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Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper’s story-writing competition.
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It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
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After Michael's parents die, he is invited to stay with his guardian in a desolate country house. He begins to suspect something is not quite right on the day he arrives when he spots a mysterious woman out in the frozen mists. But little can prepare him for the solitude of the house itself. His guardian is rarely seen, and there's a malevolent force lurking in an old hallway mirror. As the chilling suspense builds, Michael realizes that the house and its grounds harbor many more secrets-both dead and alive.
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It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel.
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(Alex joins his father on a business trip to Amsterdam. Du...)
Alex joins his father on a business trip to Amsterdam. During the day he hangs out with the daughter of a family friend. They visit the usual sights but also coffee shops and flea markets off the beaten track. At one of these markets Alex spots an ancient-looking mask. Before he knows what he's doing he buys it. Later, in his hotel room, he feels compelled to put the mask on. Alex is sucked into a parallel Amsterdam, one from centuries before which begins to reveal the dark past of both the building he is staying in and the little girl who once lived there ...edging stealthily towards the terrible twist.
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In a harbour town long ago, a boy is entranced by his uncle's stories of adventure in lands far away. Ignoring the crazy talk of the harbour pilot's son about the uncle being the Devil, the boy boards a ship with his uncle. But the uncle soon makes enemies of the captain and crew and, in frustration at their superstition, kills an albatross that has befriended the ship. As the ship sails on, madness and death ensue, and the boy and the crew face unimaginable horrors. A superbly gripping and haunting tale for fans of all classic horror.
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( Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. M...)
Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly develops between these two misfits as their bloody journey takes them ever northwards on the trail of their target . . . Victor Frankenstein.A moving, thrilling story about friendship, trust and betrayal, from bestselling author Chris Priestley. Read by Richard Mitchley.
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( A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this i...)
A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this is another creepy middle grade story collection with a chilling frame. This time, the stories are all tales of the sea: pirates and plagues and storms a plenty...
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Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper’s story-writing competition.
He lives in Cambridge. In 1976, after spending his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he left to study illustration at Manchester Polytechnic, leaving in 1980 to freelance in London. He worked as an illustrator for a wide range of clients and his work appeared regularly in The Times, The Listener and The Observer.
He also worked briefly as a poster designer for the Royal Court Theatre and others
He has produced several strip cartoons - ‘Bestiary’ for The Independent on Sunday (with Chris Riddell), ‘Babel’ for The Observer, ‘7:30 for 8:0’ for The Independent and ‘Payne’s Grey’ for the New Statesman. From 1990 to 1996 he was a weekly cartoonist on The Economist and from 1996 to 1998 a daily cartoonist on The Independent.
His paintings have been widely exhibited, most recently at the Eastern Open and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, both in 2013. Chris Priestley has also written for radio, contributing two stories to the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 lieutenant’s Grimm Up North collection of Brothers Grimm updates, transmitted on Christmas Eve 2012.
In 2004, Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for an Edgar Award in the United States and in 2006, Redwulf"s Curse won the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award. Tales of Terror from the Black Ship won a CPNB Vlag and Wimpel in 2010 for the Dutch translation. The German translation of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror was shortlisted for a Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2011. Tales of Terror from the Tunnel’s Mouth won the Dracula Society Children of the Night Award in 2009. Mister Creecher won the BASH (Book Award Street Helens) in 2012.
( A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this i...)
(In a harbour town long ago, a boy is entranced by his unc...)
( After Michael's parents die, he is invited to stay with...)
(It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF....)
(It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF....)
(Alex joins his father on a business trip to Amsterdam. Du...)
( Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. M...)
