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Collected Ghost Stories by M. R. James
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Category: Classics | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. As well as the preface, there is a fascinating tail-piece by M.R ...Show more
Dracula and Dracula's Guest by BRAM STOKER
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of th ...Show more
Ghost Stories of Henry James by Henry James
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Category: Classics | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Scofield, University of Kent at Canterbury. Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous and the darker ...Show more
Haunted Hotel and Other Stories by Wilkie Collins
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Edited and with an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. ‘Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror?’ This is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The star attraction is the novella The Haunted Hotel, a cleve ...Show more
Haunter of the Dark: Volume 3 by H. P. LOVECRAFT
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott. 'They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single file; led by a stalking thing with a beautiful head made of wax.' From the dark, mind-expanding ...Show more
In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
A grey cloud formed on the summit of the altar, diminishing, thickening and turning into a Shape, a shape of evil and fear. The silent group by the fire once more broke forth into wild gesticulations and cries, Stella prostrated herself, the Form on the altar grew clearer and with a cry of horror Mr Fow ...Show more
Lurking Fear: Volume 4 by H. P. LOVECRAFT
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
'The thing came abruptly and unannounced; a demon, rat-like, scurrying from pits remote and unimaginable, a hellish panting and stifled grunting, and then from that opening beneath the chimney a burst of multitudinous and leprous life - a loathsome night-spawned flood of organic corruption more devastat ...Show more
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson by E. F. Benson
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Category: Classics | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
'His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed, and the face was a mask of agonised horror and fruitless entreaty. But the eyes were already glazed in death, and before Francis could reach the bed the body had toppled over and lay inert and lifeless. Even as he looked, he heard a limping ...Show more
Phantom of the Opera by LEROUX Gaston
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
'...the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death's-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as if I were face to face with Satan...' Erik, the Phantom of the Paris Opera House, is one of the great icons of horror literature. This tormented and disfigured creature has ...Show more
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by EDGAR ALLEN POE
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Category: Classics | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Premature Burial' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', all of Poe's Auguste ...Show more
The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
With an Introduction by Kathryn White. 'He saw her wounded, and bleeding to death; saw her ashy countenance, and her wasting eyes ...turned piteously on himself, as if imploring him to save her from the fate that was dragging her to the grave...' Ann Radcliffe, author of The Romance of the Forest and ...Show more
The Monk by Matthew Lewis
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Category: CLA | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Prepare to be shocked. This novel, written in 1796, is a Gothic festival of sex, magic and ghastly, ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is remarkably modern in style and tells a breathless tale of temptation, imprisonment and betrayal. Matthew Lewis recounts the downfall of Ambrosio, th ...Show more