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The Call of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
5 days
1926 • Notes from his granduncle put Francis Wayland Thurston on the trail of a dangerous cult and something far more hideous in the depths of the ocean.
The Wendigo
Algernon Blackwood
7 days
1910 • Journey to the lonely Canadian wilderness where old trappers whisper of something in the woods, a beast that moves with lightning quickness and calls out to you in the dark of night.
The Willows
Algernon Blackwood
8 days
1907 • Along the banks of the Danube, on one of the shifting impermanent islands of sand, willows blow in the unceasing wind. And one can glimpse dangerous, unforgettable beings in the night.
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft
15 days
1931 • An Antarctic expedition uncovers ancient mysteries, unleashing destruction and death.
The House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson
24 days
1908 • Supernatural pig-like creatures assault the narrator in a remote otherworldly house. This creepy, unsettling tale had a major influence on Lovecraft and Terry Pratchett.
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
William Hope Hodgson
25 days
1907 • Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship "Glen Carrig" through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward.
Count Magnus
M.R. James
3 days
1904 • A traveler in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure. Are you awake, Count Magnus?
The Damned Thing
Ambrose Bierce
2 days
1898 • A man lies dead, and the only witness to his death is believed to be insane. But both he and the dead man's diary point to a culprit beyond the natural world.
The Three Impostors
Arthur Machen
22 days
1895 • An episodic novel of weird and horror tales, culminating in a deadly horror. Linking each story is a secretive pagan society who weave a web of deception through London.
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
3 days
1839 • Roderick Usher's sister has died, leaving him alone in the eerie family home. His friend arrives to keep him company but still a sense of impending doom hangs over the House of Usher.
The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers
28 days
1895 • A classic of weird and supernatural fiction, this collection of stories traces the mysterious forbidden play "The King in Yellow" and the trail of madness, despair, and death it leaves behind.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
10 days
1936 • A dark secret hangs over the dilapidated seaside town of Innsmouth, one that our young narrator is intent to uncover. But can he escape the residents - and his own terrible secret - to tell the tale?
The Lurking Fear
H.P. Lovecraft
3 days
1923 • Something is brutally slaughtering the locals at Tempest Mountain, drawing the attention of a reporter and monster hunter. Dark secrets and death await as storms rage overhead.
Uncanny Stories
May Sinclair
18 days
1923 • Strange and chilling stories that mix traditional ghost stories with modern concepts.
Can Such Things Be?
Ambrose Bierce
29 days
1893 • A collection of Bierce's supernatural horror stories including "The Damned Thing", "The Moonlit Road", and "The Spook House."
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