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Charles Hal, Larsen Tom, Miller Ron, Richardson Lee, Karr Phyllis Ann, Cogswell Theodore R., Ullman James Michael, Forrest A.E., Poate Ernest M.

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Black Cat Weekly

This time, we have a special all-mystery issue. But don’t panic! We have mysteries by science fiction and fantasy writers, too…tales by Phyllis Ann Karr (best known for her fantasy novels, such as Idylls of the Queen and the Frostflower & Thorn series) and Theodore R. Cogswell (author of the 1952 classic “The Specter General,” voted one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America). We also...

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A. E. Forrest

When young Philadelphia lawyer Gordon Montrose is sent into the remote Canadian backwoods to trace the vanished English heir James Hogarth, he finds himself drawn instead into the strange orbit of Craighead Hall, a secluded estate wrapped in rumor, danger, and old grief. There he meets Hugh Craighead, a refined and enigmatic man whose graveyard secret, bloodhounds, and talk of rescuing society's outcasts suggest a far more complicated life than local gossip allows. Inside the castle-like h...

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A.E. Forrest

A young Philadelphia lawyer travels deep into the Canadian backwoods on a routine legal errand—tracing a missing English heir—and stumbles instead into something far more stranger. A mysterious stranger leads him to a remote, castle-like estate hidden behind locked fences and prowling bloodhounds, where well-dressed men serve in silence and a beautiful young woman appears from behind a hidden panel in the library wall.As the night deepens and his host begins to unspool the history ...

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Jerome K. Jerome

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Here is the lineup:AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis BeckeTHE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. BensonTHE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonTHE MIDDLE BEDROOM, by H. de Vere StacpooleTHE DRU...

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Anna Sewell

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to trea...

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John Buchan

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Collins Classics

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.’When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect. He flees to the moors of ...

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Rebecca Harding Davis

"The Atlantic Monthly" and is considered one of the earliest works of American realism in literature. The novella is notable for its social commentary and its focus on the harsh realities of industrial life in the 19th century.The story is set in an iron manufacturing town in the United States and revolves around the lives of the workers in the iron mills. It primarily follows the character Hugh Wolfe, a Welsh laborer, and Deborah, a young woman known as the "korl woman" because of her coa...

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Beatrice Coogan

It all began on the night of the Big Wind. A wild and savage night in January 1839 when a storm struck Ireland, leaving such suffering and devastation in its path that a mark remained on the minds and hearts of Irishmen, and the land itself, ever after. It was the night Sterrin O'Carroll, 'blossom of the storm', was born in Kilsheelin Castle.Growing up during Ireland's darkest hours, Sterrin forms a bond with a household servant called Young Thomas that deepens over the years into ...

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D. H. Lawrence

The Prussian Officer and Other Stories is a collection of early short stories by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1914.The stories collected in this volume are:The Prussian OfficerThe Thorn in the FleshDaughters of the VicarA Fragment of Stained GlassThe Shades of SpringSecond BestThe Shadow in the Rose GardenGoose FairThe White StockingA Sick CollierThe ChristeningOdour of ...

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Michael Sims

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The Connoisseur's Collections

Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula's Guest (vampires) and The Dead Witness (detectives) have been widely praised, has gathered twelve of the best stories about humanity's oldest supernatural obsession. The Phantom Coach includes tales by a surprising, often legendary cast, from Charles Dickens and Margaret Oliphant to Henry J...

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Dorothy Scarborough

Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough: Enter the world of ghostly laughter and humor with "Humorous Ghost Stories" by Dorothy Scarborough. This collection of short stories offers a playful and lighthearted take on the haunted house and ghost story genres, and sheds light on the power of humor to dissipate fear and anxiety. Scarborough's witty dialogue and clever plot twists make this book a must-read for fans of ghost stories and h...

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Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Edith Wharton, H G Wells

Classic ghost stories to send a chill down your spine!There are few pleasures more enduring than a ghost story read as the light fails. In this carefully gathered anthology, the great nineteenth and early twentieth-century masters turn parlours, railway cuttings, lonely rooms and old houses sinister.A signalman hears a warning that may come too late. A scholar finds that curiosity can carry a terrible price. Travellers, servants, widows and solitary witness...