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By Subject > Detective Stories, Science Fiction, Ghost Stories, Supernatural > General A "terrible" mix of terrifying tales of mystery and wonder, these Dover books are some of our most memorable. Interested in receiving a copy of the Dover Literature & Humanities Catalog? Click here to sign up for our catalog mailing list.
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Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon This 1937 successor to Last and First Men offers another entrancing speculative history of the future, exploring intelligent star clusters and mingling among aliens for a memorable vision of infinity.
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The Golem by Gustav Meyrink Most famous supernatural novel in modern European literature, set in Ghetto of Old Prague around 1890. A compelling story of mystical experiences, strange transformations, profound terror. 13 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, Mike Ashley A haunted house in the Irish countryside provides a portal to another world in this combination of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. "A classic of the first order." — H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980's at war with its modernizing neighbors. 7 illustrations by W. Graham Robertson. New Introduction by Martin Gardner.
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|  | The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers, E. F. Bleiler A milestone of American supernatural fiction from the author who has been hailed as the link between Poe and Stephen King. 12 gripping stories, with an introduction by E. F. Bleiler.
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The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison, Keith Henderson "The greatest and most convincing writer of 'invented worlds' that I have read." — J. R. R. Tolkien. Written in the best traditions of Homeric epics, Eddison's masterpiece recounts compelling tales of warriors and witches.
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|  | The Best Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann Ten of Hoffmann's greatest tales, enormously popular in Europe but rarely seen in the United States: "The Golden Flower Pot," "Automata," "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," "The Sand Man," and 6 others.
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| Products in General |  |  |  | Against the Grain (À Rebours) by Joris K. Huysmans Because of his extreme sensitivity to the absurd, the protagonist of this masterpiece of decadence has estranged himself from society and savors the most bizarre aspects of human existence in his quest for novelty.
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|  | The Annotated Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton Twelve of the popular Father Brown mysteries appear in this copiously annotated edition. Includes "The Blue Cross," "The Hammer of God," "The Eye of Apollo," and more.
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|  | The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions A novelist retreats to an abandoned house in the heart of London, where he becomes enthralled by an 18th-century spirit — and where his contact with the outside world gradually diminishes.
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| |  | Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanu by J. Sheridan LeFanu Sixteen stories by greatest Victorian master of the chilling tale: "Carmilla" (perhaps the classic vampire thriller), "Green Tea," "The Familiar," "The Haunted Baronet," "Madam Crowl's Ghost," "The Dead Sexton," plus 10 others.
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|  | The Best Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann Ten of Hoffmann's greatest tales, enormously popular in Europe but rarely seen in the United States: "The Golden Flower Pot," "Automata," "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," "The Sand Man," and 6 others.
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|  | Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An) by Robert van Gulik Authentic 18th-century Chinese detective novels. Dee and associates solve 3 interlocked cases: The Case of the Double Murder at Dawn, The Case of the Strange Corpse, and The Case of the Poisoned Bride.
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| |  | The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton Improbable plots, marvelously funny episodes, evocative descriptions of late Victorian London distinguish delightful tales focusing on a club devoted to completely original and unusual professions.
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|  | Fantômas by Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre, Cranstoun Metcalfe, Robin Walz An evil genius terrorizes Paris with diabolical crimes, and a relentless detective pursues the phantom killer from dark alleys to brilliant salons. The first in a wildly popular series of thrillers, this is the original pulp fiction.
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|  | Four Faultless Felons by G. K. Chesterton A series of 4 intertwined novellas whose central characters appear to be involved in murder, fraud, theft and treason. "Dazzling reading from cover to cover." — The N.Y. Times.
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| | |  | Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce These 23 modern horror stories by American master include "The Eyes of the Panther," "The Damned Thing," and 21 more that will "attract and hold the attention of anyone interested in the horror genre." — SF Booklog.
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| |  | The Golem by Gustav Meyrink Most famous supernatural novel in modern European literature, set in Ghetto of Old Prague around 1890. A compelling story of mystical experiences, strange transformations, profound terror. 13 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others by Mike Ashley Sixteen spine-tingling tales: "The Gray Champion" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe, plus fables by Henry James, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Parke Godwin, and others.
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|  | The Great God Pan and The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen The Great God Pan scandalized Victorian London with its suggestive visions of sexuality and paganism, while The Hill of Dreams is a semi-autobiographical work about Machen's battles with his inner demons.
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|  | The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, Mike Ashley A haunted house in the Irish countryside provides a portal to another world in this combination of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. "A classic of the first order." — H. P. Lovecraft.
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|  | Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah Like Scheherazade, Kai Lung relies upon his prowess as a storyteller to save his neck. These 12 traditional tales from a mandarin's court in ancient China abound in ageless wisdom.
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