Half fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King's The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.
The Turn of the Screw, Horrornovelle von Henry James aus dem Jahr 1898, handelt von einer Gouvernante, die sich um zwei Kinder auf einem abgelegenen Landgut kümmert und davon überzeugt ist, dass es auf dem Anwesen spukt.
This unique volume features the most terrifying tale from Alexandre Dumas' The Thousand and One Ghosts and presents the gothic vampire tale as a stand-alone short story that is sure to keep you up at night.
Set in 1790, 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' tells the tale of superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane who seeks the hand of Katrina, but finds he has a rival for her affections in the form of Brom Bones Van Brunt who likes to play tricks on him.
En algún lúgubre rincón escandinavo, dos hermanos gemelos pelean en cuerpo y alma a causa de una sensual mujer lobo a la que uno de ellos desea ardientemente.
Después de un extraño incidente en el funeral de la matriarca Marian, las familias McCray y Savage esperan un tranquilo verano en la costa del golfo de Alabama, donde tres antiguas casas victorianas se elevan en la soledad de una playa abrasadora.
From a beautiful antique that gives its owner a show he'd rather forget, to 'ghost detective' whose exorcism goes horribly wrong and a sinister masked ball which seems to have one too many guests, these ghost stories of supernatural terror are guaranteed to make you shiver, thrill and look under the bed tonight.
This book contains an introductory page exclusively about the author, his brief life sketch, notable works and achievements along with word meanings of difficult words on each page marked and highlighted in the text for the students' convenience and easy understanding of the story.
Arisu Suzuki erbt eine Pension auf Hokkaido, wo sie nicht nur ihre Albträume und ihre verlorene Vergangenheit ergründen kann, sondern auch in eine Welt voller übernatürlicher Wesen gezogen wird.
,,In meinem Buch geht es um vieles, mal um eine alte Freundschaft die zerstört wurde wegen Gier und Geiz oder mal um eine Oktopus Königin die nur drauf wartet das du kommst .
Los Otis, una familia norteamericana de clase alta, compran el viejo castillo de Canterville con la advertencia de que desde hace siglos está habitado por el fantasma de Lord Simon Canterville, un anciano amargado que mató a su esposa y que desapareció de forma misteriosa.
Geppetto –un carpintero trasgresor y amante del punk que anda en la inmunda– tiene la loca idea de fabricar un títere con el cual hacer presentaciones en las plazas públicas para volverse millonario.
Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murdererSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance.
Bernard Capes was celebrated as one of the most prolific authors of the late Victorian period, producing dozens of short stories, articles, and more than forty novels across multiple genres, culminating in the first original crime novel published by Collins, The Skeleton Key.
We return for another selection of 25 ghost stories in the classic tradition -- chosen from the vast storehouse of history's fiction for your personal delectation.
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.
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.
