Charles Beaumont

Des autoroutes vraiment interminables, une mouche particulièrement odieuse, des lettres d'amour pour un amour impossible, une perte d'identité conduisant au néant : des dérives au bout de mondes piégés signées Bradbury, Matheson, Sladek, Curval,... Lire la suite

Cette fois, c'est au tour du bon vieux mythe des vampires d'être décortiqué : loin de la Transylvanie, ils ont toujours bon croc, bon oeil et se cachent parmi nous, dans les salons de coiffure, dans les hôtels, sur les aires de repos des autoroutes... Lire la suite

Charles Beaumont's untimely death in 1967 at age 38 cut short the brief but brilliant career of a writer now regarded as a master of modern weird fiction. The author of three extraordinary collections of short stories, the acclaimed novel The... Lire la suite

Between light and shadow, science and superstition, fear and knowledge is a dimension of imagination. An area we call the Twilight Zone. Adapted by Anne Washburn (Mr Burns) and directed by Olivier Award-winner Richard Jones, this world premiere... Lire la suite

Un pince cruel et adorateur de Satan invite des amis et des paysans à un banquet. Ces derniers n'ont pas accès au buffet et cette nouvelle humiliation les pousse à se révolter. De plus, la prédiction d'une voyante annonçant la chute du souverrain... Lire la suite

'Five stars. One of the best books I've read in a very, very long time' James O'Brien, LBC 'This is first class' The Times | 'Excellent' Spectator 'Exceptional' David McCloskey, author of The Seventh Floor 'Everything a John le Carr fan could ever... Lire la suite

A Financial Times Best Book of the Summer 2025 'Top marks' The Times Book of the Month (March) 'Brilliant... Beaumont is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Mick Herron' James O'Brien, author of How They Broke Britain Russia is... Lire la suite

The Supreme Court has ordered an end to racially segregated schools, and folks in the predominantly white Southern town of Caxton are prepared grudgingly to comply with the ruling. At least until Adam Cramer, a handsome and smooth-talking young man,... Lire la suite

**With Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone reboot arriving, read the stories that inspired some of the show's greatest episodes, including "The Howling Man"! The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone writer,... Lire la suite

Echoué sur la planète Vénus, quatre astronuates découvrent une planète luxuriante peuplée de séduisantes amazones. Il apprennent aussi que ce peuple essentiellement féminin est dirigé par Yllana, une reine cruelle mais qu'une résistance existe sous... Lire la suite

WOMAN CAN PUSH HIM OVER THE BRINK TOO EASILY ALAS . . . Lire la suite

Mary was a misfit. She didn't want to be beautiful. And she wasted time doing mad things--like eating and sleeping. Lire la suite

"A memorable first book of fiction, one which belongs on any shelf of the best contemporary weird tales." - August Derleth, Chicago Tribune "[E]xtraordinary . . . gives Mr. Beaumont undeniable stature as an artist." - N. Y. Herald Tribune "Charles... Lire la suite

Paru en 1960, Un intrus raconte les réactions glaçantes d'une petite ville sudiste face à la déségrégation des écoles publiques aux États-Unis, échauffée par un sombre inconnu qui ne cherche qu'à répandre ses opinions racistes...La petite ville... Lire la suite

Welcome to "Amazing Tales Volume 103", where the boundaries of imagination are stretched across the cosmos and the inner recesses of the human psyche. This anthology delves into themes of discovery, societal norms, justice, domestic life, and peace... Lire la suite

Since 2005, Valancourt Books has earned a reputation as one of the foremost publishers of lost and rediscovered classics, reissuing more than 400 unjustly neglected works from the past 250 years. In this third volume of horror stories, the editors... Lire la suite

Charles Beaumont was, in the words of Ray Bradbury, “a pomegranate writer:” someone whose imagination burst with such creative seeds that it yielded a garden of rich and diverse work. The Carnival and Other Stories is a testament to the flowering of... Lire la suite

You don’t exist, any of you, except in my mind. Don’t you see? I’m asleep and dreaming all this. You, your wives, your children, it’s all part of my dream—and when you kill me then I’ll wake up and that will be the end of you....

Parue en 1959 aux États-Unis et en 1960 en France, adaptée au cinéma par Roger Corman, une analyse aussi virtuose que glaçante de la montée du populisme pour un Vintage noir choc, qui n'a malheureusement pas perdu une once de son actualité.... Lire la suite

Foi um dos maiores escândalos dos serviços de informação britânicos: na década de 50, em Cambridge, formou-se uma rede de espiões que durante anos passou segredos de estado aos soviéticos. Poderia acontecer a mesma coisa em Oxford?
Simon Sharman... Lire la suite