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Horror in the Museum: Volume 2 by H. P. LOVECRAFT
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
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 tr ...Show more
In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote
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Category: Fiction | 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
In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
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 caseboo ...Show more
Irish Ghost Stories by Rosemary Gray
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Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Irish-born playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett, one of the most individual voices of post-war literature, famously said: 'Personally, I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must.' In a similarly phlegmatic sp ...Show more
Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murderer by Terry Lynch
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Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural
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 enigma. But ...Show more
Lurking Fear: Volume 4 by H. P. LOVECRAFT
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Category: Fiction | 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
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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Category: Art & Music | Series: Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural Ser.
In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in The Dublin University Magazine and other ...Show more
Night Shivers: The Ghost Stories of Mrs J.H. Ridell by Mrs. J. H. Riddell
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Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
'Moving, his candle was instantly extinguished, and in the very moment of being left in the darkness he saw, standing in the doorway, a woman, resembling her who had haunted his dream overnight. He rushed with outstretched hands to seize her, but clutched only air.' Night Shivers presents a treasure tro ...Show more
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson by E. F. Benson
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Category: Fiction | 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
Not Exactly Ghosts & Fires Burn Blue by Sir Andrew Caldecott
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Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Here together for the first time in one volume are the twenty five spooky stories created by Sir Andrew Caldecott in two collections the 1940s: "Not Exactly Ghosts" and "Fires Burn Blue". Caldecott, who only turned to fiction after retiring from the civil service, allowed his lifelong fascination with t ...Show more
Oriental Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
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Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
' - and the man saw that she had no eyes or nose or mouth - and he screamed.' Lafcadio Hearn's fascinating and unsettling ghost stories are a reinterpretation of oriental legends, and folktales. They are a potent blend of weird beauty and horror. Hearn, who referred to his narratives as 'stories and stu ...Show more
Phantom of the Opera by LEROUX Gaston
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Category: Fiction | 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