In Search of the Unknown - format ePub

En "La Máscara", de Robert W. Chambers, un escultor descubre un misterioso líquido que puede convertir a seres vivos en estatuas de mármol. Su amigo y su musa se ven envueltos en su oscuro experimento,...

En "Rue Barrée", de Robert W. Chambers, un joven artista americano se encapricha en París de una mujer misteriosa y distante que vive en su misma calle. Mientras persigue su afecto, descubre su trágica...

"El Reparador de Reputaciones" se desarrolla en una América de un futuro cercano, donde el protagonista, Hildred Castaigne, se está recuperando de una lesión en la cabeza y se obsesiona con un hombre...

"En La Corte Del Dragón", de Robert W. Chambers, es una escalofriante historia sobre un hombre que asiste a un oficio religioso y se ve perseguido por un amenazador organista. Mientras huye por las calles,...

En "El Signo Amarillo", un pintor y su modelo se ven envueltos en una serie de extraños sucesos relacionados con un misterioso e inquietante símbolo. A medida que descubren más cosas sobre El Rey de Amarillo,...

"La Demoiselle d'Ys", de Robert W. Chambers, es un escalofriante relato sobrenatural ambientado en la atmósfera embrujada de Francia. La historia sigue al narrador, quien queda cautivado —y perturbado—...

En "La Calle de los Cuatro Vientos", Robert W. Chambers cuenta la inquietante historia de un artista que vive en el barrio bohemio de París. Una noche, el artista se encuentra con un gato callejero que...

En "La Calle de la Primera Bomba", de Robert Chambers, la historia se sitúa en París durante la guerra franco-prusiana. Sigue las vidas de un grupo de artistas en apuros y sus enredos románticos en medio...

He who grins in clown's disguise Often hides an aching heart— Sadness, sometimes worldly-wise, Dresses for a motley part— Cap, and bells to cheat the ears, Chalk and paint to hide the tears Lest the world,...

Only when the Nan-yang Maru sailed from Yuen-San did her terrible sense of foreboding begin to subside. For four years, waking or sleeping, the awful subconsciousness of supreme evil had never left her....

In the days when the keepers of the house shall tremble. When I first saw the sexton he was standing motionless behind a stone. Presently he moved on again, pausing at times, and turning right and left...

The King in Yellow is a classic collection of short stories which has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler as a highly influential work in the field of the supernatural. The first four tales...

Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink beneath the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But...

The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by Robert W. Chambers. The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of...

Chi guarda e ama la serie tv True Detective per il suo incrocio stupefacente tra classico cop show ed echi di soprannaturale non può non domandarsi dove il suo scrittore, Nic Pizzolatto, abbia preso i...

He was thirty-three, agreeable to look at, equipped with as much culture and intelligence as is tolerated east of Fifth Avenue and west of Madison. He had a couple of elaborate rooms at the Lenox Club,...

Life had been good for thirteen year old Micha el-Tigris, there at his birthplace in 3493 BCE beside the Tigris River near the village of Kuyunjik, later known as Nineveh. But that all changed in the...

From Barmaid To Lady For Hire' In Texas 1879! In the dusty town of Saddleback Ridge, Texas, 1879, young couple William and Lila leave their Tennessee roots behind with dreams of a better life. Despite...

In an unassuming house on the edge of town, secrets linger like shadows in the corners, and the past is never truly past. Every creak in the floorboards, every sigh of the wind through the eaves, seems...

The fourteenth volume of Nashville: The Mood. A popular preacher attacked in a park. The Church of Mesmenology continues its march to prominence and influence. Lawyers failing to impress clients or do...

Have you ever looked around the body of Christ and never seen someone that resembled you? This was something I struggled with, especially at first in my walk with the Lord. Everywhere I looked, all I...

Earth is reeling from devastating multiple asteroid impacts. While humankind is struggling to cope with this existential threat on the planet, Space Shuttle Endeavour's commander, Susan Corin is struggling...

Tom and Charles are Monterrey Valley, Massachusetts' first same-sex married couple. Tom writes supernatural fiction, ghost stories and they both buy a house that has its own ghost story. Will it be the...

Hopewell Hallow had a pulse of its own, a steady thrum beneath the surface that you could feel if you stood still long enough and let the town breathe around you. Nestled at the edge of a sprawling, ancient...

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe meets We Bought A Zoo in Book 2 of this comforting portal cosy fantasy series.Desperate to avoid Uncle Mac's Mistakes, Keeping an Eye on the Ice Boys, throwing the...

After Alice receives the Justice card, her mother, brother and Heath learn of her marriage to Eliot.

George Croft has decided to have a lie-in. So, apparently, has almost everyone else as Britain has come to a complete standstill. Millions of people, particularly the lowest paid, have simply not turned...

Cakes, Chaos, and Lagos Wahala. Welcome to the wild world of a Lagos Baker!Dayo thought leaving her IT career to run a luxury cake business would be sweet and simple. Instead, she found herself knee-deep...

He thought his troubles were behind him.With an estate in his name—albeit won in a rather unfortunate card game—Lucas Bywood has thrown himself into restoring it to some semblance of respectability. But...

It's a beautiful spring day, and Danielle and her kids have been showing Detective Nigel Hawksworth the many covered bridges in the Willamette Valley. The day has been a fun one, and they are nearly done...

Mary  decided to provide food for a homeless guy she frequently encountered on her way to work, her 1 gesture of goodwill quickly evolved into a terrifying mystery. After an hour, the man handed her a...

The flames of rebellion burn brighter, and betrayal coils in the shadows of Vacari.As fragile alliances splinter and buried truths claw their way to the surface, dragons and riders alike are ensnared...

One potion, two herbologists, and a greenhouse full of meddling magical plants...Professor Juno Runeheart's thriving career at Grimm Mawr Academy is thrown into chaos when her ex-boyfriend Thaddeus Shadowspire...

Synopsis:Whispers of Canvas,  Renowned psychotherapist Dr. Samuel Foster is still haunted by his experience with Clara Thompson,the artist who shot her husband and has remained silent ever since. Obsessed...

In Alaska's untamed wilderness, a decades-old crime resurfaces revealing the fingerprints of a boy presumed dead.FBI Agent Kenzie Harper thought she'd seen the worst, until a missing boy's fingerprints...

Collected by the enigmatic traveller Leonn Astra, these dark folktales offer glimpses into a realm both wondrous and unforgiving. From forgotten legends whispered by wandering entertainers to firsthand...

Null Infinity: Book 1: A Novel Harry was one of the best physics students at one of the best schools in the country.But even he could learn something from Lauren.And together they would take on the adventure...

Literary Lovers and Liquor: Dylan Graves is on his journey as he navigates the highs and lows of life, attending the medical assistant program, discovering the true meaning of what it takes to be a man,...

Being widowed and kidnapped wasn't part of her life plan…After losing her husband, Giselle has focused all her time and energy on building her career in the fashion industry.  Now her life and her budding...

n the continuously war-ravaged world of Terath, the balance of power has begun to shift as people begin whisper of the return of the old gods—powerful deities long thought to have abandoned the world...

During World War II, Stella makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family's Tuscan villa, while the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden inside. A beautiful and important...

Lady Isla Thompson has always lived in the shadow of family secrets and unspoken promises. Bound by a duty to protect her heart after a devastating heartbreak, she has kept her emotions carefully guarded—until...

Rae-Rae is doing her best to get through the hardest year of her life. With nowhere else to go she left her hometown and moved up the mountain to live with her estranged father.Once there Rae-Rae learns...

When Old Tom's will reveals a missing deed and hidden gold, Dafydd Jones must untangle greed, secrets, and betrayal before Dolgwyn's unity is lost forever.Old Tom's passing should have been a quiet end...

Decades after the diaspora, the vast canal lands of Karnth still support struggling farms.When a sinkhole chews up Dallas Saldon's soil-tuner, and almost takes him too, he knows he needs to rethink his...

During 1969, during the crux of the Vietnam war, Jack Tagger is on the run. As the war in Southeast Asis, rages on, he has made the moral decision to resist the draft. In his effort to avoid the authorities...