As the nights draw in and Halloween is just around the corner, what better to read than this collection of seriously spooky stories about ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night.
In the Lovecraftian universe there exists many terrible and horrifying things, from extraterrestrial gods and ancient secrets to zealous cults, supernatural beasts and beyond.
Originally published in two parts in "e;The Court and Society Review"e; (March, 1887), "e;The Canterville Ghost"e; is a comical short story written by Oscar Wilde.
By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.
When Charles Dexter Ward escapes from a mental asylum Wards' family doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, endeavours to unearth the reason for the madness and physiological changes that afflicted his patient.
When student of folklore and mathematics Walter Gilman moves into an attic flat in an infamous and purportedly cursed house, he begins experiencing strange dreams that include inexplicable colours and shapes.
A brooding marquessAnd a mysterious widowOn the outside Henry Spencer, Marquess of Clairborne, has it all: title, fortune and dashing good looks, but inside he’s haunted by nightmares.
In an attempt to uncover the mysteries of a seemingly cursed area called the "e;blasted heath"e; by the locals, an unnamed narrator sets about questioning the townsfolk as to the location's history.
After being kidnapped by a local tour guide who bears a striking resemblance to an ancient pharaoh, Harold Houdini is thrown in a deep pit next to the Great Sphinx.
By the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.
Atmosphärische Erzählungen aus dem NordenEllen, eine junge Frau, die bei ihren Tanten lebt, will gerade einen Brief an ihren Verlobten schreiben, als etwas Unheimliches, Unbegreifliches geschieht, das ihr Leben von Grund auf ändern wird …Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) ist vor allem bekannt für ihr Buch über die Wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson zu den Wildgänsen.
This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales by writers Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling and joseph conrad to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers of a most excellent standard.
Eine düstere Reise von den Karpaten bis ins Herz Londons – Bram Stokers Dracula ist mehr als ein Vampirroman: Es ist ein Meilenstein der Schauerliteratur, ein psychologisches Kammerspiel und ein Spiegel viktorianischer Ängste.
This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales by writers Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, WI George, Jerome K Jerome and Rudyard Kipling to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers of a most excellent standard.
This collection of short stories assembled together as The King in Yellow is a classic supernatural feast and a superb introduction to that branch of writing then described as 'weird'.
