The Best Ghost Stories
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What is the fascination we feel for the mystery of the ghost story? Is it of the same nature as the fascination which we feel for the mystery of the detective story? Of the latter fascination, the late Paul Armstrong used to say that it was because we are all as full of crime as Sing Sing--only we don't dare. Thus, may I ask, are we not fascinated by the ghost story because, no matter what may be the scientific or skeptical bent of our minds, in our inmost souls, secretly perhaps, we are as full of superstition as an obeah man--only we don't let it loose?
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Various Authors |
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Castle of Terror
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This popular classic work by E.J. Liston is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of E.J. Liston then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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E.J. Liston |
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Dracula
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The world's best-known vampire story begins by following a naive young Englishman as he visits Transylvania to meet a client, the mysterious Count Dracula. Upon revealing his true nature, Dracula boards a ship for England, where chilling and gruesome disasters begin to befall the people of London.
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Frankenstein
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The novel begins on a ship sailing north of the Arctic Circle, where the captain spots a figure traveling across the ice on a dog sled. This is Victor Frankenstein's creature, and close behind is Dr. Frankenstein himself. Invited onto the boat, the weak and ill Doctor tells the story of his alchemical studies and eventual construction of a man from inanimate
matter.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
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Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreau's assistant he is taken to the doctor's island home where he discovers the doctor has been experimenting on the animal inhabitants of the island, creating bizarre proto-humans.
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Metamorphosis
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The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect-like creature.
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Tales of Terror & Mystery
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Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories in “Tales of Terror and Mystery”, a suppressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer terror. In others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to a horrific conclusion.
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The Were-Wolf
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In an isolated Scandanavian community, a strange woman appears, enchanting everyone, especially one of two twins, Sweyn. Only his brother, Christian is aware that White Fell is a werewolf. Christian's attempt to splash holy water on her hands fails. The little boy Rol and then the old woman Trella disappear. Both have kissed White Fell, and now his brother Sweyn has done so. To save his brother, Christian chases White Fell with a spear, hoping to catch her at midnight when she must take
wolf-form.
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Clemence Housman |
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The Beetle
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A fantastic creature, "born of neither god nor man," hypnotic and supernatural, stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through turn-of-the-century London. A classic tale of supernatural horror.
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Richard Marsh |
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The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
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Certain houses like certain persons manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil. In the case of the latter no particular feature need betray them; they may boast an open countenance and an ingenuous smile; and yet a little of their company leaves the unalterable conviction that there is something radically amiss with their being: that they are evil.
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Algernon Blackwood |
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