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  Diary Horror - The 'Found...

  Robert Bloch, Guy de Maupassant,...

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  Fifteen stories told through the recovered pages of diaries/journals. 
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  What Killed Granded? by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble, 2020) 
  An investigation told through a series of audio logs. 
  The Diary of Alonzo Typer by H. P. Lovecraft (Weird Tales, 1938) 
  An occult researcher disappears without a trace. 
  The Horror in the Lighthouse by E. A. Poe and R. Bloch (Fantastic, 1953) 
  Bloch completes Poe's famous fragment. 
  The Diary of Philip Westerly by Paul Compton (WT, 1936) 
  Unsettling incidents involving a mirror. 
  Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch (WT, 1951) 
  A boy hides from 'them ones'. 
  The Hall Bedroom by M. E. W. Freeman (Short Story Classics, 1905) 
  A peculiar room in a boarding house. 
  The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant (Le Gaulois, 1885) 
  The thoughts of an undiscovered murderer. 
  The Polar Vortex by Malcolm Ferguson (WT, 1946) 
  A terrible experiment. 
  The Impossible Adventure by H. T. W. Bousfield (WT, 1940) 
  A curious set of notes. 
  The Bed of Shadows by Fred R. Farrow, Jr. (WT, 1929) 
  What lurked above the man in the bed? 
  The Way Home by P. F. Stern (WT, 1935) 
  A man suffering from amnesia. 
  The Floor Above by M. Humphreys (WT, 1923) 
  A man's troubling stay with an old friend. 
  The Horla by Guy de Maupassant (1887) 
  A man is haunted by an invisible presence. 
  The Hollow Moon by Everil Worrell (WT, 1939) 
  A vampire and strange icebergs. 
  The Green Meadow by H. P. Lovecraft (The Vagrant, 1927) 
  A notebook found in a meteorite.

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  The Festival

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Step into the chilling depths of H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Festival”, a haunting tale of ancestral secrets, forbidden rituals, and cosmic dread. Set in the eerie town of Kingsport during the Yuletide season, this gothic masterpiece unravels a nightmarish journey where family heritage intertwines with unspeakable horrors. As the protagonist is drawn into a macabre festival beneath an ancient church, Lovecraft’s signature blend of supernatural terror and psychological unease blurs the line between reality and madness. Perfect for fans of dark fiction, eldritch mysteries, and timeless horror.

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  Death in the Woods - From their...

  Sherwood Anderson

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  Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio. 
  When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio.   
  Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years. 
  He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the US-Spanish War of 1898.  He then entered Wittenberg Academy in Springfield, Ohio to complete his education before moving back to Chicago to take up a writing job. 
  In 1904 he married Cornelia Lane, her family had resources and Anderson was keen, with this family backing, to run a business. 
  The early years of their marriage produced 3 children but a nervous breakdown in 1907 and another in 1912, despite his success as a business entrepreneur, resulted in him abandoning his family and deciding that a literary career would be best for him.   
  A move back to Chicago resulted in a job in advertising, a divorce from Cornelia and marriage to Tennessee Mitchell.  
  That same year his first book ‘Windy McPherson’s Son’ was released and in 1919, his most famous book, ‘Winesburg, Ohio’, a collection of short stories about life in an Ohio town was released. 
  Anderson continued to write short stories, novels and non-fiction but his only true bestseller came with ‘Dark Laughter’.  His influence on writers that followed, from Faulkner to Hemingway, was immense. He also married a further two times.   
  Sherwood Anderson died in in Colón, Panama, on the 8th March, 1941. He was 64. An autopsy revealed that a swallowed toothpick had resulted in peritonitis. 
  His headstone epitaph reads ‘Life, Not Death is the Great Adventure.’

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  A Medical Crime - From their...

  J. Storer Clouston

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is J Storer Clouston.

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  Crooked Cross

  Sally Carson

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  "Sally Carson’s prescient novel offers an unflinching look at the early days of Nazism, resonating with today’s fears of lost boys, strong men and old hatreds... A remarkable novel: chilling, compelling, contained..." The Times"...warrants a permanent place in the growing canon of World War Two literature." Clare McHugh, BBC CultureIt is Christmas Eve 1932, and the Kluger family are celebrating at home. Their only daughter Lexa is excited about her upcoming summer wedding to Moritz Weissmann, a promising young doctor. 
  Lexa has many admirers, but her heart belongs to Moritz, who is initially welcomed by her parents and two brothers, Helmy and Erich. As the year progresses, Lexa enjoys skiing, swimming and going to parties with Moritz and her friends. But little by little Moritz is excluded from the pool, the library, and eventually his own home.As support for the Nazi Party grows rapidly across the country, Lexa’s own brothers, now fervent members of the Nazi Youth, turn against Moritz. Under immense pressure and desperate to be together, Lexa and Moritz have to meet in secret.By midsummer, the once close-knit Kluger family are now fractured by irreconcilable beliefs and differing loyalties. When legislation strips the town’s Jewish citizens of their rights and their livelihoods, Lexa remains steadfast in her determination to stay true to Moritz.Crooked Cross is part of the Persephone Audiobook Collection, a series of forgotten classics including neglected fiction and non-fiction by women writers. This novel was first published in 1934.

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  The Prince and the Pauper

  Mark Twain

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  "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain is a captivating historical fiction novel set in 16th-century England. The story revolves around two young boys who, despite their vastly different lives, find themselves embarking on a remarkable adventure that challenges their identities and perceptions of the world. Tom Canty, a young pauper living in the squalid streets of London, dreams of a life beyond his poverty and hardship. On a fateful day, he crosses paths with Edward Tudor, the young prince of England, who longs for a taste of the freedom and simplicity that Tom's life represents. Seizing an opportunity, the boys impulsively decide to switch places, setting in motion a chain of events that will forever alter their lives.

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