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  Loss of Breath

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Loss of Breath by Edgar Allan Poe is a darkly humorous and macabre short story that delves into the bizarre consequences of an extreme medical condition. The tale follows the unfortunate experiences of a man who suffers from a mysterious and horrifying loss of breath, leading to a series of absurd and grimly amusing events. 
  Set in the early 19th century, the story explores themes of medical quackery, existential dread, and the human fascination with death and the grotesque. Poe's unique blend of satire and horror is on full display as he critiques the medical practices of his time while crafting a narrative filled with eerie and absurd situations. 
  Through sharp wit and vivid, unsettling imagery, Poe masterfully blends humor with horror, creating a story that is both entertaining and thought-provoking. Loss of Breath stands as a testament to Poe’s ability to capture the strange and unsettling aspects of human nature, making it a compelling read for fans of gothic and satirical literature.

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  Frankenstein

  Mary Shelley

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  The story of Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, starts and ends in the frozen wastes of the Arctic. There, he tells Robert Walton, his English rescuer, about his obsessive quest to create life and its disastrous results. He has attempted to make a superhuman and succeeded in producing a terrible monster instead. The being is physically repulsive and Frankenstein, terrified by what he has done, abandons him. Neglected and uncared for, the creature turns to evil. Many of the other characters, from the angelic Elizabeth to the faithful friend Henry Clerval, innocently face their violent dooms because of Frankenstein's quarrel with his creature.

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  A gothic melodrama full of subtle impression and epigram, which tells a story about moral corruption. The Picture of Dorian Gray touches on many of Wilde's recurring themes, such as the nature and spirit of art, aestheticism and the dangers inherent to it.

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  Old Fashioned Christmas Eve An

  Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

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  Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812 - 1885) was a Norwegian writer, scholar and collector of traditional folk tales. "An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve" describes a young Norwegian soldier recovering from an illness, who finds himself stranded on Christmas Eve with a family who sit around the fire telling a series of quite extraordinary folk tales and ghost stories.

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  Apocalypse of the Dead

  Joe McKinney

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  And the dead shall rise... 
   
  Two hellish years. That's how long it's been since the hurricanes flooded the Gulf Coast, and the dead rose up from the ruins. The cities were quarantined; the infected, contained. Any unlucky survivors were left to fend for themselves. A feast for the dead. 
   
  And the living shall gather... 
   
  One boatload of refugees manages to make it out alive—but one passenger carries the virus. Within weeks, the zombie epidemic spreads across the globe. Now, retired U.S. Marshal Ed Moore must lead a group of strangers to safety, searching for sanctuary from the dead. A last chance for the living. 
   
  Let the battle begin. 
   
  In the North Dakota grasslands, bands of survivors converge upon a single outpost. Run by a self-appointed preacher of fierce conviction—and frightening beliefs—it may be humanity's only hope. But Ed Moore and the others refuse to enter a suicide pact. They'd rather stand and fight in the final battle against the zombies. An apocalypse of the dead.

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  Narcissus - A Novella

  Adam Godfrey

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  "Terrifying...You'll never again trust what's looking back at you." —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters and Quiet Part Loud 
   "A clever look at an unsettling legend, with one of the best kills I've read in years." —Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House 
    
  If the remainder of your life was only as long as your ability to avoid your own reflection, how long would you last? 
  An hour? A day? Perhaps a week? 
  It's been said that at the core of every legend lies a seed of truth. For four American tourists vacationing in Greece, this is a lesson learned the hard way. 
  When the group sets out to find a subterranean pool that's rumored to be the one by which the demi-god Narcissus once wasted away in self-obsession, what started as a fun excursion quickly escalates into a full-blown nightmare. After looking into the waters of the pool, they come to find their own reflections have become infected by an ancient evil. As they're picked off one-by-one by a malevolence that resides in the reflective world, those remaining race to find a way to bring the nightmare to an end before it takes them all. 
  In the meantime, all they'll have to do is avoid their own reflections.

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