Other books that might interest you

• 

  Tell Tale of the Apocalypse

  Dino Dhamphyr

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  When Gabrielle unwittingly unleashes the Four Horsemen from a cursed book, her world is thrown into chaos. "Tell Tale of the Apocalypse," inspired by the haunting poem of Dino Dhamphyr, tells a gripping story of survival against the backdrop of an unraveled world. As Gabrielle confronts the terrors she has released, she faces the ultimate truth: death is inevitable. This tale is a raw journey through a landscape where every choice carries weight and the human spirit is tested to its limits.

  Show book

• 

  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Arthur Machen, Margaret...

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume our authors present tales of dark, macabre, and disturbing deeds.  From the pens of Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Machen, Amelia Edwards, Rhoda Broughton and many others come carefully crafted literary journeys designed to disrupt reality, jangle nerves and feed upon our souls. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - British Gothic - An Introduction 
  2 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  3 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  4 - The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott 
  5 - Count Magnus by M R James 
  6 - The Bishop of Hell by Marjorie Bowen 
  7 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet 
  8 - The Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen 
  9 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 
  10 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 
  11 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 
  12 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant 
  13 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant

  Show book

• 

  The Enlightenment Project

  Lynn Hightower

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Have you ever known anyone who survived being possessed? You do now. You’ve met me.Noah Archer is a renowned neurosurgeon, with an impressive success record. He has a happy home, with his beloved wife Moira, their two adopted sons, and a dog who’s a very good girl.But Noah keeps a dark secret, shared only with his old friend Father Perry Cavanaugh. When he was just a boy, he was possessed by a demon—and it was only thanks to the exorcist priest that he survived.Now, Noah works at the cutting edge of medical science and religion, researching the effects of spirituality on the brain. His current research study—The Enlightenment Project—promises breakthrough treatments for depression, addiction and mental illness, and preliminary results are astounding.But after a late-night emergency surgery, Noah returns to his office to find Father Perry waiting for him, with a terrible warning. The Enlightenment Project may not be closing the door to the darkness at all … but instead letting it in.

  Show book

• 

  The Crows

  C. M. Rosens

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Carrie Rickard, leaving an abusive relationship back in London, tries to escape her own past by throwing herself into her restoration project: Fairwood House, known to locals of Pagham-on-Sea as The Crows. Unable to resist as it whispers to her, Carrie’s obsession only grows when she discovers it was the site of a gruesome unsolved murder. 
  As Carrie digs deeper into the mystery surrounding the bloodless child stuffed up the kitchen chimney in the 1950s, she awakens dark and dangerous forces that threaten her own life. 
  Cue an introduction to her eldritch neighbour, Ricky Porter, a foul-mouthed modern-day Merlin in a hoody and a tracksuit, who claims he can see the future. But Ricky, as obsessed with The Crows as Carrie is, has an agenda and several secrets of his own, not least of which are what’s really under his hood, and what he’s got in the cellar… 
  ...Is his offer of help sincere? Or is he the reason she's doomed? 
  THE CROWS is a Gothic Paranormal novel for fans of haunted houses, eldritch monsters, and things that go bump in the night. Content Warning for psychological abuse, body horror, gore, strong language, and scenes of an unsettling nature.

  Show book

• 

  Crystal Stair

  Alessandra Grosso

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Welcome to my story. This book is a mere collection of nightmares, without any pretensions but to let you enter the intricate folds of my mind. 
  I think everyone has experienced nightmares in their life, whether asleep or awake; I can well say I am an impressive expert on sleeping terrors. Close-eyed nightmares are my personal curse: I have been having them since I was a child, and I could never explain the reason why. 
  My childhood was always related to the fear that something catastrophic was about to happen, either to me or to the people I loved. I usually felt something akin to a cold breath on my neck that made my hair stand on end; that icy, slimy hand touching your back which makes you startle, aghast. Oftentimes my vision went completely dark, so that I had to go and lie down on my bed in order to feel more at ease; yet, even entering my bedroom I dreaded what would happen when I finally closed my eyes. 
  Things did not improve at all in my teen years: every time, soon after a dream I woke up in a sweat, shivering. After such nights I obviously had to face life again like everyone else, though still doubtful about my future; but it was whenever I had personal choices to make, that the nightmares worsened. At those times my life easily became hell; I closed myself off entirely and always wondered what I had achieved so far and what I wanted next from my life. 
  Over time I have come to write my dreams down in order to understand them, alongside my wishes, to see if they come true. This has helped me shed some light more than once. 
  But back to nightmares. I then thought to myself that I would tell you all about my terrors, embellishing each one and including them in a collection of every spine-chilling thrill I have ever experienced. I apologise for this chilly gift on my part, but my mind likewise is as cold and messy a place. It is the mind of a woman, of a fighter who openly faced evil, and chose to talk about it.

  Show book

• 

  Collection of Ghost Stories A...

  E. F. Benson

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  E. F. Benson's (1867-1940) ghost and supernatural stories are marvellous jewels, that combine elegant writing with moments of blood-curdling horror. This collection comprises thirteen of his finest stories:The Man Who Went Too Far, The Horror Horn, The Other Bed, Gavon's Eve, The Room in the Tower, Ali Abdul's Grave, How Fear departed from the Long Gallery, The Shootings of Achnaleish, The Dust-Cloud, The Confession of Charles Linkworth, Caterpillars, At the Farmhouse, The Bus-Conductor.

  Show book