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  The Fearsome Touch of Death - A...

  Robert E. Howard

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  The dead man had lived a mean and spiteful life fueled by hate and malice. He died alone still savoring his anger and resentments against all humans, no friends or relations in his decrepit house that was as far from neighbors as he could get it, deep in the woods. But the custom of sitting up with a corpse the first night is engrained in you as the right thing to do. With no friends or relations, the doctor asks you to do it, unless of course you are afraid. Scoffing at this superstitious faddle you agree. And so, as the night comes on and midnight approaches you find yourself alone with a corpse just a few feet away from you and only a small lamp for light. The corpses' eyes for some reason are open. And looking directly at you.

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  Little Masterpieces

  Edgar Allan Poe

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   In selecting the tales that form this volume, the foremost place has been allotted to two romances of Death, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “ Ligeia.” The latter was considered by Poe himself the finest of all his tales, and in a well-known letter to Lowell he places close beside it ‘The Fall of the House of Usher.” In both his singular genius finds full expression. They are followed by two old-world romances, laid in Rome and Venice, rich in color and subtly varied atmosphere, and vibrating with passion. Of the tales whose theme is the guilty conscience, Poe thought “ William Wilson ”’ and ‘The Black Cat” the best. The briefer one is given here. The “ MS. Found in a Bottle’ is the earliest and in some respects the most purely imaginative of his pseudoscientific stories. The tales of ratiocination— to use Poe’s phrase for what would now be termed detective stories—are represented by:“The Gold-Bug,” a tale less poignant than “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and perhaps less flawless in its art than ‘‘ The Purloined Letter,’ yet one of the most celebrated short stories ever written.

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  Northanger Abbey

  Jane Austen

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  Northanger Abbey is the light-hearted account of a young girl's first excursion into fashionable society. While in Bath, Catherine Morland is invited by Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor to visit their home, Northanger Abbey. A devotee of Gothic novels, Catherine hopes that the Abbey will live up to her vision of haunted ruins. This delightful novel pokes fun at the popular fiction of its day and exposes the difference between illusion and reality.

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  Cool Air

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Enter the icy grip of terror with Cool Air by H. P. Lovecraft, a haunting tale of science, obsession, and the fragile boundary between life and death. Set in a New York City boarding house, this chilling story follows an unnamed narrator who encounters the enigmatic Doctor Muñoz—a brilliant but reclusive physician whose reliance on cold temperatures hides a horrifying secret. As the doctor’s desperate battle against decay spirals into madness, the narrative builds toward a grotesque revelation that redefines mortality itself. Blending gothic atmosphere with early science fiction, Lovecraft delivers one of his most unsettling works, perfect for fans of horror, weird fiction, and tales that linger long after the last page is turned.

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  Enter The Marchioness

  Rachel Lawson

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  "Midnight what Happened," asked a policeman offhandedly of an oddly dressed man who looked like a stage magician in blue wearing a mask. 
  "Are you mad there was a school shooting," said Midnight looking slightly greenish. 
  "No I just got here," said the policeman, "is anyone else here?" 
  "Dante, and Dark Starlight," said Midnight offhandedly. 
  "Don't you mean Dark Star?" said the policeman. 
  "No Starlight she's Dante's wife the Marchioness of Mars," 
  said Midnight. 
  The policeman laughed. "The Martianess of Mars are you kidding me?" 
  "What's so funny about my title?" a tall black-haired masked woman in a black suit said. 
  "Dark Starlight I take it," said the policeman nervously. 
  "Yes," said the woman insulted. 
  "Nice to meet you where is your husband?" asked the policeman. 
  "The Marquess of Mars is inside the building," said Starlight. 
  The policeman went inside the building to see her husband. 
  Tried to keep it light

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  The Dark Lord And Master

  Rachel Lawson

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  Ever since Blake revealed his identity as Death, he has felt utterly disregarded. People just see Death, not the man he is. This is a day in his life.

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