Frankenstein is written in the form of a frame story that starts with Captain Robert Walton writing letters to his sister. It takes place at an unspecified time in the 18th century, as the letters' dates are given as "17—". In the story following the letters by Walton, listeners will find that Victor Frankenstein creates a monster that brings tragedy to his life.Download your copy now!

This Halloween Horror Collection includes some of the most notable Halloween classics:Frankenstein, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Canterville Ghost.This audiobook is a great listen for all ages, kids, and adults!Download your copy now!

Lost Sci-Fi Books 171 thru 175 reaches across more than two centuries of imaginative storytelling, bringing together Voltaire, Ray Bradbury and Henry Hasse, H. G. Wells, and Lawrence M. Jannifer in a collection that travels from distant stars to haunted rooms and dangerous city streets.Micromegas by Voltaire was first published in 1752, long before science fiction had a name. A gigantic traveler from a planet orbiting Sirius journeys to Saturn and ...

In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to show that many historic and prehistoric states lacked the mechanisms to dominate the distant (and in some cases, nearby) societies with which they interacted. Core/periphery exploitation needs to be demonstrated, not simply ass...

100 Mystery Classics of World Literature maps the extraordinary breadth of mystery writing, from Gothic menace and sensation fiction to detective puzzles, espionage, psychological suspense, adventure, and tales of the uncanny. Its hundred selections place celebrated investigations beside narratives of crime, disguise, inheritance, urban danger, and moral ambiguity. The volume's range reveals mystery not as a narrow formula but as a capacious literary mode, encompassing the locked-room prob...

2025 Silver Book Award Winner in the category of Humor/Satire awarded by Bestsellersworld.com2025 Bronze Book Award Winner in the category of Biography/Memoir awarded by Bestsellersworld.comNominee for the 2025 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Life WritingPart literary mystery, part an examination of what constitutes fiction versus reality, Ghostwriter is based on the true story of author...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. It is about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the vernacular phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" referring to persons with an unpredictably dual nature: outwardly good, but some...

In the early 1970s, with Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones rewriting film history, John Warren Wells hired on to write the script for a high-quality pornographic movie. Originally published by Dell, Different Strokes includes the remarkable script he delivered, the production diary he kept, an interview with the film's leading lady—and a 2012 afterword that puts it all into uncanny perspective. You'd better read the book; you'll probably never get to see th...

In *Masterworks of Masculine Rebellion and Insight – 5 Classic Psychological Fictions*, the reader is invited to explore a rich tapestry of narratives that delve deeply into the psyche of male protagonists navigating societal conventions and personal introspection. The collection brings together a compelling range of literary styles—from the stark realism and psychological depth reflective of Victorian literature to the more experimental and symbolic motifs prevalent at the turn of the 20t...

A powerful collection of twenty-one SF&F short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom were in attendance at Seattle Worldcon 2025!In partnership with Seattle Worldcon, Grim Oak Press is proud to present the third Grimoire for readers who enjoy SF&F stories of the magical and the future. Escape the country through Las Vegas beside Laura Anne Gilman. Regain the time you never know you could with Megan Lindholm. Fight back against a book thief...

In 1570 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, a headstrong young nobleman with literary ambitions, enters into a romance with Queen Elizabeth I. As the queen's chief of courtly entertainment de Vere organizes a stable of writers producing plays and masques. His peers nickname Vere "the Spear-shaker."Fearing court gossip about the royal affair, Elizabeth orders Oxford to marry Lord High Treasurer William Cecil's 14-year-old daughter, Anne.After his...

For every published article there is a backstory of behind-the-scenes adventures. Between 1980 and 2000, Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells traveled coast to coast on magazine assignments. Backstory: A Literary Life on the Run reveals how unexpected events played a major role in each article. The collection of twenty-five articles begins with Dean’s interview with Willie “Suicide” Jones, her late father’s wing walker and fellow barnstormer, and ends with Dean’s fond recollecti...