Gothic Short Stories

Gothic tales from the mistress of the weird behind frogman-romance Mrs Caliban: After a one-night-stand with the Angel Gabriel, a monk is transformed into a pregnant woman. Lost in the fog, two visitors are lured into a ruined candlelit mansion. A wife confiscates her husband's homemade sex doll, only to demand her own. Great-aunts warn of the deadly skin of the pearlkillers. Rachel Ingalls' incomparable novellas are masterpieces: surrealist, subversive, tragicomic. Prepare to meet what lurks beneath.

Recopilación de los mejores relatos de terror escritos por Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Este espléndido audiolibro, recopila 5 de los mejores cuentos de horror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe. Está compuesto por: "El Gato Negro", "El Retrato Oval", "Berenice", "El Corazón Delator" y "Manuscrito Hallado en una Botella". También puedes encontrar los relatos por separado, si así lo deseas, en las diferentes plataformas de audiolibros.

Man weiß nicht viel vom alten Fettes - außer dass er ein trinkfester Schotte mit medizinischem Wissen ist, der nicht viel spricht. Eines Tages jedoch gibt es einen medizinischen Notfall. Als Fettes den Namen des Notarztes hört, wird er leichenblass: McFarlane! Etwa der McFarlane, mit dem Fettes damals Leichname für den Anatomiekurs auf nächtlichen Friedhöfen ausgegraben hatte? Eine wunderbar klassische Gruselgeschichte für Fans des Genres.

Was hat es mit der krummen Janet nur auf sich? Alle Bewohner des Dorfes schwören, sie sei vom Teufel besessen. Allerdings: Pastor Soulis ist ein unerschrockener Mann. Und so nimmt er sie als Haushälterin in seinen Dienst... Klassische Schauergeschichte, die seit jeher als eines der Meisterwerke des Genres gilt.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, published in 1886, is another brilliant work from Robert Louis Stevenson about the life and death struggle between two opposing personalities - one essentially good, the other essentially evil - for the soul of one man. The kind and intelligent Dr. Jekyll concocts a drug intended to separate his good self from his evil self, and after drinking it, turns into a psychopathic monster: Mr. Hyde!

Бочка амонтильядо — оповідання Едґара Аллана По, вперше опубліковане у 1846 році. Сюжет розповідає історію дворянина, котрий здійснив довгоочікувану помсту кривднику так, що її ніхто не зумів розкрити. Збіднілий дворянин на ім'я Монтрезор розповідає, як помстився своєму кривднику, заможному та знаменитому дворянину Фортунато. Він згадує численні приниження, яких зазнав від Фортунато, проте не описує їх (що може натякати на божевілля оповідача). Монтрезор обирає часом здійснення помсти міський карнавал, коли кривдник буде напідпитку.

L'assassino di un vecchio avvocato dopo aver commesso l'efferato omicidio, viene tormentato dal suono fantasma del cuore della vittima, smembrata e occultata sotto il pavimento. Durante un interrogatorio, proprio sul luogo dove è seppellito il pover'uomo assassinato, il cuore 'rivelatore' sospinge alla follia l'avvocato il quale fuori controllo confessa l'omicidio. Classico racconto del romanzo gotico, "Il cuore rivelatore" è considerato fra le massime espressioni dell'opera di Poe.

Love, passion and sex... it's all here in Darker Edge of Desire. Gothic literature has always possessed a dark attraction ripe with the promise of the forbidden and the sensual. In Darker Edge of Desire, Mitzi Szereto takes the sexualized Gothic and ratchets it up a few notches into the danger zone, opening a door into the darker side of lust and love that only the courageous dare to venture through.

Cities take on an identity of their own. It is almost as if they become living, breathing beings that shelter all kinds of nefarious characters and vicious deeds. When terror strikes, it is the citizens who respond: fear, desperation, guilt and hilarity often fill the alleyways and seize the taverns and apartments like the plague. We are most interested in the “terrorists” who dominate the headlines and cause us to look behind us when we walk inside the city’s confines. We know they are sheltered by the hugeness, placated by the anonymity, and encouraged by the meekness of victims who...

Erst das 20. Jahrhundert hat die Visionen des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Edgar Allan Poe richtig zu würdigen gewusst. Dabei gelang es Poe mit seinen unheimlichen Erzählungen, die menschliche Grausamkeit und das Groteske im Menschen messerscharf zu analysieren. Das wohl berühmteste Schauergedicht der Weltliteratur, "Der Rabe" von 1845, erzählt von einem Hausherrn, der in finsterer Nacht ein Klopfen an seinem Fenster vernimmt. Der Störenfried entpuppt sich als Rabe, der den Mann in tiefste Verzweiflung stürzt. Mit seiner markanten Stimme haucht Hans Peter Hallwachs Poes schaurig schönen Erzählungen Leben ein.

Poe's classic and gripping short story, reimagined and retold as an incident occurring in Wales, in the modern day.

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.

“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 ...

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is Washington Irving’s famous short story of the Headless Horseman that is now part of American culture. - Accelerated Reader AR Quiz No. 7115 BL 11.0 AR Pts: 3.0 -The language of almost two hundred years ago has been extensively modernized -End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text -Biographical information on Irving included -Every effort has been made to keep the story as close to the original as possible -Modern readers will better understand and appreciate one of the first truly American short stories. For more short ...

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.

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.

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.