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  The Imp of the Perverse

  SAMPI Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  In the short story "The Imp of the Perverse", Edgar Allan Poe deals with the psychology of guilt and self-destruction. A man, after committing a murder in order to inherit a fortune, is tormented by the need to confess his crime, driven by an irresistible impulse, the "demon of perversity", which leads him to his own ruin.

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  Dracula's Guest and Other Stories

  Bram Stoker

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  Best known for his masterpiece of horror, Dracula, Bram Stoker wrote a number of other novels and many short stories, all on supernatural themes or filled with a physical terror reminiscent of Poe. Dracula’s Guest was originally part of the great novel, but was excised and published separately. Some of these stories, such as The Squaw, The Judge’s House and The Burial of the Rats, rank very high among classic tales of the macabre. These stories deserve to be better known for the light they shed on the enigmatic author of one of the world’s supreme literary adventures into the realm of nightmare.

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  The Registered Packet

  J. S. Fletcher

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  Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and nonfiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Victorian 'golden age' of the short story.'The Registered Packet' is the story of Martineau, a young man returning home by ship after a two-year absence. On the ship he meets a stranger and volunteers to deliver a small parcel for him to the nearest post office, in order that his fellow traveller might catch his train. But on arrival in Hull, Martineau inadvertently leaves his bag in the cab. He is able to track down the vehicle and find his bag again, but to his horror the packet which was entrusted to him has disappeared. He and his brother set off in search of the missing package...and what follows is an extraordinary tale.

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  Hypnos

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "Hypnos" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, penned in March 1922 and first published in the May 1923 issue of National Amateur."Hypnos" is a first-person narrative, written from the perspective of an unnamed character living in Kent and later London, England. The narrator writes that he fears sleep, and is resolved to write his story down lest it drive him further mad, regardless of what people think after reading it.Lovecraft dedicated this story to his longtime friend Samuel Loveman, who featured in the dreams that inspired Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" and "Nyarlathotep". Loveman suggested it was the best thing Lovecraft had ever written up to that point in time, as mentioned by Lovecraft in a letter.The plot-germ of the story is found in Lovecraft's commonplace book, in an early entry reading, "The man who would not sleep--dares not sleep--takes drugs to keep himself awake. Finally falls asleep-& something happens."

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  Shadows Of Hell - Reworked

  Rachel Lawson

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  While watching the sky at night Blake, the King of Death and his son the Necromancer see a falling star and go to see where it fell, finding there a crashed UFO are these aliens friendly or dangerous? How will this end? 
  music by Suno ai

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  Devil's Snare - Witches of...

  Wendy Wang

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  Sometimes the living need the dead to survive. 
  Psychic Charlie Payne has been busy raising her son, helping the local deputy solve the worst of his cases, and accepting her birthright as a witch. 
  When her cousins suggest combining a girl's week in the mountains with her induction into their coven, she jumps at the chance for a break. 
  But her vacation turns into a nightmare when Charlie encounters the spirit of a young woman who is definitely not looking to move into the light. When this ghost sets her sights on Charlie, she won't stop until she gets what she wants. 
  And if she succeeds? It may cost Charlie more than her life.

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