Seventeenof the author's best tales, compiled for the first time in one volume, range from comic ghost stories ("Haunted Subalterns") to psychological terror ("The Wandering Jew") and chilling accounts of the returning dead ("The Lost Legion"). Also includes what is widely considered Kipling's fines
Classic Tales of Horror: Selected and Introduced by Mark Leslie
โ Scribed by Mark Leslie; H.P. Lovecraft; Guy de Maupassant; Edgar Allan Poe; Charles Dickens; Richard Connell; Ambrose Bierce; W.W. Jacobs; Mark Twain; H.G. Wells
- Book ID
- 110771040
- Publisher
- Stark Publishing
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The writers whose shoulders modern writers of horror and the macabre stand upon, showed no fear in creating and sharing delightfully wicked, chilling, disturbing and thought-provoking stories.
These ten tension-filled, atmospheric tales of horror by such masters as Edgar Allan Poe, W.W. Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, H.P. Lovecraft and more are certain to send chills down your spine.
The stories are selected and introduced by Mark Leslie, a writer of horror and speculative fiction as well as a series of non-fiction explorations of the paranormal.
Contents:
Introduction by Mark Leslie
The Red Room: H.G. Wells
The Black Cat: Edgar Allan Poe
The Boarded Window: Ambrose Bierce
The Most Dangerous Game: Richard Connell
Was It a Dream?: Guy de Maupassant
The Screaming Skull: F. Marion Crawford
The Monkey's Paw: W.W. Jacobs
The Rats in the Walls: H.P. Lovecraft
The Signal-Man: Charles Dickens
A Ghost Story: Mark Twain
Author's Notes: Continually Inspired by the Masters
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