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(0)R. Douglas Patten
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While on an antiquarian tour of New England, young historian Robert Olmstead happens upon the run-down seaside town of Innsmouth where strangers are entirely unwelcome. The town is inhabited by queer people who seem to adhere to a religious cult and who, Olmstead's investigation threatens to uncover, seem to be hiding a terrible secret from the deep. First published in 1936, “The Shadow over Innsmouth” is a horror novella by American author H....
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In the degenerate, unliked backwater of Dunwich, Wilbur Whately, a most unusual child, is born. Of unnatural parentage, he grows at an uncanny pace to an unsettling height, but the boy's arrival simply precedes that of a true horror: one of the Old Ones, which forces the people of the town to hole up by night.
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Dracula's Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker, first published in the short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). "Dracula's Guest" follows an Englishman (whose name is never mentioned, but is presumed to be Jonathan Harker) on a visit to Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night, and in spite of the hotelier's warning to not return late, the young man later leaves his carriage and wanders toward the...
4) The Willows
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The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird...
5) Dagon
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"Dagon" is a 1917 short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. One of the first stories he wrote as an adult, it centres around the recollection of a tortured, morphine-addicted narrator who was captured by a German ship during World War I. After escaping his captors, he drifted for many miles before winding up stranded in a hellish place littered with rotting carcasses and home to an ancient horror. A chilling tale by a master story-teller, "Dagon"...
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Immerse yourself in the hauntingly beautiful world of "The Highwaymen" by Lord Dunsany, a mesmerizing short story that transports listeners to a realm of solitude and yearning. As the night blankets the landscape, Tom, an enigmatic figure, hangs from a noose amidst the blackened downs and whispering winds. His longing to escape the earthly realm and enter the gates of Paradise tugs at the heartstrings, while the ethereal imagery of white recumbent...
7) Count Magnus
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A traveler in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure, Count Magnus.
9) Sea Curse
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Embark on the dark tale of "Sea Curse" by renowned author Robert E. Howard. Set in the rugged coastal village of Faring town, this gripping tale follows the fates of sailors John Kulrek and Lie-lip Canool. They are reckless and dangerous men who are feared and admired by the people of Faring town. When they commit a heinous act against Moll Farrell's niece, the villagers are too afraid to do anything about it, allowing the men to continue their reign...
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The Call of Cthulhu is a science fiction short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. In it, the narrator recounts a sequence of portentous discoveries which indicate that a vast, ancient cosmic pantheon of supernatural deities with the power to erase humankind is awakening after a long slumber. Credited with inspiring the "Cthulhu Mythos", a kind of literary genre unto itself that expands upon the universe set forth in "The Call of Chtulhu", this...