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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Here is a third collection of some of his best stories:...
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This newly discovered story by literary legend Sylvia Plath stands on its own and is remarkable for its symbolic, allegorical approach to a young woman's rebellion against convention and forceful taking control of her own life.
Written while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom tells the story of a young woman's fateful train journey.
Lips the color of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train...
5) Piranha 3-D
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An earthquake tremor in Arizona opens a fissure in the bottom of Lake Havasu, releasing dozens of vicious, prehistoric piranhas that proceed to terrorize the neighboring town.
7) Red Velvet
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A man and a young woman have a chance encounter at a laundry mat which leads to a story about a birthday party where everyone has been killed by a madman in a white jumpsuit.
10) Goodnight Mommy
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In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother.
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Being stuck in a dead-end town really wasn't teenaged Sylvie's worst nightmare.
When Sylvie Morgan's parents travel to Africa to study insects, she is left with relatives in the Midwest for a summer of endless boredom and babysitting.
Sylvie's Uncle Toby tells a horrifying tale around a campfire of a destructive ghost that terrorizes Effingham County every 17 years, but she thinks it's not as terrible as not having phone service.
An axe wielding neighbor...
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William Lewis is a literary agent. Over the years, he's been able to perform his duties in the small town of Perry, in Sardis County.
As a literary agent, William has gone over many contracts in his time. He's signed off on them as a witness, and helped his clients get the best terms that he can.
William is having lunch at Ethel's Diner in Perry when he's approached by Raymond Hollingsworth. Hollingsworth has a contract that he'd like William to...
13) Dark Serenade
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After surviving the New Orleans plague of 1853, Victor Montenegro is on a quest to find the coveted treasure of the sunken ship Ana Luisa. The Ana Luisa treasure hunt transports him and ally Ivan Ortiz into a haunted seabed, where they are confronted by the infamous Pirate Goldendeath. Will the battle in the haunted seabed alter Victor's life? Will the seductive treasure of Ana Luisa imperil his soul?On land, Victor battles the Devil's musician over...
14) The Pendant
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Brian Patricks is an unlucky kid. He wants to get the girl, to make quick money, catch the eye of his attractive new neighbour. He would do almost anything to turn his luck around. When a mysterious new shop moves into town, a sinister salesman offers to sell him a pendant that promises to make all of his dreams come true. Brian thought that he had nothing to lose.In the tradition of 'The Monkey's Paw', the Pendant is a modern horror fable exploring...
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Graduate student Willis, seeking tales of the supernatural for his studies in anthropology, becomes part of the supernatural when he is changed into a vampire by a vengeful subject of his tales. Consumed by an implacable thirst for blood, Willis must adapt to the life of a vampire, or die. As he struggles to adapt, he also struggles to maintain a normal life and have a relationship with the innocent Melanie. In the background, though, lurks the Changer,...
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The world of Man is over.His time has come. The blazing inferno that was mankind has been extinguished, and the remaining sparks have been scattered to the four winds. One man stands between an evil as old as time, and its complete conquest of Earth. The Blackwolf has been charged with protecting the dying light. In a desperate battle, against a timeless adversary, surrounded by madness and death – a small knot of humanity, along with some very...
17) The Beginning
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A new virus has been created and now the dead walk the earth; a voracious hunger for living flesh driving them to seek out those fortunate enough to survive. It all started with Patient Zero...When the undead plague is unwittingly released into the population of a major city in the US, panic ensues. Some will live to fight another day and some will join the growing ranks of the undead. This unique collection of short stories follows different characters...
18) Canals
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Reviews:Daniel Lawless is a bachelor detective who prefers shoes over people. What he once thought of as a gift to help him escape the constant torment of school bullies becomes a nightmare when he starts seeing visions of dead bodies, and the visions are real. Along with a local cop, the beautiful and young Sandra Jensen, they set out to try to stop an unstoppable monster from eating it's way through the population of Modesto, California.Everett...
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Mattie Cochran discovers an antique baby rattle in the attic of her grandparent's Texas farmhouse. A search for the rattle's original owner takes her to the overgrown family plot where she loses her way in an alter-dimension-or perhaps she's simply lost her mind. When Mattie stumbles upon her grandmother's diary, she begins to piece together the unsavory secret that's plagued the women in her family for generations.
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The stage is set, and the graves are dug - the graves of John Sinclair and his friends, that is! The Black Death has prepared his most elaborate scheme yet, paving the way to the all-deciding battle in the Graveyard at the End of the World. With the help of Suko and Will Mallmann, John must sneak into East Germany, where in a mountain of witches lies the team's last hope: the Book of Nightmares, the key to the Black Death's demise. If only it were...
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