Publisher: Orpheus Editions
Beyond the Door is one of the first short stories written by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in 1954. Larry Thomas offers a cuckoo clock to his wife Doris. What will be the influence of this weird object on their life ?
“I was sick, sick unto death with that long agony,” begins one of the most famous tales from the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. Through the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition, we follow the straying mind of an unnamed prisoner in his quest for hope in a world of darkness and despair.Show book
The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin in Brazil that encountered prehistoric animals. It has been the inspiration for subsequent fiction, including Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park.Show book
Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of 21 novels and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works have been ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells, and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. In his stories of detection, Bramah hit on the idea of a blind detective, Max Carrados, whose triumphs are all the more amazing because of his disability. In this story Max Carrados solves a particularly peculiar case involving a burglary and a very peculiar pair of ladies' shoes.Show book
This classic collection of ghost, crime and horror stories from Giles Ekins will delight any reader with a taste for the macabre. Included in the 19 short stories are the titular tale of vengeance 'Sometimes You Just Kill The Wrong People' and the chilling ghost stories 'Aunt Alice, Incident at Gretna Green' and 'The Chinese Hat Box. Crime stories include 'From Darkness and Horror Comes Light', 'If Only', and 'A Dealer in Fine Art', whilst diabolic tales include 'Death Pale Were They All' and 'It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.' This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.Show book
College student Chad Owens fantasizes about the naughty things he would do to his best friend Jill - if he could get up the nerve to actually tell the beautiful young woman how he feels about her. When Jill innocently asks Chad to rub tanning oil on her exposed back, will passions explode as the truth finally comes out? Will best friends become lovers?Show book
A short collection of surreal tales with a strong emotional impact. A constant remembrance to the inner ghosts of our lives, painted with intensity and delicacy.Show book
