The Devils & Demons MEGAPACK ®: 25 Modern and Classic Tales

Lester Del Rey, Mack Reynolds, Emil Petaja, Jerome Bixby

Beschreibung

Stories about devils and demons were literary staples long before the modern horror field came into existence. Our earliest story in this volume, by Washington Irving, was published in 1824...and the fact that these tales span almost 200 years shows how enduring the theme remains. Here, then, are 25 great modern and classic tales of devils, demons, and the macabre. Enjoy!
THE CONTRACT OF CARSON CARRUTHERS, by William P. McGivern
BURNT TOAST, by Mack Reynolds
CRIME CLEAN-UP IN CENTER CITY, by Robert Moore Williams
THE CRACKS OF TIME, by Dorothy Quick
THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER, by Washington Irving
HIDEAWAY, by Everil Worrell
THE STRANGER FROM KURDISTAN, by E. Hoffmann Price
HEREAFTER, INC., by Lester del Rey
NIGHTMARE ON THE NOSE, by Evelyn E. Smith
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, by Mark Twain
AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL: THE TRUE STORY OF A HALLUCINATION, by X.L. (Julian Osgood Field)
CAN SUCH BEAUTY BE? by Jerome Bixby
MARKHEIM, by Robert Louis Stevenson
MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD, by Emil Petaja
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS, by Manly Banister
THE BARGAIN OF RUPERT ORANGE, by Vincent O’Sullivan
THE BOTTLE IMP, by Dwight V. Swain
THE CASE OF MR. LUCRAFT, Walter Besant and James Rice
WHO SUPS WITH THE DEVIL, by S.M. Tenneshaw
THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL, by Anton Chekhov
SPAWN OF HELL, by William P. McGivern
YOUR SOUL COMES C.O.D., by Mack Reynolds
ST. JOHN'S EVE, by Nikolai Gogol
WOLFIE, by Theodore R. Cogwell
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Verfügbar seit: 22.10.2015.

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