Classic horror and ghost stories

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific writer across short stories, novels and plays.

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific writer across short stories, novels and plays.

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific writer across short stories, novels and plays.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror.

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'.

'A dark gothic delight' JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODE'Inventive, lavish, twisty.

From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the otherworldly in this unforgettable collection of new ghost stories from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.

The Christmas season is one of comfort and joy, sparkling lights and steam rising from cups of mulled wine at frosty carol services.

United by a perfect chilling atmosphere and graceful literary style, these ghostly stories range from the horror of vampires, homicidal ghosts and monstrous spectral worms and slugs (appearing in the classic "e;Negotium Perambulans"e; and "e;And No Bird Sings"e;) to the satire of humorous tales that poke fun at charlatan mediums and fake seances ("e;Spinach"e; and "e;Mr Tilly's Seance"e;).

No book since Mrs Shelley's Frankenstein, or indeed any other at all has come near yours in originality, or terror - Poe is nowhere.

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 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.

Things at the beautiful, historic Granger-Teague home are quite pleasant.

JM Whitney resides in Massachusetts in an area where there are many large older estates.

Henry James's 'masterpiece of the supernational,' in this beautifully designed classic editionWidely recognized as one of literature's most gripping horror stories, The Turn of the Screw is a classic tale of moral degradation.

This story is centered on the seventh century and is based primarily in Scotland.

When a self-loathing Gay man-Jack, meets elegant yet incredibly mysterious Laurent Richelieu, he thinks his stroke of bad luck with men and women has come to an end.

Seth is a nice young man that stays out of trouble.

For her sixth novel, Award Winning Author Jenna Lindsey turns her attention to a murder mystery and skillfully blends magic, romance and humor in a beautiful, whimsical fantasy.

As hard as Simon Donovan tries to reinvent himself as a charter schooner captain, he found that he can't run from the ghosts of his past.

These stories and poems come from the mind of one of the earliest masters of macabre literature.

This historically significant novel of love and betrayal led to a renewed interest in preserving the grand architecture of Paris.

It is very rare for a writer through reading and reminiscences through papers of stories and recalling things that happened in childhood.

Semper Fi with a Side of Donuts or Bacon is a hybrid of fact and fiction.

In an old church on a cold autumn afternoon, a young woman is making a brass rubbing.

From the creator of Sherlock Holmes, a coming-of-age combination of detective fiction and thrilling adventure.

An old manuscript unleashes the great priest Cthulhu from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, for him to rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.

'The Mysterious Island' tells the exciting story of five Americans stranded on an uncharted island in the South Pacific.

Once in a long time a man is fished out when it is just too late, and dies in the boat before you can get him aboard, and-well, I don't know that I ever told that story since it happened-I knew a fellow who went over, and came back dead.

This Gothic novella tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla.

This novel is the story of Conrad, son of Manfred of the house of Otranto.

In a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, an extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with Abraham Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel.

Here is the original Christmas classic that is often credited with returning the true spirit of Christmas to the holiday.

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.

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 expedition for what they would find in the Mountains of Madness.

The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W.

The Yellow Wallpaper is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the nineteenth century toward women's physical and mental health.

Edward Prendick finds himself adrift at sea, a lone survivor of a ship wreck.

In a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, an extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with Abraham Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel.

Mysterious things begin happening to a young advertising man after visiting The Haunted Bookshop.

Jonathan Harker has business in Transylvania with the mysterious Count Dracula.

Courval has asked Florville to marry him.

Justine was an early work of the Marquis de Sade, written while imprisoned in the Bastille.

It was a dark and stormy night.