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EL GATO NEGRO: Desde prisión, el protagonista cuenta en primera persona los sucesos que le llevaron a ser condenado a muerte. EL HUNDIMIENTO DE LA CASA USHER: En el siglo XIX, un joven apuesto, Philip Winthrop, se presenta en la mansión de los Usher a pedir la mano de su amada, Madeline. EL CUERVO: Es una narración en verso, una historia fascinante, magistral.

Un hombre trata de encontrar sin éxito a lo largo de los años la Rue d'Auseil, una estrafalaria y peculiar calle en la que vivió durante un tiempo cuando era un joven estudiante de metafísica. Allí conoció a un anciano músico alemán mudo llamado Erich Zann, que por las noches interpretaba desde su buhardilla en el piso superior a la habitación del joven, unas melodías tan extrañas y sobrecogedoras, que el estudiante no pegaba ojo en toda la noche dejándose llevar por esta música, que jamás había escuchado antes.

Un hombre se va a vivir a la casa que ha heredado de su primo, fallecido apenas un mes antes de forma repentina. Al instalarse se da cuenta de que su primo pasaba prácticamente todo su tiempo en una extraña buhardilla de la casa, que tenía una ventana redonda de cristal opaco. Poco a poco empieza a escuchar ruidos misteriosos a los que no consigue encontrar explicación y a sentir una presencia que le observa, por lo que se decide a investigar en profundidad la buhardilla y qué era lo que su primo hacía en ella, allí descubre cosas insólitas y aterradoras.

في عام 2009 لم تكن كتبي قد حققت انتشاراً يذكر، وعلاقتي بالوسط الأدبي لم تكن كمثل هذا الوقت، لذا كان لزاما علي أن أندهش عندما عدت لشقتي يوم 11 فبراير عام 2009، ليلاً لأجد أن هناك طرداً ينتظرني، أخبرتني والدتي أنها استلمته من عم ( محمد الفولي ) الذي يعمل بمكتب البريد القريب من منزلنا، والذي يعرف منزلنا جيداً ويعرف عائلتنا فرداً فرداً منذ ميلادنا إلى اليوم، جميع الخطابات التي أتت لمنزل عائلتي كانت على يديه بداية من مراسلات أقربائنا في بعض دول الخليج العربي في التسعينيات من القرن السابق إلى إنذرات الفصل التي أمطرتني بها مدرستي وأنا في الثانوية العامة.

A college student takes a job as a nightwatchman at his uncle’s junkyard and the ghosts that haunt the wrecked cars are the least of his worries. When a hardened New York City Detective tries to help two young boys being stalked by someone or something, he uncovers a truth that terrifies him.What happens when a mother makes a wish on a four-leaf clover and wants to take back her request?

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor - who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture.

In Hunted, a chilling blend of thriller and horror, Dr. Cassandra Stokes leads a team deep into the unforgiving wilderness on a mission not just about scientific discovery, but personal revenge. A series of brutal killings in the northern forests has left the locals terrorised, their whispers filled with tales of wolves, wolves, not quite wolves.

Henry Armstrong has been buried, yet he doesn’t quite feel dead. In the pitch-black confinement of his grave, he slowly grasps the absurdity of his situation, though his body lies sealed in a tight coffin beneath layers of fresh soil. Above him, on this gloomy summer night, three men are digging up his resting place—two medical students and their mysterious companion, Jess, who knows the cemetery better than anyone. But none of them could anticipate the horror awaiting them.

Un niño hambriento observa con mirada muerta desde lo alto de un tobogán; otro construye pequeños ataúdes. Muñecas de ojos vacíos espían a dos amantes, y criaturas nocturnas acechan a los supervivientes. Una casa aparentemente abandonada atrapa a quien se aproxima y otra sobrevive asediada por insectos. David Roas, referente de la literatura fantástica, invade al lector con distintos fragmentos de un mismo espejo que refleja lo inquietante y lo terrorífico de los objetos y los cuerpos que nos rodean.

"أفكار شيطانية" مجموعةٌ قصصية تحتوي على ثمانية قصص تتنوّع ما بين الرّعب والخيال العلمي والغموض والإثارة لكاتبٍ فذ سيجعلك تلهث وراء أفكاره الغريبة..والشيطانية !! لكن إذا قررت الاستماع الآن فاحذر وكن مستعدًا للكثير من المفاجآت والنهايات غير المتوقعة أبدًا...

Cathay ist eine merkwürdige Stadt. Europäische Händler und Flüchtlinge aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg - unter ihnen vieler deutscher Herkunft - gründeten sie Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts nach einem Schiffbruch an der Ostküste Indiens in Sichtweite des Himalaja-Gebirges. Von Anfang an war der Ort verflucht. Einen dämonenbeseelten Götzen sollen die Siedler mitgebracht haben. Außerdem verärgerten sie einen ortsansässigen Zaubermeister, der die Stadt daraufhin mit einem Fluch belegte.

“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.

All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.

In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In 'Apt Pupil' a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.

At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by powerful and evil gods, just waiting for the chance to recolonise their planet. Cthulhu is one such god, lurking deep beneath the sea until called into being by cult followers who – like all humans – know not what they do.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Spuk? - ein Jugendlicher ermordet seine Eltern und verbirgt sich zusammen mit den verwesenden Leichen in der Wohnung. Merkwürdige Klopfgeräusche ängstigen ihn. Erwachen in der Nacht die Toten? Alltag? Ein Mörder versteckt sein Opfer unter einem Sandberg im Hinterhof. Doch fürchtet er die im Sand spielenden Kinder, welche seine Tat ans Tageslicht bringen könnten. Oder gräbt sich die Leiche von selbst wieder heraus? Spuk? Ein deutscher Kriegsveteran beobachtet seinen Doppelgänger, der unermüdlich Leichen in das Dachgeschoss trägt.

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

A woman falling out of sync with the world; a king’s servant hypnotized by his murderous horse; a transplanted ear with a mind of its own—the characters in these 25 stories live as interlopers in a world shaped by mysterious disappearances and unfathomable discrepancies between the real and imagined, revealing the breadth and depth of Evenson’s uncanny vision.

The master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy - tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Trucks that punish and beautiful teen demons who seduce a young man to massacre; curses whose malevolence grows through the years; obscene presences and angels of grace - here, indeed, is a night-blooming bouquet of chills and thrills.