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  The Horse of the Invisible

  William Hope Hodgson

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  First published in April, 1910, "The Horse of the Invisible" tells the tale of Carnacki, a ghost detective investigating the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the Hisgins Family's daughter and her fiance. The source of the apparition must be found before the soon-to-be-wed woman is driven mad, or even to her death. Carnacki does not suspect supernatural forces are at work in this case, but even a ghostbuster can be wrong.

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  Short Story Press Presents An...

  Short Story Press, Matthew...

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  “An Illustrated Warning” is a carefully crafted and creepy tale designed to unsettle and chill you. You’ll be held rapt to attention as the dread sets in and things go from odd to eerie and then from eerie to utterly frightening. There is plenty of fright in this story, which is made up of several elements that work together to create a terrifying whole. 
  • The mystery of a young man’s missing grandfather 
  • A collection of bizarre and horrid illustrations that serves as a warning against entering a forbidden room 
  • A slowly revealed discovery of exactly what dark secret the room holds 
  • A seemingly inexplicable nightmare for the main characters 
  • A suspenseful attempt to escape 
  • The aftermath of their traumatic experience. 
  “An Illustrated Warning” allows readers who want to give themselves chills to share the experience of the two main characters. It will draw you in and make you think twice before going into rooms in basements. If you want to get the maximum scare quotient, read it alone, at night, in a large house with a dark, musty basement. The frightening pictures found early on are only the beginning of a much more terrifying truth. 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Citadel of Fear

  Gertrude Barrows Bennett

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  Gertrude Barrows Bennett was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States, publishing her stories under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. Bennett wrote a number of highly acclaimed fantasies between 1917 and 1923 and has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Citadel of Fear is considered Francis Stevens' masterpiece, by Lovecraft's acclaim. Two adventurers discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle. One is taken over by an evil god while the other falls in love with a woman from the ancient Mexican city of Tlapallan. Citadel of Fear was first published as a serial in Argosy Magazine in 1918-1919. It was eventually republished as a novel in 1970. It is now considered a "lost classic". (Summary by Wikipedia and Mark Nelson)

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  The Infiltration - Who has the...

  Jyothi Seshan

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  Running smoothly on oiled wheels, the prestigious Goal High School in the Emirates, is anything but talkworthy, till a string of deaths and disappearances catapults the school into public limelight. The macabre remains of the sturdy nightwatchman is believed to have been caused by a wild dog attack. While parents panic, the eleventh graders take it up as a challenge and venture into the school premises at night to retrieve a cap that had been placed in their classroom as the object of a dare. The list of missing students multiply, baffling the investigating team and plunging the parents of the wards into grim despair. The residents of Abu Dhabi are gripped in a thrall of shock as the school slides deeper into the quicksand of terror. Frustrated by the dearth of customary leads, how was this baffling mystery going to be solved?

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  The Ancient Order - A Bud...

  JB Michaels

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  Who protects you and the world from supernatural destruction?This novella will give you the answer in the most exhilarating and unexpected way.Highly-skilled soldiers of the world's most powerful army are slaughtered. 
  A battle-hardened centurion is sent on a special mission to the wilds of Roman Britain to investigate the strange and ghastly murders of his brothers-in-arms. With the help of a warrior Queen, Magnus will encounter deathly forces, battle rival clans, and transform, not only himself but an entire nation. 
  The Order of St. Michael forms in tenuous times, under dour circumstances, and stands as the world's foremost defense against darkness.

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  Monster of the Month Club

  Dian Curtis Regan

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  How do you stop monsters from arriving in the mail? Rilla Harmony Earth is already an easy target because of her name and her mom’s unconventional philosophies. Now a seven-year-old Botswanan monster named Icicle has appeared in her mailbox, and someone has signed her up to receive a new monster on the first of every month! Rilla wonders who is behind her gift membership to this strange club. Could it be Joshua Bates, her one true love, or even her father, whose whereabouts are unknown? Whatever their source, Rilla is busy taking care of her growing collection of exotic monsters. And slowly, but surely, the monsters are growing on her.  
  With her gallery of endearing supernatural characters, award-winning author Dian Curtis Regan has sparked the imagination of young readers everywhere. Christina Moore’s dramatic reading of this monstrous tale brings out its full humor and excitement.

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