Long Distance Call
By: Richard Matheson
3.44
Format: 24 pages, ebook
A short story originally published in "Shock!" in 1951. Variant title is "Sorry, Right Number."
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1. Shiver: Selected Stories
By: Junji Ito
4.34
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga.This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s be… read more
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2. The Were-Wolf
By: Clemence Housman
3.68
Format: 89 pages, Kindle Edition
Originally written in 1896. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital for… read more
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"The last hour from midnight had lost half its quarters, and the stars went lifting up the great minutes..."-Clemence Housman, The Were-Wolf
"So they went running together, silent, toward the vast wastes of snow where no living thing but they two moved under the stars of night."-Clemence Housman, The Were-Wolf
"Like lightning she snatched her axe, and struck him on the neck - deep - once - twice - his life-blood gushed out, staining her feet. The stars touched midnight."-Clemence Housman, The Were-Wolf
"His own true hidden reality that he had desired to know grew palpable, recognizable. It seemed to him just this: a great, glad, abounding hope that he had saved his brother; too expansive to be conta…"-Clemence Housman, The Were-Wolf
3. Lost Hearts
By: M.R. James , Danko Krilić
3.60
Format: 332 pages, ebook
The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, who is sent to stay with his much … read more
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4. The Picture in the House
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.50
Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition
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5. The Tree
By: H.P. Lovecraft
2.99
Format: 77 pages, ebook
Kalos and Musides are two Greek sculptors who are asked to sculpt statues for a competition. But wh… read more
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6. From Beyond
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.57
Format: 208 pages,
"From Beyond" is a short story by science fiction and horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was… read more
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7. The Colour Out of Space
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.03
Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback
'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more
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"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space
"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space
8. A Martian Odyssey
By: Stanley G. Weinbaum
4.53
Format: 194 pages,
A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in t… read more
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9. The Fog Horn
By: Ray Bradbury
3.32
Format: None pages,
Creative Education's short story collections are ideal introductions to some of the world's best-kn… read more
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10. R.U.R.
By: Karel Čapek , Nigel Playfair , Paul Selver
3.83
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
R.U.R.--written in 1920--garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word "Robot.… read more
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"Nobody can hate man more than man."-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
"nothing is stranger to man than his own image"-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
"Robot" is a machine that makes the functions of a man."-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
"A man has to be a bit mad [...]. That's the best thing about him."-Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
11. Acres of Diamonds
By: Russell H. Conwell
4.35
Format: None pages,
In "Acres of Diamonds," Russell Conwell shows success is a spiritual idea--the result of spiritual … read more
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12. The Wasp Factory
By: Iain Banks
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed B… read more
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13. The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.87
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more
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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
14. I Stand Here Ironing
By: Tillie Olsen
3.75
Format: 40 pages,
Published in Tillie Olsen's short story collection "Tell Me a Riddle" in 1961. read more
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15. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more
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16. Arena
By: Fredric Brown
3.74
Format: 646 pages,
It was hot, and he was lying on sand, and a rock embedded in the sand was hurting his back. He roll… read more
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17. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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19. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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20. The Snow Child
By: Eowyn Ivey
4.00
Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel.… read more
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"A boy trying out a man's language."-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
"Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?"-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
"Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know that, don't you?"-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
"It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that she had forgotten belonged to her."-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
21. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.89
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more
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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
22. Chasing the Boogeyman
By: Richard Chizmar
3.95
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this s… read more
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23. Helen O'Loy
By: Lester del Rey
3.34
Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition
RACCONTO (15 pagine) - FANTASCIENZA - Avere una donna di casa che pulisce, stira e cucina senza dov… read more
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24. Long Distance Call
By: Richard Matheson
3.44
Format: 24 pages, ebook
A short story originally published in "Shock!" in 1951. Variant title is "Sorry, Right Number." read more
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