Horror And Fantasy imprint: 217 books

"The Shining Pyramid" is a 1895 short story by Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machan. When stones begin miraculously arranging themselves on the edge of one young man's private land, he and his friend begin trying to decipher them in any way possible. When they realise that it might be a...

“The Novel of the White Powder” is a short story by Welsh author Arthur Machan, first published in his novel “The Three Imposters” (1895). The story concerns a man whose behaviour alters dramatically as the result a change in his prescription. However, even though some of these changes are...

Edgar Wallace was a hugely successful author who over the course of his career produced some 173 books and seventeen plays. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence. First published in 1929, 'The...

H. R. Wakefield was one of the most popular ghost-story writers of the early 20th century. 'The Red Lodge' is arguably his greatest tale, and a classic of the haunted house genre. Many of the earliest ghost stories and tales of hauntings, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are...

Many of the earliest ghost stories and tales of hauntings, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Dion Fortune was one of the most influential British occultists. 'The Return of the Ritual', originally published in her 1926 collection The Secrets of Dr. Taverner, is one of her best-remembered tales. Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, is the father of crime fiction. 'The Sussex Vampire' – first published in 1927 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes – features a rare foray into vampire fiction from Doyle. Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire stories,...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, is the father of crime fiction. Published in 1886, 'John Barrington Cowles' is one of his most underrated tales. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the...

Bram Stoker is best known for his 1897 publication, Dracula. This work is an epistolary novel weaving hypnotism, magic, the supernatural, and other elements of Gothic fiction. It went on to sell over one million copies, and has never been out of print. 'The Chain of Destiny', originally published in 1875 as a serial in Irish magazine The Shamrock, is one of his best short works.

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,...

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,...

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...

Many of the earliest Irish ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A lesser-known figure of America's Lost Generation, Seabrook was a prolific traveller and author. 'Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields' is an excerpt from his 1929 book The Magic Island, a folklore-tinged travelogue about Haiti. Therefore, the stories he reproduces are midway between fact and fictionMany...