Supernatural Short Stories

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787552425

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Supernatural Horror Short Stories by Anonim Pdf

New Authors and collections. Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime & Mystery this latest title crawls with the dark fingers of terror, the chilling sensation of another presence sitting alongside you while you read the tales of horror laid out before you. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new writing, with authors from the US, Canada, and the UK. Classic authors include: E.F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, Wilkie Collins, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hanns Heinz Ewers, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Elizabeth Gaskell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, Edith Nesbit, Fitz-James O'Brien, Edgar Allan Poe, John Polidori, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Edward Lucas White.

Author : Bram Stoker,Arthur Machen,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Guy de Maupassant,Ambrose Bierce,Edward Frederic Benson,Montague Rhodes James,Sheridan Le Fanu,Francis Marion Crawford,M. P. Shiel,Clifford Ball,William H. G. Kingston,John William Polidori
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788881791

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Supernatural Short Stories by Bram Stoker,Arthur Machen,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Guy de Maupassant,Ambrose Bierce,Edward Frederic Benson,Montague Rhodes James,Sheridan Le Fanu,Francis Marion Crawford,M. P. Shiel,Clifford Ball,William H. G. Kingston,John William Polidori Pdf

Legends of vampires, werewolves, and unruly spirits have been a feature of European folklore for centuries. The authors whose work is collected together in this volume range from early Gothic writers to modern pulp enthusiasts. English writers like John William Polidori (1795-1821), the physician who wrote The Vampyre, and William H. G. Kingston (1814-1880), were pioneers of supernatural fiction, while others chose to master the ghost story. E. F. Benson was a part time archaeologist and M. R. James, a medieval historian at King's College, Cambridge. James would read his ghost stories aloud to his friends and students at Christmas-time. With good reason, he has been described as 'the best ghost-story writer England has ever produced.' Classic literary writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Guy de Maupassant found an outlet for their imagination in their terrifying tales, and later writers like Clifford Ball and M. P. Shiel established supernatural fiction in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century. Together, these stories demonstrate a stunning mastery of atmosphere and show an unmatched ability to terrify readers to this day. This collection features several of the leading purveyors of supernatural horror. Authors include: Clifford Ball E. F. Benson Ambrose Bierce Francis Marion Crawford Charlotte Perkins Gilman M. R. James William H. G. Kingston Arthur Machen Guy de Maupassant John William Polidori M. P. Shiel Bram Stoker

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Oneworld Classics
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0714543330

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The Supernatural Short Stories of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens Pdf

Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them together in one volume, providing an invaluable insight into the author’s storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. As well as offering a further dimension to the world of his better-known masterpieces, these tales—from "A Madman’s Manuscript" to "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton" to the celebrated "The Signalman"—illustrate Dickens’s well-known love of a spooky story told around a blazing fire, the pastime of a bygone age to be rediscovered for our own delight.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Flame Tree Collections
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1839641932

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Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories by Charles Dickens Pdf

Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his longer works, and others that originally featured in magazines, including ‘The Bagman’s Story’, ‘The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber’ and ‘To Be Read at Dusk’, among others. They are all fantastically gripping stories from one of the greatest writers of all-time. Essential collaborations with his acolytes Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell are also included.

Author : S. T. Joshi,Guillermo del Toro
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101662755

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American Supernatural Tales by S. T. Joshi,Guillermo del Toro Pdf

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro American Supernatural Tales is the ultimate collection of weird and frightening American short fiction. As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. The book celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and—of course—Stephen King. This volumes also includes "The Yellow Sign," the most horrific story from The King in Yellow, the classic horror collection by Robert W. Chambers featured on HBO's hit TV series True Detective. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good collection of stories. Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ray Russell’s short story “Sardonicus,” considered by Stephen King to be “perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written,” to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.

Author : Victoria Margree
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030271428

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British Women’s Short Supernatural Fiction, 1860–1930 by Victoria Margree Pdf

This book explores women’s short supernatural fiction between the emergence of first wave feminism and the post-suffrage period, arguing that while literary ghosts enabled an interrogation of women’s changing circumstances, ghosts could have both subversive and conservative implications. Haunted house narratives by Charlotte Riddell and Margaret Oliphant become troubled by uncanny reminders of the origins of middle-class wealth in domestic and foreign exploitation. Corpse-like revenants are deployed in Female Gothic tales by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Edith Nesbit to interrogate masculine aestheticisation of female death. In the culturally-hybrid supernaturalism of Alice Perrin, the ‘Marriage Question’ migrates to colonial India, and psychoanalytically-informed stories by May Sinclair, Eleanor Scott and Violet Hunt explore just how far gender relations have really progressed in the post-First World War period. Study of the woman’s short story productively problematises literary histories about the “golden age” of the ghost story, and about the transition from Victorianism to modernism.

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Calder Publications Limited
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : English fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106001951109

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The Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott Pdf

Author : William Sansom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015002757386

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The Vertical Ladder by William Sansom Pdf

Author : Bill Bowers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781599216942

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Classic Ghost Stories by Bill Bowers Pdf

Even now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, when science has largely replaced superstition as our way of viewing the world, who among us does not hesitate, however briefly, before entering a darkened room? Who does not feel an involuntary shiver at the sound of footfalls somewhere back there? Who does not wonder, even fleetingly, if the spirits of the dead might still wander the earth? Who does not feel a jolt of primal fear at things that go bump in the night? For all these reasons and more, stories of ghosts, unexplained happenings, and the supernatural remain among the most popular and enduring tales in all of world literature. Now The Lyons Press presents CLASSIC GHOST STORIES, a chilling collection of some of the very best tales of mystery and imagination ever penned, by some of the finest writers the world has ever produced. So curl up in a comfortable chair, turn on a few more lights to chase away the shadows, and prepare to be scared silly. These are delightfully creepy tales that have stood the test of time, from such stellar authors as: Ambrose Bierce Edgar Allan Poe Edith Wharton E.F. Benson Guy de Maupassant William Fryer Harvey Charles Dickens Amelia B. Edwards M.R. James Algernon Blackwood Rudyard Kipling Edward Bulwer-Lytton Mary E. Wilkins ...and many more

Author : Arthur Machen
Publisher : Sirius Entertainment
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1788285433

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Supernatural Short Stories by Arthur Machen Pdf

In this collection, werewolves, vampires and ghosts stalktheir victims through the nights. Incorporating elements from both horror and fantasy, these supernatural stories are terrifying tales filled with extraordinarily imaginative creations. Often difficult to distinguish between the real villains of the world and the hallucinations of the fragile psyche, these stories will both disturb and enthral readers. These terrifying tales by the masters of supernatural horror are sure to keep you awake at night.

Author : Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)
Publisher : Flame Tree Collections
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1839648821

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Asian Ghost Short Stories by Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science) Pdf

Another deluxe edition of new writing and neglected perspectives. Asian ghosts, from India to China, Japan to Thailand, Korea to the Philippines, can be both terrifying and comforting. Underpinned by strong cultural beliefs in the cycles of life and ancestor worship, the nature of Asian spirits differs from that of their counterparts in other areas of the world. The possibility is more instinctually accepted that ghosts remain with us, as part of the world, whether we can see them or not. In Saigon The Daughter of Hui Bi Hua roams the corridors of the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Art, in Japan the Kappa displays an insatiable appetite for cucumbers, in Indonesia the Kuntilanak is a wicked spirit, feared by all, and in Thailand the Preta is a disgusting, hungry ghost. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Author : Alex G. Paman
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462900916

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Filipino Ghost Stories by Alex G. Paman Pdf

Spine-tingling tales of supernatural encounters and hauntings. Ghost stories are commonplace in traditional Filipino culture. Whether they take place at a relative's funeral or a hacienda located deep in a remote province, virtually all families have their own personal accounts of their encounters with the supernatural. Passed on from generation to generation, these tales act as a bridge to the past, to a time lost or nearly forgotten. To write this book of ghostly encounters with all manner of things eerie and terrifying in the Philippines, the author collected creepy tales that have been told in his family for generations. Covering ghostly encounters in bustling cities and in remote towns—and even a short section of hauntings on American soil—Filipino Ghost Stories offers good, old-fashioned scary stories perfect to share around the campfire or under the blankets with a flashlight. Like secret food recipes, traditional ghost stories in the Philippines are valuable personal heirlooms, something to be passed forward to future generations. This book delivers terrific entertainment—and some good spine tingling chills—for those interested in the Philippines and aficionados of the supernatural alike. Filipino ghost stories include: Great Balls of Fire Caught in the Wake Family Ties that Bind Just Outside the Door Pitch Black Only the Wind A Brush with the Unknown Hide and Shriek

Author : Brian Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1411642961

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40 Short Stories of Horror and the Supernatural by Brian Wright Pdf

A collection of horror and supernatural short stories

Author : Patricia McKissack
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780679818632

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The Dark-Thirty by Patricia McKissack Pdf

With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original, spine-tingling tales inspired by African American history and the mystery of that eerie half hour before nightfall—the dark-thirty.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 152273869X

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The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens Pdf

A Charles Dickens short story that was actually the inspiration for "A Christmas Carol." In this story, a gravedigger that hates Christmas gets kidnapped by goblins while digging a grave and then they help him get into the Christmas spirit. The beginning of this version has a biography of the author.