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| Algernon Blackwood | The Willows — Algernon Blackwood |
The Willows “Properly speaking, this fascinating part of the river's life begins soon after leaving Pressburg, and we, in our Canadian canoe, with gipsy tent and frying-pan on board, reached it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Human Chord — Algernon Blackwood |
The Human Chord “And, further, he was still haunted with the feeling that other "beings" occupied certain portions of the rambling mansion, and more than once recently he had wakened in the night w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Man Whom the Trees Loved — Algernon Blackwood |
The Man Whom the Trees Loved “"Good Lord, Sir!" Bittacy heard himself saying, "but you're putting my own thoughts into words. D'you know, I've felt something like that for years. As though----" he looked round …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | AN EGYPTIAN HORNET — Algernon Blackwood |
AN EGYPTIAN HORNET “It is truly monstrous -- an ominous, dying terror. It shares that universal quality of the land of the Sphinx and Pyramids -- great size. It is a formidable insect, worse than scor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | THE GOBLIN'S COLLECTION — Algernon Blackwood |
THE GOBLIN'S COLLECTION “There was a pause, but the boy did not go. Taking a deep breath, he said very quickly, as though greatly daring, "It's only the bright and little lovely things he takes, sorr, if y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | THE CENTAUR — Algernon Blackwood |
THE CENTAUR “They shifted the same instant to his own, then dropped again to his plate. Again the clatter of conversation drowned the room as before; the merchant resumed his self-description i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | THE TRANSFER — Algernon Blackwood |
THE TRANSFER “To describe the ugly patch as "singular" is hard to justify, perhaps, yet some such word is what the entire family sought, though never--oh, never!--used. To Jamie and myself, thou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Wendigo — Algernon Blackwood |
The Wendigo “The sudden entrance of his prosaic uncle into this world of wizardry and horror that had haunted him without interruption now for two days and two nights, had the immediate effect …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The House of the Past — Algernon Blackwood |
The House of the Past “The key made a dreadful noise as she turned it in the lock, and when the great door swung open into an empty hall and we went in, I heard sounds of whispering and weeping, and the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Garden of Survival — Algernon Blackwood |
The Garden of Survival “I have told you of the Thrill, of its genesis and development; and I chose an obvious and rather banal instance, first of all to make myself quite clear, and, secondly, because the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Max Hensig — Algernon Blackwood |
Max Hensig “The man in the cell ceased his restless pacing up and down, and stopped opposite the bars to examine them. He stared straight into Williams's eyes for a moment, and the reporter no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Singular Death of Morton — Algernon Blackwood |
The Singular Death of Morton “Into a patch of moonlight passed the figure of a young girl, looked at them as though about to stop yet thinking better of it, smiled softly, and moved on out of sight into the sur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Transition — Algernon Blackwood |
Transition “And, though he never could explain how, he presently stood at the door of the jail-like building that contained his flat, having walked the whole three miles. His thoughts had been…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Empty House — Algernon Blackwood |
The Empty House “"The house is very old indeed," she went on, "and the story--an unpleasant one--dates a long way back. It has to do with a murder committed by a jealous stableman who had some affa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Other Wing — Algernon Blackwood |
The Other Wing “Thenceforward this was established in his life--that Sleep and her attendant Dreams hid during the daytime in that unused portion of the great Elizabethan mansion called the Other …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Attic — Algernon Blackwood |
The Attic “And so it was that the entrance of the familiar, friendly creature brought this thing both itself and 'mother' knew, but whereof I as yet was ignorant. I held the door wide. The dr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Keeping His Promise — Algernon Blackwood |
Keeping His Promise “A sudden queer sensation of fear passed over him--a faintness and a shiver down the back. It went, however, almost as soon as it came, and he was just debating whether he would cal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Listener — Algernon Blackwood |
The Listener “The same walls, too, carried mirrors in which I used sometimes to see reflected the misty lawns of childhood, the daisy chains, the wind-torn blossoms scattered through the orchard…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Wayfarers — Algernon Blackwood |
Wayfarers “My mind was certainly a mere field of confused, ungoverned images. No thinking was possible, for it hurt too vilely. But this one memory stood out with violence. I distinctly remem…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Occupant of the Room — Algernon Blackwood |
The Occupant of the Room “All who know the peculiar excitement that belongs to lofty mountain valleys where dangerous climbing is a chief feature of the attractions, will understand a certain faint element …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Running Wolf — Algernon Blackwood |
Running Wolf “Nothing stirred; the ripple on the lake had died away; there was no wind; the forest lay a single purple mass of shadow; the yellow sky, fast fading, threw reflections that trouble…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Terror of the Twins — Algernon Blackwood |
The Terror of the Twins “The library was the quietest room in the house. It had shuttered bow-windows, thick carpets, heavy doors. Books lined the walls, and there was a capacious open fireplace of brick i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Clairvoyance — Algernon Blackwood |
Clairvoyance “They moved away, she to her loneliness, he to his unhaunted room. And at his door he turned. At the far end of the passage, silhouetted against the candle-light, he watched them--t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Damned — Algernon Blackwood |
The Damned “'There's some one in the house, of course,' I heard my voice say finally, as I sprang out of bed and hurried into dressing-gown and slippers. 'Don't be alarmed. I'll go down and se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Tryst — Algernon Blackwood |
The Tryst “Fifteen years, thick with various incident, had passed between them since that moment. His life had risen, fallen, crashed, then risen again. He had come back at last, fortune won …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | Accessory Before The Fact — Algernon Blackwood |
Accessory Before The Fact “At once and in a heap it happened. It was quite inevitable. Down the white road to meet him a man came swaying from side to side in drunkenness quite obviously feigned--a tramp; an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | First Hate — Algernon Blackwood |
First Hate “Loathing! No. I'll give it the right word---hatred. I simply couldn't help myself; I hated the man from the very first go off. A wave of repulsion swept over me as I followed him d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | The Extra Day — Algernon Blackwood |
The Extra Day “"From the top of its tree," resumed the figure triumphantly, "the squirrel had seen what was happening, and made its great discovery. It realised why the ground was wetter and wett…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood | A Prisoner in Fairyland — Algernon Blackwood |
A Prisoner in Fairyland “Note: Basis for the Play, Musical and Ice Capades Extravaganza Starlight Express.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood: John Silence | A Victim of Higher Space — Algernon Blackwood: John Silence |
A Victim of Higher Space “The doctor made an internal note of the man's halting description; he was pleased that the slight evidence of intuition which had induced him to engage Barker had not entirely fail…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood: John Silence | THE CAMP OF THE DOG — Algernon Blackwood: John Silence |
THE CAMP OF THE DOG “We traced the paw-marks from the mouth of his tent in a direct line across to the girl's, but nowhere else about the Camp was there a sign of the strange visitor. The deer, dog, or…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood: John Silence | THE NEMESIS OF FIRE — Algernon Blackwood: John Silence |
THE NEMESIS OF FIRE “"And they group themselves now and then," I continued, with painful candour, for I longed to see the pictures he had spoken of, "group themselves into globes and round balls of fir…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood: John Silence | A PSYCHICAL INVASION — Algernon Blackwood: John Silence |
A PSYCHICAL INVASION “"Anything might have brought down the attack, for, besides drugs, there are certain violent emotions, certain moods of the soul, certain spiritual fevers, if I may so call them, wh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood: John Silence | SECRET WORSHIP — Algernon Blackwood: John Silence |
SECRET WORSHIP “Thickly the memories crowded upon him. The picture of the small village dreaming its unselfish life on the mountain-tops, clean, wholesome, simple, searching vigorously for its God…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Algernon Blackwood: John Silence | ANCIENT SORCERIES — Algernon Blackwood: John Silence |
ANCIENT SORCERIES “"Transform, transform!" she cried again, her voice rising like a song. "Rub well your skin before you fly. Come! Come with me to the Sabbath, to the madness of its furious delight,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | Dracula — Bram Stoker |
Dracula “I drove at once to Hillingham and arrived early. Keeping my cab at the gate, I went up the avenue alone. I knocked gently and rang as quietly as possible, for I feared to disturb L…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Lair of the White Worm — Bram Stoker |
The Lair of the White Worm “The form of the ridge was a segment of a circle, with the higher points inland to the west. In the centre rose the Castle, on the highest point of all. Between the various rocky ex…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Judge's House — Bram Stoker |
The Judge's House “"To tell you the truth," said he, "I should be only too happy, on behalf of the owners, to let anyone have the home rent free for a term of years if only to accustom the people her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Lady of the Shroud — Bram Stoker |
The Lady of the Shroud “I have waited till now--well into midday--before beginning to set down the details of the strange episode of last night. I have spoken with persons whom I know to be of normal type…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Man — Bram Stoker |
The Man “During their play, Stephen, after pledging him to secrecy, told Leonard of her intention of visiting the crypt, and asked him to help her in it. This was an adventure, and as such …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | DRACULA'S GUEST — Bram Stoker |
DRACULA'S GUEST “Instinctively I raised my hand to my throat, and as I touch- ed it I cried out in pain. The men crowded round to look, some stooping down from their saddles;and again there came th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | Dracula's Guest — Bram Stoker |
Dracula's Guest “This is the complete collection from (includes Drac Guest, Judge's House, as well as Burial of the Rats and others.)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Dualitists — Bram Stoker |
The Dualitists “Hotter and hotter grew the war of words. The tempers of.Harry and Tommy got inflamed, and their boyish bosoms glowed with manly thoughts of daring and hate. But there was abroad in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Jewel of Seven Stars — Bram Stoker |
The Jewel of Seven Stars “Sooth to say, it made me shudder and my flesh creep to touch that hand that had lain there undisturbed for so many thousands of years, and yet was like unto living flesh. Underneat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Bram Stoker | The Jewel of Seven Stars — Bram Stoker |
The Jewel of Seven Stars “As Marcus Bone of New Zealand was so kind to point out, this version of Stoker's work has a very, very different ending from the one I'd scanned.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | WIELAND; OR THE TRANSFORMATION — Charles Brockden Brown |
WIELAND; OR THE TRANSFORMATION “In a state thus verging upon madness, my eye glanced upon Carwin. His astonishment appeared to have struck him motionless and dumb. My life was in danger, and my brother's hand was…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist — Charles Brockden Brown |
Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist “Unfinished work, considered his best.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Wieland's Madness — Charles Brockden Brown |
Wieland's Madness “Shorter version of Wieland…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-walker — Charles Brockden Brown |
Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-walker “The ensuing day was spent, partly in sleep, and partly in languor and disquietude. I incessantly ruminated on the incidents of the last night. The scheme that I had formed was defe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 — Charles Brockden Brown |
Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 “It was plain that some connection subsisted between her and Welbeck. Would she drop the subject at the point which it had now attained? Would she cease to exert herself to extract …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Ormond; or, The Secret Witness — Charles Brockden Brown |
Ormond; or, The Secret Witness “It was now dusk and she hastened to perform this duty. Whiston's dwelling was wooden and of small dimensions. She lifted the latch softly and entered. The lower room was unoccupied…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Death of Cicero, a Fragment — Charles Brockden Brown |
Death of Cicero, a Fragment “The domestics, whom I had posted in the atrium, were still assembled and received me with joy, but one event had taken place in my absence which filled me with foreboding and anxie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Jane Talbot — Charles Brockden Brown |
Jane Talbot “What a little thing subverts my peace; dissipates my resolutions:--am I not an honest foolish creature, Hal? I uncover this wayward heart to thy view as promptly as if the disclosu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Brockden Brown | Clara Howard: In a Series of Letters — Charles Brockden Brown |
Clara Howard: In a Series of Letters “The bloom and glossiness of youth had, indeed, disappeared in the elder, but the ruddy tints and the smoothness of health, joined to the most pathetic and intelligent expression, s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Maturin | Melmoth the Wanderer — Charles Maturin |
Melmoth the Wanderer “Stanton was thinking thus, when all power of thought was suspended, by seeing two persons bearing between them the body of a young, and apparently very lovely girl, who had been st…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Charles Maturin | Leixlip Castle — Charles Maturin |
Leixlip Castle “The Collogue opened a small door with a key which she had secreted, about her, and urged the young lady to hurry on. Anne advanced to the postern, and stood there irresolute and tr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | Councillor Krespel — E T A Hoffmann |
Councillor Krespel “He described, with the bitterest irony, the quite peculiar ingenuity with which Signora Angela began, as soon as she was his wife, to torment and torture him. All the selfishness, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | The Deserted House — E T A Hoffmann |
The Deserted House “"Oho," laughed Edward, "according to that, the bats would be the only natural-born clairvoyants. But I know one who possesses that gift of insight, of which you were speaking, in a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | The Story of the Hard Nut — E T A Hoffmann |
The Story of the Hard Nut “Even then it was remarked that the king grew paler and paler; his eyes were raised to heaven, his breast heaved with sighs; in fact, he seemed to be agitated by some deep and inwar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | Mlle de Scudéri — E T A Hoffmann |
Mlle de Scudéri “He heaved a hollow sigh, glared at La Martinière with a terrible expression, and grasped his dagger. She silently commended her soul to God, but stood firm and looked him straight …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | The Sand-Man — E T A Hoffmann |
The Sand-Man “Have you ever lived to experience anything that completely took possession of your heart and mind and thoughts to the utter exclusion of everything else? All was seething and boili…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | THE CREMONA VIOLIN — E T A Hoffmann |
THE CREMONA VIOLIN “I am perfectly convinced that there is something especially exceptional in its inner construction, and that, if I took it to pieces, a secret would be revealed to me which have lon…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | THE HISTORY OF KRAKATUK — E T A Hoffmann |
THE HISTORY OF KRAKATUK “Then first was the court watchmaker struck with the princess's extraordinary partiality for nuts, and the circumstance of her having come into the world with teeth. In fact, she ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | Automata — E T A Hoffmann |
Automata “Let me tell you that a phenomenon which the incredulous have classed without a moment's hesitation as fabulous, has just been verified by this company. We wished to see whether the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | The Golden Flower Pot — E T A Hoffmann |
The Golden Flower Pot “Veronica again gave way to her dreaming; yet now, it was as if a hostile shape were still coming forward among these lovely visions of her future household life as Frau Hofräthinn,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E T A Hoffmann | A New Year's Eve Adventure — E T A Hoffmann |
A New Year's Eve Adventure “There was something strange about her whole figure, I thought. Somehow she seemed larger, more developed, almost lush. Her blouse was cut low, only half covering her breasts, shoul…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Necromancers — E. F. Benson |
The Necromancers “For he was perfectly aware that fear, and a sickening kind of repulsion, formed a very large element in his emotions. For nearly two hours, unless three persons had lied consummate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Room in the Tower — E. F. Benson |
The Room in the Tower “"Right up at the top of the house," he said, "but I think you'll be comfortable. We're absolutely full up. Would you like to go and see it now? By Jove, I believe that you are righ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Mrs. Amworth — E. F. Benson |
Mrs. Amworth “When its host died it continued to dwell in the corpse, which remained undecayed. By day it rested, by night it left the grave and went on its awful errands. No European country in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Negotium Perambulans — E. F. Benson |
Negotium Perambulans “A church far more ancient than that in which my uncle terrified us every Sunday had once stood not three hundred yards away, on the shelf of level ground below the quarry from whic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery — E. F. Benson |
How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery “The watchers in the room below ran upstairs startled by the crash of his fallen body, and found him lying in the grip of some dread convulsion. Just before morning he regained cons…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Bus-Conductor — E.F. Benson |
The Bus-Conductor “Even outside the oppression was very noticeable, and though, as you know, I am not easily given to feel the mental effects of climate, I was aware of an awful creepiness coming ove…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Gavon's Eve — E. F. Benson |
Gavon's Eve “"That's curious," he said. "I know there is some dim local superstition about the place, but last year certainly Sandy used to laugh at it. I remember asking him what ailed the pla…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Confession of Charles Linkworth — E. F. Benson |
The Confession of Charles Linkworth “Linkworth went to pay the penalty for the atrocious deed, which no one who had heard the evidence could possibly doubt that he had done with the same indifference as had marked his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The House with the Brick-Kiln — E. F. Benson |
The House with the Brick-Kiln “We got up and I remember seeing at that moment that the windows of my bedroom were lit; Mrs. Franklyn probably was making things ready for the night. Simultaneously, as we crossed …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Gardener — E. F. Benson |
The Gardener “A gleam of strong moonlight between my drawn curtains when I went up to bed that night led me to look out. My room faced the garden and the fields which I had traversed that aftern…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | In the Tube — E. F. Benson |
In the Tube “The actual commission of it, I think we can reasonably argue, is the mere material sequel of his resolve: he is guilty of it when he makes that determination. When, therefore, in t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Other Bed — E. F. Benson |
The Other Bed “Outside the threatening promise of the barometer was already finding fulfilment, and a cold ugly wind was complaining among the pines, and hooting round the peaks, and snow had beg…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Out of the Sea — A. C. Benson |
Out of the Sea “There were some clothes hanging on pegs, and in a corner was a heap of garments, piled up. On one of the chests stood a box of rough deal, and from the corner of it dripped water, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | At Abdul Ali's Grave — E. F. Benson |
At Abdul Ali's Grave “The rose flush, rapid as a change of colour in some chemical combination, which shoots across the sky from east to west, followed immediately by the sunlight which catches the peak…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Cat — E. F. Benson |
The Cat “"I wish something would snap in my brain, if it kindles the perceptions in that way," said he, "but it is just possible that the snapping of things in one's brain does not always p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Caterpillars — E. F. Benson |
Caterpillars “It is true, that a doubt, vague as my uneasy premonition, crossed my mind at this. I did not see why Mrs. Stanley should have explained all this, if there had not been more to expl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Dust-Cloud — E. F. Benson |
The Dust-Cloud “"Why, just this. His place was outside the village of Bircham, ten miles out from Norwich; and there's a long straight bit of road there-- that's where he ran over the child -- and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Horror-Horn — E. F. Benson |
The Horror-Horn “On one side only, as I knew, was the mountain practicable, and that for none but the finest climbers; on the other three a succession of ledges and precipices rendered it unscalabl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Shootings Of Achnaleish — E. F. Benson |
The Shootings Of Achnaleish “There were a number of little plantations climbing up the steep hill-side from Achnaleish to the moor above, and we had a pleasant slack sort of morning shooting there, walking thr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Terror by Night — E. F. Benson |
The Terror by Night “Very possibly this sense of apprehension (for there is nothing in the world so virulently infectious) reached me through him: on the other hand both these attacks of vague forebodi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Mr. Tilly's Seance — E. F. Benson |
Mr. Tilly's Seance “So far his natural volubility had carried him before he recollected that he was invisible and inaudible to those still closed in by the muddy vesture of decay, and stopped short. B…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | The Man Who Went Too Far — E. F. Benson |
The Man Who Went Too Far “"I am one with it," he said to himself, "the river and I, I and the river. The coolness and splash of it is I, and the water-herbs that wave in it are I also. And my strength and m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| E. F. Benson | Queen Lucia — E. F. Benson |
Queen Lucia “It might be thought that even such activities as have here been indicated would be enough to occupy anyone so busily that he would positively not have time for more, but such was f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | The Black Cat and Other Stories — Edgar Allan Poe |
The Black Cat and Other Stories “The Assignation, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, The Balloon, The Journal, Berenice, The Black Cat, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Domain of Arnheim, Landor's Cottage, Eleonora,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | The Murders In The Rue Morgue And Other Stories — Edgar Allan Poe |
The Murders In The Rue Morgue And Other Stories “The Murders In The Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, The Purloined Letter, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado, The Gold-Bug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Volume 1 — Edgar Allan Poe |
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Volume 1 “Ye who read are still among the living, but I who write shall have long since gone my way into the region of shadows. For indeed strange things shall happen, and secret things be k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | The Oblong Box — Edgar Allan Poe |
The Oblong Box “The box in question was, as I say, oblong. It was about six feet in length by two and a half in breadth; I observed it attentively, and like to be precise. Now this shape was PECUL…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Letter from John Allan to Edgar Allan Poe — Edgar Allan Poe |
Letter from John Allan to Edgar Allan Poe “While you are in Maryland, ascertain &get Certificate of the fact whether your Grandfather was in the Service during the revoly war. where he served.1 Rank &.it may be of service &…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Letter from John Allan to Edgar Allan Poe — Edgar Allan Poe |
Letter from John Allan to Edgar Allan Poe “It is true and you will not deny it, that the charge of eating the Bread of idleness, was to urge you to perseverance &industry in receiving the classics, in perfecting yourself in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Shadow — A Parable |
Shadow “The year had been a year of terror, and of feelings more intense than terror for which there is no name upon the earth. For many prodigies and signs had taken place, and far and wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Silence — A Fable |
Silence “Then I grew angry and cursed, with the curse of silence, the river, and the lilies, and the wind, and the forest, and the heaven, and the thunder, and the sighs of the water-lilies…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Some Words With A Mummy. — Edgar Allan Poe |
Some Words With A Mummy. “The application of electricity to a mummy three or four thousand years old at the least, was an idea, if not very sage, still sufficiently original, and we all caught it at once. A…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Tales — Edgar Allan Poe |
Tales “Improved formatting on some of Mr. Poe's Tales; also includes a couple of new ones.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket — Edgar Allan Poe |
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket “A strong hand held him on the cabin floor, with a tight grasp upon his throat--still he was able to see what was going on around him. His father was tied hand and foot, and lying a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton | Zanoni — Edward Bulwer Lytton |
Zanoni “"The Rosicrucians!" repeated the old gentleman, and in his turn he surveyed me with deliberate surprise. "Who but a Rosicrucian could explain the Rosicrucian mysteries! And can you…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton | The Haunted and the Haunters; Or, The House and the Brain — Edward Bulwer Lytton |
The Haunted and the Haunters; Or, The House and the Brain “The longer version of this tale.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton | The Haunted and the Haunters — Edward Bulwer Lytton |
The Haunted and the Haunters “"That I can scarcely tell you, but very many years since. The old woman I spoke of said it was haunted when she rented it between thirty and forty years ago. The fact is, that my l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton | The Incantation — Edward Bulwer Lytton |
The Incantation “While we had thus labored and found, Ayesha had placed the fuel where the moonlight fell fullest on the sward of the tableland--a part of it already piled as for a fire, the rest o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton | Eugene Aram — Edward Bulwer Lytton |
Eugene Aram “We left Walter in a situation of that critical nature, that it would be inhuman to delay our return to him any longer. The blow by which he had been felled, stunned him for an inst…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton | Pelham; Or, The Adventures Of A Gentleman — Edward Bulwer Lytton |
Pelham; Or, The Adventures Of A Gentleman “Generally held to be Lytton's finest work. Hey, if your words were constantly being mocked by no less a creature than Snoopy the cartoon dog, you'd need every little help you could…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Heart of John Middleton — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Heart of John Middleton “My contempt for him almost equalled my hate. If I were avoiding return to a place which I thought to be a hell upon earth, think you I would have taken a quiet sleep under any man'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Morton Hall — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Morton Hall “'It serves me right,' she said. 'I wedded one of my father's enemies; one of those who would have hunted the old man to death. I gave my father's enemy house and lands, when he cam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Clopton House — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Clopton House “There was a curious carved old chest in one of these passages, and with girlish curiosity I tried to open it; but the lid was too heavy, till I persuaded one of my companions to he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Crooked Branch — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Crooked Branch “'It's noan so bad, uncle; he's not dead; the letter does not say that, dunnot think it. He's flitted from that lodging, and the lazy tykes dunna know where to find him; and so they…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Crowley Castle — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Crowley Castle “Poor Theresa! Every day she more and more bitterly rued her ill-starred marriage. Often and often she cried to herself, when she was alone in the dead of the night, 'I cannot bear …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Curious, If True — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Curious, If True “'To-night is the night when, of all the year, this great old forest surrounding the castle is said to be haunted by the phantom of a little peasant girl who once lived hereabouts; …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Disappearances — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Disappearances “He seemed to be swallowed up in the abyss of the metropolis, for no friend (and the lady had many powerful friends) could ever ascertain for her what had become of him; the prevale…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Doom of the Griffiths — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Doom of the Griffiths “Had Owen been left to his own nature, his heart would have worked itself to love doubly the boy whom he had injured: but he was stubborn from injustice, and hardened by suffering. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Two Fragments of Ghost Stories — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Two Fragments of Ghost Stories “Mr. Jackson took me to the back-door in the inner square, fluttering two or three dozen hens and turkeys, and evoking a barking welcome from almost as many dogs and whelps. I steer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Grey Woman — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Grey Woman “In fact, I dared not speak even to her, as if there were anything beyond the most common event in life in our preparing thus to leave the house of blood by stealth in the dead of n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | Lois the Witch — Elizabeth Gaskell |
Lois the Witch “'Cousin Lois may go out and meet Satan by the brookside, if she will; but, if thou goest, Faith, I will tell mother--ay, and I will tell Pastor Tappau, too. Hold thy stories, Cousi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Well of Pen-Morfa — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Well of Pen-Morfa “'Nest Gwynn is dead! Nest Gwynn is dead!' and, crazy with fear, it did not stop until it had hid its head in its mother's lap. The village was alarmed, and all who were able went i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Elizabeth Gaskell | The Shah's English Gardener — Elizabeth Gaskell |
The Shah's English Gardener “There was nothing in the external life of the place which could compensate for his individual disappointment; at least, he perceived nothing. One day, in crossing the market-place,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Dowson | ABSINTHIA TAETRA — Ernest Dowson |
ABSINTHIA TAETRA “And that obscure night of the soul, and the valley of humiliation, through which he stumbled were forgotten. He saw blue vistas of undiscovered countries, high prospects and a quie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Dowson | A CASE OF CONSCIENCE — Ernest Dowson |
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE “"That is a caricature of my circle, as you call it, Tregellan! though I may remind you it is also yours. I think she is being starved in this corner, spiritually. She has a beautif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Dowson | THE DYING OF FRANCIS DONNE: A STUDY — Ernest Dowson |
THE DYING OF FRANCIS DONNE: A STUDY “Bleak and grey it had been, when he had visited it of old, in the late autumn; but now the character, the whole colour of the country was changed. It was brilliant with the promise…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Ernest Dowson | THE VISIT — Ernest Dowson |
THE VISIT “Darkly, as in a dream, I wondered why they gave me no more hurt, as I looked at my old body on the bed; why, they were like old maids' fancies (as I looked at my grey body on the b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, First Part. — The Transgression |
The Wandering Jew, First Part. “The orphans occupied a dilapidated chamber in one of the most remote wings of the inn, with a single window opening upon the country. A bed without curtains, a table, and two chair…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, Second Part. — The Wandering Jew's Sentence. |
The Wandering Jew, Second Part. “"The 13th of February approaches," thought he; "the day approaches, in which the descendants of my beloved sister, the last scions of our race, should meet in Paris. Alas! it is no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V3 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V3 “"It is true. Write then to the doctor; I will send you Dubois, to carry your letter. Courage, Frederick! we shall yet be too much for that ungovernable girl." Madame de Saint-Dizie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, — The Chastisement |
The Wandering Jew, “Volume Four in the Series.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V5 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V5 “The different actors in this scene were standing around the table. As they were about to seat themselves, at the invitation of the notary, Samuel pointed to the register bound in b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V6 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V6 “The latter raised her eyes slowly, and locked at the Jesuit. At sight of that cadaverous countenance, which was smiling benignantly upon her, the young girl started. It was strange…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V7 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V7 “About two hours after rising, Adrienne, having had herself dressed, as usual, with rare elegance, dismissed her women, and sent for Mother Bunch, whom she treated with marked defer…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V8 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V8 “"No!" said the traveller, "it will not be. The Lord surely will not suffer it. Twice is quite enough. Five centuries ago, the avenging hand of the Almighty drove me hither from the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V9 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V9 “It is strange, but Jacques had only consented to join this masquerade because the mad scene reminded him of the merry day he had spent with Cephyse--that famous breakfast, after a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V10 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V10 “During the interview of Adrienne with Rose-Pompon a touching scene took place between Agricola and Mother Bunch, who had been much surprised at Mdlle. de Cardoville's condescension…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Wandering Jew, V11 — Eugene Sue |
The Wandering Jew, V11 “Suddenly, through the shadow thrown by the overhanging wood, which stretches far into endless depths, a human form appears. It is a woman. She advances slowly towards the ruins. Sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | Mysteries of Paris, V3 — Eugene Sue |
Mysteries of Paris, V3 “"Come, come, calm yourself," said the abbe, smiling benevolently; "another good action to reveal? As for myself, I strongly approve of the generous indiscretion of your friend. I d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Eugene Sue | The Mysteries of Paris V2 — Eugene Sue |
The Mysteries of Paris V2 “Louise resumed:--"I asked M. Ferrand by what means I could conceal my shame. Interrupting me with indignation, and a feigned surprise, he pretended not to understand me; he asked m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | The Upper Berth — F Marion Crawford |
The Upper Berth “SOMEBODY asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation as beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains, he wine had got into those brai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | For the Blood is the Life — F Marion Crawford |
For the Blood is the Life “And now I knew that those white, misty arms had been round me, too; I knew it in a flash, and I shuddered as I remembered that I had heard the night owl then, too. But it had not b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | The Screaming Skull — F Marion Crawford |
The Screaming Skull “It's only a noise after all, and a noise never hurt anybody yet. But he was much more imaginative than I am. No doubt there really is something about this place that I don't unders…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories — F Marion Crawford |
For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories “This is the complete 9-story collection (Includes The Upper Berth, should that one turn up missing again).…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | THE WITCH OF PRAGUE: A FANTASTIC TALE — F Marion Crawford |
THE WITCH OF PRAGUE: A FANTASTIC TALE “After the Wanderer had left her, Unorna continued to hold in her hand the book she had again taken up, following the printed lines mechanically from left to right, from the top of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | Sant' Ilario — F Marion Crawford |
Sant' Ilario “The idea of a sudden journey, terminating in the gloomy fortress of Saracinesca, was pleasant to his humour. The old place was ten times more grim and dismal in winter than in summ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | The Heart of Rome — Francis Marion Crawford |
The Heart of Rome “There was room to pass this danger, however, and they had since laid a couple of stout boards over it, weighted with stones to keep them in place. Beyond, the passage rose till it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | Greifenstein — F. Marion Crawford |
Greifenstein “Greifenstein saw before him a tall man, with abundant white hair and a snowy beard, of bronzed complexion, evidently strong in spite of his years, chiefly remarkable for the heavy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| F Marion Crawford | Man Overboard! — F Marion Crawford |
Man Overboard! “I said that the noise of the wind in the rigging was real, as if the other wasn't, for I felt that it wasn't, though I heard it. But it was, all the same; for the captain heard it,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | The Wondersmith — Fitz James O Brien |
The Wondersmith “THE four gypsies left Herr Hippe's house cautiously, and directed their steps towards Mr. Pippel's bird-shop. Golosh Street was asleep. Nothing was stirring in that tenebrous slum,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | The Diamond Lens — Fitz James O Brien |
The Diamond Lens “This casual mention of the spiritualist, Madame Vulpes, set me on a new track. What if this spiritualism should be really a great fact? What if, through communication with subtiler…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | The Golden Ingot — Fitz James O Brien |
The Golden Ingot “I made my way as well as I could through the numberless dilapidated chemical instruments with which the room was littered. A French chafing dish supported on an iron tripod had bee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | My Wife's Tempter — Fitz James O Brien |
My Wife's Tempter “Brake came no more. I said nothing to Elsie about his prohibition, and his name was never mentioned. It seemed strange to me that she should not speak of his absence, and I was ver…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | What Was It? A Mystery — Fitz James O Brien |
What Was It? A Mystery “"I am somewhat like you, Harry," he answered. "I feel my capacity to experience a terror greater than anything yet conceived by the human mind,--something combining in fearful and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | The Demon of the Gibbet — Fitz James O Brien |
The Demon of the Gibbet “He kissed her lip: then--spur and whip!/ And fast they fled across the lea./ But vain the heel, the rowel steel,--/ For something leaped from the gallows-tree!/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Fitz James O Brien | The Child Who Loved A Grave — Fitz-James O'Brien |
The Child Who Loved A Grave “In truth, he loved the little graveyard better than all play. The stillness of the churchyard, the scent of the wild flowers, the golden chequers of the sunlight falling through th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gertrude Atherton | The Bell in the Fog — Gertrude Atherton |
The Bell in the Fog “The little girl, whose face had fallen, flashed her delight, but walked with great dignity beside him. He groaned in his depths as he saw they were pointing for the widow's house, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gertrude Atherton | The Dead and the Countess — Gertrude Atherton |
The Dead and the Countess “"Ah, the good God!" she cried. "I, too, thought it was the great call, and that in a moment I should rise and find my child and go to my Ignace, my Ignace whose bones lie white on …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gertrude Atherton | Death and the Woman — Gertrude Atherton |
Death and the Woman “She returned swiftly to the bedside, wondering if she had remained away hours or seconds, and if he were dead. His face was still discernible, and Death had not relaxed it. She lai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gertrude Atherton | The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number — Gertrude Atherton |
The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number “He permitted her to fling herself upon him, easily brushing aside her jumping fingers and snapping teeth. He knew that her agony was frightful. Her body was a net-work of hungry ne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gertrude Atherton | The Striding-Place — Gertrude Atherton |
The Striding-Place “He shuddered and turned away, impelled, despite his manhood, to flee the spot. As he did so, something tossing in the foam below the fall--something as white, yet independent of it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Gertrude Atherton | The Sacrificial Altar — Gertrude Atherton |
The Sacrificial Altar “"Crime? Mon Dieu!" The amiable merchant almost choked in his turn, although he savored his duck more slowly than his Lycee guest. "Crime! But you are too young, my son, to be inter…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | A Bid For Fortune, Or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta — Guy Boothby |
A Bid For Fortune, Or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta “To begin with, there is a man living in this world today who has done me a great and lasting injury. What that injury is is no concern of yours. You would not understand if I told …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | Dr. Nikola Returns — Guy Boothby |
Dr. Nikola Returns “"My dear Bruce, I would risk twice as much to attain my ends. If I did not think it worth it I should not have embarked upon it at all. You little know the value of my quest. With …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | FAREWELL, NIKOLA! — Guy Boothby |
FAREWELL, NIKOLA! “At first I came to the conclusion that it must be a bat, or some night bird, but that theory exploded. Bats do not remain at the same exact distance from the floor, nor do they sta…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | THE LUST OF HATE — Guy Boothby |
THE LUST OF HATE “When the sun had disappeared below the sea line, the colour of the ocean had changed from all the dazzling tints of the king-opal to a sombre coal-black hue, and myriads of stars w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | Dr. Nikola's Experiment — Guy Boothby |
Dr. Nikola's Experiment “The work of my predecessors is known to me; I have studied their writings, and tested their experiments to the last particular. All the knowledge that modern science has accumulate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | A Strange Goldfield — Guy Boothby |
A Strange Goldfield “Such a pitiful sight I never want to see again. The tents and huts, in numerous cases, were still standing, while the claims gaped at us on every side like new-made graves. A bullo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | A Professor of Egyptology — Guy Boothby |
A Professor of Egyptology “How long I stood at the window I cannot say; it may have been only five minutes, it might have been an hour. Then, suddenly, an extraordinary thing happened. I knew that it was imp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Guy Boothby | Pharos, The Egyptian — Guy Boothby |
Pharos, The Egyptian “But I scarcely heard him. The knowledge that my darling was the victim of the scourge that was ravaging all Europe drove me back against the wall faint and speechless with terror. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford | Dark Ways — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
Dark Ways “For none of these? Truly, your judgments are inscrutable. For what then? Because, -- yet, no, that cannot be, -- because I bear a stubborn heart? because I will not bend my soul as…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford | Down the River — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
Down the River “First awakening to consciousness in this state, it was with effort and only lately she had comprehended that there could be any other: a different condition from one in which Miss …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford | Circumstance — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
Circumstance “What rending pains were close at hand! Death! and what a death! worse than any other that is to be named! Water, be it cold or warm, that which buoys up blue ice-fields, or which b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford | In a Cellar — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
In a Cellar “"Any of our volatile friends here might have been," I resumed; "for us it is impossible. Concerning this, when you return to France, I will relate the incidents; at present, there …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford | THE RAY OF DISPLACEMENT — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
THE RAY OF DISPLACEMENT “My mind was flying like the current through my coils. How could I restore the carbon to its original, as I must, if at all, without touching it, and how could I gain time without b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Harriet Prescott Spofford | The Mad Lady — Harriet Prescott Spofford |
The Mad Lady “With a little money, some talent, and plenty of time, he was content till this song of Mary began to sing in his heart; and then when he found she was his for this life and all lif…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Fifty-One Tales — Lord Dunsany |
Fifty-One Tales “"'Come with me thence or linger with me there and either we shall come to romantic lands which the men of the caravans only speak of in song; or else we shall listlessly walk in a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Bethmoora — Lord Dunsany |
Bethmoora “Shadows begin to detach themselves from their great gathering places. No less silently than those shadows that are thin and dead move homewards the stealthy cats. Thus have we even…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Bird of the Difficult Eye — Lord Dunsany |
The Bird of the Difficult Eye “The information may not appear tremendous to those unacquainted with the source of jewelry; but when I say that the only thief imployed by any West-end jeweller since famous Thango…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | THE BOOK OF WONDER — Lord Dunsany |
THE BOOK OF WONDER “No measure of wiser precaution could the elders of the nomads have taken than to choose for their thief that very Slith, that identical thief that (even as I write) in how many sch…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Bureau d'Exchange de Maux — Lord Dunsany |
The Bureau d'Exchange de Maux “Such a man was mine host; but above all the evil of him lay in his eyes, which lay so still, so apathetic, that you would have sworn that he was drugged or dead; like lizards motio…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Charon — Lord Dunsany |
Charon “It was strange that the dead nowadays were coming in such numbers. They were coming in thousands where they used to come in fifties. It was neither Charon's duty nor his wont to po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance — Lord Dunsany |
Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance “It was not by chains that the dragon kept her there, but by one of the spells of old. To one to whom the facilities of the daily Press had for so long been accorded spells would ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Death and Odysseus — Lord Dunsany |
Death and Odysseus “But one day Death appeared in the courts with an air and They all noticed it. "What are you up to now?" said Love. And Death with some solemnity said to her: "I am going to frighte…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller — Lord Dunsany |
The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller “Thangobrind oiled his body and slipped out of his shop, and went secretly through byways, and got as far as Snarp, before anyone knew that he was out on business again or missed hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Guest — Lord Dunsany |
The Guest “"We have several acquaintances in common," he said. "I met King Seti a year ago in Thebes. I should think he has altered very little since you knew him. I thought his forehead a li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Hashish Man — Lord Dunsany |
The Hashish Man “"I could do nothing. I was only a consciousness, invisible, wandering: my body was in Europe. The sailor fought well with his fists, but he was over-powered and bound with ropes, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Idle Days on the Yann and Other Stories — Lord Dunsany |
Idle Days on the Yann and Other Stories “And now as the sun's last rays were nearly level, we saw the sight that I had come to see, for from two mountains that stood on either shore two cliffs of pink marble came out into…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Dream of King Karna-Vootra — Lord Dunsany |
The Dream of King Karna-Vootra “King Karna-Vootra sitting on his throne commanding all things said: "I very clearly saw last night the queenly Vava-Nyria. Though partly she was hidden by great clouds that swept c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | A Legend of the Dawn — Lord Dunsany |
A Legend of the Dawn “Thereat Umborodom, whose hound was the thunder, took his hound in leash, and strode away across the sky after the golden ball until he came to the mountains afar and aloof. There d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Loot of Bombasharna — Lord Dunsany |
The Loot of Bombasharna “And Bloody Bill, as they rudely called Mr. Gagg, a member of the crew, looked up at the sky, and said that it was a windy night and looked like hanging. And some of those present t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Why the Milkman Shudders When He Perceives the Dawn — Lord Dunsany |
Why the Milkman Shudders When He Perceives the Dawn “This mellow story was ripe with honourable years when milkmen wore beaver hats, its origin was still mysterious when smocks were the vogue, men asked one another when Stuarts were …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Gods of Pegana — Lord Dunsany |
The Gods of Pegana “In an inner mountain land where none hath come he hath carved his organ pipes out of the mountains, and there when the winds, his servants, come in from all the world he maketh the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Relenting of Sarnidac — Lord Dunsany |
The Relenting of Sarnidac “`O gods, rob not the earth of the dim hush that hangs round all Your temples, bereave not all the world of old romance, take not the glamour from the moonlight nor tear the wonder …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | How Slid Made War Against the Gods — Lord Dunsany |
How Slid Made War Against the Gods “And the gods together shouting made the cry of the south calling the south wind to them. And again the gods shouted all together making the cry of the north, calling the north wind…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | A Tale of London — Lord Dunsany |
A Tale of London “"They have a river that is named the Thames, on it their ships go up with violet sails bringing incense for the braziers that perfume the streets, new songs exchanged for gold with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana — Lord Dunsany |
How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana “Though her doom was close upon her and the enemy of prophecy should come that very night through the open, southward door that was named the Gate of the Doom, yet that rocky edific…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Time and the Gods — Lord Dunsany |
Time and the Gods “Then the gods feared with a new fear that he that had overthrown Their city would one day slay the gods. And a new cry went wailing through the Twilight, the lament of the gods for…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Workman — Lord Dunsany |
The Workman “I saw a workman fall with his scaffolding right from the summit of some vast hotel. And as he came down I saw him holding a knife and trying to cut his name on the scaffolding. He …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Bride of the Man-Hors — Lord Dunsany |
The Bride of the Man-Hors “Swiftly and craftily he bounded down by the upper end of the cleft, and entering Zretazoola by the outer gate which looks out sheer on the stars, he galloped suddenly down the narr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Don Rodriguez — Lord Dunsany |
Don Rodriguez “"Master," he said, "the next man that you choose to kill you, let him be one too base-born to know the tricks of the rapier, too ignorant to do aught but wish you well, some poor f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Alone in Immortals — Lord Dunsany |
Alone in Immortals “And when I sought about among the flowers, among the flowers for my wreath of mourning, the lily looked too large and the laurel looked too solemn and I found nothing frail enough …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Charon — Lord Dunsany |
Charon “It was strange that the dead nowadays were coming in such numbers. They were coming in thousands where they used to come in fifties. It was neither Charon's duty nor his wont to po…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Chu-bu and Sheemish — Lord Dunsany |
Chu-bu and Sheemish “The new god's motive was probably to assert himself. I doubt if Chu-bu understood or cared for his motive; it was sufficient for an idol already aflame with jealousy that his detes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | East and West — Lord Dunsany |
East and West “And the storm and the cold and the darkness made one last effort, and shook the bones of that shepherd, and rattled the teeth in the head that mused on the flowery fables, and sudd…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Food of Death — Lord Dunsany |
The Food of Death “Death was sick. But they brought him bread that the modern bakers make, whitened with alum, and the tinned meats of Chicago, with a pinch of our modern substitute for salt. They ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | The Gods of Pegana — Lord Dunsany |
The Gods of Pegana “And Time, which is the hound of Sish, devoured all things; and Sish sent up the ivy and fostered weeds, and dust fell from the hand of Sish and covered stately things. Only the val…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Lord Dunsany | Tales of War — Lord Dunsany |
Tales of War “Fritz Groedenschasser, standing in that unseemly mud, greatly yearned for them to find soon what they were looking for. Eight batteries searching for something they can't find, alo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M G Lewis | The Erl-King — M G Lewis |
The Erl-King “Who is it that rides through the forest so fast, /While night frowns around him, while shrill roars the blast?/The father, who holds his young son in his arm,/And close in his mant…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M G Lewis | Sir Guy the Seeker — M G Lewis |
Sir Guy the Seeker “But find can he ne'er the winding stair,/Which he past that beauty to see,/Whom spells enthrall in the haunted hall,/Where none but once may be.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M G Lewis | The Monk — M G Lewis |
The Monk “The burst of transport was past: Ambrosio's lust was satisfied; Pleasure fled, and Shame usurped her seat in his bosom. Confused and terrified at his weakness, He drew himself from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M G Lewis | The Anaconda — M G Lewis |
The Anaconda “Terrified almost out of her senses at this formal address, the trembling Jessy now contrived to sob out a hope that her aunt had been mistaken, that Everard would still be able to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M G Lewis | The Castle Spectre — M G Lewis |
The Castle Spectre “F. PHIL. Nonsense! nonsense!--Why, pr'ythee, Alice, do you think that your Lady's ghost would get up at night only to sing Lullaby for your amusement?--Besides, how should a spirit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M G Lewis | Mistrust, Or Blanche and Osbright — M G Lewis |
Mistrust, Or Blanche and Osbright “But Blanche was no longer mistress of her actions. In the height of their indignation at Ottokar's murder, her parents had insisted upon her renouncing all thoughts of a union with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | From Ghost Stories of An Antiquary — M R James |
From Ghost Stories of An Antiquary “At last, some time past midnight, he was disposed to turn in, and he put out his lamp after lighting his bedroom candle. The picture lay face upwards on the table where the last ma…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | Mr. Humphries and His Inheritance — M R James |
Mr. Humphries and His Inheritance “'Guide your eye by my stick here, and follow out the line directly opposite to the spot where we're standing now, and I'll engage, Mr Humphreys, that you'll catch the archway over …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | Martin's Close — M R James |
Martin's Close “Th : I humbly ask pardon, my lord, but so it was. And I took upon me, thinking no harm, to ask Squire Martin to lend me his knife to cut my tobacco. And he felt first of one pocket…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | The Rose Garden — M R James |
The Rose Garden “Someone who had been holding his arm left hold of it and went towards this fire, and then he said the fright he was in was worse than at any other part of his dream, and if I had n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | The Tractate Middoth — M R James |
The Tractate Middoth “But, just as he approached it, he saw, standing in front of the door, a figure so like one bound up with recent unpleasant associations that, with a sickening qualm, and hardly kno…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | A Warning to the Curious — M R James |
A Warning to the Curious “'"Well, then," he said, "for all you're a scholard, I can tell you something you don't know. Them's the three 'oly crowns what was buried in the ground near by the coast to keep th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| M R James | Count Magnus — M R James |
Count Magnus “'So he sat there, and two or three men with him, and they listened. At first they hear nothing at all; then they hear someone--you know how far away it is--they hear someone scream…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus — Mary Shelley |
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | The Mortal Immortal — Mary Shelley |
The Mortal Immortal “The Wandering Jew? -- certainly not. More than eighteen centuries have passed over his head. In comparison with him, I am a very young Immortal.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | Valperga — Mary Shelley |
Valperga “His fancy only paused, when he would force it to adorn with beauty vice, death, and misery, when disguised by a kingly robe, by the trappings of a victorious army, or the false hal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | The Dream — Mary Shelley |
The Dream “Constance wept as her lover recalled the images of happy hours. 'Never,' she exclaimed, 'O never! Thou knowest, or wilt soon know, Gaspar, the faith and resolves of one who dare no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | On Ghosts — Mary Shelley |
On Ghosts “This figure he saw several times, always in the same place. It was impalpable to the touch, motionless, except in its advance, and made no sign when it was addressed. Once the Chev…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MAN AND THE MONSTER! — H. M. MILNER |
FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MAN AND THE MONSTER! “Dramatized version of Mrs. Shelley's work.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, A Romance — Mary Shelley |
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, A Romance “"I beseech you, fair Mistress," said Lovel, who now joined them, "to forget, even in private, such high-sounding titles. It is dangerous to play at majesty, unaided by ten thousand…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus — Mary Shelley |
Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus “Full title (of this version): Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus. By the Author of The Last Man ... Revised, Corrected, And Illustrated With A New Introduction…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | The Evil Eye — Mary Shelley |
The Evil Eye “He was exposed to a thousand dangers--underwent incredible hardships: he dared the wild beast in his lair, the Mainote in his port of refuge; he attacked, and was attacked by them.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | The Invisible Girl — Mary Shelley |
The Invisible Girl “"A fairy one, I believe," replied the elder sailor, "yet no less a true: it burns in an old tumble-down tower, built on the top of a rock which looks over the sea. We never saw it …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | Falkner; A Novel — Mary Shelley |
Falkner; A Novel “She did not only recall his conversation, but conjectured the causes of his sorrow, and felt deeply interested by the mystery that hung about him. So young and so unhappy! And he h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | The Heir of Mondolfo — Mary Shelley |
The Heir of Mondolfo “She did not hear Ludovico enter, or, at least, she made no sign that indicated that she was conscious of it. The sick person murmured; as she bent her head down to catch the sound,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | Proserpine and Midas — Mary Shelley |
Proserpine and Midas “Pros. Ino, you knew erewhile a River-God,/ Who loved you well and did you oft entice/ To his transparent waves and flower-strewn banks./ He loved high poesy and wove sweet sounds,/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mary Shelley | Mrs. Shelley — Lucy M. Rossetti |
Mrs. Shelley “In October Claire's departure for Florence, as governess in the family of Professor Bojti, where she went by the advice of her friend Mrs. Mason, formerly Lady Mountcashell, brough…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | She: A History of Adventure — Mummies |
She: A History of Adventure “Some consider this the best of his "small party goes off into jungle and finds" novels. A guilty pleasure.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | The Mummy's Foot — Mummies |
The Mummy's Foot “I started to find it;--but fancy my astonishment when I beheld, instead of the mummy's foot I had purchased the evening before, the little green paste idol left in its place by the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | One of Cleopatra's Nights — Mummies |
One of Cleopatra's Nights “You were wanting an adventure, something strange and unexpected; you have got just what you wished. You see that your realm is not so dead as you claimed. It is no stone arm from a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | The Jewel of Seven Stars — Mummies |
The Jewel of Seven Stars “Sooth to say, it made me shudder and my flesh creep to touch that hand that had lain there undisturbed for so many thousands of years, and yet was like unto living flesh. Underneat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | Pharos, The Egyptian — Mummies |
Pharos, The Egyptian “But I scarcely heard him. The knowledge that my darling was the victim of the scourge that was ravaging all Europe drove me back against the wall faint and speechless with terror. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | THE RING OF THOTH — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
THE RING OF THOTH “The student sat down again in his quiet corner, and continued to work at his notes. He had gained the information which he required from the papyri, and it only remained to write i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | The Jewel of Seven Stars — Mummies |
The Jewel of Seven Stars “As Marcus Bone of New Zealand was so kind to point out, this version of Stoker's work has a very, very different ending from the one I'd scanned.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | Some Words With A Mummy. — Mummies |
Some Words With A Mummy. “The application of electricity to a mummy three or four thousand years old at the least, was an idea, if not very sage, still sufficiently original, and we all caught it at once. A…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | The Story of Baelbrow — E &H Heron |
The Story of Baelbrow “Some instinctive feeling prompted Low to glance up at this moment. Half extended from the Museum doorway were a face and bony neck--a high-nosed, dull-eyed, malignant face, the eye…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | The Mysterious Mummy — Sax Rohmer |
The Mysterious Mummy “A sudden silence fell upon the room so that people running about in other apartments could be plainly heard. And presently, from somewhere behind the glass doors surrounding the pl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | A Professor of Egyptology — Guy Boothby |
A Professor of Egyptology “How long I stood at the window I cannot say; it may have been only five minutes, it might have been an hour. Then, suddenly, an extraordinary thing happened. I knew that it was imp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | Lost in a Pyramid — Louisa May Alcott |
Lost in a Pyramid “Full title: Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy's Curse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | Smith and the Pharaohs, and other tales — Henry Rider Haggard |
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other tales “Just so, reflected Smith, had their forefathers sung when, millenniums ago, they dragged that very sarcophagus from the quarries to the Nile, and from the Nile to the tomb whence i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Mummies | The Eye of Osiris — R. Austin Freeman |
The Eye of Osiris “'Yes, but they have found several more. The police have been most energetic. They seem to have been making a systematic search, and the result has been that they have discovered se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls | FORGIVE AND FORGET — BY EDWIN F. ROBERTS |
FORGIVE AND FORGET “" You refuse to hear me?" said Philip, his countenance darkening in wrath. "It is well, sir, and you too, Ellen,--you also abet this--what shall I call it--an unwarrantable attack …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls | Isabella, or The Adventures of A Nun — Penny Dreadfuls |
Isabella, or The Adventures of A Nun “What was to be done? To get out of that strong dungeon was not so easy a matter as she had found her escape from her convent; and the noose of a rope, which now so imminently prese…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls | JACOB MEADOWS: OR, TOO LATE TO REPENT — BY EDWIN F. ROBERTS |
JACOB MEADOWS: OR, TOO LATE TO REPENT “But the infatuated man, with a tremendous oath, re-demanded the fiery spirit; and as she did not move, he rose up, staggered towards her, and would have struck her had not the boy …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls | SWEENEY TODD, THE BARBER OF FLEET STREET — Penny Dreadfuls |
SWEENEY TODD, THE BARBER OF FLEET STREET “Sweeney Todd had no desire to enter into anything like a controversy with people, so he turned again and entered his own shop, in a distant corner of which he sat down, and folding…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest | The Demon of the Hartz — Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest |
The Demon of the Hartz “The appearance of the assistants who surrounded it, resembled those phantoms which are seen in a troubled dream, and at once confirmed the idea he had entertained from the first, t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest | Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood — Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest |
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood “"Alas!" said Charles, "I dare not take such a confidence; I have said that it is not for myself; I seek such knowledge of what you are, and what you have been, but it is for anothe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest | Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Volume I — Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest |
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Volume I “Bandwith Friendly shorter version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest | Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Volume II — Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest |
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Volume II “Bandwith Friendly shorter version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest | Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Volume III — Penny Dreadfuls: Thomas Peckett Prest |
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Volume III “Bandwith Friendly shorter version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | Ghasta, or The Avenging Demon!!! — Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Ghasta, or The Avenging Demon!!! “Horror covers all the sky,/Clouds of darkness blot the moon,/Prepare! for mortal thou must die,/Prepare to yield thy soul up soon -- --by Percy Bysshe Shelley…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian — Percy Bysshe Shelley |
St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian “Wolfstein involuntarily shuddered.-- Cavigni quaffed the liquor to the dregs! --the cup fell from his trembling hand. The chill dew of death sat upon his forehead: in terrific conv…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | Zastrozzi — Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Zastrozzi “Scarcely knowing where he was, or what to believe, for a few moments Verezzi stood bewildered, and unable to arrange the confusion of ideas which floated in his brain, and assailed…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rhoda Broughton | Behold, It Was a Dream! — Rhoda Broughton |
Behold, It Was a Dream! “"It certainly was an exceptionally dreadful dream," says Jane, whose colour has returned, and who is a good deal fortified and reassured by the influences of breakfast and of her h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Rhoda Broughton | UNDER THE CLOAK — Rhoda Broughton |
UNDER THE CLOAK “A cold chill creeps over me, and then the blood rushes to my head and ears. What am I to do? what am I to do? I have always thought the better of myself ever since for it; but, str…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Salem Witch Trials | Mabel Martin: A Harvest Idyl — John Greenleaf Whittier |
Mabel Martin: A Harvest Idyl “Young Mabel from her mother's grave/ Crept to her desolate hearth-stone,/ And wrestled with her fate alone;/ With love, and anger, and despair,/ The phantoms of disordered sense,/ …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Salem Witch Trials | Young Goodman Brown — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Young Goodman Brown “"Such company, thou wouldst say," observed the elder person, interpreting his pause. "Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Botathen Ghost — Rev. S. R. HAWKER |
The Botathen Ghost “Amidst all these, and winding along between the rocks, is a natural footway worn by the scant, rare tread of the village traveller. Just midway, a somewhat larger stretch than usua…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Radiant Boy of Corby Castle — Scary But True |
The Radiant Boy of Corby Castle “To return to the room in question: I must observe that it is by no means remote or solitary, being surrounded on all sides by chambers that are constantly inhabited. It is accessib…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Captain Wheatcroft — DALE OWEN |
Captain Wheatcroft “Her first idea was to ascertain if she was actually awake. She rubbed her eyes with the sheet, and felt that the touch was real. Her little nephew was in bed with her; she bent ove…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Croglin Grange — Scary But True |
Croglin Grange “Gradually she became aware of two lights, two lights which flickered in and out in the belt of trees which separated the lawn from the churchyard; and, as her gaze became fixed upo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Denton Hall Ghost — Scary But True |
The Denton Hall Ghost “Though somewhat ashamed to give utterance to what I really believed as to this matter, the strange adventure of the night was made a subject of conversation at the breakfast-table …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Dorothy Durant — Scary But True |
Dorothy Durant “"The next morning, being Thursday, I went very early by myself, and walked for about an hour's space in meditation and prayer in the field next adjoining. Soon after five I stepped…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Drake's Drum — WILLIAM HUNT |
Drake's Drum “Some few years since a small box was found in a closet which had been long closed, containing, it is supposed, family papers. This was to be sent to the residence of the inheritor …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Glamis Castle — Scary But True |
Glamis Castle “"There is also a secret room in it, only known to two or at most three individuals, at the same time, who are bound not to reveal it, unless to their successors in the secret. It h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Goodwood Ghost Story — Scary But True |
The Goodwood Ghost Story “At six o'clock in the evening, the time at which my wife had gone into the stable and seen what we now knew had been her spirit, Mrs M-, in her sole interval of returning conscious…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Iron Cage — Mrs CROWE |
The Iron Cage “We both at once concluded it was my sister Hannah, and called out: "It won't do, Hannah! you cannot frighten us!" Upon which the figure turned into a recess in the wall; but as the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Miraculous Case of Jesch Claes — Scary But True |
The Miraculous Case of Jesch Claes “Yet she continued that day, Wednesday, and the next day Thursday, as before till Evening at six a clock. At which time she sate at the Fire dressing the Food. Then came as like rus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Ghost of Major Sydenham — JOSEPH GLANVIL |
The Ghost of Major Sydenham “You know Cousin what Disputes my Major and I have had touching the Being of a God, and the Immortality of the Soul; in which points we could never yet be resolv'd, though we so muc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | The Strange Case of M. Bezuel — Scary But True |
The Strange Case of M. Bezuel “Desfontaines related to me afterwards all that had occurred to them in their walk, and the subjects they had conversed upon. It was in vain for me to ask him questions-whether he w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Pearlin Jean — CHARLES KIRKPATRICK SHARPE |
Pearlin Jean “"After this, for many years, the house was haunted; doors shut and opened with great noise at midnight; the rustling of silks and pattering of high-heeled shoes were heard in bedro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Scary But True | Powys Castle — Scary But True |
Powys Castle “The steward and his wife, with the other servants, came to me immediately; all clinging together, with a number of lights in their hands. It seems they had all been waiting to see …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | The Purcell Papers Vol. 3 — Sheridan Le Fanu |
The Purcell Papers Vol. 3 “Short story/novella collection continued, includes Billy Malowney's Taste of Love and Glory/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | The Purcell Papers Vol. 2 — Sheridan Le Fanu |
The Purcell Papers Vol. 2 “Second group in the Legacy of the late Francis Purcell, P. P. of Drumcoolagh. Includes STRANGE EVENT IN THE LIFE OF SCHALKEN THE PAINTER.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | The Purcell Papers Vol. 1 — Sheridan Le Fanu |
The Purcell Papers Vol. 1 “Collection of ghastly tales, as recorded by a parish priest in southern Ireland. Includes THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street — Sheridan Le Fanu |
An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street “It is not worth telling, this story of mine--at least, not worth writing. Told, indeed, as I have sometimes been called upon to tell it, to a circle of intelligent and eager faces,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu |
Carmilla “Nothing remained to assure us that the adventure had not been an illusion of a moment but the young lady, who just at that moment opened her eyes.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | Green Tea — Sheridan Le Fanu |
Green Tea “Does he intend opening his case, and consulting me "professionally," as they say? I hope so. I have already conceived a theory about him. It is supported by Lady Mary's answers to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | The Evil Guest — Sheridan Le Fanu |
The Evil Guest “He had opened the letter; it contained but a few lines: he held his breath while he read it. First he grew pale, then a shadow came over his face, and then another, and another, da…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | Laura Silver Bell — Sheridan Le Fanu |
Laura Silver Bell “"Lord, indeed! are ye daft or dreamin'? Those fine folk, what were they? I'll tell ye flobies and fairies; and if ye don't du as yer bid, they'll tak ye, and ye'1l never git out o'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | THE FAMILIAR — Sheridan Le Fanu |
THE FAMILIAR “I say I know this; I could prove it to your own conviction." He paused for a minute, and then added, "And as to accosting it, I dare not, I could not; when I see it I am powerless;…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | THE ROOM IN THE DRAGON VOLANT — Sheridan Le Fanu |
THE ROOM IN THE DRAGON VOLANT “I had received one of those unacknowledged shocks which startle us, when, fancying ourselves perfectly alone, we discover on a sudden that our antics have been watched by a spectat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE — Sheridan Le Fanu |
MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE “The bloated and gouty old man, in his horror, considered the question of resistance. But his athletic days were long over. This moor was a desert. There was no help to be had. He w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Sheridan Le Fanu | Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh — Sheridan Le Fanu |
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh “I did not know well what to make of this woman, whom I feared with a vein of superstitious dread. I hated being alone with her after dusk in the school-room. She would sometimes si…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theophile Gautier | La Morte Amoureuse (Clarimonde) — Theophile Gautier |
La Morte Amoureuse (Clarimonde) “He ceased to speak and commenced to regard me more attentively than ever, as though to observe the effect of his words on me. I could not refrain from starting when I heard him utt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theophile Gautier | The Evil Eye — Theophile Gautier |
The Evil Eye “"A curse be on my eyes, since they are murderous! but, before closing forever, saturate yourselves with light, gaze on the sun, on the blue sky, the immense sea, and the chains of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theophile Gautier | The Fleece of Gold — Theophile Gautier |
The Fleece of Gold “And yet Gretchen, although daintier and more refined, really bore a striking resemblance to the Magdalen of Antwerp Cathedral, and Tiburce's imagination might well rest upon her wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theophile Gautier | One of Cleopatra's Nights — Theophile Gautier |
One of Cleopatra's Nights “You were wanting an adventure, something strange and unexpected; you have got just what you wished. You see that your realm is not so dead as you claimed. It is no stone arm from a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Theophile Gautier | The Mummy's Foot — Theophile Gautier |
The Mummy's Foot “I started to find it;--but fancy my astonishment when I beheld, instead of the mummy's foot I had purchased the evening before, the little green paste idol left in its place by the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hood | The Haunted House — Thomas Hood |
The Haunted House “O, very gloomy is the House of Woe,/Where tears are falling while the bell is knelling,/With all the dark solemnities which show/That Death is in the dwelling!…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hood | The Last Man — Thomas Hood |
The Last Man “Now a curse (I thought) be on his love,:/And a curse upon his mirth,/An' if it were not for that beggar man/I'd be the King of the earth, --/But I promis'd myself an hour should co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hood | The Dream of Eugene Aram — Thomas Hood |
The Dream of Eugene Aram “"Two sudden blows with a ragged stick,/And one with a heavy stone,/One hurried gash with a hasty knife, --/And then the deed was done:/There was nothing lying at my foot/But lifele…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Hood | The Supper Superstition — Thomas Hood |
The Supper Superstition “The Spirit fled -- they wept his fate,/And cried, Alack, alack!/At last up started brother Jim,/'Let 's try if Jack was Jack!'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | The Grey Dolphin — Thomas Ingoldsby |
The Grey Dolphin “'Emmanuel,' continued she, 'what did you and Father Fothergill, and the rest of you, mean yesterday by burying that drowned man so close to me ? He died in mortal sin, Emmanuel; no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | The Jackdaw of Rheims — Thomas Ingoldsby |
The Jackdaw of Rheims “The Cardinal rose with a dignified look,/He call'd for his candle, his bell, and his book!/In holy anger, and pious grief,/He solemnly cursed that rascally thief!/He cursed him at …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | A Singular Passage in the Life — Thomas Ingoldsby |
A Singular Passage in the Life “... of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity (truncated title)…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | The Ghost — Thomas Ingoldsby |
The Ghost “Soon Mrs. Mason heard the well known tread,/She heard the key slow creaking in the door,/Spied, through the gloom obscure, towards the bed/Nick creeping soft, as oft he had crept b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | The Lady Rohesia — Thomas Ingoldsby |
The Lady Rohesia “The knight and the maiden had rung their antiphonic changes on the fine qualities of the departing Lady, like the Strophe and Antistrophe of a Greek play. The cardinal virtues at o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | MRS. BOTHERBY'S STORY: THE LEECH OF FOLKESTONE — Thomas Ingoldsby |
MRS. BOTHERBY'S STORY: THE LEECH OF FOLKESTONE “Meanwhile Master Thomas Marsh and his man Ralph were threading the devious paths--then, as now, most pseudonymously dignified with the name of roads--that wound between Marston Hal…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby | The Spectre of Tappington — Thomas Ingoldsby |
The Spectre of Tappington “The intrusion, though momentary, seemed to have produced a beneficial effect; the voices of the disputants fell, and the conversation was carried on thenceforth in a more subdued t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | Crotchet Castle — Thomas Love Peacock |
Crotchet Castle “Miss Susannah often sat on the rock, with her feet resting on this tree: in time, she made her seat on the tree itself, with her feet hanging over the abyss; and at length she accu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | Nightmare Abbey — Thomas Love Peacock |
Nightmare Abbey “But when Marionetta hinted that she was to leave the Abbey immediately, Scythrop snatched from its repository his ancestor's skull, filled it with Madeira, and presenting himself b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | Maid Marian — Thomas Love Peacock |
Maid Marian “The baron was inflexible in his resolution not to let Matilda leave the castle. The letter, which announced to her the approaching fate of young Gamwell, filled her with grief, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | Calidore — Thomas Love Peacock |
Calidore “"Money," said the stranger, "is to me mere chaff." And producing a bag from his pocket, and shaking it by one corner, he scattered on the floor a profusion of gold. The Vicar, who …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | Satyrane: OR The Stranger in England — Thomas Love Peacock |
Satyrane: OR The Stranger in England “The intro to an ambitious, but unfinished, novel.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | Headlong Hall — Thomas Love Peacock |
Headlong Hall “"The place is quite a wilderness," said Squire Headlong: "for, during the latter part of my father's life, while I was finishing my education, he troubled himself about nothing but…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | The Last Day of Windsor Forest — Thomas Love Peacock |
The Last Day of Windsor Forest “A still more solitary spot, which had especial charms for me, was the deep forest dell already mentioned, on the borders of Winkfield Plain. This dell, I think, had the name of the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| W H Ainsworth | Windsor Castle — W H Ainsworth |
Windsor Castle “Amid the gloom hovering over the early history of Windsor Castle appear the mighty phantoms of the renowned King Arthur and his knights, for whom it is said Merlin reared a magic f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| W H Ainsworth | The Spectre Bride — W H Ainsworth |
The Spectre Bride “"The violets have bloomed and died -- the roses have flourished and decayed; but the evergreen is still young, and so is the love of heart!" -- you will not -- cannot desert me. I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| W H Ainsworth | Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life — W H Ainsworth |
Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life “On the night of the 1st of March, 1800, and at a late hour, a man, wrapped in a large horseman's cloak, and of strange and sinister appearance, entered an old deserted house in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| W H Ainsworth | A Night in Rome — W H Ainsworth |
A Night in Rome “The old man started at the touch, and turned. Now, indeed, his eyes were opened wide, and flashing full upon me, -- and such eyes! Heretofore I had only dreamed of such. Age had no…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| W H Ainsworth | Boscobel or, the Royal Oak — W.H. Ainsworth |
Boscobel or, the Royal Oak “The occupants of the oak breathed again after the departure of Colonel James and his troopers, and though they had been greatly alarmed at the time, they soon recovered their spiri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Ghost Pirates — William Hope Hodgson |
The Ghost Pirates “"H'sh!" he muttered, hoarsely, without looking in my direction. Then, all at once, with a quick little gasp, he sprang across the wheel-box, and stood beside me, trembling. His gaz…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" — William Hope Hodgson |
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" “In a little, we crept both of us so close to the door as the chests would allow, and there we crouched, listening; but could not tell what manner of thing it might be which produce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The House on the Borderland — William Hope Hodgson |
The House on the Borderland “I AM an old man. I live here in this ancient house, surrounded by huge, unkempt gardens. "The peasantry, who inhabit the wilderness beyond, say that I am mad. That is because I wil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | Carnacki The Ghost Finder — William Hope Hodgson |
Carnacki The Ghost Finder “a large estate and manor, about a mile and a half outside of the village of Korunton. This place is named Gannington Manor, and has been empty a great number of years; as you will …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Voice in the Night — William Hope Hodgson |
The Voice in the Night “"See here, Mister," he said, "this is a pretty queer business, you coming upon us like this, right out in the middle of the blessed Pacific. How are we to know what sort of a hanky…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Night Land — William Hope Hodgson |
The Night Land “Now, after that destruction which had come upon the Ten-thousand, and the fresh assurance that was upon us of the terror of the Night Land, it may be known that there could be no m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Derelict — William Hope Hodgson |
The Derelict “"Yes, doctor, in a way, you are," I said. "But I don't agree with you, though I think I understand you. Electricity and fire are both what I might call natural things, but life is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Find — William Hope Hodgson |
The Find “'"But now--come to the next step, a second copy has been proved today to exist. That is Certainty Number Two. And the two make that impossibility--a paradox. Therefore, though of t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | The Haunted Jarvee — William Hope Hodgson |
The Haunted Jarvee “'Old Thompson was a brick in every way. When I got aboard I found that he had given me the use of a whole empty cabin opening off my own as my laboratory and workshop. He gave the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| William Hope Hodgson | Out of the Storm — William Hope Hodgson |
Out of the Storm “Then the hill thundered down upon those two. It seemed to me that the Thing gave a bellow as it leapt. It roared about them churning and growling; then surged away, and there was o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Crystal Stopper |
The Crystal Stopper “And he was very much surprised. It was a decanter-stopper, a little crystal stopper, like those used for the bottles in a liqueur-stand. And this crystal stopper had nothing partic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories |
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories “A collection of incidents by Andrew Lang…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Unknown Guest |
The Unknown Guest “Study of Haunted Houses by Maurice Maeterlinck…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater “Guilt and misery shrink, by a natural instinct, from public notice: they court privacy and solitude: and even in their choice of a grave will sometimes sequester themselves from th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Conjurer's Confessions |
A Conjurer's Confessions “In his haste, he had given me two volumes of the Encyclopædia instead of Berthoud. Fascinated, however, by the announcement of such marvels, I devoured the mysterious pages, and th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventure of the German Student |
The Adventure of the German Student “When lights were brought, and Wolfgang had a better opportunity of contemplating the stranger, he was more than ever intoxicated by her beauty. Her face was pale, but of a dazzling…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Monkey's Paw |
The Monkey's Paw “By William Wymark Jacobs, about whom very little is known, Internet-wise.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Self-Help and The Toll-House |
Self-Help and The Toll-House “They shook hands, but Sam said he couldn't tell 'em about the ring; and several times Ginger was on the point of calling 'im the names he 'ad called 'im in the arternoon, on'y Pete…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bells |
The Bells “Oh, of course, the gendarmes are never at a loss for suspicions in such cases. But proofs are required. About that time, you see, there were two brothers living in the village who …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories |
Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories “By HP Lovecraft. Text is in public domain. Really.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lodger |
The Lodger “To take but one point: Mr. Sleuth did not ask to be called unduly early. Bunting and his Ellen had fallen into the way of lying rather late in the morning, and it was a great comfo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lilith |
Lilith “Held to be George Macdonald's Masterpiece.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Drums of Jeopardy |
The Drums of Jeopardy “Strange that every so often, despite the horror, he had to take them out and gaze at them. He sat down upon the stool, spread a towel across his knees, and opened the pouch. He dre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great God Pan |
The Great God Pan “It was otherwise, however, when within three weeks, three more gentlemen, one of them a nobleman, and the two others men of good position and ample means, perished miserably in the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Beckoning Fair One |
The Beckoning Fair One “Without quite knowing how he came to be there Oleron found himself striding over the loose board he had temporarily placed on the step broken by Miss Bengough. He was hatless, and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales |
The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales “It was strange that at sight of a thing so unspeakably fair, a coldness like that which comes from the jewel-blue lips of a Muir crevasse should have fallen upon Dodson, or that it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vampyre |
The Vampyre “By John Polidori, Byron's physician. The tale of the construction of this story, the first vampire tale in English, is an extremely complicated one that I can hopefully find a good…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bottle Imp |
The Bottle Imp “Napoleon had this bottle, and by it he grew to be the king of the world; but he sold it a the last, and fell. Captain Cook had this bottle, and by it he found his way to so many is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Body-Snatcher |
The Body-Snatcher “"They bring the body, and we pay the price," he used to say, dwelling on the alliteration--"quid pro quo." And again, and somewhat profanely, "Ask no questions," he would tell his …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Old Applejoy's Ghost |
Old Applejoy's Ghost “Still rapt in reverie he passed up the stairs and into the chamber where his grandson slept. There lay the old man, his eyelids as tightly closed as if there had been money underne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Luck — Marjorie Pickthall |
Luck “As he ran he admired Lajeune very much. With what deadly quietness and precision he must have worked! The gully and the deserted camp were a gray streak behind him, were gone. He w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wake Not The Dead |
Wake Not The Dead “"Wilt thou for ever sleep? Wilt thou never more awake, my beloved, but henceforth repose for ever from thy short pilgrimage on earth? O yet once again return! and bring back with t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Castle of Otranto |
The Castle of Otranto “Considered the first Gothic story. By Horace Walpole.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Werewolf |
The Werewolf “Sweyn, not able to believe that his ears had deceived him, got up and went to the door. It was a dark night; the clouds were heavy with snow, that had fallen fitfully when the wind…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Captain Fracasse |
Captain Fracasse “It was a sad picture; this last scion of a noble race, formerly rich and powerful, left wandering like an uneasy ghost in the castle of his ancestors, with but one faithful old ser…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Brick Moon and Other Stories |
The Brick Moon and Other Stories “I cannot well tell you how much dismay this sight of a footprint in the ground gave me, nor how many sleepless nights it cost me. All the time I was trying to make my mother think …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Tales of Men and Ghosts |
Tales of Men and Ghosts “Down his spine he felt the man's injured stare. Mr. Granice had always been so mild-spoken to his people -- no doubt the odd change in his manner had already been noticed and discu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hauntings |
Hauntings “Two years later, Pierluigi Orsini was stabbed by one of his grooms at his castle of Stimigliano, near Orvieto; and suspicion fell upon his widow, more especially as, immediately af…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Thing in the Upper Room |
The Thing in the Upper Room “A shadow hung ever over the door, which stood black in the depth of its arched recess, like an unfathomable eye under a frowning brow. The landing was wide and panelled, and a heav…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jettatura |
Jettatura “The nails on these fingers, curved like tigers' claws and vultures' talons, came closer and closer to his face and appeared to seek to tear his eyes out. By a supreme effort he man…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Green Mummy |
The Green Mummy “The Professor rose fiercely. "Money! I care nothing for money. I desire to obtain the funeral jewelry and golden masks, the precious images of the gods, so as to place them in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Return |
The Return “And though every nerve revolted at the thought, she was finally convinced, unwillingly even, but assuredly, that her husband was here. He seemed to haunt, like a ghostly emanation,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The King in Yellow |
The King in Yellow “Trembling, I put the diadem from my head and wiped my forehead, but I thought of Hastur and of my own rightful ambition, and I remembered Mr. Wilde as I had last left him, his face…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hill of Dreams |
The Hill of Dreams “But already about he town the darkness was forming; fast, fast the shadows crept upon it from the forest, and from all sides banks and wreaths of curling mist were gathering, as if…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystics |
The Mystics “OF all the sensations to which the human mind is a prey, there is none so powerful in its finality, so chilling in its sense of an impending event, as the knowledge that Death--gri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Unseen - Unfeared — Francis Stevens |
Unseen - Unfeared “This voice boomed now like a cathedral bell. I could not answer, him, but he waited for no reply. "Out of the ether -- out of the omnipresent ether from whose intangible substance …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | To be Read at Dusk |
To be Read at Dusk “'Bah!' said the German, presently. 'I speak of things that really do happen. When I want to see the conjurer, I pay to see a professed one, and have my money's worth. Very strange …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Midnight Queen |
The Midnight Queen “The plague raged in the city of London. The destroying angel had gone forth, and kindled with its fiery breath the awful pestilence, until all London became one mighty lazar-house.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spiral Stone |
The Spiral Stone “The graveyard on the brow of the hill was white with snow. The marbles were white, the evergreens black. One tall spiral stone stood painfully near the centre. The little brown chu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Damned Thing |
The Damned Thing “The coroner rose from his seat and stood beside the dead man. Lifting an edge of the sheet he pulled it away, exposing the entire body, altogether naked and showing in the candle l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Puppet Crown |
The Puppet Crown “While the absent-minded hunter strode down toward the lower town, and Maurice sipped his cognac, the king lay in his bed in the palace and aimlessly fingered the counterpane. There…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories |
The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories “The air was dank and cold and presently obscene with the smell of bats, and alive with their wings, as they came sweeping about us, gibbering and squeaking. I thought of the rush o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of Caliph Vathek |
The History of Caliph Vathek “No words can describe the amazement of the courtiers when they beheld this rude merchant withstand the encounter unshocked. They all fell prostrate with their faces on the ground t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The City of Dreadful Night |
The City of Dreadful Night “A demon warder clutched me, Not so fast; /First leave your hopes behind!--But years have passed/Since I left all behind me, to the last://You cannot count for hope, with all your w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | East Lynne |
East Lynne “Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden. What was it that had stepped out …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thug: Or A Million Murders |
Thug: Or A Million Murders “"Sahib," replied the benevolent looking native standing before him, in a quiet voice tinged with a note of pride, "there were many more, but I was so intrigued in luring them to de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Man without a Country |
The Man without a Country “And then the old man took off his own sword of ceremony, and gave it to Nolan, and made him put it on. The man told me this who saw it. Nolan cried like a baby, and well he might. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rider on the White Horse |
The Rider on the White Horse “Apart from the others, behind the stove, a small, haggard man in a little worn black coat sat somewhat bent over; one of his shoulders seemed a little deformed. He had not taken pa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE HAUNTED AUTHOR |
THE HAUNTED AUTHOR “'And I,' remarked Henry Mortimer, with that cynical smile that I had so often depicted, curling his proud lip, 'did I wish to throw my elder brother down a well in order to succeed…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Messenger of Death |
The Messenger of Death “"Tho' long and tedious seems the time,/Yet well I ween too short by far,/ To think of news from him my Lord,/Or tidings from the woeful war."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vampyre |
The Vampyre “"From the drear mansion of the tomb,/ From the low regions of the dead,/The ghost of Sigismund doth roam,/And dreadful haunts me in my bed!--by John Stagg…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vampire Maid |
The Vampire Maid “To my inquiries she said that she could give me both a sitting and bedroom, and invited me inside to see them. As I looked at her smooth black hair, and cool brown eyes, I felt tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Demon Spell |
The Demon Spell “As we sat and waited the table moved several times under our hands, while knockings at intervals took place in the table and all round the room, a most weird and blood-curdling, ye…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hidden Children |
The Hidden Children “She stole a curious glance at me. Something halted me-- an expression I had never yet seen there in her face, twitching at her lips-- hovering on them now-- parting them in a smile…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Old Nurse's Story |
The Old Nurse's Story “"I can't help it, dear, dear Hester," said she, crying, "if they did not; I never looked at her feet, but she held my hand fast and tight in her little one, and it was very, very c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Seed from the Sepulcher |
The Seed from the Sepulcher “Thone made a quick decision. There was a break in the lining palisade of somber forest, and he headed the boat for shore immediately. The Indians followed, whispering between thems…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Iron Shroud |
The Iron Shroud “The day passed wearily and gloomily; though not without a faint hope that, by keeping watch at night, he might observe when the person came again to bring him food, which he suppos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Let Loose |
Let Loose “"Those are they," he said. "The long one opens the first door at the bottom of the steps which go down against the outside wall of the church hard by the sword graven in the wall. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Manfred |
Manfred “Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains;/They crown'd him long ago/On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,/ With a diadem of snow./Around his waist are forests braced,/The Avalan…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral |
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral “The peaceful and retired seclusion amid which the honoured evening of Dr Haynes's life was mellowing to its close was destined to be disturbed, nay, shattered, by a tragedy as appa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | John Charrington's Wedding |
John Charrington's Wedding “A murmur from the church announced them; out they came. Byles was right. John Charrington did not look himself. There was dust on his coat, his hair was disarranged. He seemed to h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mysterious Spaniard |
The Mysterious Spaniard “Subtitled: Or, The Ruins of St. Luke's Abbey. A Romance.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Night Piece |
A Night Piece “The wind along the brushwood sighs,/Now peeping from the cloudy pole,/The moon has silvered o'er the whole./Here, hoar tradition tells, repose/Two youths the dread of Albion's foes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ode to Evening |
Ode to Evening “O modest Evening, oft' let me appear/A wandering votary in thy pensive train,/List'ning to every wildly-warbling throat/That fills with farewell notes the dark'ning plain.--by Jose…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ode on the Death of — -- |
Ode on the Death of “With genius, wit, and science blest,/Unshaken Honour arm'd his breast,/Bade him, with virtuous courage wise,/Malignant Fortune's darts despise;/Him, ev'n black Envy's venom'd tongu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ode to Fear |
Ode to Fear “Thou, to whom the world unknown/With all its shadowy shapes is shown;/Who see'st appalled the unreal scene,/While Fancy lifts the veil between:/Ah Fear! Ah frantic Fear!--by Willia…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Slender's Ghost |
Slender's Ghost “Beneath a church-yard yew/Decay'd and worn with age,/At dusk of eve, methought I spy'd/Poor Slender's ghost, that whimpering cry'd,/O sweet, O sweet Anne Page! --by William Shensto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Twelfth Guest |
The Twelfth Guest “A little thrill ran around the table. The company looked at each other. They were none of them conversant with the Christmas legends, but at that moment the universal sentiment of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles |
The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles “Stage adaptation of Byron/Polidori's tale by J. R. Planche…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Water Spectre |
The Water Spectre “On the fourth night of Roderic's dreadful confinement, Muchardus entered his dungeon; in one hand he carried a written paper, in the other a dagger; the man who had always brought …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE WITCH |
THE WITCH “The cutting wind is a cruel foe;/I dare not stand in the blast./My hands are stone, and my voice a groan,/And the worst of death is past./--by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (grand-niece…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Olalla |
Olalla “But the intelligence (that more precious heirloom) was degenerate; the treasure of ancestral memory ran low; and it had required the potent, plebeian crossing of a muleteer or moun…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Temple — H. P. Lovecraft |
The Temple “. The six remaining pigs of seamen, suspecting that we were lost, had suddenly burst into a mad fury at our refusal to surrender to the Yankee battleship two days before, and were …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Horror at Martin's Beach — Lovecraft and Greene |
The Horror at Martin's Beach “First to respond to the cry were the two life guards then on duty; sturdy fellows in white bathing attire, with their calling proclaimed in large red letters across their chests. A…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Poetry and the Gods — Lovecraft and Crofts |
Poetry and the Gods “Then in his arms Hermes bore the dreaming maiden through the skies. Gentle breezes from the tower of Aiolas wafted them high above warm, scented seas, till suddenly they came upon …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Monday or Tuesday — Virginia Woolf |
Monday or Tuesday “Yet, the moment after, if the door was opened, spread about the floor, hung upon the walls, pendant from the ceilingwhat? My hands were empty. The shadow of a thrush crossed the c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Avenger — Thomas De Quincey |
The Avenger “"Why callest thou me murderer, and not rather the wrath of God burning after the steps of the oppressor, and cleansing the earth when it is wet with blood?"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bourgonef — Anonymous |
Bourgonef “Now at last the pent-up wrath found a vent. From the distracting condition of wandering uncertain suspicion, it had been recalled into the glad security of individual hate. Althoug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Closed Cabinet — Anonymous |
The Closed Cabinet “In the hall I was met by the housekeeper, who informed me that, owing to a misunderstanding about dates, a gentleman had arrived whom Lucy had not expected at that time, and that i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Notch on the Ax: A Story a la Mode — William Makepeace Thackeray |
The Notch on the Ax: A Story a la Mode “"Only it was CUT OFF! Ha, ha, ha!" Mr. Pinto cried, yelling a laugh, which I observed made the policeman stare very much. "Yes. It was cut off by the same blow which took off the s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Andre Cornelis — Paul Bourget |
Andre Cornelis “At length the fatal heading, "The Mystery of the Imperial Hotel," disappeared from the columns of the newspapers, as the remembrance of that ghastly enigma faded from the minds of …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Baron's Quarry — Egerton Castle |
The Baron's Quarry “"He would no doubt have been much surprised could he have known that he was already mapped out, craniologically and physiognomically, catalogued with care and neatly laid by in his…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Corpus Delicti — Melville Davisson Post |
The Corpus Delicti “"To begin with," he said, "I am a living lie, a gilded crime-made sham, every bit of me. There is not an honest piece anywhere. It is all lie. I am a liar and a thief before men. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Count Kostia — Victor Cherbuliez |
Count Kostia “Now the transformation was complete; Gilbert had no longer before him the timid, easy soul who trembled before a frown, the epicure in quest of agreeable sensations, the vain artis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Horror: A True Tale — Anonymous |
Horror: A True Tale “"A strange story I have just been told," said he; "here has been my bailiff to inform me of the loss of four of the choicest ewes out of that little flock of Southdowns I set such …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Minister's Black Veil — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Minister's Black Veil “The afternoon service was attended with similar circumstances. At its conclusion, the bell tolled for the funeral of a young lady. The relatives and friends were assembled in the h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | My Own True Ghost Story — Rudyard Kipling |
My Own True Ghost Story “For bleak, unadulterated misery that dak-bungalow was the worst of the many that I had ever set foot in. There was no fireplace, and the windows would not open; so a brazier of cha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE REVENGE OF HER RACE — MARY BEAUMONT |
THE REVENGE OF HER RACE “"That's it, miss, you understand. I feel like that. It was bad enough for Master Horace with the future before him, and his children to think of, but for her it was desperate cruel…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadows on the Wall — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman |
The Shadows on the Wall “The three sisters' souls seemed to meet on one common ground of terrified understanding through their eyes. The old-fashioned latch of the door was heard to rattle, and a push from…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | TAJIMA — Miss Mitford |
TAJIMA “Thus the days and months wore on, till one fine summer's night, some three years after the priest's death, Tokubei stepped out on the veranda of his house to enjoy the cool air and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Pipe — Anonymous |
The Pipe “"On the floor. In about as uncomfortable a position as you can easily conceive. I was lying face downward, with my legs bent under me. I was never so surprised in my life as I was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Puzzle — Anonymous |
The Puzzle “During the screeches--which sounded more like the cries of an animal in an agony of pain even than before--if it did not tilt itself first on one end, and then on another, I shall …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams — Washington Irving |
Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams “"Well, you may believe it or not, as you please," said mine host, somewhat nettled, "but everybody knows that the old governor buried a great deal of his money at the time of the D…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Parenticide Club — Ambrose Bierce |
The Parenticide Club “My father had retired for the night. The only light in the place came from the furnace, which glowed a deep, rich crimson under one of the vats, casting ruddy reflections on the wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Found and Lost — Anonymous |
Found and Lost “"Zeitzer, you must have made this grand discovery in your dreams. There is no Nile up this way, -- and our water-skins are almost dry. We had better return and follow up the course…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In a Fog — Anonymous |
In a Fog “The darkness was absolute. He could discern nothing, but, after a short search, he caught hold of the handle and turned it slowly. The door remained immovable. By another explorati…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tall Man — S. Carelton |
The Tall Man “"Who I am? Oh -- Martin!" I thought he laughed, but the smoke had stung my eyes and I was not sure. "And money -- you have been kind sometimes to people who could not repay you -- …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Adventures Of Caleb Williams, Or, Things As They Are — William Godwin |
The Adventures Of Caleb Williams, Or, Things As They Are “He figured himself, as about to be deserted by every creature in human form; all men, under the influence of a fatal enchantment, approving only what was sophisticated and artifici…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal |
A Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal “they received from Drelincourt's Book of Death, which was the best, she said, on that subject ever written. She also mentioned Dr. Sherlock, the two Dutch books which were translat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Pieces in Early Youth, 1834-'42 — Walt Whitman |
Pieces in Early Youth, 1834-'42 “He dragg'd his guardian to the earth and fell crushingly upon him, choking the shriek the poor victim but just began to utter. Then, with monstrous imprecations, he twisted a tight…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Diamond as Big as the Ritz — F. Scott Fitzgerald |
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz “JULY UNDER the lee of the diamond mountain was a month of blanket nights and of warm, glowing days. John and Kismine were in love. He did not know that the little gold football (in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Perilous Play — Louisa May Alcott |
Perilous Play “At tea, the initiated glanced covertly at one another, and saw, or fancied they saw, the effects of the hashish, in a certain suppressed excitement of manner, and unusually brillia…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE PRISONER OF CHILLON — Byron |
THE PRISONER OF CHILLON “There are seven pillars of Gothic mould,/ In Chillon's dungeons deep and old,/ There are seven columns, massy and gray,/ Dim with a dull imprison'd ray,/ A sunbeam which hath lost …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Saint and the Goblin — Saki |
The Saint and the Goblin “"Of course YOU can do that," observed the Goblin. "Now, I can only appear to people after they have had a heavy supper of indigestible things. My opportunities with the vergeress w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mark of the Beast — Rudyard Kipling |
The Mark of the Beast “The dawn was beginning to break when the leper spoke. His mewings had not been satisfactory up to that point. The beast had fainted from exhaustion and the house was very still. We…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Music-Essence — Fitz Hugh Ludlow |
The Music-Essence “This was the last bead on the rosary of the thoughts which I counted on that evening in the parlor. I had come to the cross-- a long hard work to be done--but I did not grudge it. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Phial of Dread — Fitz Hugh Ludlow |
The Phial of Dread “It is--as I see on looking at my last date--five days since I wrote in this record. I have been very ill; part of the time quite delirious, I think. How fortunate that I have been …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Taxidermist — Fitz Hugh Ludlow |
The Taxidermist “`When the Flicker died, I felt that this only thing hitherto left to love me, could never reappear. The kind heart of the woman would beat again; the kind heart of the bird no more…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spectral Coach of Blackadon |
The Spectral Coach of Blackadon “"For myself, sir, I have been on the road at all hours of the night and day, and never did I see anything which I could call worse than myself. One night my wife and I were awoke b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dr Duthoit's Vision — ARTHUR MACHEN |
Dr Duthoit's Vision “It was all so ingenious and perfect that the old clergyman held his wrath for the moment, and peered into this miniature intricacy of peaks and steeps, and gullies and valleys. He …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Cove |
The Haunted Cove “With some uncertainty, Dick then led her to what he took to be the place. No tracks were there. He then tried further back from the mouth of the tunnel, and with as little success.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lianhan Shee — WILL CARLETON |
The Lianhan Shee “"I know you well," she said, without, however, returning the blessing contained in the usual reply to Mrs Sullivan's salutation--"I know you well, Mary Sullivan--husht, now, husht-…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Story of Ravenna — Giovanni Boccaccio |
A Story of Ravenna “Suddenly he heard the voice of a woman seeming to make most mournful complaints, which breaking off his silent considerations, made him to lift up his head to know the reason of th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost of Rosewarne — Robert Hunt |
The Ghost of Rosewarne “The next night Ezekiel found that this urn, which was of bronze, contained gold coins of a very ancient date. He loaded himself with his treasure, and returned home. From time to t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Seven Lights — John Mackay Wilson |
The Seven Lights “After toiling for several hours, under the impression that he was leaving Morvane far behind, the vagabond, who was also a stranger in the country, approached a house, with the sto…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spectre Bridegroom — WILLIAM HUNT |
The Spectre Bridegroom “This was repeated three times, when, looking back over her left shoulder, she saw Lenine; but he looked so angry that she shrieked with fear, and broke the spell. One of the other …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Superstitious Man's Story — THOMAS HARDY |
The Superstitious Man's Story “To her great surprise, and I might say alarm, on reaching the foot of the stairs his boots were standing there as they always stood when he had gone to rest. Going up to their cham…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Teig O'Kane and the Corpse |
Teig O'Kane and the Corpse “"Teig O'Kane won't lift the corpse," said the little maneen, with a wicked little laugh, for all the world like the breaking of a lock of dry kippeens, and with a little harsh voic…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Wandering Willie's Tale — SIR WALTER SCOTT |
Wandering Willie's Tale “Sir Robert sat, or, I should say, lay, in a great armchair, wi' his grand velvet gown, and his feet on a cradle; for he had baith gout and gravel, and his face looked as gash and g…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Dancing Partner — Jerome K. Jerome |
The Dancing Partner “"'He walks a little stiffly' (old Geibel took his arm and walked him forward a few steps. He certainly did walk stiffly), 'but then, walking is not his forte. He is essentially a d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE HIDDEN HAND — EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH |
THE HIDDEN HAND “"Yes," said Capitola; "but, as you say, there is no danger; and as for me, if it will give you any comfort or courage to hear me say it, I am not the least afraid, although I sleep…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Capitola The Madcap — Emma D. E. N. Southworth |
Capitola The Madcap “The Old Hidden House, with its mysterious traditions, its gloomy surroundings and its haunted reputation, had always possessed a powerful attraction for one of Cap's adventurous sp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | TOMLINSON — Rudyard Kipling |
TOMLINSON “The Spirit gripped him by the hair, and sun by sun they fell/ Till they came to the belt of Naughty Stars that rim the mouth of Hell./ The first are red with pride and wrath, the n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Hashish-House in New York — H. H. Kane |
A Hashish-House in New York “"Well, you are far from right, as I can prove to you if you care to inform yourself more fully on the subject. There is a large community of hashish smokers in this city, who are d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wives of the Dead — Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The Wives of the Dead “But even while a sort of childish fretfulness made her thus resolve, she was breathing hurriedly, and straining her ears to catch a repetition of the summons. It is difficult to be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The HAUNTED HOUSE: A True Ghost Story. — WALTER HUBBELL |
The HAUNTED HOUSE: A True Ghost Story. “Subtitled: Being an account of the Mysterious Manifestations that have taken place in the presence of ESTHER COX The young Girl who is possessed of Devils, and has become known thr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ananias Green — B.M. BOWER |
Ananias Green “"I'd hate to give a guess at the size. I didn't step it off, and I'm a poor guesser. The rooms I didn't count. I only explored around in the main hall, like, a little. But it got d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE CASE OF MR. LUCRAFT — Walter Besant and James Rice |
THE CASE OF MR. LUCRAFT “Then came a third time when I stole, maddened by the dream of hunger. This time I was detected, pursued, and apprehended. The misery and shame of the hour when I stood before the m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cold Embrace — Mary E. Braddon |
The Cold Embrace “And yet there is no one behind him, for on the flags bathed in the broad moonlight there are only two shadows, his own and his dog's. He turns quickly round--there is no one--nothi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE DESERT ISLANDER — Stella Benson |
THE DESERT ISLANDER “Constantine stamped his foot in almost delighted irritation, for this made him feel a god beside this groundling. After a few minutes of self-satisfaction, however, a terrible thou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MY NEW YEAR'S EVE AMONG THE MUMMIES — J. Arbuthnot Wilson |
MY NEW YEAR'S EVE AMONG THE MUMMIES “'I beg ten thousand pardons for my intrusion,' I answered apologetically: 'but I did not know that this Pyramid was inhabited, or I should not have entered your residence so rudely…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadow in the Corner — M. E. Braddon |
The Shadow in the Corner “Michael had often heard that dismal story: how, when Anthony Bascom's fair false wife had left him, when his credit was exhausted, and his friends had grown tired of him, and all w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadows of the Dead — Louis Becke |
The Shadows of the Dead “"One day it came about that a girl named Luan, who was a blood relation of Nehi, and wife to one of these white men, was walking along a mountain-path, carrying her infant child, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WOLVERDEN TOWER — GRANT ALLEN |
WOLVERDEN TOWER “From the recesses of the temple -- if temple it were -- from the inmost shrines of the shrouded cavern, unearthly music began to sound of itself; with wild modulation, on strange r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BLINDMAN'S WORLD — Edward Bellamy |
THE BLINDMAN'S WORLD “"Love and death are not foes on our planet," was the reply. "There are no tears by the bedsides of our dying. The same beneficent law which makes it so easy for us to give up life …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Engineer's Story — Amelia B. Edwards |
An Engineer's Story “I noticed now that he looked pale and agitated, and an uneasy sense of apprehension stole upon me. We decided on the "Pescatore," a little out-of-the-way trattoria, down near the M…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HOW THE THIRD FLOOR KNEW THE POTTERIES — Amelia B. Edwards |
HOW THE THIRD FLOOR KNEW THE POTTERIES “I drew back for a moment, hesitating whether to knock or ring, when a sound of voices in the passage, and the sudden gleaming of a bright line of light under the door, warned me th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE MONSTER OF LAKE LAMETRIE — WARDON ALLAN CURTIS |
THE MONSTER OF LAKE LAMETRIE “I turned away to examine the reptile's wounds, for I had brought my surgical instruments with me, and intended to dress them. I was interrupted by a burst of groans from Framingham…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Manacled — STEPHEN CRANE |
Manacled “The body of the theatre now resembled a mad surf amid rocks, but the hero did not look at it. He was filled with fury at the stupidity of the two brutal warders, in forgetting that…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Phantom Coach — Amelia B. Edwards |
The Phantom Coach “I drew up close behind him, prepared to lose no chance of entrance, and saw in the little circle of light shed by the lantern that the door was heavily studded with iron nails, lik…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Purple Emperor — Robert W. Chambers |
The Purple Emperor “When Roux, the postman, came back, the Purple Emperor tried to pump him, but the poor little postman knew nothing about the contents of the packages, and after he had taken them ar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | No. 252 Rue M. le Prince. — Ralph Adam Cram |
No. 252 Rue M. le Prince. “Once a year the austerity of the place was broken, and the denizens of the whole quarter stood open-mouthed watching many carriages drive up to No. 252, many of them private, not a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Secret of the Stradivarius — Hugh Conway |
The Secret of the Stradivarius “Seeing me turn towards him, he sprang from his seat, and before I could speak, snatched the fiddle from my hands, replacing it at once in its case; then closing the cover, he heave…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A SERVICE OF DANGER — Amelia B. Edwards |
A SERVICE OF DANGER “The snow was now some fourteen inches deep upon the ground, and still falling in such thick flakes as made it impossible to see twenty yards ahead. The gloomy pine-trees closed rou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Soul of Rose Dédé — M.E.M. Davis |
The Soul of Rose Dédé “Outside the fog was thickening. The dark waters of the bay lapped the foot of the low bluff; their soft, monotonous moan was rising by imperceptible degrees to a higher key. The sc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Through the Ivory Gate — Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews |
Through the Ivory Gate “He opened his coat as the blood rushed faster through him, and a paper fluttered from his pocket. He caught it, and as he pulled the horse to a trot, he saw that it was his cousin'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A TRUE STORY — Benjamin Disraeli |
A TRUE STORY “I cannot tell you what a weight was taken from my boyish spirits when I learned that this was no apparition, but a most lovely woman; not young, though she had kept her young looks…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE WHITE MANIAC; A DOCTOR'S TALE — WAIF WANDER |
THE WHITE MANIAC; A DOCTOR'S TALE “In the calm, sweet face of the perfectly dressed gentleman before me there was no trace of the lunacy that had created that strange abode near Kensington; the principal expression …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE CEDAR CLOSET — Lafcadio Hearn |
THE CEDAR CLOSET “There came at last the sound of a halting step, the tapping of a crutch upon the floor, then stillness, and slowly, gradually the room filled with light--a pale, cold, steady light…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A GHOST STORY — Lafcadio Hearn |
A GHOST STORY “The investigators, indeed, are men who do not believe in ghosts; but they are also men unwilling to accept the cut-and-dried explanation of all visual or auditory hallucinations by…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Last Lords of Gardonal — William Gilbert |
The Last Lords of Gardonal “He rode on a few paces in advance of the man, thinking over the conditions made by the Innominato, when the idea struck him whether it would not be possible in some way to evade th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystic Spring — D.W. Higgins |
The Mystic Spring “I looked. The girl had fallen forward and her face lay submerged in the ice-cold water. To leap forward and lift her from her position required but an instant. She was motionless. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | NEKROPOLIS — Isolde Kurz |
NEKROPOLIS “Destruction is brooding for all./ No sound of wheel or of hoof is known/ The lion to wake from his dream,/ But low from the Lido the night-winds moan/ And sea-gulls ocean-wards scr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Past — Ellen Glasgow |
The Past “"How do you think Mrs. Vanderbridge is looking?" she asked abruptly in a voice that held a breathless note of suspense. Her nervousness and the queer look in her face made me stare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Some Real Amercian Ghosts |
Some Real Amercian Ghosts “There is extant a tradition to the effect that many years ago a party of Baltimore oystermen encamped on the point, among whom was a man named Alley, who had abandoned his wife. Th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THEY — Rudyard Kipling |
THEY “I saw the Doctor come out of the cottage followed by a draggle-tailed wench who clung to his arm as though he could make treaty for her with Death. ``Dat sort,'' she wailed -- ``de…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THURNLEY ABBEY — Perceval Landon |
THURNLEY ABBEY “Thereupon his other neighbour, a portly gentleman of independent means and position, audibly remarked 'Amen,' which damped the rural dean, and we talked to partridges past, partrid…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BUSINESS OF MADAME JAHN — Vincent O'Sullivan |
THE BUSINESS OF MADAME JAHN “It is curious to consider, that although when he started out at nine o'clock, Gustave was perfectly clear as to what he meant to do, yet he was chiefly troubled by the fear that th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE INTERVAL — VINCENT O'SULLIVAN |
THE INTERVAL “But the woman, with her head pressed close against the back of the chair, was staring beyond her at the wall. Her face had lost whatever little expression it had; it was blank and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | NO HAID PAWN — Thomas Nelson Page |
NO HAID PAWN “I turned in terror, but before I had gone fifty yards the storm was upon me, and instinctively I made for the only refuge that was at hand. It was a dreadful alternative, but I did…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE OPEN DOOR — Mrs. Oliphant |
THE OPEN DOOR “It was then I remembered suddenly the looks of the men when they turned to take the brougham to the stables in the dark that morning. They had not liked it, and the horses had not …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | When I Was Dead — Vincent O'Sullivan |
When I Was Dead “I crossed the room. "What's all this, Soames!" I cried, shaking him roughly by the shoulders. "I'm not dead. I'm here -- here!" As he did not stir I got a little scared. "Soames, o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | KETIRA THE GIPSY — Mrs. Henry Wood |
KETIRA THE GIPSY “"It is sad to see the child," he said to me, as I sat in his room listening to the news. "She is no more like the bonnie Kettie that we knew here, than a dead girl's like a living …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LUKUNDOO — Edward Lucas White |
LUKUNDOO “Except for a faint glow from the embers of the bearers' fire we were in complete darkness, little starlight struggled through the trees, the river made but a faint murmur. We could…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MR. GRAY'S STRANGE STORY — Louisa Murray |
MR. GRAY'S STRANGE STORY “"It was no accident; she drowned herself in her madness. When I got to the swamp I saw a bit of ribbon hanging on the reeds, and I went on till I came to the deep water; there I fo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prisoner Dubois — Seranus |
The Prisoner Dubois “And he was born to be a leader and to bring men away from their home into battle and make war for them, and where in that does he differ from other heroes we are taught to love and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | REALITY OR DELUSION? — Mrs. Henry Wood |
REALITY OR DELUSION? “THIS is a ghost story. Every word of it is true. And I don't mind confessing that for ages afterwards some of us did not care to pass the spot alone at night. Some people do not ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Red-Headed Windego — EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON |
Red-Headed Windego “Strangest of all, at the front of each print were five narrow holes which suggested that the mysterious creature had travelled with bare, claw-like toes. An irregular drip or squir…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | TALES OF THE MIDNIGHT CLUB — C. E. Van Loan |
TALES OF THE MIDNIGHT CLUB “"Simmons wore the yellow robes of the Indian Fakir and on his head he had a smashing big yellow turban. It hid him completely with the exception of his eyes, nose and mouth, and th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Torture by Hope — VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM |
A Torture by Hope “He dragged himself towards this strange thing he had seen; and, slowly inserting a finger, with infinite precautions, into the crack, he pulled the door towards him. Wonder of wond…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | AN ULM — STANLEY WATERLOO |
AN ULM “When I learned what I have told -- after the first awful five minutes -- I don't like to think of them, even now -- I became the most deliberate man on the face of this earth peopl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Weird Violin — Anonymous |
The Weird Violin “The soloist, with a sinking at the heart which he could scarcely account for, raised the violin to his shoulder, and saw, for the first time, that it had been re-strung. As he inva…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wendigo — Theodore Roosevelt |
The Wendigo “When the event occurred, Bauman was still a young man, and was trapping with a partner among the mountains dividing the forks of Salmon from the head of Wisdom River. Not having ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Blue Room — Kenneth Grahame |
The Blue Room “I began to feel puzzled, not to say alarmed. It reminded me of the butcher in the Arabian Nights, whose common joints, displayed on the shop-front, took to a started public the app…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Extraordinary Adventure of a Chief Mate |
The Extraordinary Adventure of a Chief Mate “Presently a boat was lowered and pulled toward the island. I dropped over the side, tumbling down upon my nose in my weakness, and made with trembling legs to the beach, standing, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Le Diable amoureux — Jacques Cazotte |
Le Diable amoureux “-- Non, non, répliqua-t-elle vivement, Biondetta ne doit pas te suffire : ce n'est pas là mon nom : tu me l'avais donné : il me flattait ; je le portais avec plaisir : mais il faut…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HOW WE GOT UP THE GLENMUTCHKIN RAILWAY — W. E. AYTOUN |
HOW WE GOT UP THE GLENMUTCHKIN RAILWAY “"Ah!" said she, "I see you are a congenial spirit. How delightful, and yet how rare it is to meet with any one who thinks in unison with yourself! Do you ever walk in the Necropoli…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Lady's Maid's Bell — Edith Wharton |
The Lady's Maid's Bell “After a while I slept; but suddenly a loud noise wakened me. My bell had rung. I sat up, terrified by the unusual sound, which seemed to go on jangling through the darkness. My han…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Man-size in Marble — E. Nesbit |
Man-size in Marble “The nature of the "deeds" might be vaguely inferred from the inflection of Mrs. Dorman's voice -- which was enough to make one's blood run cold. I was glad that Laura was not in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Napoleon and the Spectre — Charlotte Brontë |
Napoleon and the Spectre “They would now have been in total darkness had it not been for a dim light which shone round the ghost and revealed the damp walls of a long, vaulted passage. Down this they procee…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost Whistle — Eugene K. Jones |
The Ghost Whistle “"If it's me answer ye want, ye shall have it," said he. "Brother Holman, the Lord took yer son just as the devil will take you some day. I can't give him back to ye; but mark me wo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LITTLE LISBETH — Paul Heyse |
LITTLE LISBETH “It was dark night when we reached our village, and I observed at once that a light was still burning in the sexton's house, where they usually went to bed with the chickens. At our…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The White People — Arthur Machen |
The White People “It was winter time, and there were black terrible woods hanging from the hills all round; it was like seeing a large room hung with black curtains, and the shape of the trees seeme…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Turn Of the Screw — Henry James |
The Turn Of the Screw “James has his own category, but if you read only one book by him, read this one -- twice.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hyperion. Volume 1 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Hyperion. Volume 1 “"By the way," interrupted the Baron, "did you ever read Hoffmann's beautiful story of Master Martin, the Cooper of Nuremberg? I will read it to you this very night. It is the most …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hyperion. Volume 2 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Hyperion. Volume 2 “Tell me, my soul, why art thou restless? Why dost thou look forward to the future with such strong desire? The present is thine,--and the past;--and the future shall be! O that tho…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spiritualist: A Story of the Occult. — -RAFAEL SABATINI |
The Spiritualist: A Story of the Occult. “"Fools," cried the spiritualist, his voice like a rumble of distant thunder. "Crass, ignorant clods! You live out your animal lives in this corner of the world much as a rat lives …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Devil and Daniel Webster — Stephen Vincent Benet |
The Devil and Daniel Webster “Dan'l walked up and down as he listened, hands behind his back, now and then asking a question, now and then plunging his eyes at the floor, as if they'd bore through it like gimle…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Man With The Cough — Mrs Molesworth |
The Man With The Cough “As I left the place and hurried along the road, a bell began, not to ring, but to toll. It sounded most uncanny. What it meant, of course, I have never known. It may have been a su…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Italian — Ann Radcliffe |
The Italian “Full Title: The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Castle Rackrent — MARIA EDGEWORTH |
Castle Rackrent “My lady had a sort of fit, and it was given out she was dead, by mistake; this brought things to a sad crisis for my poor master--one of the three ladies shewed his letters to her …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romance of the Forest — Ann Radcliffe |
The Romance of the Forest “He approached, and perceived the Gothic remains of an abbey: it stood on a kind of rude lawn, overshadowed by high and spreading trees, which seemed coeval with the building, and d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Suspiria De Profundis — THOMAS DE QUINCEY |
Suspiria De Profundis “Subtitled: BEING A SEQUEL TO THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Monster — Stephen Crane |
The Monster “Johnson passed through two rooms and came to the head of the stairs. As he opened the door great billows of smoke poured out, but gripping Jimmie closer, he plunged down through th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Broomstick Train — Oliver Wendell Holmes |
The Broomstick Train “-- "And where is my cat?" a vixen squalled./ "Yes, where are our cats?" the witches/ bawled, And began to call them all by name:/…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Damnation of Theron Ware — Harold Frederic |
The Damnation of Theron Ware “"Well--I hardly know how to say it," she faltered, "but it was nicer in the old days, before you bothered your head about big projects, and your career, as you call it, and were ju…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | ON MURDER — THOMAS DE QUINCEY |
ON MURDER “Full Title: ON MURDER, CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS, AND OTHER RELATED TEXTS…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Picture of Dorian Gray — 13 Chapter Version |
The Picture of Dorian Gray “This is the 1890 version of Wilde's classic, contributed by Professor AJ Drake.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD — Henry Venn Lansdown |
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD “How great was my astonishment some time after, on visiting Fonthill, at perceiving, suspended from the cul de lamp, the very crimson cord that once supported this precious vessel! …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | HOWARD CHASE, RED HILL, KANSAS — CHARLES M SHELDON |
HOWARD CHASE, RED HILL, KANSAS “She recalled, sitting there on the High School steps, just how she touched every other tie as she ran, and the life-time of horror she felt in the one second when she slipped and f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal — William Gilmore Simms |
Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal “He sprung upon his feet with undisguised horror. His face was ashen pale--his lips were parted in affright; and while I held one of his hands, the other involuntarily was passed ov…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Well — W.W. Jacobs |
The Well “"Call it what you like," said Carr. "I've got some letters for sale, price fifteen hundred. And I know a man who would buy them at that price for the mere chance of getting Olive f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Castle of Wolfenbach — Eliza Parsons |
The Castle of Wolfenbach “'The whole affair is certainly very strange: often has the Marquis vowed to apply either to the Count or courts of justice; but the letters we received were never written by her, w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories — Ambrose Bierce |
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories “The flare was momentary, followed by black darkness, in which, however, the apparition still showed white and motionless; then by insensible degrees it faded and vanished, like a b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mysteries of Udolpho |
The Mysteries of Udolpho “'That will scarcely be possible,' said Emily smiling, as she followed the winding of the passage, which opened into another gallery: and then Annette, perceiving that she had misse…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner — James Hogg |
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of A Justified Sinner “"Such miserable inanity! What care I for your threatenings of a tribunal? I who must soon stand before my last earthly one? What could the word of such a culprit avail? Or, if it c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fiend's Delight — Dod Grile |
The Fiend's Delight “The disembodied party sank uninvited into a chair, spread out his knees and stared blankly at a Dutch clock with an air of weariness and profound discouragement. Perceiving that hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | LENORE — Gottfried August Burger |
LENORE “Up rose Lenore as the red morn wore,/ From weary visions starting:/ "Art faithless, William, or, William, art dead?/ 'Tis long since thy departing."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Confessions of a Thug — Philip Meadows Taylor |
Confessions of a Thug “A strange page in the book of human life is this! thought I, as he left the room. That man, the perpetrator of so many hundred murders, thinks on the past with satisfaction and ple…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Death in the School-Room (A Fact) — Walt Whitman |
Death in the School-Room (A Fact) “The countenance of the boy, however, was too unearthly fair for health; it had, notwithstanding its fleshy, cheerful look, a singular cast as if some inward disease, and that a fea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fear that Walks by Noonday — Willa Cather |
The Fear that Walks by Noonday “"Shut your mouths, both of you," said Reggie, with an emphatic oath. "You will have them all scared to death; there's a panic now, that's what's the matter, one of those quiet, stu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Furnished Room — By O. Henry |
The Furnished Room “One by one, as the characters of a cryptograph become explicit, the little signs left by the furnished room's procession of guests developed a significance. The threadbare space in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Giant Wistaria — Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
The Giant Wistaria “The old lilacs and laburnums, the spirea and syringa, nodded against the second-story windows. What garden plants survived were great ragged bushes or great shapeless beds. A huge …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Round the Fire — Catherine Crowe |
Round the Fire “'In the morning,' continued Mrs M., 'my maid knocked, and I told her to come in; but the door was locked, and I had to get out of bed to admit her-I thought I might have forgotten …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Dead Valley — Ralph Adams Cram |
The Dead Valley “"And the air was stagnant,--dead. The atmosphere seemed to lie upon the body like the weight of sea on a diver who has ventured too far into its awful depths. What we usually call …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Eyes — Edith Wharton |
The Eyes “'Phil, my dear boy, really -- what's the matter? Why don't you answer? Have you seen the eyes?' Frenham's face was still hidden, and from where I stood behind Culwin I saw the latt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Flayed Hand — Guy De Maupassant |
The Flayed Hand “"And who has drank will drink," replied the host as he poured out a big glass of punch for the student, who emptied it at a draught and slid dead drunk under the table. His sudden …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Fruitless Assignment — Ambrose Bierce |
A Fruitless Assignment “Some of the bolder of the curious throng ventured on several evenings to stand upon the doorsteps to intercept them, or failing in this, get a nearer look at them. These courageous…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Monster Maker — W. C. Morrow |
The Monster Maker “Meanwhile, a peculiar light had appeared in the old surgeon's face, the dawn of a strange idea; a gloomy ray, strayed from the fires of the bottomless pit; the baleful light that i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Mother of Monsters — Guy De Maupassant |
A Mother of Monsters “They are all like that, it is heartbreaking! How can the good God be so hard on a poor woman who is all alone in the world, how can He?" She spoke hurriedly, her eyes cast down, wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Permanent Stiletto — W. C. Morrow |
The Permanent Stiletto “"Thank you." he said, smiling faintly through his pain; "my friend here will pay you. I have some things to do. Let the knife remain." He turned his eves to mine, and, pressing my …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew — Damon Runyon |
The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew “The two hid back of a pile of ties, a place where the trains slowed down, and me and Muller got off a distance and watched them. We could see Soupbone standing on top of a box--car…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spectre-Smitten — Samuel Warren |
The Spectre-Smitten “We started to our feet with blank amazement in each countenance, scarcely crediting the evidence of our senses. Could it be M? It must, there was none else in the room. What, then,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spider — Hans Heinz Ewers |
The Spider “For Madame Dubonnet, the owner of the small, cheap guesthouse whose clientele was composed almost completely of employees in a nearby Montmartre vaudeville theater, this second cur…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | His Unconquerable Enemy — W. C. Morrow |
His Unconquerable Enemy “The rajah's palace was a noble structure, but it is necessary here to describe only the grand hall. It was an immense chamber, with a floor of polished, inlaid stone and a lofty, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Yellow Sign — Robert W. Chambers |
The Yellow Sign “"One night last winter I was lying in bed thinking about nothing at all in particular. I had been posing for you and I was tired out, yet it seemed impossible for me to sleep. I he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | And the Dead Spake — E. F. Benson |
And the Dead Spake “No funeral (up to the time I speak of) had I ever seen leave the Terrace, no marriage party had strewed its pavements with confetti, and perambulators were unknown. It and its inha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Doctor Dorn's Revenge — Louisa May Alcott |
Doctor Dorn's Revenge “"She loves Max and pities me--good! I'll let her know that I refused him, and teach her to fear as well as envy me. 'A splendid career'--and she thinks I'll lose it. Wait a day and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Gloomy Shadow — W. C. Morrow |
The Gloomy Shadow “Time passed, and yet my career had not been chosen. Of all the children I was the only one who had not been made up into a firecracker to explode at the proper time. I was becoming…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Grisly Folk — H. G. Wells |
The Grisly Folk “About them was a grassy down athwart which a peewit flew with its melancholy cry. Before them stretched a great valley ridged with transverse purple hills over which the April clou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Automaton — W. C. Morrow |
The Haunted Automaton “Very soon the project caused such talk that old Erkins heard of it. As the work progressed and favored bends were permitted to see the wonderful automaton as it grew under its auth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Inmost Light — Arthur Machen |
The Inmost Light “Dyson was shocked at the result of his own audacity. The man shrank and shrivelled in terror, the sweat poured down a face of ashy white, and he held up his hands before him.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Plattner Story — H. G. Wells |
The Plattner Story “Heaven forbid that I should be led into giving countenance to superstition by a passion for impartiality, and so come to share the fate of Eusapia's patrons! Frankly, I believe the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Speck On The Lens — John Kendrick Bangs |
The Speck On The Lens “" ' Nobody said you had lost it,' said my visitor. 'I only said I had found it. I mean by that that I found it as Columbus found America. America was not necessarily lost before it…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bone to His Bone — E. G. Swain |
Bone to His Bone “Groping along to where the table stood, Mr Batchel felt over its surface for the matches which usually lay there; he found, however, that the table was cleared of everything. He ra…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Messenger — Robert W. Chambers |
The Messenger “"Look!" said Le Bihan shrilly. I looked. The pile below was a heap of skulls. After a moment I clambered down the gravel sides of the pit and walked over to the men of Bannalec. Th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cold Embrace — Mary E. Braddon |
The Cold Embrace “'Can death part us? I would return to you from the grave, Gertrude. My soul would come back to be near my love. And you--you, if you died before me--the cold earth would not hold y…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Dead Finger — Sabine Baring-Gould |
A Dead Finger “'Keep your eye open,' said he, 'and your hand shut and covered. If that finger comes again tickling your ribs, try it with the point. I'll manage the switch, from behind the curtai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Five Pounds of Flesh — J. M. Synge |
Five Pounds of Flesh “They got the silk from the sailors, and when the Captain came up to get the money for it, O'Conor asked him to come again and take his dinner with them. They had a grand dinner, an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Hand — Guy De Maupassant |
The Hand “"Yes, madame. We probably never shall. But as for word 'supernatural' that you've just used, it doesn't apply in this case. We are dealing with a crime that was so cleverly thought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Burglar — W. C. Morrow |
The Haunted Burglar “When he made this discovery he realized that he had brought himself face to face with a terrifying mystery; and its horrors were increased when he reflected that while his left han…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The House of the Dead Hand — Edith Wharton |
The House of the Dead Hand “It was not till five or six years later, when chance took him again to Siena, that the recollection started from some inner fold of memory. He found himself, as it happened, at the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Marble Hands — Bernard Capes |
The Marble Hands “He was pointing towards a little bay made by the low boundary wall, the green floor of which was hidden from our view by the thick branches and a couple of interposing tombs, huge,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Middle Toe of the Right Foot — Ambrose Bierce |
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot “'They are exactly alike,' he said, presenting one to each of the two principals--for by this time the dullest observer would have understood the nature of this meeting. It was to b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadow of a Shade — Tom Hood |
The Shadow of a Shade “There was a fascination about such an undertaking that I felt I could not have resisted had I been in his place. Of course, Lettie did not like the idea at all, but he silenced her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spectre Hand — Anonymous |
The Spectre Hand “The strange expression, which I cannot define, came over his face as he said, with a low, sad tone-- "Times there are when I know not whether I am of the living or the dead. It is …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tiger's Eye: A Jungle Fairy Tale — L. Frank Baum |
The Tiger's Eye: A Jungle Fairy Tale “This Magic-Maker had the heart of a beast and the form of a man. He understood the language spoken by the animals and that spoken by the black men, and he served anyone who brought…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Unburied Legs — Gerald Griffin |
The Unburied Legs “The legs had, meantime, crossed a shallow part of the river Gale that stole noiselessly through the bottom of the glen, and pressed on with renewed vigour at the opposite side. A f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Withered Arm — Thomas Hardy |
The Withered Arm “She did nothing for months, and patiently bore her disfigurement as before. But her woman's nature, craving for renewed love, through the medium of renewed beauty (she was but twen…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Fate of Madame Cabanel — Eliza Lynn Linton |
The Fate of Madame Cabanel “'Pouf!' said Martin Briolic, the old gravedigger of the little cemetery; 'with those red lips of hers, her rose cheeks and her plump shoulders, she looks like a vampire and as if s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Feather Pillow — Horacio Quiroga |
The Feather Pillow “When she awakened the following day, Alicia was worse. There was a consultation. It was agreed there was an anaemia of incredible progression, completely inexplicable. Alicia had n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Good Lady Ducayne — Mary E. Braddon |
Good Lady Ducayne “'I put her down at a hundred--not a year less,' replied the parson. 'Her reminiscences all go back to the Regency. She was evidently then in her zenith; and I have heard her say th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ken's Mystery — Julian Hawthorne |
Ken's Mystery “The parchment head was green with mold, and hung in shriveled tatters. The hoop, which was of solid silver, was so blackened and tarnished that jt looked like dilapidated iron. The…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Marsyas in Flanders — Vernon Lee |
Marsyas in Flanders “the Effigy, made by a saint and come to Dunes by miracle, had evidently found some trace of unholiness in the stone to which it had been fastened. Such was the ready explanation af…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Stone Chamber — H. B. Marriott Watson |
The Stone Chamber “'The Marvyns died out in 1714, 1 believe,' he said, indifferently; someone told me that--the man I bought it from, I think. They might just as well have kept the place up since; bu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Tomb of Sarah — F. G. Loring |
The Tomb of Sarah “When I told the Rector of what I had seen and what was being said in the village, he immediately decided that we must try and catch or at least identify the beast I had seen. 'Of c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The True Story of a Vampire — Count Stenbock Eric |
The True Story of a Vampire “Thus far I have not been speaking about the Vampire. However, let me begin with my narrative at last. One day my father had to go to the neighbouring town--as he frequently had. Th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vampire of Croglin Grange — Augustus Hare |
The Vampire of Croglin Grange “She felt a sort of mental comfort in the knowledge that the window was securely fastened on the inside. Suddenly the scratching sound ceased, and a kind of pecking sound took its p…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bloody Blanche — Marcel Schwob |
Bloody Blanche “Little Blanche became uncommonly greedy. She would eat sweets until she dropped, and her cruel red mouth was stuffed with plump pies and cream. Leaning over the table with her eyes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bridal Pair — Robert W. Chambers |
The Bridal Pair “He hesitated and stopped, then resumed his course, mumbling to himself: "I can pass the cemetery later; she would not be there; I don't think I shall ever see her again. . . . I--I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Case of Mr. Helmer — Robert W. Chambers |
The Case of Mr. Helmer “Helmer laughed and started to move away. "I think I'd better admit that at once," he said, passing his hand over his aching eyes; but the tumult of protest blocked his retreat, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Coffin Merchant — Richard Middleton |
The Coffin Merchant “"You must know, sir," he said, "that this is no ordinary undertakers business. We possess information that enables us to defy competition in our special class of trade."…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Diary of a Madman — Guy de Maupassant |
The Diary of a Madman “July 3. It must be a pleasure, unique and full of zest, to kill to place before you a living, thinking being; to make therein a little hole, nothing but a little hole, and to see t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Expedition to Hell — James Hogg |
The Expedition to Hell “'Oho! Is yon the spot?' says George; 'then, I assure your honour, yon is no toll-gate, but a private entrance into a great man's mansion; for do not I know two or three of the pers…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Maker of Moons — Robert W. Chambers |
The Maker of Moons “"Now than you have come," she said, "I can show you more of my work. I told you that I could do other things besides these dragon-flies and moths carved here in stone. Why do you s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Miraculous Revenge — George Bernard Shaw |
The Miraculous Revenge “A strange sight arrested me on the landing of the grand staircase. Through an open door I saw the moonlight shining through the windows of a saloon in which some entertainment had …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Moribund — Guy De Maupassant |
The Moribund “The woman answered:."He's been gurglin' like that ever since midday." They were silent. The father's eyes were closed, his face was the color of the earth and so dry that it looked…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The New Catacomb — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
The New Catacomb “"Ah, that is my secret, my dear Kennedy. Suffice it that it is so situated that there is not one chance in a million of anyone else coming upon it. Its date is different from that …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Night and Silence — Maurice Level |
Night and Silence “"Why should this noise terrify me? . . . The night is always full of sounds . . . My brother is moving uneasily in his sleep . . . yes, that's it . . . Just now I heard him walking…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Story of an Obstinate Corpse — Elia W. Peattie |
Story of an Obstinate Corpse “Not long ago he was sent for by a rich Jewish family to photograph the remains of the mother, who had just died. He was put out, but he was only an assistant, and he went. He was t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Upturned Face — Stephen Crane |
The Upturned Face “Both were particular that their fingers should not feel the corpse. They tugged away; the corpse lifted, heaved, toppled, flopped into the grave, and the two officers, straightenin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Between the Lights — E. F. Benson |
Between the Lights “"I know, but I don't even mind that. Why, there are seven, eight skeletons in this room now, covered with blood and skin and other horrors. No, the nightmares of one's childhood we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Curse of the Catafalques — F. Anstey |
The Curse of the Catafalques “"Upon these dread occasions," he explained, "it is absolutely forbidden for any human being but one to remain in the house. All the servants have already left, and we are about to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | From the Polar Lands — HP Blavatsky |
From the Polar Lands “At times, the "blues" we got into, were fearful! We had contemplated sending two of our three steamers home, in September, but the premature and unforeseen formation of ice walls r…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghosts at Grantley — Leonard Kip |
The Ghosts at Grantley “This came about in the following October. I had been engaged as third counsel in the great case of Charity-boy v. Church-warden, for assault. Churchwarden had boxed the ears of Cha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | British Werewolves |
British Werewolves “And their hair was perfect.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost — William D. O'Conner |
The Ghost “With a start, he put his gloved hand to his forehead, while the vexed look went out quickly on his face. The ghost watched him breathlessly. But the irritated expression came back …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton — Charles Dickens |
The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton “Seated on an upright tombstone, close to him, was a strange unearthly figure, whom Gabriel felt at once, was no being of this world. His long fantastic legs which might have reache…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Staircase at Landover Hall — Frank R. Stockton |
The Great Staircase at Landover Hall “The great clock on the landing-place began to strike, and I counted stroke after stroke; when there were twelve I turned to see whether I had made a mistake, and if it were now rea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A House Possessed — Sax Rohmer |
A House Possessed “'Nosta was a Jewish astrologer and magician,' explained the monk, 'and according to his own account, as you see, a pupil of the notorious Michel de Notredame, or Nostradamus. He li…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A New Christmas Carol — Arthur Machen |
A New Christmas Carol “"Poor John!" she was murmuring. "I am sure it was the wearing cark of money troubles that killed him. Still, he is in heaven now. But the clergyman said in his sermon that heaven w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Romance of Certain Old Clothes — Henry James |
The Romance of Certain Old Clothes “Neither flinched nor fluttered beneath the silent battery of her sister's eyes. The only apparent change in their habits was that they had less to say to each other. It was impossi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall — John Kendrick Bangs |
The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall “"I was not to blame, sir," returned the lady. "It was my father's fault. He it was who built Harrowby Hall, and the haunted chamber was to have been mine. My father had it furnishe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Literary Remains of Thomas Bragdon — John Kendrick Bangs |
The Literary Remains of Thomas Bragdon “"I think that is the proper plan," he said, and then, proceeding with his story, he described to me the marvellous paintings that adorned the walls of his palace; how he had tried …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Outside the Door — E. F. Benson |
Outside the Door “"We are only just beginning to conjecture," she said, "how inextricable is the interweaving between mind, soul, life -- call it what you will -- and the purely material part of the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Across the Moors — William Fryer Harvey |
Across the Moors “"The time of year was late September. I had been over to Westondale to see an old woman who was dying, and then, just as I was about to start on my way home, word came to me of ano…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Brighton Road — Richard Middleton |
On the Brighton Road “'I tell you,' the boy said hoarsely, 'people like us can't get away from this sort of thing if we want to. Always hungry and thirsty and dog-tired and walking all the time. And yet…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Cave of the Echoes — By Helena P. Blavatsky |
The Cave of the Echoes “A dark suspicion fell upon Ivan, the Siberian. He had been struck by his master the night before, and had been heard to swear revenge. He had accompanied him alone to the cave, and…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Desire to be a Man — Comte P. H. Villiers de L'isle Adam |
The Desire to be a Man “The old actor then launched into a dazed monologue. 'I acted prudently the other evening,' he went on, 'when I asked my good comrade Mademoiselle Pinson (who shares the Minister's …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost Club: An Unfortunate Episode in the Life of No. 5010 — John Kendrick Bangs |
The Ghost Club: An Unfortunate Episode in the Life of No. 5010 “"I didn't say impossible," he answered, with a grateful smile. "I said against the rules, but we has been known to make exceptions. I think I can fix you up.".Suffice it to say tha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost Ship — Richard Middleton |
The Ghost Ship “It was all painted black and covered with carvings, and there was a great bay window in the stern for all the world like the squire's drawing room. There was a crowd of little blac…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Jerry Bundler — W. W. Jacobs |
Jerry Bundler “"There's nothing to fear," said the other. "I don't believe for a moment that ghosts could really hurt one. In fact my father used to confess that it was only the unpleasantness of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How He Left the Hotel — Louisa Baldwin |
How He Left the Hotel “One day in February I didn't take the Colonel up in the lift, and as he was regular as clockwork, I noticed it, but I supposed he'd gone away for a few days, and I thought no more …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Pleasant Evening — Robert W. Chambers |
A Pleasant Evening “"In the Morgue--have you read the morning papers? No? Ah,--as you very rightly observe you are too busy to read the morning papers. Young men must learn industry first, of course, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin — Anonymous |
The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin “The old man started back with increased surprise, exclaiming, 'And pray what is thy business with Norman Clare?' 'The simple-hearted Owen entered into a full detail of his mission,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadow of a Midnight — Maurice Baring |
The Shadow of a Midnight “"When the clock struck a quarter to twelve I yawned for the first time, and I felt thankful that sleep seemed at last to be coming to me. I left off reading, and taking my watch in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spectre Cook of Bangletop — John Kendrick Bangs |
The Spectre Cook of Bangletop “The "Hearl" of Mugley seemed to be the open sesame to the door betwixt Terwilliger and success. Simultaneously with the entrance of the earl the solution of his problem flashed acr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Crimson Blind — Henrietta D. Everett |
The Crimson Blind “There was little interchange of words between the two lads as they went. Ronald was inwardly resentful, and Jack seemed to have some private thoughts which amused him, for he smile…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Demoiselle d'Ys — Robert W. Chambers |
The Demoiselle d'Ys “By the fireplace in the large room at the foot of the stairs an old Breton woman sat spinning with a distaff. She looked up at me when I appeared, and smiling frankly, wished me he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Eddy on the Floor — Bernard Capes |
An Eddy on the Floor “'It is a principle with me to oppose bullying. We are here for a definite purpose--his duty plain to any man who wills to read it. There may be disembodied spirits who seek to dist…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | General Andrew Jackson and the Bell Witch — M. V. Ingram |
General Andrew Jackson and the Bell Witch “Then came the sound of a sharp metallic voice from the bushes, saying, "All right General, let the wagon move on, I will see you again tonight." The men in bewildered astonishment …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Ghost-Child — Bernard Capes |
A Ghost-Child “He was so proudly independent, to himself, that he resented the least assumption of proprietorship in him on the part of other people--even of those who had the best claim to his l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Mill — Jerome K. Jerome |
The Haunted Mill “'Oh, I see what he means now,' said my brother-in-law to himself; 'it's under the floor. Why did the old idiot go and stand up against the stove, so as to make me think it was up t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly — Rosa Mulholland |
The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly “There were tears and sobs in the dusk, moonlit room into which Margaret Calderwood carried her friend. There was a long consultation, and then Margaret, having hushed away the grie…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Last House in C — Street--Dinah M. Mulock |
The Last House in C “And besides, there was nothing likely to happen. But he fidgeted a good deal, being unused to her absence in their happy wedded life. He was, like most men, glad to blame anybody b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In the Mirror — Valery Bryusov |
In the Mirror “After this our duels were renewed every day. I realised that this adventuress had purposely forced herself into my home to destroy me and take my place in this world. But I had not…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Isle of Voices — Robert Louis Stevenson |
The Isle of Voices “As soon as the leaves caught, the sorcerer leaped like a deer out of the circle, and began to race along the beach like a hound that has been bathing. As he ran, he kept stooping t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Last of Squire Ennismore — Mrs. J. H. Riddell |
The Last of Squire Ennismore “"Well, this went on for a while, and people got that frightened of the man, or appearance of a man, they would not go near the sand; till in the end, Squire Ennismore, who had alwa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | No Living Voice — Thomas Street Millington |
No Living Voice “'Before getting into bed, I drove into the floor close to the door a small gimlet which formed part of a complicated pocket-knife which I always carried with me, so that it would b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Not to be Taken at Bed-Time — Rosa Mulholland |
Not to be Taken at Bed-Time “"Och, och! it's not fit for comm' over to young ears, but cuggir (whisper), acushla! It's a sthrip o' the skin o' a corpse, peeled from the crown o' the head to the heel, without c…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Out of the Depths — Robert W. Chambers |
Out of the Depths “There was a silence; Shannon, mute and perplexed, set his coffee on the window sill and leaned back, flicking the ashes from his cigar; Harrod passed his hands slowly over his holl…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Reality or Delusion? — Mrs Henry Wood |
Reality or Delusion? “A jealous suspicion lay on Maria--that the secret of Daniel Ferrar's absence was his having fallen in with Harriet Roe: perhaps he had gone of his own accord to seek her. She walke…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Red Room — H. G. Wells |
The Red Room “'It is what I came for,' I said, and moved towards the door. As I did so, the old man with the shade rose and staggered round the table, so as to be closer to the others and to the…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of the Rippling Train — Mary Louisa Molesworth |
The Story of the Rippling Train “Before setting to work I sat down for a moment or two in an easy-chair by the fire, for it was still cool enough weather to make a fire desirable, and began thinking over my letter…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Spook House — Ambrose Bierce |
The Spook House “"I remember no more: six weeks later I recovered my reason in a hotel at Manchester, whither I had been taken by strangers the next day. For all these weeks I had suffered from a n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | St. John's Eve — Nikolai Gogol |
St. John's Eve “In this hamlet a man, or rather a devil in human form, often made his appearance. Why he came, and whence, no one knew. He prowled about, got drunk, and suddenly disappeared as if …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Token — May Sinclair |
The Token “I thought, 'How he must have hurt her!' It was the old thing over again: I trying to break him down, to make him show her; he beating us both off, punishing us both. You see, I kne…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Old House in Vauxhall Walk — Mrs. J. H. Riddell |
The Old House in Vauxhall Walk “Filthy of person, repulsive to look at, hard of heart as she was, he yet beheld another phantom, which, coming into the room, met her almost on the threshold, taking her by the han…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Villa Lucienne — Ella D'Arcy |
The Villa Lucienne “The Villa itself was as dilapidated, as mournful-looking as the garden. The ground-floor alone gave signs of occupation, in a checked shirt spread out upon a window-ledge to dry, i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Novel of the White Powder — Arthur Machen |
Novel of the White Powder “I went away but little comforted, all confusion and terror and sorrow, not knowing where to turn. When my brother and I met the next day, I looked quickly at him, and noticed, with…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Wireless Message — Ambrose Bierce |
A Wireless Message “Everything was suffused with a soft, red glow in which he saw his shadow projected in the road before him. "The moon is rising," he said to himself. Then he remembered that it was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ensouled Violin — Helena P. Blavatsky |
The Ensouled Violin “The effect of the notice was magical. Paganini, who, and his greatest triumphs, never lost sight of a profitable speculation, doubled the usual price of admission, but still the th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted House — John C. Whittier |
The Haunted House “"Of a witch!" shrieked Alice, in a voice so loud and shrill that it even startled the practiced ear of Gilbert. "'Tis well--I will not be stigmatised as a witch with impunity. That…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Kropfsberg Keep — Ralph Adams Cram |
In Kropfsberg Keep “No one dared touch him, and so he hung there for twelve years, and all the time venturesome boys and daring men used to creep up the turret steps and stare awfully through the chin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Isle of Pines — Ambrose Bierce |
The Isle of Pines “Mr. Maren attempted some further questioning, but was unable longer to restrain the family's tongues; the story of Deluse's death and burial came out, greatly to the good minister'…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Let Loose — Mary Cholmondeley |
Let Loose “'Those are they,' he said. 'The long one opens the first door at the bottom of the steps which go down against the outside wall of the church hard by the sword graven in the wall. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Luminous Shield — Helena P. Blavatsky |
The Luminous Shield “Before we reached the docks we had been half deafened by the shouts amid incessant ear-piercing cries and the Babel-like confusion of tongues. In this part of the city it is useles…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Prayer — By Violet Hunt |
The Prayer “But Mrs Arne had fainted, and fallen heavily off the bed on the other side. Her sister, hastily summoned, attended to her, while the man they had all given over for dead was, with …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth — Rhoda Broughton |
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth “I feel so completely shattered and upset by this awful occurrence, that you will excuse me, dear, I'm sure, if I write incoherently. One thing I need hardly tell you, and that is,.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | At Chrighton Abbey — Mary E. Braddon |
At Chrighton Abbey “The footman disappeared into the back regions, and presently eappeared with Mrs Marjorum, a portly dame, who, like Truefold the huller, had been a fixture at the Abbey in the time …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Clifford House — Anonymous |
The Story of Clifford House “'What is the matter?' I said--'George, dear, what is the matter?' For his face had grown quite white, and with his back against the wall, he was staring about him wildly 'I don't k…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | To Let — B. M. Croker |
To Let “The next morning, rested and invigorated, we set out on a tour of inspection; and it is almost worth while to undergo a certain amount of baking on the sweltering heat of the plain…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Night in Monk-Hall — George Lippard |
A Night in Monk-Hall “With a careless laugh, she wound her night-gown round her, opened the door, and disappeared in the dark. Down, down, down, I could hear her go, her footsteps echoing along the stai…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Open Door — Mrs. J. H. Riddell |
The Open Door “If you like to go down, I will pay your reasonable expenses for a fortnight; and if you do any good for mc, I will give you a ten-pound note for yourself. Of course I must be satis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Against the Grain — Joris-Karl Huysmans |
Against the Grain “Des Esseintes proceeded to turn about and warm between his hands a ball of styrax, and a very curious odour filled the room, a smell at once repugnant and exquisite, blending the d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Hugues, the Wer-Wolf — Sutherland Menzies |
Hugues, the Wer-Wolf “Yet, despite that recklessness and anguish which clouded his features, one, incredulous of his atrocities, could not have failed to admire the savage beauty of his head, cast in na…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | La-bas — Joris-Karl Huysmans |
La-bas “Then, let us assume that the sacrifices to the Devil are not preceded by preliminary murders. Perhaps in some cases they aren't. The worshippers probably content them-selves with b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Other Side: A Breton Legend — Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock |
The Other Side: A Breton Legend “When he got home Gabriel could not resist showing his treasure to his mother, though he knew she would not appreciate it; but when she saw the strange blue flower, Mère Yvonne turn…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Thrawn Janet — Robert Louis Stevenson |
Thrawn Janet “Weel, when it got about the clachan that Janet M'Clour was to be servant at the manse, the folk were fair mad wi' her an' him thegether; and some o' the guidwives had nae better to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE WERWOLVES — Henry Beaugrand |
THE WERWOLVES “The sentry who had fired the first shot declared excitedly that all at once, on turning round on his beat, he had seen a party of red devils dancing around a bush fire, a couple of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Werewolf — Eugene Field |
The Werewolf “Now, although Harold was known far and wide as a mighty huntsman, he had never set forth to hunt the werewolf, and, strange enow, the werewolf never ravaged the domain while Harold…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Unholy Compact Abjured — Charles Pigault-Lebrun |
The Unholy Compact Abjured “His sleep was soon disturbed by a frightful dream: he heard all at once, the sound of a knell,.mingled with the cries of bats, and owls, and a hollow voice, murmured in his ear, "W…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Conspirators — J. P. Sousa |
The Conspirators “The three scoundrels listened, as the voices rose and fell on the air. The child, with the fear of death before her, and in the clutches of her horrible captor, gave one convulsive…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Generous Gambler — Charles Pierre Baudelaire |
The Generous Gambler “He complained in no way of the evil reputation under which he lived, indeed, all over the.world, and he assured me that he himself was of all living beings the most interested in t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Jug of Sirup — Ambrose Bierce |
A Jug of Sirup “"What jug, Alvan?" his wife inquired, not very sympathetically. "A jug of maple sirup--I brought it along from the store and set it down here to open the door. What the----"…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Father Meuron's Tale — Robert Hugh Benson |
Father Meuron's Tale “Their affairs of devils were nothing but an affection of the brain--dreams and fancies! And if the exorcisms had appeared to be of direct service, it was from the effect of the sol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Monsieur De Guise — Perley Poore Sheehan |
Monsieur De Guise “As he spoke, a faint breath of the heliotrope came to me, and with it, by one of those odd associations of ideas, the portrait by Largilliére. I saw again the gentle face and the l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | JIMMY PAYS A DEBT — George Allan Moffatt |
JIMMY PAYS A DEBT “His moon-shaped face was red. His beady eyes flashed as he looked at Jimmy. "So a little kid that used to live in my neighborhood came back to get Big Pete," the mobster snarled. "…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bluebeard — Charles Perrault |
Bluebeard “"What is the matter," said he, "that the key of the closet is not amongst the rest?" "I must certainly." said she, "have left it above upon the table." "Do not fail," said Blue Bea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Madman — Maurice Level |
A Madman “The performance certainly thrilled the madman, but as he exited with the crowd, he knew he might experience the same intense sensation once or twice more and then, as always, the n…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Many Waters Cannot Quench Love — Louisa Baldwin |
Many Waters Cannot Quench Love “Shortly after two o'clock Horton awoke suddenly, passing instantaneously from deep sleep to the possession of every faculty in a heightened degree, and with an insupportable sense …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Murder — A. P. Chekhov |
The Murder “We all behaved as though we were frantic. I read, while the old maids and other females sang, and then after standing on their legs for twenty-four hours or longer without eating o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Murder Hole |
The Murder Hole “In the middle of the night he was awakened by a single cry of distress. He sat up and listened, but it was not repeated, and he would have lain down to sleep again, but suddenly hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Legend Of The Bell Rock — Captain Marryat |
The Legend Of The Bell Rock “They loved not as others love, but with an intensity which it would be impossible to portray; but they hardly exchanged a word. Again and again they met; their eyes spoke, but noth…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Book of Dreams and Ghosts — Andrew Lang |
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts “"The duchess said, 'What earl?' and on my answering 'Lord L----,' she replied: 'That is very odd. I have had a most extraordinary vision. I went to bed, but after being in bed a sh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains — FREDERICK MARRYAT |
The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains “This is the work by Marryat, variously titled "The Werewolf," "Krantz's Narrative," or what's listed above.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Beetle — Richard Marsh |
The Beetle “A face looked into mine, and, in front of me, were those dreadful eyes. Then, whether I was dead or living, I said to myself that this could be nothing human,--nothing fashioned in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Carissima — Lucas Malet |
The Carissima “I am afraid it is true, even with the most civilised of us, that the appetite for horror grows with what it feeds on. I am naturally a soft man, a dweller in tents, of the Jacob ra…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Paul Ferroll — Caroline Wigley Clive |
Paul Ferroll “OK, so elsewhere on this site we've got "Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife"--I hope I didn't give anything away there.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Old English Baron — Clara Reeve |
The Old English Baron “Full title: THE OLD ENGLISH BARON: A GOTHIC STORY. -- Work owes heavy debt to Walpole's Otranto; they had kind of a fight about it.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Clemency of the Court — Willa Cather |
The Clemency of the Court “One day when he was helping Davis top a haystack, Davis got angry at the dog for some reason and kicked at it. Serge threw out his arm and caught the blow himself. Davis, angrier t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Faithful Amulet — W. C. Morrow |
The Faithful Amulet “The Malay leaped forward with ample ability to outstrip all his pursuers, but just as he arrived in front of a large swimming establishment a bullet from a policeman's pistol broug…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Valley — Ambrose Bierce |
The Haunted Valley “If I saw nothing-- and I never did see anything--there was no feeling of disappointment, for I knew the disclosure was merely withheld temporarily for some good reason which I had …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Illusion in Red and White — Stephen Crane |
An Illusion in Red and White “"Now, I'll tell you how it happened--how I imagine it was done. Some time after burying his wife in the woods Jones strolled back into the house. Seeing nobody, he called out in th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Woman of the Inner Room — W. C. Morrow |
The Woman of the Inner Room “Her voice was kept back by a gasp, and with a lurch she slipped from her father's grasp and went all disorganized down to the ground before he could save her. He picked her up, pla…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Leather Funnel — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Leather Funnel “"The charlatan is always the pioneer. From the astrologer came the astronomer, from the alchemist the chemist, from the mesmerist the experimental psychologist. The quack of yester…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Notre Dame des Eaux — Ralph Adams Cram |
Notre Dame des Eaux “Héloïse awoke, bewildered and wondering; in a moment she realized the situation, and with out fear or uneasiness. There was nothing to dread in Notre Dame by night; the ghosts, if …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Psychical Prank — John Kendrick Bangs |
A Psychical Prank “The stranger did, and while I tried to decline it, I was unable to do so. He was a man of about my own age, and he had a most remarkable pair of eyes. There was no resisting them. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Silent Couple — Pierre Courtois |
The Silent Couple “Our path led us down a deserted road cloaked in wavering pale shadows. The woman walked several paces ahead of us. Suddenly, without warning or a hint to me of what was in his hear…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Trial For Murder — Charles Dickens |
The Trial For Murder “The prisoner's wish to challenge me was so manifest, that it occasioned a pause, during which the attorney, with his hand upon the dock, whispered with his client, and shook his he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sir Bertrand, a Fragment — John and Anna Aikin |
Sir Bertrand, a Fragment “Full title: Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror, with Sir Bertrand, a Fragment…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Downs — Amyas Northcote |
The Downs “Well, I commenced my ascent of the hill, and I had not gone very far when I became aware of a certain peculiar change taking place in myself. I fear I shall find it very difficult …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Saddler's Croft — E H Heron |
The Story of Saddler's Croft “"I believe in her absolutely," exclaimed Corcoran, "but this power swamps all resistance. I have another strange circumstance to add. On coming to myself I found the button still i…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Seaton's Aunt — Walter de la Mare |
Seaton's Aunt “"I know you're only guying me," I said angrily, "but why is the house full of--what you say? Why do you hear--what you do hear? Tell me that, you silly fool!" Seaton sat down on a …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Uncle Christian's Inheritance — Erckmann-Chatrian |
Uncle Christian's Inheritance “As I was thus wondering and meditating I heard a slight noise. The door of my alcove opened, and a man clothed in some stiff material resembling felt, such as is worn by the monks …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Witches' Sabbath — James Platt |
The Witches' Sabbath “"Of this hermit I knew nothing until we reached the town. It was then too late to seek another workshop. Should what you say be correct, and this holy man have purged this plague s…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bad Lands — John Metcalf |
The Bad Lands “This was a large and cumbrous spinning-wheel of forbidding mien. It glistened foully in the dim light, and its many moulded points pricked the air in very awful fashion. Waiting th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The End of a Show — Barry Pain |
The End of a Show “"He is my father," the voice screamed loudly; then there was more weeping; then it spoke again: "It's awful; I could bear anything now--anything--if I thought it would ever be any …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Misanthrope — J. D. Beresford |
The Misanthrope “Some aspect of humanity I found in that light it was that finally decided me; that and some quality of sympathy, perhaps with the hermit--mad, criminal, or lovelorn?--who had found…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Proof — Naomi Royde-Smith |
Proof “Afterwards, when he told Hugh (and it was eventually imperative to tell someone), Graham confessed that for one moment he had revolted against the miasmic suggestion that he too ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | PETER SCHLEMIHL, THE SHADOWLESS MAN — Adelbert Chamisso |
PETER SCHLEMIHL, THE SHADOWLESS MAN “I had long secretly felt uneasy--indeed, almost horrified; but how was this feeling increased when, at the next wish expressed, I saw him take from his pocket three horses! Yes, Ad…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Separate Room — Ethel Colburn Mayne |
The Separate Room “He had a shrug and a grunted word for it; she felt again that haunting sense of error. . . . It made her the more ardent when the evening at the Yellow Theatre arrived. Her mind wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Seventh Man — Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch |
The Seventh Man “"It's the bears--the bears! They've come after Bill, and next it'll be my turn. I warned you--I told you he wasn't deep enough. O Lord, have mercy . . . mercy. . . !" He pattered o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE STORY WITHOUT AN END — Adelbert Chamisso |
THE STORY WITHOUT AN END “And the deeper the silence became, the more intently did the Child listen, and at last the slightest sound thrilled him from head to foot. At length, all was still as death in the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Extracts from Gosschen's Diary — Anonymous |
Extracts from Gosschen's Diary “"I looked up to the sky. There shone the moon and all her stars. Tranquillity, order, harmony, and peace, glittered throughout the whole universe of God. 'Look up, Maria, your favo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Miniature — J. Y. Akerman |
The Miniature “'With assumed coolness, which it was impossible he could feel, he smiled again, put back the miniature in his bosom, and drew his sword. The next moment our weapons crossed with an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Out of the Earth — Arthur Machen |
Out of the Earth “Then people quoted "a doctor in large practice in a well-known town in the Midlands," to the effect that Tremaen was a sink of juvenile depravity. They said that a responsible medi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | No. 11 Welham Square — Herbert Stephen |
No. 11 Welham Square “So I revealed to my sister Ellen the whole of my experience in the matter. She was decidedly sceptical about the ghost, if ghost it could be called, and suggested that I was not we…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Witch In-Grain — R. Murray Gilchrist |
Witch In-Grain “His underlings bound the crone and dragged her to the closet in the banqueting gallery. Then, her squawling being stilled, Simon entreated me to compel Michal to prick her arm. So …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Last Kiss — Maurice Level |
The Last Kiss “"Why lie? I remember I once saw a man whose mistress had thrown vitriol over him. His face was not human. Women turned their heads away as they passed, while he, not being able to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Lights and Shadows of the South — Charles M. Skinner |
Lights and Shadows of the South “After a little he slackened pace, and a farmer, who was standing at the roadside, asked, in astonishment, "How did you get across? There is a freshet, and the ferryman was drowned …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vikram and the Vampire — Sir Richard F. Burton |
Vikram and the Vampire “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Eveline's Visitant — Mary E. Braddon |
Eveline's Visitant “I had grown hateful to myself, and had well-nigh begun to hate my fellow-creatures, when a feverish desire seized upon me, and I pined to be back in the press and throng of the bus…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Fragment of Life — Arthur Machen |
A Fragment of Life “All dingy, old mahogany; big bookcases and bureaus, and claw-legged chairs and tables. As I said to the wife (as she was soon afterwards), "We don't exactly want to set up a chambe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Great Return — Arthur Machen |
The Great Return “They were purged as if they had passed through the Furnace of the Sages governed with Wisdom that the alchemists know. They spoke without much difficulty of what they had seen, or …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Novel of the Black Seal — Arthur Machen |
The Novel of the Black Seal “"I think you, are wrong," he replied; "there are still, depend upon it, quaint, undiscovered countries and continents of strange extent. Ah, Miss Lally! believe me, we stand amidst…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shining Pyramid — Arthur Machen |
The Shining Pyramid “They lay full length upon the turf; the rock between their faces and the Bowl, and now and again, Dyson, slouching his dark, soft hat over his forehead, put out the glint of an eye…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Terror — Arthur Machen |
The Terror “The wife of the dead man, Joseph Cradock, finding her husband lying motionless on the dewy turf, went white and stricken up the path to the village and got two men who bore the bod…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries — Amelia B. Edwards |
How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries “"Because I have a warning against him," replied George, very gravely. "Because, whenever he is by, I feel as if my eyes saw clearer, and my ears heard keener, than at other times. …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Many a Tear — M. P. Shiel |
Many a Tear “"The news of that thing flew that night like loosened effluvia, and in a few minutes Woolaston was at Woodside. They found the boy, Fred Higgs, confined in the house by the fire, f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Bride — M. P. Shiel |
The Bride “Everyone is said to have his failing; and this man, Walter, in no respect a man of strong mind, was certainly on his amatory side, most sudden, promiscuous, and infirm. And this te…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vaila — M. P. Shiel |
Vaila “I asked with what motives, and in what particulars, the malice of his mother and aunt manifested itself. He replied that there was, he believed, no specific motive, but only a dete…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dreams and Dream Stories — Anna (Bonus) Kingsford |
Dreams and Dream Stories “"Some one has been murdered in this place!" I cried, and flew towards the door. Then, for the first time, I perceived that the door had neither lock nor handle on the outside, but …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Magic World — E. Nesbit |
The Magic World “The sharp voice stopped abruptly on a high note; determined feet in strong boots sounded on the stairs--fainter, fainter; a door slammed below with a dreadful definiteness, and Els…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | August Heat — W. F. Harvey |
August Heat “The final result, for a hurried sketch, was, I felt sure, the best thing I had done. It showed a criminal in the dock immediately after the judge had pronounced sentence. The man w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Cri du Coeur — M. Kenyon Charboneaux |
Cri du Coeur “She knew there was a dark side to The Religion, an irreducible, and perhaps even unescapable, nightside. She heard stories of zombies. Someone always knew someone who was a relativ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Rooum — Oliver Onions |
Rooum “Well, he was due any time now to disappear again, having worked quite six weeks in one place; and he disappeared. He disappeared for a good many weeks. I think it would be about Fe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Rocker — Oliver Onions |
The Rocker “"That cannot be. I know what you mean, but it cannot be. . . . He died on the eve of his wedding. For my bridal clothes they made me black garments instead. It is long ago, and now…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Yand Manor House — E. and H. Heron |
The Story of Yand Manor House “"He's a gamekeeper of mine. He was always anxious to try conclusions with the ghost, and last night he begged me to lock him in here with food for twenty-four hours. I refused at f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghostly Rental — Henry James |
The Ghostly Rental “For several days, I thought repeatedly of this little adventure, but I took some satisfaction in keeping it to myself. If the house was not haunted, it was useless to expose my ima…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Widow's Clock — Bernard Capes |
The Widow's Clock “"Now, now," said he, lifting his hands, palms to me, and closing his eyes; "not the Charity Organisation again, my very sweet fellow! Not some malodorous citizen with a compound fr…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Face — Lennox Robinson |
The Face “The snow had ceased to fall, the sky was clearing, a few stars shone out and the lake lay black at his feet. Something-- old habit perhaps--made him fall on his knees and peer over…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Phantas — Oliver Onions |
Phantas “Abel Keeling did not raise his head. There had returned to him the memory of that day when, before the morning mists had lifted from the strait, he had emptied the pipkin of the wa…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | COLLEGE FRIENDS — EDMONDO DE AMICIS |
COLLEGE FRIENDS “"It is all a dream!"--I answer, with my eyes still upon that far-off light, and the great cry of a man who sees a ghost in his path, No! Ah, at such moments, what matters it that I…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal — Sarah J Richardson |
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal “Moreover, I knew not how long I should be kept there. The other prisoners, whose agonizing cries fell upon my ears, were evidently suffering all the horrors of starvation. Was I to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | SAN PANTALEONE — GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO |
SAN PANTALEONE “Then from the square rang out the screams of a woman, of a mother. They seemed all the louder for the sudden hushing of all other voices, and an enormous woman, suffocated in her f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | AUTHENTICATED VAMPIRE STORY — FRANZ HARTMANN |
AUTHENTICATED VAMPIRE STORY “"One evening myself and my two assistants, Dr. E--, a young lawyer, and Mr. W--, a literary man, went to inspect the premises. First we went to the stables. There were no horses, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | FOUR WOODEN STAKES — VICTOR ROMAN |
FOUR WOODEN STAKES “Peal after peal reverberated through the house, echoing and reechoing from room to room, till the whole structure rang. Then all was still once more, save for the sighing of the wi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | VAMPIRE — JAN NERUDA |
VAMPIRE “And again we became silent. We were all in such a wonderful mood--so unspeakably sweet it all was! Each felt for himself a whole world of happiness and each one would have shared h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Accident — Oliver Onions |
The Accident “"Eh?" he said. "I say, Romarin, don't let's go grave-digging among memories merely for the sake of making conversation. Yours may be pleasant, but I'm not in the habit of wasting m…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Brickett Bottom — Amyas Northcote |
Brickett Bottom “What harm could happen to her? she asked. Mrs. Paxton was a charming old lady. She was going early in the afternoon for a short visit. She would be back for tea and croquet with he…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Brute — Joseph Conrad |
The Brute “What's madness? Only something just a tiny bit wrong in the make of your brain. Why shouldn't there be a mad ship--I mean mad in a ship-like way, so that under no circumstances cou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The China Bowl — E. F. Benson |
The China Bowl “Then, as I drew nearer to the boundaries of waking, I became aware that even when the spell of my dream was altogether broken I should not be free. For through my eyelids, which I …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost at the "Blue Dragon" — William J. Wintle |
The Ghost at the "Blue Dragon" “But, whoever the intruder might be, he had no right in that room; and the Professor entered with the full intention of telling him so in unmistakable terms. He went in with a frown…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The S. S. — M. P. Shiel |
The S. S. “I grew to consider the ravaging life that glared and blazed in his sunken eye as too volcanic, demonic, to be canny: the mystery, I decided at last--if mystery there were--was too …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Festival — H. P. Lovecraft |
The Festival “We went out into the moonless and tortuous network of that incredibly ancient town; went out as the lights in the curtained windows disappeared one by one, and the Dog Star leered …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | From Beyond — H. P. Lovecraft |
From Beyond “Here Trninghast seated himself directly opposite me, blowing out his candle and staring hideously into my eyes. "Your existing sense-organs--ears first, I think--will pick up many …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Horror at Red Hook — H. P. Lovecraft |
The Horror at Red Hook “Circles and pentagrams loomed on every hand, and told indubitably of the strange beliefs and aspirations of those who dwelt so squalidly here. In the cellar, however, the strangest…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | AE In The Irish Theosophist |
AE In The Irish Theosophist “Drawing aside a heavy curtain, Liban entered her sister's room. They saw Fand seated at a little table. A scroll lay on it open before her, but her eyes were not fixed on it. With …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain — Charles Dickens |
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain “Improved text, supersedes earlier version.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Life of the Late Henry Harris — Richard Barham |
Life of the Late Henry Harris “Full title: Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks — M. P. Shiel |
The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks “"July 14.--Ul-Jabal is gone! And I am left a lonely, a desolate old man! He said, though I swore it was false, that I had grown to mistrust him! that I was hiding something from hi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Arabesque: The Mouse — A. F. Coppard |
Arabesque: The Mouse “Dark, dark was the lane outside, and the night an obsidian net, into which he walked carrying the girl. But her arms were looped around him, she discovered paths for him, clinging …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Death-Ring of Sneferu — Sax Rohmer |
The Death-Ring of Sneferu “Into the brazier Abû Tabâh dropped one by one fragments of the paper upon which he had written what I presumed to be a form of invocation. Immediately, standing between the smoking…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Devil Stone — Beatrice Heron-Maxwell |
The Devil Stone “They say that eventually the two will be reunited, and that until this happens the lost ring will fufil its mission. It is supposed to impel its wearer to deeds of violence, and to…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Farewell — Honore de Balzac |
Farewell “"Eh! how should I know?" answered M. d'Albon. "A strange-looking woman sprang up there under my very eyes just now," he added, in a low voice; "she looked to me more like a ghost t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Buried Alive! — By Percy B. St John |
Buried Alive! “The ceremony proceeded, Sarah's two friends Lydia and Amy covering their faces with their hands, and weeping. Two strong men held Sarah by the wrists, and had the reckless audacity…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Kirk Spook — E. G. Swain |
The Kirk Spook “Caleb always locked himself in. A prank had once been played upon him, which had greatly wounded his dignity; and though it had been no midnight prank, he had taken care, ever sinc…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Mysterious Portrait — Mark Rutherford |
A Mysterious Portrait “There was no mistaking her. She seemed scarcely a day older. The face was as lovely and as inspired as ever. I was almost beside myself. I leaned against the railing of the shop, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by Foreign Authors: German -- |
Stories by Foreign Authors: German -- “At first I was somewhat frightened, because he had made his appearance so suddenly; but was however myself again shortly afterwards, and said: "If it is you who have ordered me her…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BANSHEE — ANONYMOUS |
THE BANSHEE “At length the darksome morning appeared struggling through the wintry clouds, and Moya again opened the door to look out. But what was her dismay when she found the horse standing …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by English Authors: England |
Stories by English Authors: England “"We won't quarrel about the animal, my dear madam, but you may depend upon it, my solution's right. A hardened villain, like myself, say, would never have got into such a scrape, b…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by English Authors: Ireland |
Stories by English Authors: Ireland “On the contrary, every one of his friends--or, in other words, every man in the parish--was ready to support him. He was clapped on the back until his bones were nearly dislocated …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stella Fregelius — H. Rider Haggard |
Stella Fregelius “Already under that heavy sky the light which struggled through the brine-encrusted eastern window was dim and grey. Presently, however, he discovered the figure of Stella seated in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Questionable Shapes — William Dean Howells |
Questionable Shapes “"I see that you think I took a liberty, and I did. But that's nothing. That isn't the point. How I do keep beating about the bush! Mrs. Rock says it was a great deal worse to tell …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | TRILBY — George du Maurier |
TRILBY “'Mon ami, an apple is an excellent thing -- until you have tried a peach! Her voice to that of Alboni is as a peach to an apple--I give you my word of honour! but bah! the voice is…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Fool There Was — Porter Emerson Browne |
A Fool There Was “It is of necessity that a story such as this should be episodical, lapsical, disconnected. Its inception lies in two countries, and of different people. And it is, in its beginning…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stories by English Authors in London |
Stories by English Authors in London “A dark, desolate December night, a night that clung to the metropolis like a wet black shroud, a night in which the heavy, low-hanging vapours melted every now and then into a slow…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Midsummer Days and Other Tales — August Strindberg |
In Midsummer Days and Other Tales “The cavaliers cheered, and the swimmer could read the promise of love in his lady's eyes. But when he struck out for the shore, he found that he could not move from the spot. He ha…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Ghost-Seer and Sport of Destiny — Schiller |
The Ghost-Seer and Sport of Destiny “"The sorcerer began to tremble. Terror and amazement kept us motionless for some time. I seized a pistol. The sorcerer snatched it out of my hand, and fired it at the apparition. T…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sidonia The Sorceress V1 — William Meinhold |
Sidonia The Sorceress V1 “Then Sidonia grew quite pale, for her Grace and all the congregation fixed their eyes on her. So when she felt quite conscious that she was looking pale, she said, "You see from my…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sidonia The Sorceress V2 — William Meinhold |
Sidonia The Sorceress V2 “Meanwhile Sidonia hath spat forth again, and begins running like a wild cat in her rage round the room, so that her kerchief falls off, and her two sharp, dry, ash-coloured shoulde…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE AMBER WITCH — William Meinhold |
THE AMBER WITCH “When she now held her peace amid loud sobs, Dom. Consul started up after he had looked, as we all did, at the sheriff's nose, and had in truth espied the scar upon it, and cried ou…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Strange Island — Louisa May Alcott |
A Strange Island “I dared say no more; and, when the poor old man had been driven away by this foul proceeding, I went up the steps and peeped in; for I heard some one crying, and thought the cross …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE GERRARD STREET MYSTERY AND OTHER WEIRD TALES — JOHN CHARLES DENT |
THE GERRARD STREET MYSTERY AND OTHER WEIRD TALES “He called aloud upon his master and then upon the dog, but received no response from either. The crash of the falling body was succeeded by absolute silence. Pulling his nerves tog…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Ghosts I have Met and Some Others — John Kendrick Bangs |
Ghosts I have Met and Some Others “If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | David Poindexter's Disappearance and Other Tales — Julian Hawthorne |
David Poindexter's Disappearance and Other Tales “Later.--I have read all the accounts in the newspapers this morning, and all agree in putting Courtney's name among the killed. There can be no doubt about it any longer; he is dea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Shadow of Ashlydyat — Mrs. Henry Wood |
The Shadow of Ashlydyat “He came in and stood in the doorway, smiling down upon her. So shadowy, so thin! his face utterly pale, his dark blue eyes unnaturally large, his wavy hair damp with the exertion o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Malvern Chase — W.S. Symonds |
Malvern Chase “I lay long awake thinking over the stirring events of the last few months, which had so changed my hitherto quiet and unruffled life, and when I fell into an uneasy sleep I was wan…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Diana Tempest — Mary Cholmondeley |
Diana Tempest “'I must have out those bonds,' he went on, forgetting his visitor again instantly. 'I can't lay my hand on 'em, but I've got 'em somewhere. Top left-hand drawer of the walnut escri…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Stretton — Henry Kingsley |
Stretton “Say, if you like, that the Evanses and the Mordaunts had been crossed too often, and were beginning to show the true symptoms of the decadence of a family by a stupid, blind petula…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Teacher of the Violin and Other Stories — J.H. Shorthouse |
A Teacher of the Violin and Other Stories “There was a wailing of the wind at night through the crevices of the high-pitched roof and the panelled walls of the old parsonage that thrilled me as with a message from on high, …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | God and the Man — Robert Buchanan |
God and the Man “And by the measure of his black jealousy he was able to mete his love. The shock of seeing Priscilla in the company of his hereditary enemy, of the being whose merest breath had th…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Droll Stories [V. 2] — Honore de Balzac |
Droll Stories [V. 2] “Then by us have these words been said to her: "My daughter, you are vehemently suspected to have had recourse to the devil from the manner in which you left the convent, which was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bladys of the Stewponey — Sabine Baring-Gould |
Bladys of the Stewponey “"I will not die! I cannot die! I am young. I have but twenty-one years. I have but just begun to taste the pleasures of life. I will not die! You shall tear me limb from limb befor…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents — William Beckford |
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents “August 4th.--The heats were so excessive in the night, that I thought myself several times on the point of suffocation, tossed about like a wounded fish, and dreamt of the devil an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE BOOKBINDER OF HORT — LEOPOLD VON SACHER-MASOCH |
THE BOOKBINDER OF HORT “When he carried the books back to his customers, he would always tie them up carefully in a large colored handkerchief, and, while unwrapping them, would embrace the opportunity of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE EGYPTIAN FIRE-EATER — RUDOLPH BAUMBACH |
THE EGYPTIAN FIRE-EATER “Soon after, something very serious happened. Lipp's father, the doorkeeper of the theatre, after drinking heavily, fell down lifeless by the card-table in the White Horse; and my f…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | ADVENTURES OF A NEW-YEAR'S EVE — Heinrich Zschokke |
ADVENTURES OF A NEW-YEAR'S EVE “A man out of breath with his rapid flight rushed against them. By the great-coat, staff, and horn, Philip recognized his deputy. He, on the other hand, snatched at the silk cloak a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE PHILOSOPHER'S PENDULUM — RUDOLPH LINDAU |
THE PHILOSOPHER'S PENDULUM “Was it not evident that the absurdity of my position as a suitor for Ellen would strike me at once? Of course it did. In my lucid moments, when I was not dreaming, I was a very rat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE FURY — Paul Heyse |
THE FURY “"The people are not so wrong who call you wilful, although the name they give you is not kind. Have you ever considered that you stand alone in the world, and that your perversenes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Archibald Malmaison — Julian Hawthorne |
Archibald Malmaison “After the catastrophe, Mr. Pennroyal caused a handsome iron railing to be erected round the scene of it. This act caused it to be said that he might have done it before. Did he exp…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Claimed! — Francis Stevens |
Claimed! “And now all the air and the earth and the sea were shaken by a sound, low but terrible. It seemed to emanate from no special source, but to fill all space simultaneously. The lower…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Aylmer Vance and the Vampire — Alice and Claude Askew |
Aylmer Vance and the Vampire “Davenant fell in love with her almost at once and he had every reason to believe, in spite of her many admirers, that his love was returned. At this time he knew very little about …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Brazilian Cat |
The Brazilian Cat “I did so, and found that I was gazing into a large, empty room, with stone flags, and small, barred windows upon the farther wall. In the centre of this room, lying in the middle o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mysterious Mansion — Honoré De Balzac |
The Mysterious Mansion “This answer was heartrending to Monsieur de Merret; he did not believe in it. Yet his wife had never appeared to him purer or more saintly than at that moment. He rose to open the …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Vendetta — GUY de MAUPASSANT |
The Vendetta “Then the woman went to the pork-butcher and bought a long piece of black pudding. She returned home, lit a wood fire in her yard, close to the kennel, and grilled the black pudding…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde “By Robert Louis Stevenson (also author of The Bottle Imp).…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | THE VAMPIRE BY CHARLES NODIER |
THE VAMPIRE BY CHARLES NODIER “Rutwen Stop! Lovette, let your sight console me a moment for all that I have lost. I want to delight my spirit in fancies of a happiness that no longer exists. I want to believe my…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Luella Miller — Mary Wilkins Freeman |
Luella Miller “"'You swaller this right down,' says I. And I didn't waste any ceremony. I just took hold of Luella Miller's chin and I tipped her head back, and I caught her mouth open with laugh…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | A Collection of Lovecraft — H.P. Lovecraft |
A Collection of Lovecraft “In the darkness there flashed before my mind fragments of my cherished treasury of daemonic lore; sentences from Alhazred the mad Arab, paragraphs from the apocryphal nightmares of…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Mystery of Cloomber — Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Mystery of Cloomber “At this moment he fell back upon his pillow as if he had been shot, while the same look of horror came over his face which I had observed when I first entered the room. At the same…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | An Authenticated Vampire Story — Franz Hartmann |
An Authenticated Vampire Story “"Now Dr. E-- is a very sensitive person and has more than once had some experience in spiritism, and we made up our minds to form a circle for the purpose of investigating this phe…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Le Femme Noir — Ann Maria Hall |
Le Femme Noir “"I am not come to that," was the reply; "and you are one saucy little maid to ask what I do not choose to tell. Amelie certainly entertained no fear of the spirit; 'La Femme Noir' …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | If I Were a Man — Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
If I Were a Man “She began to struggle violently with this large dominant masculine consciousness. She remembered with sudden clearness things she had read, lectures she had heard, and resented wit…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Awful Disclosures — Maria Monk |
Awful Disclosures “Full title: AWFUL DISCLOSURES, By MARIA MONK, Of the HOTEL DIEU NUNNERY OF MONTREAL. Containing, also, Many Incidents Never Before Published.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | In Ghostly Japan — Lafcadio Hearn |
In Ghostly Japan “One night, at a very late hour, Tomozo heard the voice of a woman in his master's apartment; and this made him uneasy. He feared that Shinzaburo, being very gentle and affectionate…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |