Classic horror and ghost stories

Just after the Bay of Pigs, America is still in a time of national innocence before the murder in Dallas and the horrors of Viet Nam.

Based upon true events, She Wouldn't Go!

Discover the classic Gothic horror novel of haunted cellars, opera, murder and unrequited love that inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running west end hit.

Discover this selection of the best of Dickens' Christmas stories and writings in one beautiful gift edition.

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYWH Auden, Nancy Mitford and Noel Coward were among his fans.

Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt this selection of superbly spooky tales selected and introduced by Ruth Rendell.

In the shadow of the Salem Witch Trials, a long-dead covenant demands a living soul.

A deserted house.

A man tormented from youth by his uncanny double: a rival who shares his face, his movements, and his life's path, yet possesses a vastly superior moral code.

Before Dracula, before Lestat, there was Lord Ruthven: the true original of the modern vampire.

In a dark twist on the Faustian legend, a cursed wanderer bargains for souls across centuries.

From the inventive mind of Ethel Lina White, a celebrated British author whose thrillers became foundational works for classic cinema (including The Lady Vanishes), comes a chilling tale where domestic life is poisoned by paranoia.

Generations of scandal and whispered lycanthropy culminate on a desolate moor.

What if the price of true beauty was the surrender of your very soul?

The original 1846 "e;penny dreadful"e; that launched a timeless legend.

Beneath the tranquil surface of the water, a force of nature awaits, a challenge that goes beyond sport and enters the realm of obsession.

Music When Soft Voices Die is a signature work of post-war Gothic horror, originally published in Cross' landmark collection, The Other Passenger (1944).

What is the worst misery a soul can endure?

Deep in the remote, forgotten corner of the world, a brave explorer stumbles upon a hidden civilization and the most dangerous secret it holds: a mysterious, stunning woman who has been raised by the wolves.

The Red Lodge follows a man who, against stern local warnings, takes up residence in the isolated country house of the title.

An anonymous narrator becomes enraptured by the beautiful and immensely intellectual Ligeia.

From the legacy of the writer who helped define the golden age of cinematic terror, Garrett Fort (screenwriter for the iconic 1931 Frankenstein film), comes this powerful and definitive stage version of Mary Shelley's masterwork.

In a sublime valley hidden from the world, a community of zealots trains for a singular, chilling purpose: assassination.

Freaks; Or Spurs pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of a traveling European circus, a place of wonder and unspoken bonds.

A young baronet hosts guests at an ancestral castle where a fateful chamber hides tragic secrets, spectral unrest, and tests of love and loyalty.

"e;The Gothic Quest - A History of the Gothic Novel"e; is a 1938 treatise by Montague Summers on the subject of the Gothic novel, looking at its origins, evolution, and role in contemporary literature.

You will, I know, permit me to address you these essays which are more the product of your erudition than of my enthusiasm.

The Haunted and the Haunters (also known as The House and the Brain) features a wealthy, rational-minded narrator who, armed with scientific instruments and skeptical determination, volunteers to spend a night alone in a notoriously and violently haunted London house.

This volume contains three novels by English novelist Thomas Love Peacock, including "e;Headlong Hall"e;, "e;Nightmare Abbey"e;, and "e;Crotchet Castle"e;.

This vintage book contains John Meade Falkner's 1895 novella, "e;The Lost Stradivarius"e;.

The Call of Cthulhu is H.

It was a colour that had no place on Earth.

Everything that terrifies, from a ghostly touch to a Devil's pact, is gathered within these pages.

Showcasing the literary prowess of the Victorian era's women writers, this collection of short stories features haunting works of gothic horror in a celebration of the macabre.

The darkness of the Victorian age was not only Gothic, it was powerfully, terrifyingly female.

Against the boundless, dark ocean, the only certainty is dread.

Beyond Tiny Tim and Oliver Twist: Discover the Dark Imagination of the Victorian Era's Greatest Storyteller.

Against the howling gale, a spectral ship sails for eternity, bearing the ultimate curse.

This haunting anthology is an enthralling collection of chilling tales infused with Edith Wharton's masterful exploration of human psychology and the hidden recesses of the human heart.

The Devil has occupied a unique and unrivalled position in art, literature and the mind of humankind.

In the Caribbean heat and the American deep South, the dead are restless.

The Devil has occupied a unique and unrivalled position in art, literature and the mind of humankind.

This collection features some of Robert Louis Stevenson's most disturbed tales, including the prolific gothic thriller The Strange Case of Dr.

The fog over the Liffey holds more than just secrets.

Step into the shadows of the 19th and early 20th centuries, where every mystery hides a horror.

Meet Edogawa Rampo, the undisputed master of Japanese suspense, psychological terror, and the grotesque widely known as "e;The Edgar Allan Poe of Japan.

Where the sea whispers secrets and ancient horrors never die.

This rare venture into the supernatural by the master of realism, George Eliot, is a devastating psychological horror story that asks: What is the true price of seeing too clearly?

From the mind of Edgar Wallace, the legendary English author known as the master of the classic thriller and fast-paced crime fiction, comes a mystery where the supernatural clashes with cold-blooded logic.

A young man inherits a peculiar family trait: a series of psychic visions that bind his life to the past.