Gothic Short Stories

Hush begins with “Back Alley Broadway”, where Dasha is unwillingly part of a VIP show aired live on the darknet by a ring of psychopaths. From country girl to slave, she is subject to indescribable torment by her captors. Her long-anticipated performance in "The Killer Circus" takes you to the blackest black. It delves into the truths of human trafficking and the consequences of deranged curiosity. Next, two sisters struggle to keep their bond after one is responsible for the death of the other's "miracle baby".

These short stories and poems are about the uneasiness of being alive and the characters' feeble attempts not to go off the deep end. The philosophical movement that influences this manuscript is Antinatalism, hence I suggest referring to it for a better understanding.

Volume six of the Great Tome series features eight original tales featuring historical and mythical magic users. Includes stories by Vonnie Winslow Crist, CB Droege, Bill Hiatt, ErlyAnne Toomey, J.M. Williams, Larry Lefkowitz, Mark Charke, and Julie Ann Dawson.

With Silas's blood in her veins, Emma is strong enough to overpower her cruel uncle's rule. She makes plans to confront him and take back Hazelton Manor once and for all. Silas's dreams are becoming stronger. They torment him and begin to drive him to madness. If he can't get a grip on who he is he might be lost forever. His only hope is to destroy the Hazelton girls, Emma in particular, before she becomes his downfall. But can he do that when his feelings for her are becoming more and more confusing? Falling for the Vampire 2 is the second book in a five part series. Each installment is ...

Un joven inglés, que pasa una temporada en París, se adentra una noche en los barrios más pobres y marginales de la ciudad con el fin de descubrir la vida y los medios de subsistencia de sus habitantes. El panorama que se abre ante sus ojos es desolador: chozas de campo, basura, aguas estancadas, podredumbre, ratas... Pero lo que en principio se presenta como una pequeña aventura pronto se convierte en una lucha por sobrevivir.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the 19th century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Carmilla is Le Fanu's famous classic vampire story which has been filmed numerous times, including Vampyre (1932), Blood and Roses (1960), Crypt of Horror (1964), The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Carmilla (1999).

“The Tell-Tale Heart” is the Edgar Allan Poe gothic short story that continues to fascinate readers with its murder, beating heart, and insanity. -The language of over 170 years ago has been updated making Poe’s difficult language easily understood by today’s readers. -Every effort has been made to keep the story as close to the original as possible--only word order and difficult vocabulary have been changed. -End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text. -Biographical information on Edgar Allan Poe is included.-Accelerated Reader AR Quiz No. 7946 EN ...

Después de conseguir el permiso de la priora para salir unas horas, Angeline, interna en el convento de Santa Anna, en la pequeña ciudad lombarda de Este, se puso en camino para hacer una visita. Angeline llevaba muchos meses sin abandonar los muros del convento, por lo que se sintió un tanto atemorizada cuando se vio sola en el camino aunque conocía perfectamente cada palmo del mismo. La condesa de Moncenigo había muerto al dar a luz su segundo hijo y, desde entonces, la madre de Angeline había residido en la villa, por lo que ella se había criado recorriendo aquellos caminos y vericuetos.

Edgar Allan Poe reminds us that our dark choices lead to darker fates. His tormented life was immortalized in his ability to capture anguish, fear, and death with his poetry and short stories. This anthology seeks to honor our beloved dark father with 13 short stories and poems re-imagined from some of his original works. Welcome to the Crossroads.

La donna di picche, novella pubblicata nel 1834, è considerato l'opera narrativa più riuscita di Puskin, la cui prosa è caratterizzata da uno stile limpido ed essenziale. Il racconto fonde in maniera originale l'elemento fantastico e il sapore gotico della vicenda riconducibili alla narrativa romantica tedesca con il realismo della rappresentazione di alcuni personaggi, quali la vecchia contessa e la sua sfortunata dama di compagnia.

Está todo permitido en la profesión médica, para poder investigar? Unos amigos están una noche bebiendo en una taberna, cuando entra el Dr. MacFarlane, que resulta ser un antiguo compañero de estudios de Medicina de uno de los presentes, Fettes, cuando ambos estaban a las órdens del Dr. Robert Knox.Al mirarse los dos recuerdan las experiancias que vivieron sobre la forma irregular que el Dr. Knox tenía de procurarse el material de investigación.

In a tripping and absorbing style, award-winning Brazilian writer Claudia Lage asks listeners to gaze into the dark side of love and desire, and ultimately even to sympathize with her flawed hero and heroine. A Little Death is both an unconventional love story and a raw, visceral tale that explores the journey to adulthood in all its complexity and hilarity.

There's a place where the dead go to record their final stories. An underground frequency that carries the last testaments of the damned and the dispossessed. Broadcasts that lurk in the black static between stations, whispering truths too terrible to tell anywhere else. This is Dead Air - you have been warned.... Acclaimed performer and cult novelist Jasper Bark presents a collection of tales more terrifying than anything you have ever heard.

Un joven caballero es invitado al viejo caserón de un amigo de la infancia, Roderick Usher, artista enfermizo y excéntrico que vive completamente recluido en compañía de su hermana, Lady Madeline, también delicada de salud. Usher vive presa de una enfermedad indefinible, lo que hace a todos temer por su vida.

El narrador está convencido del poder de la hipnosis incluso más allá de la vida y para demostrarlo a la ciencia médica pretende hipnotizar a una persona en trance de muerte y así conseguir mantener la conexión con su espíritu a través de la hipnosis incluso después de haber muerto físicamente. ¿Lo conseguirá?

Nella quieta e sonnolenta Sleepy Hollow la vita quotidiana scorre serena, fra antiche leggende e bizzarre superstizioni che rapiscono le menti degli uomini più ingenui quanto quelle dei più increduli. Fra gli spettri più noti domina quello dell'Assiano Galoppante, terribile creatura che ogni notte cavalca per la valle alla disperata ricerca della propria testa. Ichabod Crane, pedante e goffo maestro di campagna, finirà suo malgrado con il conoscerlo molto da vicino.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) diede vita a una narrativa "americana" radicata nei valori originari dei coloni, stilisticamente impeccabile. Dopo la "Lettera scarlatta" tra le opere più interessanti di Hawthorne troviamo la raccolta dei "Racconti narrati due volte" da cui sono tratti questi tre racconti che mostrano una sapiente organizzazione formale; vi troviamo le dicotomie bene-male, intelletto-emotività, ragione-istinto, la tendenza a trovare una ragione morale ai comportamenti umani.

La maschera della morte rossa' è il volto nascosto della pestilenza ma anche delle zone oscure degli uomini che affiorano in modi deviati...

Lo scarabeo d'oro (The Gold-Bug) è un racconto scritto da Edgar Allan Poe e pubblicato per la prima volta sul settimanale di Filadelfia Dollar Newspaper nel giugno del 1843. Sebbene nel testo in lingua originale l'autore ricorra a vari giochi di parole non traducibili in lingua italiana, questo è comunque uno dei più sorprendenti ed apprezzabili racconti dell'Autore.

Four haunting classics, filled with mystery and suspense, abridged especially for young listeners: Frankenstein, The 39 Steps, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre....