Editorial: The Gresham Library
Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights tells the story of the ill-fated love of Catherine Earnshaw for the dark and brooding Heathcliff, and is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors where Heathcliff acts out his cruel revenge against Edgar and Isabella Linton. This book is considered by many to be the most passionate and original novel in English literature.
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales."The Outsider" combines horror, fantasy, and gothic fiction to create a nightmarish story, containing themes of loneliness, the abhuman, and the afterlife. Its epigram is from John Keats' 1819 poem "The Eve of St. Agnes".In a letter, Lovecraft himself said that, of all his tales, this story most closely resembles the style of his idol Edgar Allan Poe, writing that it "represents my literal though unconscious imitation of Poe at its very height." The opening paragraphs echo those of Poe's "Berenice", while the horror at the party recalls the unmasking scene in "The Masque of the Red Death".Ver libro
Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz, and includes a fully immersive cinematic music score. "The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson, first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). Lovecraft wrote the entire text, but Jackson is also credited since the story was based on a dream she experienced. The story begins with the narrator describing the effects of opium and the fantastical vistas it can inspire. The narrator then tells of his sole experience with opium in which he was accidentally administered an overdose by a doctor during the "year of the plague". After a disembodied sensation of falling, the narrator finds himself within a strange beautiful room containing exotic furniture, where a pounding sound from outside inspires an inexplicable sense of dread within the narrator. Determined to identify the origin of this sound, the narrator moves towards a window and observes a terrifying scene of fifty-foot waves and seething vortex consuming the shoreline at an incredible rate...Ver libro
The Captain of the "Pole-Star" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Temple Bar magazine in January 1883. Subtitled in collected volumes : Being an extract from the singular journal of John McAlister Ray, student of medecine. For reasons that are unclear, Nicholas Craigie, Captain of the Pole-Star, decides to anchor in the middle of the arctic ocean, contrary to the opinion of his crew. Indeed, the boat could be trapped in the ice at any moment, resulting in a sudden death for everyone. Days pass... One morning Mr. Manson, the second mate, reports he saw a ghost at night. His story is not taken seriously, and is put on account of idleness.Ver libro
When a college girl's world is shattered by her mother's tragic demise, her newly developed insomnia unleashes a nightmare beyond comprehension. Haunted by hallucinations and plagued by sleepwalking, she stumbles upon the sinister secrets lurking within the shadows of Michigan State University's campus. With an increasingly loosening grip on reality, she seeks solace in the arms of a mysterious stranger, only to discover a darkness lurking within herself that mirrors her mother's descent into madness. Bound by a legacy of terror, she uncovers a chilling truth: her mother's fate was sealed by a pact with a malevolent Lovecraftian entity, and now, she too is marked for the same tragic destiny. In a race against time and sanity, she confronts the horrors of her past and the looming darkness threatening her future. "Slumber" is a psychological roller coaster, a tale of sleepless nights where reality fractures and nightmares become waking life. Will our protagonist escape the clutches of the evil force, or will she succumb to the same unholy fate as her mother and seep into that sweet sleep forever?Ver libro
Equal parts Lovecraftian horror story and defense of Lovecraft's own writing style and penchant for unutterable, unnamable, unthinkable monstrosities, this story tells the tale of a young writer attempting to convince his skeptical friend that there might actually be things in the world that are unnamable.Ver libro
Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Text by Mary Shelley is a timeless gothic novel that explores the dangers of unchecked ambition and the ethical dilemmas of scientific advancement. First published in 1818, this groundbreaking work tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but reckless scientist who creates a sentient creature in his quest to conquer death. However, his experiment spirals into tragedy as the creature, abandoned and misunderstood, seeks both revenge and companionship. Shelley's novel delves into themes of isolation, responsibility, and the consequences of playing god, making it a cornerstone of both horror and science fiction literature. This edition preserves the original text, offering readers an unfiltered experience of Shelley’s haunting masterpiece.Ver libro
