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  The Corner House

  E.F. Benson

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  A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E.F. Benson. In the remote town of Firham-By-Sea, two holidaymakers are curious about the derelict Corner House and its mysterious owners. Upon investigation, they unveil the grim story of Mr and Mrs Labson.

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  The Turn of the Screw

  Henry James

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  The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. The novella follows a governess who, caring for two children at a remote country house, becomes convinced that they are haunted. The Turn of the Screw is considered a work of both Gothic and horror fiction. 
  In the century following its publication, critical analysis of the novella underwent several major transformations. Initial reviews regarded it only as a frightening ghost story, but, in the 1930s, some critics suggested that the supernatural elements were figments of the governess' imagination. In the early 1970s, the influence of structuralism resulted in an acknowledgement that the text's ambiguity was its key feature. Later approaches incorporated Marxist and feminist thinking. 
  The novella has been adapted several times, including a Broadway play (1950), a chamber opera (1954), two films (in 1961 and 2020), and a miniseries (2020). 
  On Christmas Eve, an unnamed narrator and some of his friends are gathered around a fire. One of them, Douglas, reads a manuscript written by his sister's late governess. The manuscript tells the story of her being hired by a man who has become responsible for his young niece and nephew following the deaths of their parents. He lives mainly in London and has a country house in (fictional) Bly, Essex... 
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  Narrator: Logan Keen 
  Author: Henry James 
  Date of original publication: 1898 
  Genre: Gothic horror novella 
  Language : English 
  Version : unabridged, full/complete 
  Without subtitles

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  Thornyhold

  Mary Stewart

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  Gilly Ramsey's lonely childhood was brightened only by visits to her godmother until her death, when the grown-up Gilly inherits the family cottage, " Thornyhold." Set deep in a wild wood, with its magical and peaceful strength and its sovereign defenses against evil, Thornyhold is like something out of a fairy tale. The old house strikes an end to Gilly's bleak future, offering more than just a new home. It presents a chance to start over— despite its reputation for magic, history of witchcraft, and a resident black cat. This Gothic romance features sparkling prose, delightful characters, and classic intrigue.

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  The Blue Room - A murderous...

  Lettice Galbraith

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  Lettice Galbraith is yet another of those mysterious women of British literature of whom little was recorded. 
   
  Lizzie Susan Gibson was born on the 27th January 1859 in Kingston-Upon-Hull in Yorkshire into a comfortable middle-class family. 
   
  Her education was primarily private but at fifteen her father died, and life became rather different. 
   
  After several years in London, she moved with her mother to Reigate in Surrey.   
   
  In 1885 she published her first story anonymously and her pseudonym ‘Lettice Galbraith’ only appeared from late 1892. 
   
  Although her canon of works is small, she mainly achieved her reputation on a single volume of ghost and supernatural stories entitled ‘New Ghost Stories’. 
   
  After her mother’s death in 1901 she moved to London and continued to write, this time moving on from the short story to the novel, as well as reverting to her given name. 
   
  For the last two decades of her life, she did not continue her literary career. 
   
  Lettice Galbraith died on 8th July 1932 at Downe, then in Kent.  She was 73

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  Molter War

  C.A. Gleason

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  Former Army grunt Jonah Browne is a survivor. Guilt-ridden and haunted by the past, he is determined to set things right, one dead Molter at a time. 
  Fortunately, while stationed in Germany in the military, he learned the location of (abandoned) military bases, so he stocks up on guns, ammo, and explosives. 
  On his warpath he discovers a group who has found a way to fight back against The Molting and its bloodthirsty spawn. His work with them not only kills more Molters, but also enables him to begin the process of piecing himself back together. 
  As he recuperates within the safety of guarded fences surrounding a peaceful town, he stops just surviving and starts living again. 
  Until the fortifications fail, and Jonah discovers a shocking truth—a secret that changes his thoughts about not only the creatures threatening humanity, but the planet Earth itself.

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  The Ghost Behind Me

  Ashlei Prince

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  I'm alone, in the apartment my girlfriend and I used to share. But she's gone. Dead. Strange things are happening. I think it's my sleepwalking. 
  I need to find out.

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