A man becomes embroiled in the past, due to his fascination with the history of his wizard ancestor, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor's Qabalistic and alchemical feats, eventually resurrecting him.
The modern world has been stripped of imagination and belief in magic when a man gazing from his window upon the stars comes to observe secret vistas unsuspected by normal humanity.
Professor William Dyer of the the Miskatonic University knew that the antarctic was a forlorn, dangerous place, but nothing could have prepared him and his expediting for what they would find in the Mountains of Madness.
The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade relates the story of four wealthy men who enslave 24 mostly teenaged victims and sexually torture them while listening to stories told by old prostitutes.
Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wording and economy of style.
24 Award-Winning Authors and IllustratorsAccompanied by Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Jerry Pournelle, Ciruelo and Echo Chernik and Edited by David FarlandYour search for something new and different in sci-fi and fantasy ends here.
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.
From the legendary mind of Bram Stoker, the undisputed master of Gothic fiction and creator of the immortal Dracula, comes a definitive collection of his most chilling short stories.
A classic masterpiece of gothic horror fiction, Bram Stoker's Dracula is a chilling tale of disturbing events, dark desires, and the harrowing world of vampires.
First published in 1905, "e;The Man"e; is a Victorian Gothic novel by seminal horror writer Bram Stoker that has also been published under the title: "e;The Gates of Life"e;.
Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is an enduring masterpiece of gothic horror, exploring the corruption of humanity, our desire to sin, and the extremes vanity will lead us to.
One of America's greatest gothic tales, this Halloween classic takes place in a small New York town on the edge of the forest where whispers of a horrifying ghost are slipping from one person to the next.
A Fragment of Life is a quietly subversive and deeply evocative novella by Arthur Machen, contrasting the drab, soul-crushing routine of modern London life with the profound, mystical truth of the natural world.
This compelling fable tells the story of a figure who possesses a haunting power: the ability to build and shape shadows, sorrowful things that begin to take on a life of their own.
