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  The Oval Portrait

  Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe's "The Oval Portrait" recounts the obsession of a painter who captures his wife's vitality in a portrait, consuming her life in the process. The narrative unfolds through the observation of a wounded man who discovers the tragic story behind the painting in an abandoned castle.

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  The Dunwich Horror

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be."
  
  In the isolated, decaying town of Dunwich, Massachusetts, an inbred, reclusive family harbours dark secrets tied to ancient, otherworldly forces.
  
  When the grotesque Wilbur Whateley grows at an unnatural pace and seeks forbidden knowledge, the boundaries between our world and the cosmic unknown begin to crumble. As invisible forces wreak havoc across the countryside, scholars race to confront a horror that defies all reason—and discover an evil that threatens not just Dunwich, but the very fabric of reality.
  The Dunwich Horror is a prime example of Lovecraft's cosmic horror genre, a chilling tale that embodies the essence of cosmic dread—and suggests that some things are beyond human comprehension and should not be tampered with.
  
  Though virtually unknown and financially unsuccessful during his lifetime, H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is now regarded as one of the most influential 20th-century writers of supernatural horror fiction. Widely credited with inventing the "cosmic horror" genre—fiction that explores humanity's insignificance in the face of vast, unknowable cosmic forces—he also created the "Cthulhu Mythos", a shared universe of ancient alien beings and forbidden knowledge that has influenced generations of horror and science fiction writers.

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  The Tree

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "The Tree" is a macabre short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920, and published in October 1921 in The Tryout. Set in ancient Greece, the story concerns two sculptors who accept a commission with ironic consequences.On a slope of Mount Maenalus in Arcadia is an olive grove that grows around a marble tomb and the ruin of an old villa. There, one gigantic tree resembles a frighteningly distorted man, and the roots of the tree have shifted the blocks of the tomb.The narrator explains that the beekeeper who lives next door told him a story about the tree: Two renowned sculptors, Kalos and Musides, lived in the colonnaded villa, which was "resplendent" in its day. Both men created works that were widely known and celebrated. They were devoted friends, but different in disposition: Musides enjoyed the nightlife, while Kalos preferred the quiet of the olive grove. It was there he was said to receive his inspiration...The end of the story recalls the Latin aphorism that precedes the text: "Fata viam invenient" ("fate will find a way").

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  The Devil in the Belfry

  Edgar Allen Poe

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  A quiet unchanging town gets a visit from a most peculiar and, we come to find out, dastardly character. 

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  Never Answer a Call at 3:33 AM -...

  Jackal

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  Most people ignore phone calls in the middle of the night. 
  Daniel didn't. 
  At exactly 3:33 AM, his phone rang from an unknown number. What began as a simple late-night call quickly turned into something far more disturbing. 
  A voice whispered his name. 
  But Daniel had never told the caller who he was. 
  As the night grows darker, strange things begin to happen inside his apartment. Footsteps in empty rooms. Cold air moving through locked doors. And a chilling message repeated over and over: 
  “Don’t look behind you.” 
  Never Answer a Call at 3:33 AM is a suspenseful horror audiobook that explores the terrifying consequences of curiosity in the middle of the night. 
  Perfect for fans of late-night horror stories, creepy phone call mysteries, and psychological suspense.

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  The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

  Edith Wharton

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  Although well-known for her novels of manners and social critique, such as The House of Mirth and the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was also a master of the ghost story. Her ghostly characters appear in many different forms, haunting such places as a splendid English country estate, a lonely house on the coast of storm-tossed Brittany, and an isolated New England village. This collection includes eight of Wharton’s best ghost stories, published between 1904 and 1928: “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell,” “The Eyes,” “Afterward,” “Kerfol,” “The Triumph of Night,” “Miss Mary Pask,” “Bewitched,” and “Mr. Jones.”

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