Publisher: Dead Dodo Classic Press
Space and Time are pleased to bring you Anthony Hopes Rupert of Hentzau. This classic is presented as a wonderfully presented edition with a fully interactive table of contents.
The top 10 horror short stories of all time. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. Fear has a home – the human mind. Although we know the outcome will not be good, we DO open that door, we DO peek and go where others have severely warned us not to go. These ten masters of their art and craft await your presence. 1 - The Top 10 - The Horror Story - An Introduction 2 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe 3 - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce 4 - The Horla by Guy de Maupassant 5 - August Heat by W F Harvey 6 - The Monkeys Paw by W W Jacobs 7 - Lost Hearts by M R James 8 - The Color Out of Space by H P Lovecraft 9 - The Vampyre by John William Polidori 10 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 11 - The Burial of the Rats by Bram StokerShow book
THE TALES1. METZENGERSTEIN 2. THE DUC DE L'OMELETTE.3. A TALE OF JERUSALEM.4. LOSS OF BREATH.5. BON-BON.6. MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE.7. THE ASSIGNATION.8. BERENICE.9. MORELLA.10. LIONIZING.11 To 12 THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF ONE HANS PFAAL.13. KING PEST.14. SHADOW—A PARABLE.15. FOUR BEASTS IN ONE—THE HOMO-CAMELEOPARD.16. MYSTIFICATION.17. SILENCE—A FABLE. 18. LIGEIA.19. HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE.20. A PREDICAMENT.21. THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY.22. THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP.23. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER.24. WILLIAM WILSON.25. THE CONVERSATION OF EIROS AND CHARMION.26. WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING.27. THE BUSINESS MAN.28. THE MAN OF THE CROWD.29. THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.30. A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM.31. THE ISLAND OF THE FAY.32. THE COLLOQUY OF MONOS AND UNA.33. NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR HEAD.34. ELEONORA.35. THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK.36. THE OVAL PORTRAIT.37. THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH.38. THE LANDSCAPE GARDEN.39 To 40. THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGÊT.41. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM.42. THE TELL-TALE HEART.43. THE GOLD-BUG.44. THE BLACK CAT.45. DIDDLING.46. THE SPECTACLES.47. A TALE OF THE RAGGED MOUNTAINS.48. THE PREMATURE BURIAL.49. MESMERIC REVELATION.50. THE OBLONG BOX.51. THE ANGEL OF THE ODD.52. THOU ART THE MAN.53. THE LITERARY LIFE OF THINGUM BOB, ESQ.54. THE PURLOINED LETTER.55. THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE.56. SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY.57. THE POWER OF WORDS.58. THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE.59. THE SYSTEM OF DOCTOR TARR AND PROFESSOR FETHER.60. THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR.61. THE SPHINX.62. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO.63. THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM.64. MELLONTA TAUTA.65. HOP-FROG.66. VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY.67. X-ING A PARAGRAB.68. LANDOR'S COTTAGE. THE POEMS69. INTRODUCTION TO "POEMS70. POETRY.71. O, TEMPORA! O, MORES!72. TAMERLANE.73. SONG.74. DREAMS.75. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD.76. EVENING STAR.77. IMITATION.78. STANZAS.79. A DREAM.80. THE HAPPIEST DAY.81. THE LAKE —— TO ——.82. TO MARGARET.83. ALONE.84. SONNET—TO SCIENCE.85. AL AARAAF.86. ROMANCE.87. TO ——.88. TO THE RIVER——.89. TO M——.90. FAIRY-LAND.91. TO ISAAC LEA.92. AN ACROSTIC.93. ELIZABETH.94. TO HELEN.95. ISRAFEL.96. THE CITY IN THE SEA.97. THE SLEEPER.98. A PÆAN.99. THE VALLEY OF UNREST.100. ENIGMA.101. FANNY.102. THE COLISEUM.103. SERENADE.104. TO ONE IN PARADISE.105. HYMN.106. MAY QUEEN ODE [Fragment].107. SPIRITUAL SONG.108. LATIN HYMN.109. BRIDAL BALLAD.110. TO ZANTE.111. THE HAUNTED PALACE.112. SILENCE.113. LINES ON JOE LOCKE.114. THE CONQUEROR WORM.115. LENORE.116. A CAMPAIGN SONG.117. DREAM-LAND.118. IMPROMPTU. TO KATE CAROL.119. TO F——.120. EULALIE.121. EPIGRAM FOR WALL STREET.122. THE RAVEN.123. THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS.124. TO FRANCES S. OSGOOD.125. A VALENTINE.126. BELOVED PHYSICIAN.127. DEEP IN EARTH.128. TO MARIE LOUISE (SHEW).129. ULALUME.130. LINES ON ALE.131. TO MARIE LOUISE (SHEW).132. AN ENIGMA.133. TO HELEN.134. A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM.135. ELDORADO.136. FOR ANNIE.137. TO MY MOTHER.138. ANNABEL LEE.139. THE BELLS.Show book
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