Fantasy And Horror Classics

Mazeppa is a 1819 narrative poem composed by the seminal English romantic poet Lord Byron. Based on a popular legend concerning the early life of Ivan Mazepa (1639-1709), it describes how the young...

The great-uncle of Oscar Wilde, Charles Maturin was a prolific author of the early 19th century. His "Melmoth the Wanderer" is considered by many to be the last traditional "Gothic" novel. Many of...

Margaret Irwin was a prolific and popular author of the mid-20th century. Set in a mythical forest, and presented as a fractured memoirs, 'Monsieur Seeks a Wife' is one of her most intriguing tales...

Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works...

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the...

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the...

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1885. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and...

A Collection of short stories of crime and murder from the underbelly of London's criminal society. Authors included are, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and P. D. JamesAuthor: VariousPublisher:...

A collection of short stories concerning the strange and terrible events that can occur within the anonymous, shifting environment of a moving train. Including stories by such masterful writers as...

John Keir Cross was a popular mystery author of the mid-20th century. Originally published in The Other Passenger: Eighteen Strange Stories, 'Music When Soft Voices Die' is one of his best-regarded...

Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,...

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) - until the...

M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clich?s of his predecessors...

This vintage book contains Vernon Lee's 1890 supernatural horror novel, "Oke of Okehurst - Or, the Phantom Lover". "Vernon Lee" was the pen name of British author Violet Paget (1856-1935). Paget was...

This early work by E. T. A. Hoffmann was originally published in 1814. Born in K?nigsberg, East Prussia in 1776, Hoffmann's family were all jurists, and during his youth he was initially encouraged...

"On the Practice of Witchcraft" is a detailed treatise on the subject of witchcraft written by Montague Summers, exploring their alleged practices, methods of conjuring and spell craft, Satanism, and...

Craig Rice was a popular mystery author of the mid-20th century, penning twenty novels and many short stories. She had a devoted readership, and in 1946 became the first mystery writer to appear on...

"Out of the Aeons" is a 1935 short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. In 1879 the captain of a ship comes across a mysterious island that seems to have risen from the sea. Upon exploring it,...

This unique volume features the most terrifying tale from Alexandre Dumas' The Thousand and One Ghosts and presents the gothic vampire tale as a stand-alone short story that is sure to keep you up at...

This early work by E. T. A. Hoffmann was originally published in 1817. Born in K?nigsberg, East Prussia in 1776, Hoffmann's family were all jurists, and during his youth he was initially encouraged...

Robert E. Howard ranks amongst the greatest pulp writers of all time, and is regarded as the father of the sword-and-sorcery genre. His wider body of work is often overshadowed by his most famous...

Many of the earliest stories of witchcraft and black magic, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these...

Robert Louis Stevenson's prolific gothic thriller, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is a story of the struggle between good and evil as a man slowly descends into madness. Dr. Jekyll...

W. B. Yeats is one of the foremost figures of Irish literature, and in 1923 was the first Irish recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here are collected five of his finest ghost stories,...

"Satan's Circus" is a collection of ghost stories written by English writer Lady Eleanor Smith, first published in 1932. Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith (1902 - 1945) was an English writer, society...

The Devil has occupied a unique and unrivalled position in art, literature and the mind of humankind. One might argue that no other concept or entity has ever loomed so large in man's imagination and...

An Excellent collection of short stories of terrifying seances and ghostly visitations. With stories by Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Arthur Conan DoyleAuthor: VariousPublisher:...

Joseph Sheridan le Fanu was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century, and he is now seen as central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. His work is credited with...

This stand-alone short story is one of Algernon Blackwood's masterful John Silence tales, exploring the strange and mysterious adventures of a psychic doctor. A silk merchant is traveling home...

A collection of the finest short stories by E. F. Benson - one of the greatest horror and fantasy writers, and one of H. P. Lovecraft's favourite all-time authors. Including the classic tales 'The...