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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, is the father of crime fiction. 'The Adventure of the Illustrious Client' – first published in 1927 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes – is one of his most underrated tales. Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire stories,...

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1885. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school,...

Jack Quinlan, an American writer, travels to a small village in the remote western part of Ireland to research a book on the Irish Famine. The quiet, picturesque village seems just the place to spend a few months writing, but beneath its placid exterior lurk dark secrets. Why do the locals behave...

Hark! Horror Fans! If you are new to Billy Wells Horror, this book would be a perfect choice to begin enjoying my style of horror. Included are some of my best selections from six of my collections. Since seven of my best stories have a title that begins with Something in the …., a...

John Keir Cross was a popular mystery author of the mid-20th century. Originally published in The Other Passenger: Eighteen Strange Stories, 'Music When Soft Voices Die' is one of his best-regarded tales. Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,...

Sailors kill a 50-foot creature at sea after a lengthy battle. The creature bears strange anatomical irregularities such as a single large eye and rudimentary forelegs and six-toed feet in place of pectoral fins. After inspection by marine biologists, it is revealed to be just a juvenile. The captain...

“Crooken Sands” is a 1894 short story by master horror writer Bram Stoker. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847 – 1912) was an Irish author most famous for his 1897 Gothic novel “Dracula”, a seminal book that continues to influence the vampire genre in print and film to this day. Other...

This is edition presents to you Edgar Allan Poe's greatest gothic & horror stories. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning. Metzengerstein The Assignation...

Though best-remembered as the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs was prolific across genres and characters. His 1937 tale 'The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw' features a 50,000-year-old caveman's consternation when faced with modern life. Many of the best science fiction stories, particularly those...

The Thing under the bed sleeps peacefully since listening to you read the other horror stories, but the Creature in the closet was a little upset that he did not get to hear any of them. Have no fear, Winslow Swan has cultivated a dozen stories to read to that pitiful creature dwelling somewhere among...

The author's ultimate collection. Experience some of John Grover's best horror and dark fantasy fiction. This book collects twenty previously published short stories that have appeared in magazines such as Flesh and Blood magazine, horror anthologies such as Epitaphs, the New England Horror Writers...

One of the best and most complete works to be published on the fascinating genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. An expedition from Earth to Mars discovers a deserted city, the remains of an advanced civilization that died out 50,000 years ago. The human scientists recover books and...

Buy five short stories for the price of three! A variety pack of short stories from S. E. Lee spanning a range of moods and genres from horror, literary fiction, to science fiction and the supernatural.   ONE LAST LOOK - Johnny has a paranoid freak for a dad. While other kids play video games,...

A man rises out of an abyss of frustration and rage and creates works of art out of destruction, goddesses out of mere dental hygienists and beauty out of death. It’s also about the sickness and obsession that is LOVE. Enter into Michael’s world through the pages of his personal journal,...