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'Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men. A time will come - but I must not and cannot think!' H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in Weird Tales and has since become the key figure in the slippery genre of 'weird fiction'. Lovecraft developed an extraordinary vision of feeble men driven to the edge of sanity by glimpses of malign beings that have survived from human prehistory or by malevolent extra-terrestrial visitations. The ornate language of his stories builds towards grotesque moments of revelation, quite unlike any other writer. This new selection brings together nine of his classic tales, focusing on the 'Cthulhu Mythos', a cycle of stories that develops the mythology of the Old Ones, the monstrous creatures who predate human life on earth. It includes the Introduction from Lovecraft's critical essay, 'Supernatural Horror in Literature', in which he gave his own important definition of 'weird fiction'. In a fascinating contextual introduction, Roger Luckhurst gives Lovecraft the attention he deserves as a writer who used pulp fiction to explore a remarkable philosophy that shockingly dethrones the mastery of man.
Classic Horror Tales by Editors of Canterbury Classics Pdf
Curl up with this collection of classic scary stories from the masters of the genre. With dozens of stories of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, Classic Horror Tales is sure to keep readers on the edges of their seats. This collection of works by classic writers spans more than a century—from 19th-century trailblazers such as John William Polidori, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Washington Irving to 20th-century masters like Saki, Edith Wharton, and Franz Kafka. The fear of the unknown is a driving force in literature, and the horror genre surpasses all others in bringing this idea to the forefront of the reader's consciousness. A wide range of cultures and classes of society are represented in this volume, reminding us that dark forces lurk all around us—for even in broad daylight, a shadow exists somewhere.
The Classic Horror Collection by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf
Spanning the extraordinary breadth of the genre, these terrifying stories are sure to leave you sleeping with the light on for many nights to come. Whether the threat comes from accursed artefacts, supernatural villains, or deadly rituals, there is always some unknowable evil lurking around the corner waiting to pounce. Ranging from the efforts of classic literary writers like Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson to pulp icon H. P. Lovecraft, these masters of the dark arts knew how to create suspense and an impending sense of dread. Horror fiction found its first connoisseurs amongst the Victorian public. This collection features several of its most accomplished pioneers. Short stories from Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, show that some of the 19th century's most revered horror novelists could provide equally terrifying experiences in a shorter form. Other authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson, Pearl Norton Swet, and M. P. Shiel established themselves in the emerging pulp magazines of America in the early 20th century. There, they mastered their craft and provided terrifying thrills for an audience eager for a new type of fiction. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, writers like Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, E. F. Benson, and M. R. James mastered the classic ghost story. And who can forget Edgar Allan Poe? He devoted himself almost entirely to his poetry and his short stories, and his lyrical style and ability to evoke an atmosphere are unparalleled. includes stories by: Edward Frederic Benson Ambrose Bierce Francis Marion Crawford George Allan England William Hope Hodgson W. W. Jacobs M. R. James Vernon Lee Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu H. P. Lovecraft Arthur Machen Guy de Maupassant Edgar Allan Poe Charlotte Riddell Mary Shelley M. P. Shiel Robert Louis Stevenson Bram Stoker Pearl Norton Swet
The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849 by Edgar Allan Poe,Washington Irving,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Sir Walter Scott,Wilhelm Hauff,Joseph Sheridan le Fanu Pdf
Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the 19th century and this collection by Andrew Barger contains the very scariest of them all. Some stories thought too horrific were published anonymously like "A Night in a Haunted House" and "The Deaf and Dumb Girl." The later story is collected for the first time in any anthology since its original publication in 1839. The other ghost stories in this fine collection are by famous authors. "The Mask of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe; "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family," by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu; "The Spectral Ship," by Wilhelm Hauff; "The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet," by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Adventure of the German Student," and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving; as well as "The Tapestried Chamber," by Sir Walter Scott. As he has done with a number of other books, Andrew Barger has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds, annotations, author photos and a foreword titled "All Ghosts Are Gray." Buy the book today and be ready to be scared reading the best ghost stories of the first half of the 19th century.
M. R. James,E. F. Benson,Bierce Ambrose,Algernon Blackwood,Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Amelia Edwards,Nathanial Hawthorne,Edgar Allan. Poe,W. W. Jacobs,Rudyard Kipling,H. P. Lovecraft,Brander Matthews,Richard Middleton,Saki,Edith Warton
Author : M. R. James,E. F. Benson,Bierce Ambrose,Algernon Blackwood,Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Amelia Edwards,Nathanial Hawthorne,Edgar Allan. Poe,W. W. Jacobs,Rudyard Kipling,H. P. Lovecraft,Brander Matthews,Richard Middleton,Saki,Edith Warton Publisher : Warbler Classics Page : 0 pages File Size : 49,7 Mb Release : 2019-09-06 Category : Horror tales ISBN : 173402920X
Spectral Tales by M. R. James,E. F. Benson,Bierce Ambrose,Algernon Blackwood,Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Amelia Edwards,Nathanial Hawthorne,Edgar Allan. Poe,W. W. Jacobs,Rudyard Kipling,H. P. Lovecraft,Brander Matthews,Richard Middleton,Saki,Edith Warton Pdf
An inspired selection of ghost stories chosen for their literary style, psychological complexity, and enduring power to electrify both the imagination and the senses. Includes H. P. Lovecraft's essay, "On the Supernatural in Poetry."
Classic Tales of Mystery by Editors of Canterbury Classics Pdf
Eleven classic whodunits starring master sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown. A superstar lineup of detectives—including Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin, and Hercule Poirot—headlines this elegant leather-bound edition of classic mystery stories. Short stories such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and G. K. Chesterton’s “The Blue Cross” are ideal for a cozy evening by the fire, while novels like Agatha Christie’s The Murder on the Links and Jules Verne’s An Antarctic Mystery will keep you engrossed for days. The eleven works in this volume are preceded by a scholarly introduction that explores the origins of the genre, as well as the development of the modern mystery story and the contributions made by each author. Works Included Short stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe "The Adventure of the Creeping Man," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Blue Cross," G. K. Chesterton "The Coin of Dionysius," Ernest Bramah "The Anthropologist at Large," R. Austin Freeman "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell Novels: The Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers The Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan An Antarctic Mystery, Jules Verne Room 13, Edgar Wallace
In Providence, Rhode Island, a dangerous inmate disappears from a hospital for the insane. At Miskatonic University, a professor slumps into a five-year reverie. In a mysterious and vivid dreamworld, a melancholy man seeks the home of the gods. And in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, polar explorers unearth secrets that reveal a past almost beyond comprehension--and a future too terrible to imagine. Graphic novelist I.N.J. Culbard gives terrifying form to four classic tales by H.P. Lovecraft: "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," "At The Mountains of Madness," and "The Shadow Out of Time." Expertly adapted and beautifully drawn, Culbard's lean and thrilling adaptations breathe new life into four stories that helped to reinvent the horror genre.
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories by Various Pdf
A superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre; many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from the vintage era of the supernatural.
Collects twenty-nine classic nineteenth-century horror tales from American, Irish, British, and European authors, with author information and explanatory notes.
H. P. Lovecraft is a major writer of horror stories, in the genre of 'weird fiction'. This new edition brings together his core 'classic' fictions with a full contextual introduction, offering a balanced assessment of an influential cult author whose tales of metaphysical horror create a profound sense of dread and unease.
Wilhelm Hauff,Charles Dickens,Mark Twain,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Oscar Wilde,Robert Louis Stevenson,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,John Buchan,Louis Tracy,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Théophile Gautier,Arthur Conan Doyle,Algernon Blackwood,Thomas De Quincey,John Meade Falkner,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Daniel Defoe,John Kendrick Bangs,Cleveland Moffett,Rudyard Kipling,Ambrose Bierce,Frederick Marryat,Washington Irving,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Grant Allen,Arthur Machen,Wilkie Collins,Saki,William Makepeace Thackeray,Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer,Walter Hubbell,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Richard Marsh,Catherine Crowe,H. G. Wells,Robert W. Chambers,W. W. Jacobs,E. F. Benson,Jerome K. Jerome,M. R. James,E. T. A. Hoffmann,H. P. Lovecraft,Robert E. Howard,Edith Nesbit,Sabine Baring-Gould,Francis Marion Crawford,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Nikolai Gogol,Mary Shelley,Elizabeth Gaskell,Gertrude Atherton,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,Louisa M. Alcott,Amelia B. Edwards,Fitz-James O'Brien,Émile Erckmann,Alexandre Chatrian,Pedro De Alarçon,J. K. Huysmans
Author : Wilhelm Hauff,Charles Dickens,Mark Twain,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Oscar Wilde,Robert Louis Stevenson,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,John Buchan,Louis Tracy,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Théophile Gautier,Arthur Conan Doyle,Algernon Blackwood,Thomas De Quincey,John Meade Falkner,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Daniel Defoe,John Kendrick Bangs,Cleveland Moffett,Rudyard Kipling,Ambrose Bierce,Frederick Marryat,Washington Irving,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Grant Allen,Arthur Machen,Wilkie Collins,Saki,William Makepeace Thackeray,Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer,Walter Hubbell,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Richard Marsh,Catherine Crowe,H. G. Wells,Robert W. Chambers,W. W. Jacobs,E. F. Benson,Jerome K. Jerome,M. R. James,E. T. A. Hoffmann,H. P. Lovecraft,Robert E. Howard,Edith Nesbit,Sabine Baring-Gould,Francis Marion Crawford,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Nikolai Gogol,Mary Shelley,Elizabeth Gaskell,Gertrude Atherton,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,Louisa M. Alcott,Amelia B. Edwards,Fitz-James O'Brien,Émile Erckmann,Alexandre Chatrian,Pedro De Alarçon,J. K. Huysmans Publisher : Good Press Page : 14032 pages File Size : 47,7 Mb Release : 2023-12-14 Category : Fiction ISBN : EAN:8596547778059
Horror Classics: 560+ Titles in One Edition by Wilhelm Hauff,Charles Dickens,Mark Twain,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Oscar Wilde,Robert Louis Stevenson,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,John Buchan,Louis Tracy,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Théophile Gautier,Arthur Conan Doyle,Algernon Blackwood,Thomas De Quincey,John Meade Falkner,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Daniel Defoe,John Kendrick Bangs,Cleveland Moffett,Rudyard Kipling,Ambrose Bierce,Frederick Marryat,Washington Irving,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Grant Allen,Arthur Machen,Wilkie Collins,Saki,William Makepeace Thackeray,Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer,Walter Hubbell,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Richard Marsh,Catherine Crowe,H. G. Wells,Robert W. Chambers,W. W. Jacobs,E. F. Benson,Jerome K. Jerome,M. R. James,E. T. A. Hoffmann,H. P. Lovecraft,Robert E. Howard,Edith Nesbit,Sabine Baring-Gould,Francis Marion Crawford,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Nikolai Gogol,Mary Shelley,Elizabeth Gaskell,Gertrude Atherton,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,Louisa M. Alcott,Amelia B. Edwards,Fitz-James O'Brien,Émile Erckmann,Alexandre Chatrian,Pedro De Alarçon,J. K. Huysmans Pdf
Good Press presents to you the biggest collection of supernatural, macabre, horror and gothic classics: H. P. Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward At The Mountains of Madness The Colour out of Space The Whisperer in Darkness The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye... John William Polidori: The Vampyre Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat... Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental... Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars The Lair of the White Worm... Algernon Blackwood: The Willows A Haunted Island A Case of Eavesdropping Ancient Sorceries... Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie Bowen: Black Magic Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver Hatchet... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas... M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel The Devil's Spectacles E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night... Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Birth Mark The House of the Seven Gables... Ambrose Bierce: Can Such Things Be? Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror... William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement... Horace Walpole: The Castle of Otranto William Thomas Beckford: Vathek Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Monk Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Rudyard Kipling: The Phantom Rickshaw Guy de Maupassant: The Horla Jerome K. Jerome: Told After Supper...
In these pages you will discover what it is to dread the moment you must go to bed, in terror of visitations from unwelcome guests. What would you do if your candle was blown out by a gust of wind and the door to your cupboard began to squeak? Pull the covers over your face or confront your fears? Eerily vivid and yet never devoid of the bea...
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz Pdf
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE All of the Scary Stories books are now available in one hardcover! These stories are some of the most terrifying tales of horror, revenge, and supernatural events of all time, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and featuring the classic artwork by Stephen Gammell. This jacketed hardcover edition includes the complete original books in the series in one volume: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones