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  The Narrative of Arthur Gordon...

  Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", a story by Edgar Allan Poe, recounts the adventure of Pym, who embarks clandestinely on a whaler. After a mutiny and various adversities, including cannibalism and natural disasters, the story culminates in a mysterious and inconclusive encounter at the South Pole.

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  Tomato Sauce - A sadistic priest...

  Hanns Heinz Ewers

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  Hanns Heinz Ewers was born on 3rd November 1871 in Düsseldorf, Germany. 
   
  His first published poem was at 17 on the death, after a reign of only 99 days, of the German Emperor Frederick III. 
   
  A stint in the German military was cut short after only 44 days because of his myopia.  Writing was to be the way forward for him with a book of satiric verse published in 1901. At the same time he co-founded a literary vaudeville troupe that toured central and eastern Europe before censors and expenses forced its closure.  An inveterate traveller he was in South America when the Great War enveloped Europe and he relocated to New York. 
   
  From here his story darkens. Although by now a successful and admired author he was arrested in the U S in 1918 as a German Agent on the pretext of his travels and a falsified Swiss passport. Interned, he was released in 1921 and returned to Germany.  He claimed only to be raising money for the German Red Cross. 
   
  His literary fame is decidedly easier to clarify. His novels beginning with ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ in 1910 are dark, they bristle with evil intent and are littered with characters who have a dubious moral compass and yet, along with his short stories, are brazen, brilliant feats of literary narrative. 
   
  He also wrote and published plays, fairy tales, opera librettos, critical essays and lectured for many years on ‘The Religion of Satan’ and was one of the first to write scripts for the cinema, which he considered a legitimate art form. 
   
  As the Weimar republic began its chaotic death throes Ewers became attracted to the rising Nazi Party.  At first he was warmly received despite disagreeing with its anti-semitism (his most famed literary character had a Jewish mistress) and he was even commissioned by Hitler to write a biography of the Nazi martyr Horst Wessel.  This together with his own homosexuality culminated with his works being banned in 1934 and his assets and property seized.  It took him many years to have the ban lifted.  This association rightfully clouds his personal reputation but has meant his literary contributions are also overlooked and neglected. 
   
  Hanns Heinz Ewers died of tuberculosis on 12th June 1943 in his Berlin apartment.

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  Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise...

  Marjorie Bowen

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  ""Black Magic: A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist" is a chilling early horror work by Marjorie Bowen, set in the Middle Ages. Within its pages, you'll encounter a bewitching blend of witches, spells, ghosts, pacts with the Devil, occult rituals, love triangles, popes, and the Anti-Christ. Some consider it the ultimate Gothic Novel.    The novel weaves a dark tapestry of suspense and mystery, drawing readers into a world where forbidden knowledge and supernatural forces collide. As you delve into its 330 pages, you'll find yourself immersed in a realm where the boundaries between light and shadow blur, and ancient secrets threaten to consume all who dare to seek them."

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  Come Alive

  Karina Halle

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  It's one thing to bring the woman you love back into your life. It's another to try and keep her there. 
   
   
   
  For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons, and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined. Add in the fact that the only way they can keep their Exper­i­ment in Ter­ror show run­ning is to take on a third part­ner in the form of the mys­te­ri­ous Max­imus Jacobs—all while inves­ti­gat­ing a sin­is­ter voodoo sect in New Orleans—and you've got the per­fect South­ern storm and a recipe for dis­as­ter. Luck­ily, Dex has never been one to back down, even when his life—and heart—are on the line. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Guard The (The Guard Trilogy...

  N. L. Westaway

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  Urban Fantasy. Paranormal Mystery. Everyday People. 
  A flash of something in the pages caught my eye, and I stopped. Thumbing back through the pages again, slower this time, I found it. It was about an inch thickness in…Mom’s handwriting…pages of it. 
  When a woman linked to the supernatural, discovers her adoptive mother’s journal holds a cryptic mystery, she and her closest friends race to uncover a secret matriarchal society safeguarded by mystical unseen forces. 
  What if cancer wasn’t just an illness or evil sickness that took our loved ones? What if it’s something bigger—a sacrifice or choice to keep humanity safe—to keep the balance? 
  Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is considered the third cleanest city in the world and rated the second highest quality of living of any big city in the Americas, but unless you’re Canadian you probably wouldn’t know any of that stuff. And it’s all very nice and well, but boring as hell.... That’s what four unsuspecting girlfriends thought, until their good friend Lynn Westlake came home to visit, and they found themselves in the biggest mystery and adventure of their normal boring lives. 
  The Guard is the first book in the N. L. Westaway urban fantasy and paranormal mystery trilogy. If you appreciate brilliant urban fantasy or paranormal mysteries involving everyday people, you’ll love this entertaining three-part trilogy. 
  Note: It is recommended that you listen to the books in order.

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  Dead Awake: Collapse

  Rob Ulitski

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  The bite infects you. Sleep seals your fate. 
   
  Noxidone was meant to be a miracle drug - designed to shorten the sleep cycle, unlock more hours in the day. Somewhere along the way, everything went wrong. 
   
  The town of Egglemore is waking up to a terrifying epidemic. Those who have taken Noxidone are trapped in a violent, hallucinatory state, attacking other residents in increasingly brutal ways. 
   
  Worse yet, the infection is transmitted through bodily fluids, activating when victims fall asleep. 
   
  Trapped in the midst of this chaos are a journalist on a last-ditch effort to save her career, a survivalist mother trying to protect her ailing daughter, and an introverted shut-in faced with the world outside his window. 
   
  The barricades are going up, escape less likely with every passing minute. When it takes just one mistake to become infected, how many second chances can you afford? 
   
  The first entry in the Dead Awake series, Dead Awake: Collapse offers a twist on the traditional zombie outbreak, with action-packed set pieces, ‘fast-infected’ and flawed characters doing whatever it takes to stay alive... and awake. 
   
  If you come into contact with the infected…

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