Set in the bohemian caf society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley.
A mysterious attack on Margaret Trelawney s father brings young lawyer Malcolm Ross into the Egyptologist s bizarre home, and the couple soon find they are battling ancient forces greater than they previously could have imagined.
This haunting and unsettling tale delves into the life of little Elsie, a neglected and unwanted orphan, who exists beneath the shadow of her perpetual loneliness.
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.
In the Lovecraftian universe there exists many terrible and horrifying things, from extraterrestrial gods and ancient secrets to zealous cults, supernatural beasts and beyond.
The centuries-old murder of a dark wizard resulted in a vow of revenge upon all the descendants of those responsible, condemning them to death at the age of 32.
When a student goes missing, one of their teachers realises that it could have something to do with an item in their possession: an antique mirror from the 1600s with a dark past and dangerous power.
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.
When a dead body is discovered in the Orange Hotel, the only clues to their demise are a journal, a strange dead fly floating in a bottle of ammonia, and mysterious symbols written in ink on the ceiling of the room.
This chilling tale is shrouded in the eerie atmosphere of classic ghost stories as two men unravel the mysteries of an abandoned barn with a macabre past.
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.
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.
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.
After spending more time than he can remember on his own inside a castle, an enigmatic man resolves to finally escape and seek human contact and daylight, both of which he has never experienced before.
