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  Love Lies Bleeding - A Novel

  Jess McConkey

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  In the vein of Jennifer McMahon’s Promise Not to Tell and TheLovely Bones by Alice Sebold  comes Love Lies Bleeding, a haunting story about the lengths to which people will go to keep their pasts buried. Jess McConkey (aka award-winning author Shirley Damsgaard) enthralls with her ingenious blending of family drama and gripping mystery. Suspenseful and absolutely chilling, Love Lies Bleeding grabs hold of the reader from page one, as a young woman whose golden life is shattered by unexpected violence is sent to a small, secluded lake town in Northern Minnesota to recover—and soon suspects the town’s eccentric residents are hiding more than one truly frightening secret.

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  Bram Stoker - A Short Story...

  Bram Stoker

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  Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on the 8th of November 1847, the third of seven children.  
   
  His early years were plagued with such ill-health that he was unable to start school until the age of seven.  He turned the long periods of recovery into an opportunity for thinking and said “I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years”.  
   
  Strikingly at Trinity College, Dublin his health had returned with such vigour that he was named their University Athlete whilst also achieving a BA in Mathematics with honours.  
   
  At this time his interest in theatre became a job offer to be the Dublin Evening Mail’s theatre critic, co-owned by Sheridan Le Fanu.  He now began to also write short stories and in 1872 ‘The Crystal Cup’ was published.  An interest in art developed and he co-founded the Dublin Sketching Club.  
   
  In 1878 came marriage to Florence Balcombe.  She had formerly been courted by Stoker’s acquaintance, Oscar Wilde.  The marriage produced one child.   
   
  Stoker had some years before reviewed Henry Irving’s Hamlet and had dined with him.  That friendship now resulted in a proposal from Irving to move to London and to manage his Lyceum Theatre.  His numerous commercial innovations ensured both he and the theatre thrived.  Irving would also often take Stoker with him when he toured abroad. 
   
  Despite this busy life Stoker continued to write and these works paved the way for his most famous creation, published in 1897, ‘Dracula’.  It is rightly recognised as one of the greatest horror novels of all time and although not the first with a theme of Vampires, it is undoubtedly the most well-known. 
   
  Stoker also wrote poetry and many excellent short stories and continued to write novels and other works throughout his career. 
   
  Politically Stoker supported Home Rule, though only by peaceful means.  He was also keen on following scientific trends particularly in medicine. 
   
  In 1902 his tenure at the Lyceum Theatre ended and although he continued to write his health was deteriorating, mainly due to a series of debilitating strokes. 
   
  Bram Stoker died on the 20th April 1912, in Pimlico, London.  He was 64.   
   
  1 - Bram Stoker - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker 
  3 - The Squaw by Bram Stoker 
  4 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker 
  5 - The Secret of the Growing Gold by Bram Stoker 
  6 - The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker

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  Expiation An - Very strange...

  Arabella Kenealy

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  Arabella Kenealy was born in 1859.  A writer of short stories that had much merit she was also a physician and active in the fight against early feminism. 
   
  She died in 1938.

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  Shadow Over Innsmouth

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Dive into the haunting depths of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow over Innsmouth, a chilling masterpiece of cosmic horror and psychological dread. When a curious traveler arrives in the decaying seaport of Innsmouth, he uncovers a terrifying secret lurking beneath the surface—an ancient cult, monstrous sea-spawn, and the horrifying truth about his own bloodline. With its eerie atmosphere, nightmarish revelations, and ties to the legendary Cthulhu Mythos, this tale stands as one of Lovecraft’s most unforgettable works. Perfect for fans of gothic horror, supernatural mysteries, and dark mythological fiction.

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  To Let - A victorian era ghost...

  Bithia Mary Croker

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  Bithia Mary Sheppard was born in Kilgefin, County Roscommon, Ireland, the only daughter of an Anglican Church of Ireland rector.  
   
  She was educated at Rockferry, Cheshire and in Tours, France.  
   
  Her initial fame rested as a horsewoman with the Kildare Hunt.  
   
  In 1871, she married John Stokes Croker, an officer in the Royal Scots Fusiliers and later the Royal Munster Fusiliers. 
   
  In 1877, the couple moved to Madras and then Bengal. They would spend 14 years in India. 
   
  Bithia only began writing at the age of 33 and in her life wrote 42 novels and 7 volumes of short stories.  Within her short story creations are much anthologized ghost, supernatural and macabre tales.  Many of her novels reveal a side of Empire that is undeniably of its time and a fine example of both talent and observation. 
   
  After her husband's retirement at the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1892, the couple moved to County Wicklow, then London, and finally Folkestone, where her husband died in 1911. 
   
  Bithia Mary Croker died at 30 Dorset Square, London, on 20th October 1920.

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  From the Dead

  E. Nesbit

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  In From the Dead, E. Nesbit crafts a haunting and poignant gothic tale of love, betrayal, and regret beyond the grave. When Arthur Marsh drives away his devoted wife, Ida, with cruel words born of wounded pride, he seals a tragic fate neither can undo. Months of heart-wrenching loss follow until a mysterious telegram summons him to her deathbed — but it is too late. Or is it? What follows is an unforgettable encounter between the living and the dead, where the heart’s deepest yearnings clash with fear, guilt, and the chance for redemption lost. Nesbit’s masterful storytelling combines ghostly terror with profound emotional resonance, offering a chilling meditation on pride, forgiveness, and the love that death itself cannot silence. 
  Perfect for fans of gothic romance, psychological horror, and classic supernatural fiction.

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