This volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Asquith, Cynthia: “The Corner Shop” Benson, E. F.: “Caterpillars” Benson, E. F.: “The Face” Bierce, Ambrose: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Bierce, Ambrose: “The Middle Toe of the Right Foot” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Willows” Bowen, Marjorie: “Scoured Silk” Braddon, M. E.: “The Shadow in the Corner” Burke, Thomas: “The Hands of Mr. Ottermole” Burrage, A. M.: “Smee” Burrage, A. M.: “The Sweepe...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: 175+ Western Novels & Short Stories in One Edition is a comprehensive anthology that captures the essence of the Western genre through a diverse tapestry of narratives. This collection delves into the themes of rugged individualism, frontier justice, and the unyielding spirit of the American West. It spans a broad range of literary styles, from action-packed adventures and moral tales to poignant character studies and satirical reflections on frontier life....

100 Westerns surveys the American West as both a geographical frontier and a durable imaginative terrain. Ranging from adventure tale, frontier romance, outlaw narrative, mining and ranching chronicle, detective-inflected yarn, and historical fiction to psychologically nuanced regional writing, the volume reveals the Western's remarkable formal elasticity. Its selections move among cattle trails, borderlands, forests, boomtowns, military posts, and contested homesteads, while memorable epi...

Dive into the vast, untamed landscapes of early America with '150 Western Classics,' a sweeping anthology that captures the spirit of the frontier in its myriad forms. From tales of rugged cowboys and frontier justice to poignant stories of perseverance and survival, the collection paints a vivid portrait of the West's untamed character. Readers will find a variety of styles encompassing heart-stopping adventures, romantic sagas, and insightful drama within this vibrant tapestry. Notable s...

THE SPELL HAS BEGUN gathers more than 550 supernatural mysteries, macabre tales, and horror classics into an expansive map of the uncanny. Ranging from Gothic romance, ghost story, and sensation fiction to decadent nightmare, psychological terror, occult speculation, and early weird fiction, the volume traces how dread assumes domestic, historical, comic, and cosmic forms. Canonical landmarks of haunted houses, revenants, cursed objects, doubles, vampiric visitations, and forbidden knowled...

150 Western Classics is an exceptional anthology that captures the expansive and rugged spirit of the American West. This collection expertly weaves together a tapestry of narratives that range from stark, gritty realism to the romantic portrayal of the frontier, encapsulating the diverse literary styles synonymous with the Western genre. The anthology showcases gripping tales of exploration, survival, and the indomitable human spirit. Each piece stands as a testament to the profound and e...

The Ultimate Halloween Treat is a mesmerizing anthology that weaves together the fantastical, the eerie, and the mysterious from an impressive array of literary talents from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. This collection encapsulates the full spectrum of dark and imaginative storytelling—from the Gothic horror of pore-thrilling tales to the whimsical fantasies that traverse the boundaries of human experience. Readers will discover themes of supernatural intrigue, psychological depth...

This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings across the United States, and identify frameworks, models, and practices for engaging multili...

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...

Warlock's Play: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics is a sweeping anthology that delves into the tantalizing realms of the supernatural and macabre. Spanning the breadth of gothic horror to richly woven mysteries, the collection reveals a diversity of literary styles that have shaped and influenced the horror genre over centuries. This assembly of narratives, each distinct yet unified in their exploration of fear and the unknown, offers readers portals into the minds of ...

Warlock's Play gathers more than 550 supernatural mysteries, macabre tales, and horror classics into an expansive archive of literary unease. Ranging from Gothic romance, ghost story, occult fiction, and sensational crime to psychological terror, weird fiction, satire, and speculative nightmare, the volume traces the genre's remarkable formal flexibility. Haunted houses, revenants, doubles, cursed objects, forbidden knowledge, and inexplicable visitations recur in narratives that move from...

HALLOWEEN Boxed Set gathers a capacious international archive of Halloween's literary affinities: Gothic terror, ghost story, psychological uncanny, occult speculation, satire, romance, and macabre adventure. Ranging from eighteenth-century Gothic architecture and nineteenth-century sensation fiction to fin-de-siècle decadence and early weird fiction, the volume maps the genre's shifting techniques—framing narratives, spectral visitation, doubles, curses, haunted houses, and ambiguous appa...