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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense Starting with Poe's famous poem and including some of his classic horror stories, other practitioners of the supernatural in this book include: Edith Wharton, with her gripping "Afterward"; Charles Dickens and his famed ghost story "The Signalman"; W. W. Jacobs, with this compilation's inspiration, "The Monkey's Paw." Also here are Saki's engrossing "Sredni Vashtar"; O. Henry's story of love lost and hopes dashed, "The Furnished Room"; Wilkie Collins's lively "A Terribly Strange Bed"; and "The Boarded Window," Ambrose Bierce's tale of the bizarre. 1998 | ||||||||||||
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Bierce, Ambrose The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as 'bitter Bierce' and 'the devil's lexicographer.' He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature. 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Blatty, William Peter The Exorcist An actress'young daughter becomes possessed by an ancient demon and the desperate mother turns to the Jesuit priest Father Karras to save her. Made into one of the best horror films of the 1970's. 1994 Appears on the following book lists:
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Bradbury, Ray Bradbury Stories : 100 of his Most Celebrated Tales Running the gamut from science fiction to dark fantasy, check out the bizarre and chilling stories originally found in his story collection The October Country such as "Skeleton," "The Small Assassin," "Touched with Fire," and "Uncle Einar" 2003 | ||||||||||||
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Bradbury, Ray Something Wicked this Way Comes Three hours after midnight, one week before Halloween, Cooger Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show rolls into Green Town, Illinois. A carnival like no other, it feeds on the dreams and weaknesses of those drawn to its eerie attractions, destroying every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. Two boys--best friends Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade--are about to learn the secret of its smoke, mazes and mirrors as they confront a nightmarish evil that will change their lives forever. 1999 | ||||||||||||
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Brown, Charles Brockden Wieland or The Transformation : an American Tale with Related Texts Called a "remarkable story" by John Greenleaf Whittier and described by John Keats as "very powerful," "Wieland," Charles Brockden Brown's disturbing 1798 tale of terror, is a masterpiece involving spontaneous combustion, disembodied voices, religious mania, and a gruesome murder based on a real-life incident. 2009 | ||||||||||||
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Collins, Wilkie The Woman in White This first and greatest "Sensation Novel" describes Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white who draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. 2005 | ||||||||||||
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Dickens, Charles The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose The Christmas Carol is a classic Christmas story of a poor family, the father Bob Cratchit, who works for the miser Scrooge, and his crippled son who live London. Scrooge is transformed by his experience on Christmas Eve when his is visited three ghosts. The annotated version of the Christmas classic delves into the engrossing history of the book's publication, when it first captivated Victorian England. This is the first edition to combine the original text of 1843 with Dickens's Public Reading text, which had its world premiere in America in 1867 and has not been reprinted in nearly a century. Also included are rare photographs as well as the original Leech wood engravings and hand-colored etchings. 2004 | ||||||||||||
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir The Hound of the Baskervilles A deadly curse in the form of a legendary ferocious beast continues to claim its victims from the Baskerville family until Holmes and Watson intervene. Often called the best detective story ever written. It's certainly one of the scariest. 2001 Appears on the following book lists:  Classics | ||||||||||||
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Faust I and II The alchemist-scholar Faust sells his soul to the devil for love and pleasure in this classic tale by one of the great poetic writers of all time. 1994 Appears on the following book lists:
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel Twice-told Tales The most famous collection of Hawthorne's stories, this volume includes the ghostly legend "Howe's Masquerade", the infamous "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and the deliciously creepy "The Hollow of the Three Hills". 2001 | ||||||||||||
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Hodgson, William Hope Adrift On the Haunted Seas : the Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson Creepy and wonderful stories, including "The Voice in the Night" and "The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder", and the famous "The Whistling Room" featuring his occult detective Thomas Carnacki. 2005 | ||||||||||||
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Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Illustrations by Arthur Rackham accompany this retelling of Irving's classic tale of the superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane's encounter with a headless horseman. 1990 Appears on the following book lists: Classroom Read Aloud - chapter books | ||||||||||||
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Jackson, Shirley The Haunting of Hill House A professor organizes a ghost watch, inviting people who have been touched by otherworldly events to a notorious estate in New England. Shy and bitter Eleanor becomes part of the research team and a target for Hill House's attentions. 1959 | ||||||||||||
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James, Henry The Turn of the Screw The classic ghost story about the high-strung governess and the two young children who may--or may not--be plotting with the diabolical Peter Quint. 1966 Appears on the following book lists:
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King, Stephen The Shining This tale of a troubled man hired to care for a remote mountain resort over the winter, his loyal wife, and their uniquely gifted son slowly but steadily unfolds as secrets from the Overlook Hotel's past are revealed, and the hotel itself attempts to claim the very souls of the Torrence family. 1977 Appears on the following book lists:
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Leiber, Fritz Dark Ladies Read two classic horror novels in this volume. In "Conjure Wife" Norman Saylor learns that his wife is a sorceress, and more frightening still, that witchcraft is a matter of life and death. In "Our Lady of Darkness" horror author Franz Westen hopes to have an ordinary life after he escapes the trap of his alcoholism, only to face a world where dark forces are hunting him through the streets and alleys of San Francisco. 1999 | ||||||||||||
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Leroux, Gaston The Phantom of the Opera A half-crazed masked musician hiding in the labyrinth of the famous Paris Opera House creates a number of strange and mysterious events to further the career of a beautiful young singer. 2001 Appears on the following book lists:
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Levin, Ira Rosemary's Baby Witchcraft and terror await Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse when they move into the ominous Bramford apartment house. 1967 | ||||||||||||
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Lovecraft, H. P. The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction have been waiting for: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying visions, including Lovecraft's masterpiece, THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME--the shocking revelation of the mysterious forces that hold all mankind in their fearsome grip. Explore the unspeakable horror that is Cthulhu! 1987 |
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