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  The Death Pit - A tale of...

  Oscar Schisgall

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  Incredibly prolific author Oscar Schisgall, who contributed over 4,000 stories to publications like Reader's Digest and Colliers, published this thrilling story in Weird Tales magazine, "The Death Pit" ("a novelette of grim tragedy") in November of 1923.  Enjoy this macabre tale which is sure to bring tingles to the spine! 

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  At The Mountains Of Madness

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft is a chilling tale of cosmic horror and psychological dread. Presented as the first-person account of geologist William Dyer, a professor at Miskatonic University, the story follows an ill-fated Antarctic expedition that uncovers ancient ruins and nightmarish horrors buried beneath the ice. As the team explores towering, otherworldly structures and strange hieroglyphs, they come to realize that they are not alone—unspeakable beings, long thought extinct, still lurk in the frozen wastes. 
  Narrated by Michael Lyons, this audiobook immerses listeners in Lovecraft’s haunting vision, bringing to life the sheer terror of confronting the unknown. With its rich descriptions, mounting tension, and overwhelming sense of isolation, At the Mountains of Madness is a seminal work in the horror genre, influencing generations of writers, filmmakers, and lovers of cosmic horror. 
  Originally published in 1936, this novella remains one of Lovecraft’s most celebrated works, offering a masterclass in atmosphere, suspense, and existential terror.

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  The Imp of the Perverse

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  A dim, shadowy Victorian study. A lone man sits at a writing desk, surrounded by candlelight and heavy books. Behind him, a mirror faintly reflects a shadowy, imp-like figure perched on his shoulder, whispering in his ear. 
  The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe is a compelling and unsettling psychological essay-story hybrid that explores the human compulsion toward self-destruction and irrational behavior. First published in 1845, this cerebral tale begins as a philosophical musing on the darker sides of human nature before morphing into a chilling first-person confession of murder—and its consequences. 
  The narrator describes an unexplainable urge to act against one’s own best interests—an “imp of the perverse”—that lives within all of us. As his own tale unfolds, we witness the devastating power of this impulse, culminating in a moment of haunting self-sabotage and inevitable ruin. 
  This audiobook offers a powerful, introspective narration of Poe’s sharp prose, perfect for lovers of psychological horror, philosophical fiction, and literature that delves into the complexities of the human mind.

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  Shadow out of Time The (The Work...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The story describes time and space travel by mind transfer. The premise is that a person in a given place and time can switch bodies with someone who is elsewhere or elsewhen. Other writers have re-used this concept in later works, such as drinking tea from Red Forest leaves in the television series 12 Monkeys and long-range communication stones in the Stargate SG-1 television series. As with other Lovecraftian works, this story features otherworldy alien beings that are not simply variations on humans or other familiar terrestrial animals.

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  Waiting for Willa

  Dorothy Eden

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  A woman vanishes into thin air and nothing is as it seems in bestselling author Dorothy Eden’s novel of romantic suspense and international intrigue set in SwedenA situation has developed . . . I’ve made a decision . . . There is simply no other way.Wilhelmina. The envelope is postmarked from Stockholm. But it’s the signature on the note inside that strikes fear into the heart of novelist Grace Asherton. As teenagers, she and her cousin Willa Bedford made a secret pact: If Willa were ever in trouble, she’d send a letter, signing it with her given name.When Grace responds by telegram and receives no reply, she grows concerned and travels to Stockholm, where romance, suspense, and stunning revelations await her. As she uncovers answers to the questions about Willa’s plight, Grace becomes desperate to extricate herself from a twisted world of deceit and violence waiting to claim another life.  

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  Morella

  Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  "Morella", by Edgar Allan Poe, shows the relationship between a man and his wife, whose fixation with the supernatural makes her almost a ghost. After she dies, her daughter, also called Morella, appears to be her reincarnation, continuing a frightening cycle of life, death and rebirth.

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