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Ghosts in the House
Tales of Terror by A. C. Benson and R. H. Benson
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- Collins Chillers
2018
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A collection of rare ghosts and horror stories by the brothers of one of the finest writers of the genre, E. F. Benson.The Benson brothers – Arthur Christopher, Edward Frederic and Robert Hugh – were one of the most extraordinary and prolific literary families, between them writing more than 150 books. Arthur alone left four million words of diary, although his most lasting legacy is the words to Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory, while Fred is acknowledged as one of the fine...
Gender, Poetry, and the Form of Thought in Later Medieval Literature
Essays in Honor of Elizabeth A. Robertson
2022
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Over the course of her career, Elizabeth Robertson has pursued innovative scholarship that investigates the overlapping domains of medieval philosophy, literature, and gender studies. This collection of essays, dedicated to her work, examines gender as a construct of language, a mode of embodiment, and a critical framework for thinking about the past. Its eleven contributors approach the figure of the gendered body in medieval English writing along several axes: poetic, philosophical, mate...
Dark Masters, The - Volume 1
Achmed Abdullah to John Buchan
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- A C BensonAchmed AbdullahAlgernon BlackwoodAmbrose BierceArnold BennettCharles BaudelaireChristopher BlayreE F BensonF AnsteyFredric BrownHarold BegbieHonore de BalzacJ Y AckermanJohn BuchanLeonid AndreyevR H BensonRichard Harris BarhamRobert BarrRyunosuke AkutagawaSabine Baring-GouldSamuel BlasValery Bryusov
Unabridged
11 hours 39 min
2025
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Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, warm and comfortable becomes cold, painful, even horrific.The talents of their pens now f...
Haunted House Stories – The Definitive Collection
Masterful anthology spanning centuries of amazing tales about our favourite horror genre
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- A C BensonA M BurrageAlgernon BlackwoodAllen UpwardB M CrokerBram StokerCatherine CroweCharlotte Perkins GilmanCharlotte RiddellE F BensonE T A HoffmanEdgar Allan PoeEdith NesbitEdward Bulwer LyttonElinor MordauntElizabeth GaskellEric PurvesFitz James O'BrienH D EverettH P LovecraftHesba StrettonM R JamesMargaret OliphantMarjorie BowenMary E Wilkins FreemanOscar WildeRhoda BroughtonRichard Harris BarhamRosa MulhollandRudyard KiplingSheridan Le FanuSheridan Le FanuW F HarveyWalter ScottWilliam Hope Hodgson
Unabridged
9 hours 30 min
2024
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The Haunted House is a house that rules our minds with fear. Once we think a house is haunted we prove the point to ourselves again and again. Every floorboard creak or window rattle or unexplained happening is proof concrete.In this anthology our authors go to exceptional lengths to unsettle our minds and open them up to all sorts of terrors.1 - Haunted House - The Definitive Collection - An Introduction2 - The Lurking Fear - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - The ...
2023
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Sibling rivalry can be a means of support but can also erupt into competitive traits of winners and losers.In this literary instance dear listener, YOU are undoubtedly the recipient of this rivalry. Having said that these are not the usual stories to be told in polite company, no, extinguish that idea immediately. These three brothers (their sister seems far too nice to be in a volume such as this), seem to dwell with dark thoughts, in shadowed recesses and with literary creations ...
Closed Window, The
From their pens to your ears, genius in every story
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- Elliot Fitzpatrick
Unabridged
29 min
2025
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The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is A C Benson, brother of the more widely known E F Benson.
2021
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A comprehensive guide to the current research, major challenges, and future prospects of controlled drug delivery systemsControlled drug delivery has the potential to significantly improve therapeutic outcomes, increase clinical benefits, and enhance the safety of drugs in a wide range of diseases and health conditions. Fundamentals of Drug Delivery provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the essential principles and processes of...
Night Terrors Vol. 1
Short Horror Stories Anthology
2020
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Terror stalks the night…An old woman’s obsession with youth leads her to purchase a cursed appliance from a sinister antique shop. A new homeowner discovers her property comes with a deadly addition. And dark forces stalk a troop of innocent boy scouts when they spend the night on a haunted aircraft carrier…Scare Street delves into the darkness to bring you a new collection of spine-tingling terror. This diabolical tome is bursting with thirteen si...
Topical and Transdermal Drug Delivery
Principles and Practice
2012
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Practical drug development approaches presented by leading expertsDesigned to support the development of new, effective therapeutics, Topical and Transdermal Drug Delivery: Principles and Practice explains the principles underlying the field and then demonstrates how these principles are put into practice in the design and development of new drug products. Drawing together and reviewing the latest research findings, the book focuses on practical, tested, a...
2026
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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...
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- Leonid AndreyevCynthia AsquithE. F. BensonAmbrose BierceAlgernon BlackwoodMarjorie BowenJohn BuchanA. M. BurrageWilla CatherRobert W. ChambersWilkie CollinsF. Marion CrawfordAleister CrowleyWalter De La MareCharles DickensArthur Conan DoyleLord DunsanyAmelia B. EdwardsHanns Heinz EwersAnatole FranceMary E. Wilkins FreemanElizabeth GaskellCharlotte Perkins GilmanNikolai GogolL. P. HartleyW. F. HarveyNathaniel HawthorneLafcadio HearnO. HenryMargaret OliphantRobert HichensWilliam Hope HodgsonE. T. A. HoffmannRobert E. HowardWashington IrvingW. W. JacobsHenry JamesM. R. JamesFranz KafkaRudyard KiplingJ. Sheridan Le FanuRichard Le GallienneVernon LeeH. P. LovecraftArthur MachenGuy de MaupassantH. C. McNeileJohn MetcalfeEdith NesbitOliver OnionsVincent O’SullivanEdgar Allan PoeJohn William PolidoriArthur Quiller-CouchCharlotte RiddellSakiWalter ScottMary ShelleyM. P. ShielClark Ashton SmithHenry De Vere StacpooleRobert Louis StevensonBram StokerMark TwainH. Russell WakefieldH. G. WellsEdith Wharton
2019
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If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This box set includes all the seven volumes of the collection.
Stories From the Shadows - Psychological Thriller
Embrace the darkness
Unabridged
6 hours 11 min
2024
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An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...











