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Phantom of the Opera by LEROUX Gaston
Category: No Category | 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
Scottish Ghost Stories by Rosemary Gray
Category: No Category | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Scotland has a notoriously rich and diverse cultural tradition when it comes to the supernatural. Many of her greatest writers from Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg to Robert Louis Stevenson and John Buchan have explored the country's unique folkloric heritage to spine-chilling effect. From Highlands to ...Show more
Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer
Category: No Category | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
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 Pearls - the original tale of Sweeney Todd, a classic of British horror - was first publish ...Show more
Tales of Mystery and the Macabre by GASKELL Elizabeth
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
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 pioneering social novels such as Mary Barton (1848) but ...Show more
The Castle of Otranto /nightmare Abbey/Vathek by Horace Walpole
Category: Horror | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
The Gothic novel, featuring dark tales of tragedy, romance, revenge, torture and ancient villainies, tinged with horror and the supernatural, became the vogue in the late eighteen and early nineteenth centuries. This unique collection presents the best and the most diverse of this fascinating genre. In ...Show more
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Elizabeth Wharton; Edith Wharton
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
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. W ...Show more
The King in Yellow by R.W. CHAMBERS
Category: Horror | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask. I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world ...Show more
Whisperer in Darkness: Volume 1 by H. P. LOVECRAFT
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
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 more, ...Show more