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  The Sand-man - A truly defining...

  E T A Hoffmann

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  Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman was born on the 24th January 1776, the youngest of three children, in Königsberg, then in Prussia but now part of the Kaliningrad Russian enclave. 
   
  His parents separated when he was two and for many years life was to be provincial and, despite his talents for the creative arts and the classics, much was passing him by. 
   
  At 20 Hoffman obtained employment as a clerk and to the art that now surrounded him.  Two years later he was in Berlin attempting a career as a composer with an operetta called ‘Die Maske’.  His gift for drawing caricatures and sharing them often got him into trouble that was easier to avoid. 
   
  The years of Napoleon ravaging Europe were bad for Hoffman; he moved often and took on works as varied as theatre management and music critic.  In this his talents were now more evident.  His works on Beethoven where highly regarded by the master himself. 
   
  His literary breakthrough came in 1809, with ‘Ritter Gluck’, about a man who believes he has met the composer 20 years after his death.  However the various jobs and the wars continued and plagued any career advancement despite his constant travel for opportunities, often through dangerous territories. 
   
  In the wake of Napoleon’s defeat in 1814, Hoffmann returned to Berlin where his opera ‘Undine’ was performed by the Berlin Theatre.  Life was now more settled and many of his most famous works were written at his time. 
   
  From 1819, Hoffmann was struggling with both legal disputes and ill health.  Alcohol abuse and syphilis were physically weakening him and from 1822 paralysis set in.  His last works were dictated to his wife or to a secretary as all around him society descended into an anti-liberal agenda, stifling dissent with threats of legal action and even treason.  The ailing Hoffman was among them. 
   
  E T A Hoffmann died on the 25th June 1822 in Berlin of syphilis.  He was 46.

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  Eldritch Beasts: The Screaming...

  Primary Hollow

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  The void weeps. 
  The crimson moon is shining in the sky, and demons are pouring through the dimensional seams, broken by the infernal corruption. 
  Meanwhile, the ghastly bellows are coming from the sea as the beast rises, threatening to devour the entire world. 
  Will Keri, severely maimed in her fight against Fenrir, recover and rise for the final confrontation? Will humanity come together in the last stand against the unknown? Or will the prophecy be fulfilled, and everything will perish in the insatiable Maw of the Hollow? 
  This is the final book in the series.

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  The Sphinx

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Sphinx is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe about a man who decides to visit a relative living near the Hudson River north of New York City for two weeks during a cholera epidemic that occurred during the summer of 1832. One day during this visit, the man is reading a book near the window revealing a scenic view of the Hudson River. His attention is focused upon the cholera epidemic nevertheless, and when he glances up from th pages of his novel, the man sees a ghastly sight in the distant hills--there an enormous creature larger than any oceangoing ship is climbing down!

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  The Deadly Grimoire

  Rosemary Jones

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  A daring actress and a barnstorming pilot team up to save the world from supernatural disaster in this uncanny pulp adventure set in the world of Arkham Horror 
   
   
   
  Betsy Baxter is the plucky stunt-actor star of the 1920s serial adventure, The Flapper Detective. While researching a wing-walking scene, she meets the fearless Winifred Habbamock and discovers a shared background of eerie encounters and eldritch phenomena. For years, Betsy has been investigating the disappearance of an old friend during the horror-struck filming of The Mask of Silver, when she learns of his reappearance in Arkham, she and Winifred hit the road to investigate. But Arkham is full of mysteries and danger. Betsy will need all her skills, and new allies, to prevent an otherworldly cataclysm from consuming her and all of Arkham.

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  Robert Louis Stevenson: The...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  This story deals with the obvious fact that we humans are split, dual. We have urges to do the 'right' thing, to be honorable and wise, but we also frequently fail to follow these better instincts and follow instead urges to do dishonorable, evil things. We seem to battle within ourselves. Are we really composed of two different personalities housed within the same brain, within the same person? Dr Jeckyll in this story is so convinced and manages by scientific means to actually split himself into his ordinary composite self, and his evil self whom he calls Mr. Hyde. The horror of this unnatural split is well documented here and shows what might happen were this possible. 

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  Classic Tales of Horror

  Martin Greenberg

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  This collection of classic horror stories is sure to give you goosebumps, raise the hair on the back of your neck, and put some fright in your night. These dark tales from renowned authors such as Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, and Ramsey Campbell are sure to please everyone— from campfire storytellers to die-hard horror fans. Stories featured here are:
  
  
  • " Coin of the Realm" by Charles L. Grant (read by Louise Sorel)
  
  
  • " Something Had to be Done" by David Drake (read by John Aprea)
  
  
  • " The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner (read by Michael Gross)
  
  
  • " The Small Assassin" by Ray Bradbury (read by Roscoe Lee Browne)
  
  
  • " Calling Card" by Ramsey Campbell (read by Juliet Mills)
  
  
  • " The Words of Guru" by C.M. Kornbluth (read by Susan Anspach)
  
  
  • " Passengers" by Robert Silverberg (read by William Atherton)
  
  
  • " Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Robert Bloch (read by Robert Forster)

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