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This vampire story was written at least 20 years before Bram Stoker's Dracula. As such it could be considered the father of vampire tales. It is a classic Gothic horror story which paved the way for many horror stories in the same vein to come.
"The Unnamable" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in September 1923, first published in the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales, and first collected in Beyond the Wall of Sleep. The corrected text appears in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, (revised ed, 1986). The story's locale was inspired by the Charter Street Historic District Burying Ground in Salem. Carter, a weird fiction writer, who is likely the Randolph Carter who features in some of Lovecraft's other tales such as "The Statement of Randolph Carter", meets with his close friend, Joel Manton, in a cemetery near an old, dilapidated house on Meadow Hill in the town of Arkham, Massachusetts. As the two sit upon a weathered tomb, Carter tells Manton the tale of an indescribable entity that allegedly haunts the house and surrounding area...Mostra libro
Mackenzie Menter performs Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous 1892 tale of a woman's decent into madness.The unnamed narrator secretly keeps a journal and chronicles her decent into madness while subjected to her doctor-husband's severe postpartum rest cure. She begins to see that a woman is trapped in the suffocating wallpaper that envelops her room, and she becomes determined—at all costs—to free her.Rediscovered and celebrated by feminists and humanists in the 1970s, its powerful atmosphere of mystery and underlying message retains its strength to this day. Original Music and Sound Design by Jennifer Rouse.Mostra libro
A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection A Phantom Lover and Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee. ‘A Wicked Voice’ reuses the theme of music from beyond the grave from Vernon Lee’s first ghost story ‘Winthrop’s Adventure’. Here, young composer Magnus is writing an opera, determined to go against the conventions of his predecessors, but he soon finds himself haunted by a voice beyond the grave which overpowers him and stops him writing.Mostra libro
"A deftly blended genre mashup" -Kelley Kombrinck, Night of the Living Podcast "Magic and Mayhem in the Old West" -David Lee Summers, Author of The Clockwork Legion "This weird western is nothing less than magical." -K.M. Latch, Author of Winchester County Legends McCray is a bounty hunter who specializes in hunting Mystik outlaws. Spenser Townshend is a Mystik conman who uses magic to commit crimes. Together, they stumble upon the mystery of Whisper Falls, a town that ceased to exist a dozen years ago, and a gang of outlaws straight out of Hell. In a town where nearly everyone has their secrets and nothing is what it seems, McCray and Townshend must join forces and, along with the local sheriff, a bevy of beautiful saloon girls, and a skeptical frontier doctor, put down the supernatural threat. Welcome to Whisper Falls, a new vision of the Old West!Mostra libro
The Plague Doctor A short historical Magicians story. Warlock Blake is captured and tortured by witch hunters, and he's not hiding it or escaping when he can easily, but why? Reworked and re-read. Murdered By Death "Who killed her?" asked Reynard. "A grim reaper," said the Necromantor. "Lancelot, why did you kill her?" said Mortimer, turning on his son. "It wasn't me! Why does everyone always blame me when they see a dead person," protested the Necromancer. "Because you are usually the killer, you psycho," said Mortimer. "I am not guilty now," said the Necromancer. "It wasn't him the reaper spoke, he had a deep bass-baritone-sounding voice," said the Necromantor. "I can't go that low," said Lance, the Necromancer who was a light tenor. "Oh, looks like we have work to do on our side, Uncle Rey," Mortimer, who was also the local coroner, said, "We'll deal with it!"Mostra libro
There's no such thing as vampires. This is the twentieth century. It's bad enough being tied to a stake and accused of witchcraft. The last thing Fembot Sally needs is the undead trying to prey on her as well. But dark rumours are circulating of an evil presence up at the castle. Bodies are being found drained of blood and the finger of suspicion has already fallen on the feudal lord, Count Vetrikinski. Fembot Sally travels up to the castle to investigate, but will she be able to resist the strangely hypnotic man who lives there, a darkly handsome aristocrat who insists he really isn't a vampire at all?Mostra libro
