Gaslit Nightmares

Gaslit Nightmares
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780486147802
ISBN-13 : 0486147800
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Gaslit Nightmares by : Hugh Lamb

Sixteen long-neglected classics by renowned writers include "The Drunkard's Path," "An Unexpected Journey," "The Haunted Mill," "The Page-Boy's Ghost," "In the Court of the Dragon," and 11 others.

Gaslit Nightmares

Gaslit Nightmares
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Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 0356153029
ISBN-13 : 9780356153025
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Gaslit Nightmares by : Hugh Lamb

Gaslit Horror

Gaslit Horror
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780486138855
ISBN-13 : 0486138852
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Gaslit Horror by : Hugh Lamb

Prepare yourself for a spine-tingling journey into the heart of darkness. In this bone-chilling collection, you'll encounter thirteen long-lost tales of terror by famed authors. Whether the setting is an English village, the Brazilian countryside, or the Barbados coast, the madness lurking beneath the beauty of each location will haunt your imagination long after the last page is turned. In Dick Donovan's "The Mystic Spell," a young man finds the love of his life in Rio, but the deadly curse of an old crone could destroy their dreams if they marry. "The Black Reaper" by Bernard Capes, takes place in 1665 during The Great Plague, a time of wild fear and confusion. When the residents of an English village come face-to-face with the deadly scythe of the Black Reaper, only one daring act of courage can save their lives. In "A Tropical Horror" by William Hope Hodgson, the crew of a ship undergoes a series of attacks by a giant, eel-like sea monster. Will the young apprentice who relates this story survive? Filled with a mix of the macabre, the mysterious, the supernatural, and the sinister, this anthology is Victorian suspense at its finest.

The Stuff of Dreams

The Stuff of Dreams
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780486810638
ISBN-13 : 0486810631
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Stuff of Dreams by : Edward Lucas White

This original compilation presents 10 chilling tales of terror, two haunting poems, and an essay by an unjustly neglected author. Edward Lucas White weaves a tapestry of weird stories populated by ghouls, monsters, and creatures of ancient myth.

Image and Power

Image and Power
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781317890652
ISBN-13 : 1317890655
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Image and Power by : Sarah Sceats

Image and Power is an important work of literary and cultural criticism. This collection of essays focuses on some of the major issues addressed by women's writing in the twentieth century, concerning genre, subjectivity and social and cultural expectations, issues which in the past have been regarded from an essentially male perspective. The text introduces women writers whose novels have been widely read and provides an important contribution to the debate about women in literature.

Japan Sinks

Japan Sinks
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9780486802923
ISBN-13 : 0486802922
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Japan Sinks by : Sakyo Komatsu

An island in the Japanese archipelago disappears overnight, raising fears for the entire country. Prescient 1973 novel, acclaimed by The New York Times as "a chillingly realistic work of science fiction."

Lord of the World

Lord of the World
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9780486803814
ISBN-13 : 0486803813
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Lord of the World by : Robert Hugh Benson

This 1907 novel unfolds in a world in which God has been supplanted by a religion of humanity. Gripping tale of the apocalypse, hailed as prophetic by Pope Francis.

I Believe in Sherlock Holmes

I Believe in Sherlock Holmes
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780486808024
ISBN-13 : 0486808025
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis I Believe in Sherlock Holmes by : Douglas G. Greene

When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his fictional sleuth in the 1893 story "The Final Problem," distraught readers resorted to producing their own versions of Sherlock Holmes's adventures―thus inventing the now-common genre of fan fiction. These tales by famous and lesser-known devotees offer the best of early Sherlockian tributes and parodies. Editor Douglas G. Greene's informative Introduction provides background on each of the stories and their authors. The collection begins with Robert Barr's "The Great Pegram Mystery," a satire that appeared less than a year after the very first Holmes short story. Thirteen additional tales include Bret Harte's "The Stolen Cigar Case," praised by Ellery Queen as "one of the most devastating parodies" ever written about the Baker Street investigator; Mark Twain's "A Double-Barrelled Detective Story," featuring Holmes's nephew, Fetlock Jones; and "The Sleuths," by O. Henry, in which a bumbling New York private eye struggles to outshine a rival.

Strip for Murder

Strip for Murder
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780486798110
ISBN-13 : 0486798119
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Strip for Murder by : Max Allan Collins

Colorful characters with murderous motives populate this illustrated mystery in which the heated rivalry between a pair of cartoonists ends in homicide and a stripper-turned-detective and her stepson-partner seek the killer. "Great fun." — Mystery Scene.

Varney the Vampyre

Varney the Vampyre
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Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9780486802954
ISBN-13 : 0486802957
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Varney the Vampyre by : James Malcolm Rymer

In this gripping Gothic drama of the 1840s, the bloodthirsty title character repeatedly dies but is reborn and forced to renew his relentless search for victims. Volume 2 of 2.