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Ghostly specters, intrepid detectives, unforgettable monsters—these tales of terror will haunt your imagination. Do you dare read them alone?

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Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and OthersGreat 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.
Vampires: Classic TalesVampires: Classic Tales 
by Mike Ashley, Mike Ashley
A dozen samples of vampire fiction, featuring authors ranging from Lord Byron to Tanith Lee, offer a combination of traditional tales and more contemporary stories involving dark, psychological elements.

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The Adventure of the Dancing Men and Other Sherlock Holmes StoriesThe Adventure of the Dancing Men and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Title story plus 3 others featuring the peerless sleuth and his faithful sidekick: "The Adventure of the Dying Detective," "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans."


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Best Ghost Stories of Algernon BlackwoodBest Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
by Algernon Blackwood
Thirteen great stories by foremost British 20th-century supernaturalist: "The Willows," "The Wendigo," "Ancient Sorceries," others.


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Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanuBest 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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Best Ghost and Horror StoriesBest Ghost and Horror Stories
by Bram Stoker
Superb selection of 14 spine-tingling stories by author of Dracula. "The Dualists" (probably Stoker's most horrifying story), "The Squaw," "The Burial of the Rats," 11 more. Introduction by Richard Dalby.

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A Bottomless Grave: and Other Victorian Tales of TerrorA Bottomless Grave: and Other Victorian Tales of Terror
by Hugh Lamb
Twenty-one rare, seldom-anthologized stories include "A Bottomless Grave" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Ship that Saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris, Guy de Maupassant's "The Tomb," other gems of the genre.


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Classic Crime Stories: 13 Tales from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence BlockClassic Crime Stories: 13 Tales from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence Block
by James Daley
13 tantalizing tales including the first real detective story, Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue"; "The Blue Cross," the first Father Brown tale by Chesterton; "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Doyle, plus stories by Hammett and Chandler.

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Classic Ghost Stories by Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, Charles Dickens and OthersClassic Ghost Stories
by John Grafton
Eleven thrilling tales, featuring works by the finest masters of the genre: Mary E. Wilkins, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Henry James, J. S. LeFanu, Ralph Cram, Mrs. Henry Wood, and more.


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Classic Mystery StoriesClassic Mystery Stories
by Douglas G. Greene
Thirteen classics devoted to genuine tales of ratiocination include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Charles Dickens' "Three Detective Anecdotes," and Jack London's "The Leopard Man Story." Introduction. Notes.

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Complete John Silence StoriesComplete John Silence Stories
by Algernon Blackwood
Six tales of horror from a master craftsman: "A Psychical Invasion," "Ancient Sorceries," "Secret Worship," "The Nemesis of Fire," "The Camp of God," and "A Victim of Higher Space."

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Detection by GaslightDetection by Gaslight
by Douglas G. Greene
Fourteen extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacques Futrelle, G. K. Chesterton, and others — many never before published in book form.

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DraculaDracula
by Bram Stoker
A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, this blood-curdling tale carries readers from mystery-shrouded Transylvania to 19th-century London in the frantic hunt for the blood-sucking Count Dracula.


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FantômasFantômas
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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Favorite Father Brown StoriesFavorite Father Brown Stories
by G. K. Chesterton
Beloved clerical sleuth in roster of remarkable cases: "The Blue Cross," "The Sins of Prince Saradine," "The Sign of the Broken Sword," "The Man in the Passage," "The Perishing of the Pendragons," more.

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FrankensteinFrankenstein
by Mary Shelley
The story of Victor Frankenstein's monstrous creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. With the author's own 1831 introduction.

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Gaslit Horror: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Lafcadio Hearn, Bernard Capes and OthersGaslit Horror: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Lafcadio Hearn, Bernard Capes and Others
by Hugh Lamb
Thirteen long-lost tales of terror by famed authors. Includes "The Black Reaper" by Bernard Capes, "Nightmare-Touch" by Lafcadio Hearn, and Gothic stories from Robert W. Chambers, Charles J. Mansford, Dick Donovan, and others.

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Gaslit Nightmares: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Charles Dickens, Richard Marsh, and OthersGaslit Nightmares: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Charles Dickens, Richard Marsh, and Others
by Hugh Lamb
Sixteen long-neglected classics by renowned writers include "The Drunkard's Path," "An Unexpected Journey," "The Haunted Mill," "The Page-Boy's Ghost," "In the Court of the Dragon," and 11 others.


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Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose BierceGhost 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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Ghosts in Irish Houses: A Collection of Ghostly Folk TalesGhosts in Irish Houses: A Collection of Ghostly Folk Tales
by James Reynolds
Ranging from the 10th to the 20th centuries, these ghostly tales mix the eerie, the terrifying, and the madly comic. Features 22 short stories enhanced by the author's 30 illustrations.

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The Gold-Bug and Other TalesThe Gold-Bug and Other Tales
by Edgar Allan Poe
Nine gripping tales by the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," 6 others.


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Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and OthersGreat 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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