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  King in Yellow (part 1)

  Robert W. Chambers

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  Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, shortly after returning to America, he decided to spend his time in writing. He became popular as the writer of a number of romantic novels, but is now best known as the author of "The King In Yellow". This is a collection of the first half of this work of short stories which have an eerie, other-worldly feel to it; but the stories in the second half are essentially love stories, strongly coloured by the author's life as an artist in France. 
  Only the first half of the collection of stories is presented here: the earlier stories are all coloured by the background presence of a play, "The King In Yellow" itself, which corrupts those who read it, and opens them to horrible experiences and to visions of a ghastly other world, lit by dark stars and distorted skies. This half of the collection is completed by a few very short pieces and two rather strange and beautiful stories of love and time, loneliness and death. (summary by Peter Yearsley)

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  3 Stories - Occult Mysteries - A...

  Amyas Northcote, Eric Purves,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  The Three Impostors

  Arthur Machen

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  When Dyson chances upon a mysterious gold coin in the dingy backstreets of London, he is unknowingly drawn into a sinister tale of strange stories, and false agents. Who are the three individuals that continually dog his and his friend's path, always on the search for an elusive man in spectacles? Three impostors, always ready with a tale as grim as it is fantastic?  
  An episodic horror anthology in the form of a novel, The Three Impostors was first published in 1895 by Arthur Machen, and several of the stories therein have been cited as inspirations for some of HP Lovecrafts work.  
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  Sinner's Secret

  Julie Rowe

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  Bazyli Breznik used to rule the world, but now the centuries old vampire is at the bottom of the food chain. He's broke and drives a yellow cab in NYC. He sleeps in the trunk. He's an alcoholic. His only friends are drunks. He's a murderer and believes he's the most evil creature on earth. 
    
  He's wrong. 
    
  Baz is in hiding, like the rest of his kind. They aren't like normal humans, they were changed more than five hundred years ago by a virus into a version of human who never grows old, heals fast, and requires fresh blood for nutrition. The vampires of myth and legend aren't some kind of magical beings, they're real people whose disease is both blessing and curse. And Baz was once the badest of them all. 
    
  Baz is satisfied with living a marginal life on the edge of society as punishment for all the sins he committed centuries ago. A waitress at one of the diners in his area is nearly kidnapped in front of him. He steps in only to discover that the waitress is really an undercover cop who is part of a sting operation. Baz ends up agreeing to be an informant so the cops will leave him alone. But the traffickers try to take the lady cop, Nika, again, and Baz becomes annoyed. She's good people, and he's always hated slavery. 
    
  When Nika is finally taken on try number three, he's not content to look and listen anymore. He discovers that the criminals behind the ring aren't just bad people, they're the kind of bad he used to be. And they don't care who they hurt, or who finds out about them. He's got to stop them, get Nika back, and manage not to kill too many people all at the same time. 
    
  He wasn't cut out to be a good guy.

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  Bud Hutchins Thrillers #1-3

  JB Michaels

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  The battle for your soul is ongoing.There is only one defensive entity that keeps you free from the clutches of forced belief and unimaginable sacrifice: The Order of St. Michael. 
  From the Druid forests of Roman Britain to the modern streets of Chicago, a brilliant inventor and a monk of the Order team up to quell monsters, poltergeists, and evil humans hellbent on disrupting peace and creating chaos.˃˃˃ Experience History in The Ancient Order! 
  Join Magnus, a Roman centurion, and Michaela, a Celtic warrior queen, as they battle an evil deeply entrenched in a Druid forest. The captivating origin of the Order awaits you.˃˃˃ Rush headlong into the modern era with The Order of St. Michael and The Elixir! 
  Meet Bud Hutchins, a socially awkward super genius who talks too much and can’t get out of his own way. Will he heed the call to join the Order and save humanity? 
  Eh, maybe. 
  Meet Maeve, a beautiful young woman who happens to be a monk of an ancient Order tasked with keeping evil spirits at bay and saving Bud Hutchins from himself. 
  She rolls her eyes. A lot. 
  In these globe-trotting, action-packed supernatural thrillers, our heroes fight to contain ancient evils that call from beyond.It’s time for you to join the Order. Battle monsters. Avenge the dead and save the natural world from supernatural destruction.

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  The Collector

  Laura Kat Young

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  A frightening dystopian horror novel in which grief is forbidden and purged from the mind 
  Sorrow is inefficient. It’s also inescapable. 
  Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society. 
  At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes in his secret journal the special moments shared with him—the small laugh of a toddler, the stillness of a late afternoon, the first flutter of love. But when the Bureau finds out that he has been recounting the memories—and that the depression is in him too—he is sent to a sanitarium to heal. After all, the Bureau knows what’s best for you. 
  A nightmarish descent from sadness to madness, The Collector is a nightmarish mix of 1984 and Never Let Me Go.

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