Books with author Deborah Noyes

Something strange is happening to Evie, a girl already troubled by the mysterious deaths of her parents. Other worlds exist after all, and many are under the control of Agathe, the ruthless leader of OPOL. Evie discovers she is a naquant, a natural quantum traveller able to transport across the net to undo actions that have disrupted the natural order. She has no real idea what she is doing, or even where she is most of the time. But if monstrous apparitions, mind control and prolonged terror are anything to go by, she’s had enough already. Life is never that simple though, not with Agathe around. She wants Evie's energy and will stop at nothing to get it, aided by her menacing accomplice Emil. Can Evie evade capture and restore the flow of life?

How much do we truly know and understand about our own mortality? Enter Encyclopedia of the End, a compulsively readable and beautifully illustrated compendium that explores this most taboo of topics. Entries present a kaleidoscopic mix of topics from afterlife to assassination, forensic science to funeral foods, rigor mortis to reincarnation and more. With an appreciation for the profound and profane, Deborah Noyes helps lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding one of the most fascinating—and ordinary—phenomena of life.After all, who says that a book about death can’t be lively?

In an enthralling work of Gothic suspense, an Edith Wharton story inspires five connected tales set in the same haunted manor over the centuries.In her classic ghost story "Kerfol," Edith Wharton tells the tale of Anne de Barrigan, a young Frenchwoman convicted of murdering her husband, the jealous Yves de Cornault. The elderly lord was found dead on the stairs, apparently savaged by a pack of dogs, though there were no dogs — no live dogs — at Kerfol that day. In this remarkable collection of intertwining short stories, Deborah Noyes takes us back to the haunted manor and tells us Anne de Barrigan's story through the sympathetic eyes of her servant girl. Four more tales slip forward in time, peering in on a young artist, a hard-drinking party girl, a young American couple, and a deaf gardener who now tends the Kerfol estate. All these souls are haunted by the ghosts of Kerfol — the dead dogs, the sensual yet uneasy relationships, and the bitter taste of revenge.

Enter the gothic world in this celebration of the literary form made famous by such writers as Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe. From a lovesick count and the ghost of his brutalized servant and a serial killer who defies death, to a house with a violent mind of its own and another that holds within its peeling walls a grotesque secret, these ten stories draw on dark fantasy and fairy tale, horror and wild humour, the supernatural and the surreal...

Ten extraordinary authors spin hair-raising original tales collected by the anthologist of GOTHIC!With scary stories by: M. T. Anderson, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Herbie Brennan, Nancy Etchemendy, Annette Curtis Klause, Kelly Link, Deborah Noyes, Marcus Sedgwick, and Chris WoodingEnter the murky world of the undead. From a beyond-the-grave stalker to prankster devil worshippers, from a childish ghost of the future to a vampire lover with bloody ties to the past, the characters in these ten original stories will send shivers down your spine. Why do we fear the undead? Find out in this spooky companion volume to GOTHIC! TEN ORIGINAL DARK TAKES, and enjoy another graveyard walk in the company of ten contemporary masters of horror and suspense.

"Deliciously gruesome." — Booklist (starred review)Enter the murky world of the undead. From a beyond-the-grave stalker to prankster devil worshippers, from a childish ghost of the future to a vampire lover with bloody ties to the past, the characters in these ten original stories will send shivers down your spine. Enjoy a spooky graveyard walk in the company of ten contemporary masters of horror and suspense.

Something strange is happening to Evie. It seems other worlds exist after all, and the net has begun sending her there to undo treacherous deeds. She has no idea what she is doing, or even where she is most of the time. But if giant spiders, flying girls, terrifying gargoyles (although don't let Daryn hear you call him that...), mind control and prolonged terror are anything to go by, she’s had enough already. Life is never that simple though, not with Agathe around. She wants Evie's energy and will stop at nothing to get it. Can Evie evade capture and restore the flow of life?