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  A Ghost Story - From their pens...

  Mark Twain

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  Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on the 30th November 1835 and is far better known by his pen name of Mark Twain.  An American writer and humorist of the first order he is perhaps best known for his novels ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and its sequel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ which are often described with that mythic line The Great American Novel. 
  Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri which would later provide the backdrop to these great novels.  Apprenticed to a printer he also became a typesetter and then a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi.  Later, heading west with his brother Orion to make his fortune, he failed at gold mining and instead turned to journalism and thence his true calling as a writer of humorous stories where his wit and humor sparkled from every paragraph, his craft evident with every page and punctured target. 
  A staunch supporter of copyright protections this helped him keep much of the wealth his writing created, though much money was also lost on investments that he pursued in his love for science and technology as well as investing in his own inventions. 
  Twain was born during a visit by Halley’s comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it as well.  He died the day after its subsequent return on 21st April 1910, at his house, Stormfield, located in Redding, Connecticut.

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  Weird Tales: Best of the Early...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  This anthology from the acclaimed journal of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror fiction collects some of the most unforgettable stories from the early years. Founded in 1922, Weird Tales is an iconic literary publication and the forerunner to today’s pulp and speculative genres. Within these pages you’ll find some of the best of the classic stories originally published in Weird Tales during the years 1926 and 1927, now available in a single volume.  This Weird Tales anthology features spectral visions, world-conquering spiders, demonic paintings, and more, in stories by legendary authors such as Seabury Quinn, E. Hoffman Price, Greye La Spina, Edward Hamilton, Frank Belknap Long Jr., H. Warner Munn, August W. Derleth, A. Merritt, and H. P. Lovecraft.

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  Missy's Room

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

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  Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.
  Missy's Room: Mrs. Falconer and Miss Bailey walked home together through the fine blue summer afternoon from the Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs. Robinson's. They were talking earnestly; that is to say, Miss Bailey was talking earnestly and volubly, and Mrs. Falconer was listening.

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  From Beyond

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Title: From Beyond 
  Author: H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1934 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series: Timeless Terrors 
  Number: 109 
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  From Beyond is a chilling tale of forbidden science and unseen dimensions, in which the boundaries between reality and nightmare are catastrophically dissolved. 
  The story follows an unnamed narrator who recounts his association with the brilliant yet unhinged scientist Crawford Tillinghast. Obsessed with unlocking hidden layers of existence, Tillinghast constructs a machine designed to stimulate the human pineal gland — a device he claims will allow the mind to perceive realities that lie beyond ordinary sensory limitations. 
  When activated, the machine does not merely expand perception — it shatters it. The narrator soon becomes aware of writhing, luminous entities occupying the same physical space as humanity, creatures previously invisible only because human senses were mercifully blind to them. What was once unseen now presses close, monstrous and incomprehensible. 
  As Tillinghast exults in his terrible discovery, the narrator is overcome with mounting dread. The revelation is not enlightenment but violation — an intrusion of alien life into the fragile sphere of human understanding. Science, in its arrogance, has torn open a veil that was never meant to be lifted. 
  Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the mounting tension and otherworldly dread at the heart of Lovecraft’s vision. From Beyond remains a haunting exploration of what may lurk just outside the narrow limits of human perception — waiting for the moment we learn how to see.

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  Tales For Every Season

  Ivan Bunin

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  One of the last true classics of Russian literature and 1933 Nobel Laureate for literature, Ivan Bunin brings you a series of relationship tales as diverse as the seasons and far more engrossing.

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  The Jungle Book

  Rudyard Kipling

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  "The Jungle Book," published in 1894, is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The tales are fables, featuring animals that possess human characteristics, and they are set in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories within the book revolve around Mowgli, a boy who is raised by wolves and learns the laws of the jungle with the help of his animal friends: Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and Kaa the python. The stories explore themes of belonging, societal rules, and the intricate balance of nature.

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