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  Zastrozzi A Romance

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  “Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!” 
   
  From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defiance of the villain’s departure “with a wild convulsive laugh of exulting revenge”, this first of Shelley’s Gothic novelettes recycles much sensational boyhood reading and also points to some of his more mature concerns.  
   
  It is the ego-driven pursuit of passionate extremes, revenge included, which consigns figures like Zastrozzi and the murderous Matilda to an isolation which is socially destructive as well as self-annihilating. The story of their downfall is related in a relentlessly hysterical style – possibly more easily enjoyed when read aloud! (Summary by Martin Geeson)

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  The Witch of Willow Sound - A Novel

  Vanessa F. Penney

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  When Madeline—an elderly recluse long rumored to be a witch—vanishes without a trace, her estranged niece Fade is forced to return to the remote forests of Willow Sound, Nova Scotia, she thought she’d left behind forever.
  		 
  But nothing in Willow Sound is as she remembers.
  		 
  Madeline’s once-warm cottage stands abandoned and decaying, the air thick with the unmistakable scent of something burned. As Fade searches for answers, she’s drawn into the neighboring village of Grand Tea—a community living in fear beneath a massive, teetering rock that threatens to crush them at any moment.
  		 
  Desperate for someone to blame for their growing misfortunes, the villagers have spent decades weaving dark myths about Madeline, branding her a witch. Now, with a hurricane fast approaching and tensions rising, Fade must untangle truth from superstition before things turn deadly.
  		 
  Inspired by East Coast folklore and witchcraft traditions, The Witch of Willow Sound is a modern gothic tale about family, fear, and the power of confronting the past.

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  The Black Cat

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  In The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe masterfully weaves a tale of psychological horror and guilt. The story follows a man’s descent into madness as he recounts his disturbing actions toward his once-beloved pet, a black cat, and the terrifying consequences that follow. As his grip on reality slips, the lines between the natural and supernatural blur, leading to a chilling conclusion that will haunt the listener long after the story ends. 
  Narrated by Vincent Caruso, this audiobook delivers an intense and atmospheric performance that captures the dark and eerie tone of Poe’s classic work. 
  Perfect for fans of gothic horror, psychological thrillers, and Poe’s haunting tales, The Black Cat is a timeless exploration of the human psyche and the terrifying depths of guilt and remorse.

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  Engines Beneath Us

  Malcolm Devlin

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  'A beautifully told and deeply troubling story that confirms Devlin's place at the forefront of Weird fiction.'
  
  – Ginger Nuts of Horror
  
  Rob is a Crescent kid. Born and raised in the sheltered circle of grey semis, built to house the employees of The City Works and their families. Under the eye of the reclusive Mr Olhouser, the residents of The Crescent go about their work, their lessons and their law, accompanied by the never-ending sound of The Works machinery deep under the ground. When Lee Wrexler moves into The Crescent, he brings with him something dangerous from the outside. Not just a reputation for trouble, but an outside perspective that will show Rob that the home he always thought he had a measure of is a stranger and far more unsettling place than he could have imagined… Malcolm Devlin's Engines Beneath Us is a powerful and unsettling novella of how the individual spirit is crushed by the pressure to conform, from a contemporary master of weird fiction.

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  Library of the World's Best...

  Various

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  In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the sixth and last volume, we find stories of Oriental origin. (Summary by Leni)

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  Soldiers of God - An ARKANE...

  J.F. J.F.Penn

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  When ARKANE Archivist Martin Klein joins the Vatican digital archiving project, he finds an ancient letter mistakenly scanned along with the medieval papal decree Militia Dei, Soldiers of God. 
  It points to a dark secret the Knights Templar once tried to erase from existence, hidden in a medieval fortress under the heart of Paris for almost a thousand years. 
  As Martin follows the trail to the hidden Templar crypt, aided by biblical scholar Camara Mbaye, they discover something unspeakable in the vaults below Paris. 
  Who are the Soldiers of God and why must they rest until needed? 
  This is a short story featuring Martin Klein and Dr Camara Mbaye from my ARKANE world. It fits after Tomb of Relics, book 12 of the ARKANE action-adventure thriller series, but can be read as a stand-alone story.

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