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"Historias de Fantasmas de un Anticuario" (1904), de M. R. James, es una colección clásica de ocho relatos escalofriantes que mezclan escenarios académicos con terror sobrenatural. James, un medievalista...

El profesor Parkins, un académico racional que pasa sus vacaciones en Burnstow, descubre un antiguo silbato de bronce entre las ruinas de un preceptorio templario. Movido por la curiosidad, lo sopla y,...

En Castringham Hall, Sir Matthew Fell condena a la horca a la supuesta bruja Mrs. Mothersole, quien advierte: "Habrá huéspedes en la Mansión." Poco después, aparece muerto en su cama, ennegrecido y retorcido,...

El señor Anderson, investigador de la historia eclesiástica en Viborg, se hospeda en la posada Golden Lion. Nota que no existe un cuarto número 13 en el registro del hotel, pero lo ve repetidamente e...

El señor Williams, curador de un museo universitario, adquiere una mezzotinta aparentemente trivial de una mansión rural. Para su espanto, el grabado comienza a transformarse, mostrando una secuencia...

El viajero señor Wraxall investiga los archivos de una antigua propiedad sueca y se obsesiona con su feroz antepasado, el Conde Magnus de la Gardie. En el mausoleo de la iglesia descubre rastros de la...

El anticuario Mr. Somerton descifra un criptograma en las vidrieras de la Abadía de Steinfeld que señala un tesoro oculto en un pozo. Al abrir la losa marcada con "siete ojos", encuentra no solo sacos...

En la decadente ciudad de St. Bertrand de Comminges, un anticuario inglés descubre una invaluable colección de manuscritos, antaño reunida por el siniestro canónigo Alberic. Entre los tesoros se encuentra...

El huérfano Stephen Elliott va a vivir con su primo solitario, Mr. Abney, en Aswarby Hall. Aunque parece amable, Abney oculta planes siniestros arraigados en su obsesión por rituales antiguos de inmortalidad....

Una selección de relatos de horror que muestra lo más oscuro del mundo vegetal. Una antología que reúne a nombres como Roald Dahl, Eudora Welty o H.P. Lovecraft. Orquídeas sanguinarias, bosques enteros...

<b>Quiet hauntings that creep into the mind.</b>M. R. James delivers atmospheric ghost stories built on suggestion rather than shock. Academic settings, ancient objects, and slow-building...

<b>The gold standard of literary ghost fiction.</b>This influential collection defines the modern ghost story, blending scholarship, folklore, and creeping dread. Each tale builds tension...

Looking for some spooky stories to read on a camping trip, at a Halloween party, or at home with the family in front of a roaring fire? The works of medieval scholar M.R. James should fit the bill. James...

If you read the title-page of this book—a thing which young persons very seldom do—you will see that it (the book) contains stories taken "out of some of the less-known apocryphal books of the Old Testament."...

e-artnow Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts" by M. R. James. e-artnow Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every...

This book has an introduction by Ruth Rendell, herself a writer of Mystery and detective stories. This mystery story centers around the accidental finding of a significant historical object; one of the...

"Far from here, in the land the swallows flee to in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa." So begins the story of Elisa and her brothers. At the beginning, everything was...

The wrongdoing of one generation lives into the successive ones and... becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief. Hawthorne's moral for "The House of the Seven Gables," taken from the Preface, accurately...

In 1887, with the view of amplifying and completing certain new doctrines which he had merely sketched in Beyond Good and Evil (see especially Aphorism 260), Nietzsche published The Genealogy of Morals....

Here is a collection of strikingly different pieces by Flaubert: a prose poem in the voices of Death, Satan and Nero; the trials and apotheosis of a medieval saint; and the life of a selfless maid in...

"This classic adventure novel by the author of Greenmantle and The Thirty-Nine Steps relates the first-person exploits of young David Crawfurd before the age of twenty. As a boy growing up on the coast...

Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world. So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become inseparable companions. They were Nello, an orphaned youth, and Patrasche, the...

Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip proposed by Mountry, despite her ex-husband having won custody...

"Darklands" is Niels Krause-Kjær’s independent sequel to the filmed bestselling novel "Solitaire". Suspicion of fraud at the highest level turns out to have threads reaching far into Danish democracy....

Hurlingham House school is a high-achiever’s heaven, full of happy, hard-working pupils. There’s just the small matter of the dead body on the field... Sounds like a case for Epiphany Bloom! When Epiphany...

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, CH, KBE , usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was...

This is a wonderfully written novel by Mrs. Hungerford about the perennial bachelor and the various interests in his life, where he is a doctor by trade. From taking care of his sister's children to a...

Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. Dudley answers the summons, only to find himself immediately...

J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom...

A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale; tells of a night time encounter between relatives who had never before met, resulting in minor injuries, embarrassment, and Trollope's usual 'nice' social interactions.

Merlin. King Arthur. War betwixt British and Saxons. Uther Pendragon. Collapsing castle foundations, Magicians and spirits, and fighting dragons and a blazing comet. Good entertaining stuff. But is it...

The Essential Classics: Volume 4 brings together 5 of the greatest classics ever written, perfectly read by an esteemed cast including Fenella Woolgar, Jonathan Keeble, Lucy Scott, David Rintoul, and...

'The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.' First published in various newspapers from 1833 to 1836, before Dickens's fame skyrocketed, Sketches of Boz was reissued...

Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a few marks or...

Easter 1903. In the slums of London, French prostitutes are found crucified. Mysterious messages are discovered in the clothing of the victims. These crucifixion murders cause an international sensation...

The master detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson explore a mysterious cornfield and stumble upon the trail of a gigantic conspiracy. Find out more about the Freemason Society in this new chapter of...

A heartwarming tale, set against the stunning Welsh coast, from the Amazon bestselling author of The Forgotten Farmhouse by the Sea.When single mother Seren Evans returns to Anglesey with her young daughter...

When a New York City literary agent returns to her small hometown to bury her father, murder is the one plot twist she didn’t see coming. Allie Cobb thought she’d left Rushing Creek, Indiana, behind for...

"Rarely has an author painted the great American West in strokes so bold, vivid, and true." --Ralph ComptonOrphaned by a brutal attack, Cody Hunter was raised by Crow Indians in Yellowstone, Montana,...

Love, laughs, and romantic chaos—Austen style.Sophie Johnson thought she had it all: her dream job at The Jane Austen Dating Agency and a swoon-worthy boyfriend, Darcy Drummond. But real life isn’t quite...

Murder was never supposed to be in the script...Sophie “Phee” Kimball is trying hard to get work done at her private investigation company—especially now that her old crush has joined the team. But her...

A young Black man rises from the brutal depths of slavery to deliver a long-overdue reckoning in this relentless Western classic. Justice has a new name: El Diablo Negrito—and if you’ve wronged him or...

Meet your new favourite girl-next-door, Faye. An underachieving PA with a passion for pasta, she’s spent her life in London’s leafy Hampstead, disconnected from her heritage. Dismissed as a “cultural...

Can stepping out of your comfort zone lead to unexpected happiness?Trudy Watts has it all: a dream job, a successful fiancé, and a glamorous London lifestyle. With a big promotion on the horizon and her...

On an inherited ranch in Northern California, one family is discovering all the possibilities life can offer—and the kind of love that will outlast even the land... Angela Dalton’s return to Dry Creek...

Tressa Buckland is perfectly content with her quiet life in the seaside village of Port Lowdy, where colourful cottages overlook the sea and her only constant companion is her cat, Ginger Pickles. Working...