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  Zanoni Book One: The Musician -...

  Lon Milo DuQuette, Edward Bulwer...

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  Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection—The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate.An ancient manuscript and hidden occult powers all tangled into a love story, Zanoni is one of the most unsung novels of its time. Written in 1842 by Sir Edward BulwerLytton, most known for the classic introductory line: "It was a dark and stormy night."

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  The Spirits of Brady Hall

  M.L. Bullock

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  It's another paranormal investigation for the Gulf Coast Paranormal team but this one is at the scene of an infamous murder at Brady Hall. While Midas and Cassidy enjoy a small getaway, Sierra and Joshua take the lead on this ghost hunt. A skeletal apparition terrorizes anyone who invades its territory. A black mist tries to smother a terrified client. Phantom mirrors break at Brady Hall and an otherworldly, palpable, and paralyzing fear plagues the team. Will they be able to suppress their fear and help the volunteers of this historic Mobile, Alabama, landmark? Or will this mean the doors close at Brady Hall forever?

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  Wendigo

  David Viergutz

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  The Wendigo craves flesh, and will be a slave to its hunger forever. 
  James’s life is falling apart at the seams. 
  A dysfunctional marriage. Underemployment. Run-ins with the law. 
  He yearns for redemption from what he’s done and from what he’s failed to do for his wife, Rebecca, and son, Jr. 
  But after James’s latest incident, Rebecca attempts an ill-prepared adventure into the Rocky Mountains with Jr. to gather her thoughts. 
  Things quickly escalate as contact is lost in the restricted area of the forest, and James embarks on a rescue mission. 
  James won’t fail his family again, bringing with him two expert rescue technicians who seem to know the restricted area a little too well.  
  They are hiding something. His family needs him. 
  The forest is hiding something. His family needs him. 
  Something lurks in the shadows. And it craves them all…

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  Edgar Allan Poe - Selected Tales

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe will always be associated with the macabre and mysterious. In this selection of 11 of his short stories Poe's unique voice can be heard in all its Gothic splendour. 
  "The Fall of the House of Usher" a death obsessed man, in his desperate attempt to save his sister from premature burial, seals his own fate. 
  "The Masque of the Red Death" A nobleman uses his wealth to protect himself from the Red Death only to find it stalks his palace of pleasure and privilege as a guest. 
  " The Premature Burial" Fearful that his cataleptic illness may lead to premature interment, the narrator becomes obsessed with avoiding such an horrific end. 
  "The Tell-Tale Heart" A murderer's frenzied guilt over his deadly deed manifests itself in a bizarre incriminating manner. 
  "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" A macabre and violent double murder in Paris attracts the attention of Dupin, an amateur detective whose powers of deduction foreshadow the techniques of Sherlock Holmes nearly 50 years later. 
  "The Oblong Box" While on a sea voyage the narrator mistakes his old friend's mysterious reticence regarding his cargo of an "Oblong Box" for rudeness, with tragic consequences. 
  "The Oval Portrait" While convalescing in an old castle, a man becomes intrigued by a portrait of a young woman and soon learns of its sad history. 
  "The Black Cat" A Man spirals down into an existence of increasing drunkenness and violence. Those he once loved are dragged down with him, but one is bent on revenge. 
  "The Raven" A short poem in which a Raven enters a lovelorn man's room only to be the unexpected prophet of the poet's bleak and lonely future. 
  "The Sphinx" The oppressive atmosphere of a Cholera epidemic causes the writer to overestimate the evidence of his own eyes. 
  "The Pit and the Pendulum" A claustrophobic masterpiece, describing the experience of a man undergoing the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition.

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  Hypnotism Mesmerism Mind-Reading...

  A. Alpheus

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  A comprehensive exploration of the mysterious and intriguing phenomena of the human mind. The book delves into the history and theory of hypnotism and mesmerism, examining the techniques and practices used by practitioners to induce altered states of consciousness and access the subconscious mind. The author also explores the fascinating world of mind-reading, discussing the various methods used to read the thoughts and emotions of others, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychometry. In addition, the book examines the phenomenon of spiritualism, which gained popularity in the 19th century as a way to communicate with the dead. Read in English, unabridged.

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  Frankenstein

  Mary Shelley

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  The story of Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, starts and ends in the frozen wastes of the Arctic. There, he tells Robert Walton, his English rescuer, about his obsessive quest to create life and its disastrous results. He has attempted to make a superhuman and succeeded in producing a terrible monster instead. The being is physically repulsive and Frankenstein, terrified by what he has done, abandons him. Neglected and uncared for, the creature turns to evil. Many of the other characters, from the angelic Elizabeth to the faithful friend Henry Clerval, innocently face their violent dooms because of Frankenstein's quarrel with his creature.

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