From fog-shrouded railway carriages to candlelit séance rooms, from haunted manor houses to snow-swept country roads, the gaslight era produced some of the finest ghost stories ever written—and many of the best have been hiding in the yellowed pages of forgotten magazines for over a century.This collection gathers twenty tales of the supernatural from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, drawn from sources as varied as Belgravia, Bentley’s Miscellany, Temple B...

Collection of anecdotes, first published in 1865. "The compiler of this new jest book is desirous to make known that it is composed mainly of old jokes -- some older than Joe Miller himself -- with a liberal sprinkling of new jests gathered from books and hearsay. In the course of his researches he ahs been surprised to find how many jests, impromptus, and repartees have passed current, century after century, until their original utterer is lost in the mist of ages..."

In "The Jest Book," Mark Lemon compiles a rich anthology of humor that reflects the Victorian embrace of wit and satire. This collection showcases a diverse array of jests, jokes, and humorous tales, interspersed with Lemon'Äôs characteristic flair for playful language and clever wordplay. Straddling the line between oral tradition and printed form, the book serves as a testament to the comedic tastes of the 19th century, reflecting the social contexts and cultural nuances of its time whil...

Twenty Christmas ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the seventh in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 7 in the series spans the years 1857 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas, and includes stories from a wide range of authors including Sabine Baring-Gould, Charlotte Riddell and Florence Marryat. Readers new to this genre wil...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the twelfth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 12 in the series spans the years 1837 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas, and includes stories from a wide range of authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Riddell and Eliza Lynn Linton. Readers new to this genre will dis...

This text draws upon 'complex systems' thinking to introduce a policy-related integrative method for diagnosing and managing environmental change. This conveys how existing intellectual resources can be exploited to explore environmental decision issues without resoring to such devices as 'meta-methods' or 'meta-disciplines'.

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50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 31 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Edmond ...

He lives by a rule no one can break and no one can explain. Each day must be lived again, repeated down to the smallest gesture, as if time itself insists on an echo.Henry Hobart is not careless or forgetful. He chooses this life. Every meal, every walk, every expense is duplicated the next day without fail. Even pain is not spared. Even mistakes are repeated. Those who watch him cannot decide whether they are witnessing discipline or something far more dangerous.Then, with...

Something small slips into a home and is quickly dismissed. A minor bite, a strange sound, nothing worth worrying about. But a week later, a husband hears a change in his wife’s voice—a note that does not belong to her—and something begins to answer it.At first, it feels like imagination. Then it becomes a pattern. The same sound draws something closer. It follows her. It hides in her hair. It listens when she sings. What begins as unease turns into a private dread that he cannot s...

1900 - 1939 Science Fiction 2 - 13 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from 1900 to 1939When the Moon Fell by Morrison ColladayFinis by Frank Lillie PollockIn The Walls of Eryx by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingSpawn of Inferno by Hugh B. CaveThe Man Who Did Things Twice by Don Mark LemonThe Spider and the Fly by Don Mark LemonThe Beast in the Cave by H. P. LovecraftThe Minions of Midas by Jack Londo...

Vintage Sci-Fi 16 - 22 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Harry Harrison and moreQuarantined Species by J. F. BoneYellow Streak Hero by Harlan EllisonThe Space Beasts by Clifford D. SimakFinis by Frank Lillie PollockS as in Zebatinsky by Isaac AsimovIn The Walls of Eryx by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingSpawn of Inferno by Hugh...