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Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury.

Late in the eighteenth century authors began to write 'Gothic' stories as a way of putting literature back in touch with the irrational, the supernatural and the bizarre, which had been neglected in the 'Age of Reason'.

This superb new collection brings together stories from the earliest decades of Gothic writing with later 19th and early 20th century tales from the period in which Gothic diversified into the familiar forms of the ghost- and-horror-story. Work...

A master of many literary genres, Arthur Conan Doyle excelled particularly in the short-story form, and was acclaimed in his day as much for his detective stories as for his thrilling tales of mystery and the supernatural. While the adventures of Sherlock Holmes have become part of our collective imagination, these stories - concerned with ghosts, obscure scientific experiments and other unexplained phenomena - are now unjustly neglected.

Sadie Asquith has been fascinated by the dark past of Essex's witch hunts for as long as she can remember. But as she researches a book on the subject, Sadie experiences strange, ghostly visions.

The tenth volume of Mortbury Press's Black Book of Horror anthology series contains 15 new stories. STIFF --- Angela Blake THE EASTER BUNNY --- Tom Johnstone THE LAST TESTAMENT OF JACOB TYLER --- David Surface THE WAR EFFORT --- Carl P. Thompson THE PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTING --- David A. Sutton CHRISTMAS IN THE RAIN --- Chris Lawton DEEPER THAN DARK WATER --- Gary Power MARSHWALL --- Paul Finch EXPLODING RAPHAELESQUE HEADS --- Ian Hunter THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER --- John Llewellyn Probert THE PYGMALION CONJURATION --- Mike Chinn THE BOY --- David Williamson THE LAST WAGON IN THE TRAIN --- Andrea...

In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief.

LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES

It is 1883 and Amelia and Wilbert have returned to England, however not everything in the past can be forgotten, nor can ghosts be laid to rest.

Trapped in a world without a future, where fog keeps him a prisoner, Josiah is haunted by a precious life cut short and the wife and child he left behind.

Wracked with loneliness for a father she has never known, Amelia is reunited with her beloved mother, Emily. Now their search begins for a cherished husband and father lost in a realm of limbo, where spirits roam and danger lurks. But...

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In a beautifully written tale woven together with magic and mystery, flowers and food, Bay Singer finally discovers the secrets her mother has been hiding.

Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most.

Not that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay.

There's a lot that Nan's...

From the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Tale comes a "poetic and mysterious" (Booklist) ghost story that will haunt you to your very core.

Caught up in a moment of boyhood competition, William Bellman recklessly aims his slingshot at a rook resting on a branch, killing the bird instantly. It is a small but cruel act, and is soon forgotten. By the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, William seems to have put the whole incident behind him. It was as if he never killed the thing at all. But rooks don't forget......

Step into the world of Sleepy Hollow that is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors. Our aim was to prepare a perfectly-formatted book "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that was designed specifically for your e-reader device at a fantastic price. We are pleased to offer you the result of our work Why should you choose our edition? Here is why: - You receive a complete original text of Washington Irving's masterpiece; - To further enhance your experience, we provide you with audiobook access to full-length recording of...

When Birdie Wilson and his two boys find a baby floating in a basket on the Ohio River, they can't begin to imagine the impact their discovery is to have on their little of town of Cambria. Accepting Birdie's dictum that the child welfare people will name her "Baby Jane Doe" and lose her in their impersonal system, the townspeople, led by Mayor Johnny White, set out to keep the baby a secret from authorities and take care of her until they find out who she is. Surprising things take place. Cambrians who've never agreed on anything come together. Good things happen to those who become...

Some doors are better left closed a sophisticated, spine-chilling horror novel from the author of Last Days

In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in andno one comes out, and it's been that way for50 years, untilthe night awatchman hears a disturbance after midnight and is drawn to investigate. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever.Soon after, ayoung American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She's been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian who died in strange circumstances....

Julia s first purchase upon leaving her husband is a large, old-fashioned house in Kensington, where she plans to live by herself, well away from her soon-to-be-ex and the home where their young daughter died. She feels a peculiar affinity for the house right away, a feeling that deepens with each glimpse of a mysterious little girl--blond, like her daughter--in the neighborhood, and even in her dreams
But the little girl and the big house have an inexplicable aura of evil. And Julia quickly discovers that escaping her past is not as simple as turning a key.

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The basis for Joseph L. Mankiewicz s cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.
Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Through the struggles of supporting her children, seeking out romance from the wrong places, and working to publish the captain's...

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This is a NOVELLA of approximately 24,000 words = 146 odd pages. It's the first day of Ninna's job in the local animal shelter...and a dog is talking to her. Not just any dog...a fat, old, smart-alecky Basset Hound who says his name is Mosey. She can't quit, she needs this job. And then there's the yummy vet who turns out to live across the street from her. He has a house big enough to hold a few animals - including the mouthy Mosey. With all this going on, she doesn't have time to worry about the rash of break-ins and the sense of being watched. She's too busy worrying that she's nuts. When...

Postbellum America makes for a haunting backdrop in this historical and supernatural tale of moonlit cemeteries, masked balls, cunning mediums, and terrifying secrets waiting to be unearthed by an intrepid crime reporter.

Edward Clark is a successful young crime reporter in comfortable circumstances with a lovely, well-connected fiancee. Then an assignment to write a series of exposes on the city's mediums places all that in jeopardy.

In the Philadelphia of 1869, photographs of Civil War dead adorn dim sitting rooms, and grieving families attempt to contact their lost loved ones....

The classic Ghost Story of Christmas, Scrooge and Tiny Tim.

After solving the murders of her twin and brother in law, Janet Westmore retreats to her Mammoth Lakes home high in the Eastern Sierra mountains. Before she can slip back into a routine, a young homeless mother with twin babies arrives on her doorstep late one night in a blinding snowstorm - sent, of course, by Mary, her twin. And so our accidental sleuth sets forth on a snow-filled season of extortion, kidnapping, and attempted murder.