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A collection of G.M. Hague's first three "Paranormal Tales" novellas, this brings together classic horror and traditional ghost stories into a full-length book that will keep you awake long into the night and leaving the lights on.

A man finds series of hidden letters within the drawers of a dresser he bought at an estate sale. They detail an exchange between a brother and sister. About a toy zoetrope which the letters claim to be cursed. Not believing in curses, the man returns to the estate sale to see if the zoetrope is still there.

"Old Bugs" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, probably written shortly before July 1919. It was first published in the Arkham House book The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces (1959) With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard drinkers. A certain Old Bugs, a mature man corroded by vices but capable of showing, at long intervals, the typical sensitivity of educated people works as a kitchen cleaner.

A collection of vampire tales from some of horrors best.

Beyond the Wall of Sleep is a science fiction short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and first published in the amateur publication Pine Cones in October 1919. A former intern and a worker of a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally insane murderer...

The Tree is a macabre short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920, and published in October 1921 in The Tryout. Set in ancient Greece, the story concerns two sculptors who accept a commission with ironic consequences. On a slope of Mount Maenalus in Arcadia is an olive grove that grows around a marble tomb and the ruin of an old villa. There, one gigantic tree resembles a frighteningly distorted man, and the roots of the tree have shifted the blocks of the tomb.

The Very Old Folk is the name given by publishers to a story found in the letter sent to Donald Wandrei by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft on 3 November 1927. It is a recording of a dream, where the protagonist is a Roman military official in the Vascon country near Pompelo. The countryside is, every year, ravaged by terrible hill people who kidnap citizens and perform cruel rituals at a Sabbath. The narrator wishes to lead a military expedition to crush these hill folk, as a feeling of approaching evil has enveloped the countryside, due to a riot between the citizens and the hill people.

A sentient cloud whose arrogance leads to its own demise. A rich uncle who discovers a possible solution to climate change, but is not who he appears to be. A phantom killer who uses other people (and their cars) to commit murder. Balloons that predict the future. Paranormal investigators at the beach. Wolfmen who hunt bears for sport. A Cinderella story at a retirement home. Celebrities forced to make movies for eternity in a simulated world. A girlfriend who believes we reside in the mind of God.

Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, also known as just Arthur Jermyn or The White Ape, is a short story in the horror fiction genre written by H. P. Lovecraft 1920. The themes of the story are tainted ancestry, knowledge that it would be best to remain unaware of, and a reality which human understanding finds intolerable.

From bestselling horror writer Chrissy Barnhill comes a new collection of horror short stories. Delve into the minds of each character as they explore the darkest depths of their thoughts, searching for an escape from reality.

Mystery und Grusel: Die Hörbuch-Playlist für schaurige Stunden Gelesen von Christiane Dors, Peter Bieringer, Richard Heinrich, Werner Wilkening, Cedrik Burrasch u.a. Diese 17 Erzählungen von Frédéric Boutet, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, Nikolai Gogol und zahlreicher anderer Schriftsteller gehören heute zu den Klassikern der Weltliteratur. Über 12 Stunden spannende Unterhaltung mit Geister-Schocker, Dark Mysteries, Untoten und Hexenmeistern, zwielichtigen Zauberkünstlern und bösartigen Schurken.

Each volume of Chunks of Terror consists of short, scary standalone stories. You can listen to the series in any order. Twenty-Three terrifying tales told in a true story style that will have you breaking out in goosebumps!

A family moves into a scenic mountain town to start over. It is their intent to leave behind the violence and turmoil of their past. They find the perfect house situated on a large lake in the center of the town to begin the process of healing, but something is off. Lake Reflection is different. The negative energy and emotion they send out affects the large body of water and the townspeople are watching them very closely.

Durante una tempesta, un viaggiatore cerca rifugio in un misterioso monastero abitato da monaci dalle oscure pratiche. Accolto dal cordiale abate Henricus, il viaggiatore si ritrova coinvolto in uno strano banchetto, dove la lussuria e il mistero regnano sovrani. Tuttavia, ben presto scoprirà che la verità celata dietro le mura del monastero è molto più spaventosa di quanto avesse mai potuto immaginare. I classici dell’orrore, riediti in chiave moderna e raccontati con musiche e suoni.

In un casale immerso nelle colline, una coppia di fidanzati trascorrerà una vacanza di cinque giorni con delle persone che non conoscono. E' estate e fa molto caldo, la coppia cercherà di sopravvivere alle condizioni imposte da una donna chiamata la Maestra, che non darà loro modo di scappare dal casale e li obbligherà ad assistere e partecipare a riti e riunioni terrificanti.

The Statement of Randolph Carter is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920. It tells of a traumatic event in the life of Randolph Carter, a student of the occult loosely representing Lovecraft himself. It is the first story in which Carter appears and is part of Lovecraft's Dream Cycle.

Cool Air is a short story by the American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1926 and published in the March 1928 issue of Tales of Magic and Mystery. The narrator offers a story to explain why a "draught of cool air" is the most detestable thing to him.

The Haunter of the Dark is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5-9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales. It was the last-written of the author's known works, and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem Nemesis.

The Colour Out of Space is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927. In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby; vegetation grows large but foul tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die one by one.

In the Vault is a short story by American horror fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft, written on September 18, 1925 and first published in the November 1925 issue of the amateur press journal Tryout. George Birch, undertaker for the New England town of Peck Valley, finds himself trapped in the vault where coffins are stored during winter for burial in the spring. When Birch stacks the coffins to reach a transom window, his feet break through the lid of the top coffin, injuring his ankles and forcing him to crawl out of the vault.