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King in Yellow
Av Robert W. Chambers, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2010
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
76 kr
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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'.With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic …
Wendigo and Other Weird Tales
Häftad, 2025
74 kr
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Selected and introduced by Stephen Carver‘The beauty of the scene was strangely uplifting. Yet, ever at the back of his thoughts, lay that other aspect of the wilderness: the indifference to human life, the merciless spirit of desolation which took no note of man.’ – The Wendigo‘Of the quality of …
Horror in the Museum
Collected Short Stories Volume Two
Av H.P. Lovecraft, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2010
76 kr
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With an Introduction by M.J. Elliott.‘My eyes, perversely shaken open, gazed for an instant upon a sight which no human creature could even imagine without panic, fear and physical exhaustion…’A wax museum in London boasts a new exhibit, which no man has seen and remained sane… A businessman is …
Man-Size in Marble and Other Grim Tales
Av E Nesbit
Häftad, 2025
72 kr
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Selected and introduced by Stephen Carver The draped effigy just behind him worried him again. He had been trying, at the back of his mind, behind the other thoughts, to strangle the thought of it. But it was there—very close to him. Suppose it put out its hand, its wax hand, and touched him. But …
Phantom of the Opera
Häftad, 2008
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
74 kr
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Based on the translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.‘… 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 …
Tales of Mystery & the Macabre
Av Elizabeth Gaskell, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2008
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
74 kr
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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.'In the great mirror opposite I saw myself, and right behind, another wicked fearful self, so like me my soul seemed to quiver within me, as though not knowing to which similitude of body it belonged'.Elizabeth Gaskell is better known today for her …
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
Av E.F. Benson, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
74 kr
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‘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 …
Between Two Worlds
The Weird Tales of Arthur Machen
Av Arthur Machen, Stephen Carver
Häftad, 2024
72 kr
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Selected and introduced by Stephen Carver'Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal the versatile Arthur Machen.’ – H.P. Lovecraft.There upon the floor was a dark and putrid mass, seething with corruption and hideous rottenness, neither liquid …
Frankenstein
Av Mary Shelley
Häftad, 2026
74 kr
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Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would ‘curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.’ The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. …
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Av Edgar Allan Poe, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2008
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
72 kr
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With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.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 …
Ghosts of Bly Manor
Ghost Stories of Henry James
Av Henry James, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2008
76 kr
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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 …
In A Glass Darkly
Häftad, 2007
74 kr
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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. In a Glass Darkly (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the …
Collected Ghost Stories
Av M.R. James, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2007
72 kr
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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 …
Jack the Ripper
The Whitechapel Murderer
Av Terry Lynch, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2008
76 kr
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Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, The Whitechapel Murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. They never succeeded in apprehending him, and to this day the mystery of his identity remains an …
Of The Night
20 Gothic Stories
Av David Blair
Häftad, 2002
74 kr
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Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury.Late in the eighteenth century authors began to write ‘Gothic’ stories as a way of putting literature back in touch with the irrational, the supernatural and the bizarre, which had been neglected in …
Woman in White
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
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With an Introduction and Notes by Scott Brewster, University of Central Lancashire.Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is his first excursion into the genre. When the hero, Walter Hartright, on a moonlit night in north London, encounters a solitary, terrified and beautiful …
Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Av Edith Wharton, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
74 kr
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Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies.Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. …
Haunted Hotel & Other Stories
Av Wilkie Collins, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2006
74 kr
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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 …
Whisperer in Darkness
Collected Stories Volume One
Häftad, 2007
74 kr
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Selected and Introduced by M.J. Elliott.That is not dead that can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once …
Dracula & Dracula's Guest
Av Bram Stoker, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2009
74 kr
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Dracula: Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University.'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, …
Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls
Av James Malcolm Rymer, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2010
72 kr
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Fully revised Second Edition. With a new Introduction and Bibliography by Dick Collins.The exploits of Sweeney Todd, ‘The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, have been recounted many times in plays, films and musicals, but the origins of the character largely were forgotten for many years. The String of …
Haunter of the Dark
Collected Short Stories Volume Three
Av H.P. Lovecraft, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2011
74 kr
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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 …
Lurking Fear: Collected Short Stories Volume Four
Av Howard Phillips Lovecraft, David Stuart Davies
Häftad, 2013
74 kr
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‘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 …
Drug and Other Stories
Second Edition
Av Aleister Crowley, William Breeze
Häftad, 2015
64 kr
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This revised and expanded second edition brings together the uncollected short fiction of the poet, writer and religious philosopher Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). Of the fifty-four stories in the present volume, only thirty-five were published in his lifetime. Most of the rest appear in this …
Carmilla And Other Pleasing Terrors
Häftad, 2026
74 kr
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Selected and Introduced by Dr Stephen Carver.‘Sometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed itself. My heart beat faster, my breathing rose and fell rapidly and full drawn; a sobbing, that rose into a sense …
Classic Edwardian and Victorian Ghost Stories
Häftad, 2008
74 kr
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This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings.Some of …
