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  The Burial of the Rats

  Bram Stoker

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  "The Burial of the Rats" is a short story by Bram Stoker. It was first published in the UK in the January 26, 1896 and February 2, 1896 issues of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, London. It was first published in the US in the January 26, 1896 and February 2, 1896 issues of The Boston Herald, Boston.
  Leaving Paris by the Orleans road, cross the Enceinte, and, turning to the right, you find yourself in a somewhat wild and not at all savoury district. Right and left, before and behind, on every side rise great heaps of dust and waste accumulated by the process of time.

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  Virginia Creeper

  Eva Pohler

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  Some patriots were never laid to rest. 
   
  Colonial Williamsburg is known for its charm. 
   
  But beneath its cobblestone streets and candlelit tours lies something far darker. 
   
  When Sue purchases a quiet home on Kestrel Court, she expects a holiday retreat steeped in history. Instead, she and her friends begin sensing a presence—a shadow that follows them through Revolutionary landmarks and into the woods behind their new house. 
   
  At first, the spirit calls itself Lucy. 
   
  Then it warns them to leave. 
   
  When a locked shed on the property is finally breached, the women uncover a hidden cellar—and a shocking discovery: dozens of skeletal remains and a trunk filled with Revolutionary-era artifacts. 
   
  Thirty-eight souls. 
   
  Unmarked. 
   
  Unremembered. 
   
  As Ghost Healers, Inc. pieces together the truth, they uncover a story tied to betrayal, illness, and a forgotten chapter of the American Revolution—one powerful enough to keep spirits tethered for centuries. 
   
  But someone—or something—doesn’t want the truth exposed. 
   
  And this time, the haunting isn’t confined to the house. 
   
  It’s following them. 
   
  In this gripping installment of the Mystery House Series, historical mystery and supernatural suspense collide in a story about forgotten patriots, buried injustice, and the courage to bring the past into the light.

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  The Rats in the Walls

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Step into the chilling depths of The Rats in the Walls by H. P. Lovecraft — a gothic horror masterpiece of madness, ancestry, and ancient evil. When an American heir restores his ancestral estate, Exham Priory, he awakens the unspeakable horrors buried beneath its walls. Whispering voices, scurrying sounds, and the curse of his family’s dark legacy drive him to the brink of insanity. Blending psychological terror and cosmic dread, this Lovecraftian classic explores the fragility of reason and the monstrous history lurking beneath civilization’s veneer. Perfect for fans of eerie atmospheric fiction, haunted estates, and tales of forbidden discovery.

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  Treasure The (Librovox)

  Selma Lagerlöf

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  Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Prize in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Treasure (Herr Arnes penningar) is a fairly short Novel, both a Drama and a Ghost Story. Published in 1904 and the English translation in 1923. The story is set in Bohuslaen on the West coast of Sweden in the middle of the 16th Century. Herr Arne, the old Parson in Solberga and all his household are brutally murdered, and his great Treasure stolen. The only survivor is Elsalill, the orphaned foster daughter. On her lies the burden to find out the murderers. She wants revenge, but falls in love with one of the murderers, who she must betray. Another important figure in the story is Torarin an old Fish hawker, who takes in Elsalill in his house after the murders, and Torarin’s dog, Grim, and also Elsalill’s dead foster sister. (Summary by Lars Rolander)

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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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  The Lost Brontë

  Catherine Friend

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  A spellbinding tale of hidden desires, whispered secrets, and a darkness that lingers behind every locked door. 
   
  Yorkshire, 1898. 
   
  When twenty-one-year-old Lilianne Loxley is sent to Lord Bexton's isolated estate to work off her uncle's debts, she expects drudgery—not danger. With her gift for mimicry, she becomes Bexton's secretary—and his reluctant forger. Soon she's trapped in a scheme to create a "lost" novel by Emily Brontë, a deception that could make—or destroy—fortunes. 
   
  The house is full of secrets: footsteps echo in empty corridors, lemon-scented ghosts haunt her sleepless nights, and a portrait seems to watch her every move. Yet it's the living who unsettle her most—especially Wren McAllister, the sharp-tongued maid whose defiance hides a tender heart. Drawn together by loss and longing, Lily and Wren risk everything for a freedom neither has ever known. 
   
  As the line between truth and invention blurs, Lily uncovers a shocking connection to the Brontë family—and to Bexton himself—that will force her to choose between love, loyalty, and the dangerous power of her own pen.

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