Bacteria and other microbial organisms, whether strange and new, or old and deadly, are the theme for this collection of thirteen short stories and one classic novel. Horror, crime, romance, science fiction ... a multitude of genres play host to these invisible organisms that so easily influence mankind. Age-old diseases like leprosy and cholera meet laboratory creations. And, of course, the search for new microbes rarely ends as trouble-free as the discoverers might dream.

Ten Minute Stories / Day and Night Stories

"The author plunges with boldness, yet with consistent invention, into the realm of the fantastic." -The Outlook

Ten Minute Stories, originally published in 1914, and Day and Night Stories, from 1917, offer two superlative story collections of ghost stories, strange nature tales, weird events and dark fantasies from one of the greatest writers of supernatural fiction in the 20th century. These pieces are shorter than Algernon Blackwood usually produced, "little thoughts or episodes which...

THE HUMAN CHORD

When Robert Spinrobin answers an ad in the paper from "a retired clergyman" looking for someone with "courage and imagination," he enters into an adventure that is beyond all imagining. For Philip Skale is looking for the perfect tenor that will complete his quartet in an experiment that could unlock the very heart of Creation. Using the power of sound, Skale has spent his life trying to unlock the secrets of life and death. One voice cannot do it. He needs four. His housekeeper, Mrs. Mawle, is the alto; Skale's niece, Miriam, the soprano, and Skale the...