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  The Complete Fiction of H P...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  CONTENTS:01. The Nameless City02. The Festival03-04. The Colour Out of Space05-07. The Call of Cthulhu08-17. The Dunwich Horror18-25. The Whisperer in Darkness26 . A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson27-28.The Haunter of the Dark29-33. The Shadow Over Innsmouth34. Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"35-42. The Shadow Out of Time43-54. At the Mountains of Madness55-79.The Case of Charles Dexter Ward80. Azathoth81. Beyond the Wall of Sleep82. Celephaïs83. Cool Air84. Dagon85. Ex Oblivione86-87. Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family88. From Beyond89. He90-95. Herbert West-Reanimator96. Hypnos97. In the Vault98. Memory99. Nyarlathotep100. Pickman's Model101. The Book102. The Cats of Ulthar103. The Descendant104. The Doom That Came to Sarnath105-110. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath101. The Evil Clergyman112. The Picture In the House . 113. The Outsider114.The Music of Erich Zann115-121. The Horror at Red Hook122.-123 The Hound 124. The History of the Necronomicon125-128 The Lurking Fear. 129. The Moon-Bog130. The Music of Erich Zann131. The Other Gods132. The Outsider133. The Picture in the House134. The Quest of Iranon135. The Rats in the Walls136-140. The Shunned House141. The Silver Key142. The Statement of Randolph Carter143. The Strange High House in the Mist144. The Street145. The Temple146. The Terrible Old Man147-153. The Thing on the Doorstep154. The Tomb155. The Transition of Juan Romero156. The Tree157. The Unnamable158. The White Ship159. What the Moon Brings160. Polaris161. The Very Old Folk162. Ibid163. Old Bugs164-162. Sweet Ermengarde, or, The Heart of a Country Girl171-172. The Dreams in the witch House

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  Fear - From their pens to your...

  Catherine Wells

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  Little information survives on Catherine’s life. 
  She was born Amy Catherine Robbins in 1872. 
  In about 1892 she was a student in a biology cramming class where the teacher was H G Wells.  Though married he was quickly attracted to his student and within a short time they were living together in Woking, Surrey.  He then divorced his first wife and married Catherine in October 1895 at St Pancras register office. 
  In the early years they were poor to the point that they could not afford to start a family.  When they did they had two children; Philip in 1901 and Frank two years later. 
  For much of her life she seemed to pursue other interests, being a mother, a gardener, running much of her husband’s business affairs and this seemed to leave little time for her own literary pursuits.  She published little during her lifetime apart from a few poems and some short stories.  Indeed her prodigiously talented husband even referred to her as ‘Jane’ and soon all around her did too, her writing life seemingly in another personality far, far away.   
  By the mid 20’s she was ill with cancer and succumbed to its advance in 1927. 
  Wells, although wayward and promiscuous during much of the marriage, now attempted to put his wife’s literary merits into book form and published ‘The Book of Catherine Wells’, a collection of short stories and poems.

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  J Alan A - A Short Story...

  A J lan

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  Leslie Harrison Lambert was born on 11th November 1883 in Nottingham. 
   
  After attending Rugby School he trained to be a surveyor. One of his passions was magic and such was his prowess that he joined The Magic Circle, and performed at society events. 
   
  By the beginning of World War I he was an amateur radio ham and volunteered to work at a coastguard station in Norfolk to intercept German radio transmissions. By November 1914 he was with the Admiralty at Naval Intelligence Room 40.  By 1919 this had become part of the new Government Code and Cypher School.  He was still there as World War II erupted across Europe and with many of his colleagues he transferred to Bletchley Park.  There, in Hut 8, he was quoted as saying that "in contrast to his outrageously unconventional stories" that he led his life on "a monotonously regular timetable". Life outside the Intelligence services was very different.  He married but the couple had no children.  They lived at Holland Park with a second home at Potter Heigham for sailing on the Norfolk Broads.  Other interests were as an amateur radio operator, using the call sign G2ST, and an authority on food and wine. 
   
  He contacted the BBC to suggest he might tell one of his own short stories on the radio.  Thus was born A J Alan, and his broadcast of ‘My Adventure in Jermyn Street’, on New Year’s Eve, 1924.  It was an immediate success and although he only broadcast a handful of times a year he was one of the most popular radio personalities of the time.  He spent weeks working on each short story, honing his conversational style, making his stories seem like anecdotes that had peculiarly happened to him.  
   
  A live broadcast was, in fact, a performance.  He used cards to avoid any rustling noises and kept a candle lit in case the lights failed.  His attire was a dinner jacket with eye glass, and a slim black briefcase.  
   
  Many of his stories were subsequently printed in newspapers and magazines. 
   
  By 1937 his health had deteriorated, and he reduced his radio work making his last broadcast on 21st March 1940.  
   
  A J Alan died on 13th December 1941. 
   
  01 - A J Alan - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - My Adventure In Jermyn Street by A J Alan 
  03 - The Hair by A J Alan 
  04 - My Adventure in Norfolk by A J Alan 
  05 - The Diver by A J Alan 
  06 - The 19 Club by A J Alan

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  The Menorah - Jewish parents...

  Benjamin Rosenblatt

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  The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Clark Ashton Smith.

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  Twice Told Tales

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that town. Hawthorne entered Bowdoin College in 1821 and graduated in 1825. He published his first work in 1828, the novel Fanshawe; he later tried to suppress it, feeling it was not equal to the standard of his later work.[He published several short stories in periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The following year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody. He worked at the Boston Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment as consul took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to Concord in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their three children.

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  Just So Stories

  Rudyard Kipling

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  "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling is a whimsical collection of imaginative tales that explain the origins of animals and natural phenomena. Written with playful language and rhythmic prose, the stories explore how the leopard got its spots, the camel its hump, and the elephant its trunk, blending creativity with curiosity. Kipling’s narrative style invites readers into a world of wonder, where animals and nature are shaped by quirky adventures and lessons in adaptation. Each story carries a moral or insight, encouraging reflection on the interconnectedness of life. Filled with charm and humor, this timeless classic captivates both children and adults, celebrating the joy of storytelling and the magic of discovery in the natural world.

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