cult...
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More new Paperbacks from Hell! Sandra Scoppettone's rare 1980 horror/thriller SUCH NICE PEOPLE is returning to print with a new intro by Grady Hendrix! Preorder now on our site: www.valancourtbooks.com/such-nice-pe...
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Doing the final readthrough of Attila Veres's new collection, which features six novelettes, and it is brilliant. If you haven't preordered, what are you waiting for? Website preorders may ship before the end of 2025, even though the pub. date isn't till 2026. www.valancourtbooks.com/thisll-make-...
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Book cover for The Farm by Richard Haigh
Paperbacks from Hell are BACK! The next title, Richard Haigh's super-rare THE FARM (1984), is now up for preorder on our site: www.valancourtbooks.com/the-farm-198... Website preorders should ship in the spring!
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More new Paperbacks from Hell! Sandra Scoppettone's rare 1980 horror/thriller SUCH NICE PEOPLE is returning to print with a new intro by Grady Hendrix! Preorder now on our site: www.valancourtbooks.com/such-nice-pe...
06.12.2025 21:42 β π 42 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0
Book cover for The Farm by Richard Haigh
Paperbacks from Hell are BACK! The next title, Richard Haigh's super-rare THE FARM (1984), is now up for preorder on our site: www.valancourtbooks.com/the-farm-198... Website preorders should ship in the spring!
05.12.2025 21:49 β π 55 π 11 π¬ 3 π 1It's always a good time to buy books! Actually, the printer has raised prices on us dramatically over the past several years, but we've kept our website prices at the pre-inflationary levels so far.
03.12.2025 18:53 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Just got one of the dreaded emails from our printer with the subject line "Price Adjustment." Spoiler alert: the prices never adjust downwards. Somehow the whole thing is more ominous b/c the body of the email is blank and there's no attachment. As if the price hike is too high to put into words.
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Clipping of a newspaper TV listing for The X-Files episode "731". It reads: The agents' investigation into the government's knowledge of extraterrestrial life puts them in danger. Part 2 of 2
Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired December 1st, 1995.
01.12.2025 21:33 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0This was a fun one! @wartimefood.bsky.social and I just watched it too.
01.12.2025 17:27 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My copy sadly lacks the dust jacket. The jacket is gorgeous!
28.11.2025 21:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There are a couple good stories in that one!
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Doing the final readthrough of Attila Veres's new collection, which features six novelettes, and it is brilliant. If you haven't preordered, what are you waiting for? Website preorders may ship before the end of 2025, even though the pub. date isn't till 2026. www.valancourtbooks.com/thisll-make-...
28.11.2025 15:29 β π 19 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2Isnβt it a declaratory judgment, not an injunction? They did this in the W.D. Wash. and all the IJs ignored it.
25.11.2025 23:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks everybody, I think we found one!
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Cover for THE FARM by Richard Haigh
So we're planning to publish this one as one of our new Paperbacks from Hell. Only the book is so scarce that we can't find a copy to scan for our text. If anyone has one to lend us, send us a message. We'll swap you some free Valancourt books for your trouble!
18.11.2025 19:31 β π 166 π 46 π¬ 3 π 2Yeah, I had to read the scan from the National Library of Norway.
17.11.2025 23:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Have you read his Lovecraftian novel MΓΈrke over Dunwich?
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Four Norwegian books, a postcard of a skeleton and a sticker of black cat.
Wow, great care package of Norwegian weird & horror books just arrived, courtesy of @sheenalouisef.bsky.social! Norwegian books are super expensive and hard to access from the States, so I'm excited to get my hands on these. Perfect reading during these colder, shorter days.
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1940s paper sign that reads NO DOGS OR SAILORS ALLOWED ON GRASS
Today's antique store vibe.
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Book cover: In A Shallow Grave by James Purdy
Our $2.99 Kindle deal is James Purdy's IN A SHALLOW GRAVE (1975), a novel by turns Gothic, mystical, and grotesque, and, like all of Purdy's works, a compelling read. Grab it cheap while this deal lasts: www.amazon.com/Shallow-Grav...
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New audiobook! Robert Bloch's classic collection PLEASANT DREAMS (1960) is narrated by the always-excellent Matt Godfrey. If you're looking for a delightfully spooky listen, download it via Audible or iTunes now: www.amazon.com/Audible-Plea...
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ποΈ En 'Nuestra SeΓ±ora del Dolor', John Blackburn escribiΓ³ una novela que no da un momento de respiro y en la que mezclΓ³ elementos del thriller (la investigaciΓ³n del protagonista), la historia (la leyenda de la condesa sangrienta) y el horror puro.
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The first book I read in Catalan -- I was just thinking I'm due for a reread.
05.11.2025 17:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This article from Quietus on the best 25 horror books of the 21st century will definitely spark some debate. Some great books here, and a few I haven't read. But we're pleased to see Attila Veres's THE BLACK MAYBE at #3 on this list! thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
05.11.2025 17:32 β π 22 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0Sure!
04.11.2025 23:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The official publication date will be in the first half of 2026, but I'm hoping to get website preorders out by the end of this year.
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Roger Sale, a fondly-remembered University of Washington professor, reviewed hundreds of novels in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1979, he selected 15 βNeglected Recent American Novels" for The American Scholar:
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Devil in the Darkness book cover by Archie Roy
Today's spooky $2.99 Kindle deal is Archie Roy's DEVIL IN THE DARKNESS (1978), an undersung '70s haunted house novel that's made more interesting by the fact that the author was a famous scientist who also believed in the supernatural. Grab it cheap here today only: www.amazon.com/dp/B01M2V4RH...
28.10.2025 20:39 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0And if you haven't read the book on which it was based, you should.οΏΌπ
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