One of the earliest short stories of the horror genre, Ambrose Bierce’s A Vine on a House tells the compelling story of the Harding family. When Matilda Harding mysteriously...
When dreams turn to nightmares. It was just an old bed, bought for the spare room. Except that a hundred years earlier a witch called Rose slept in it. Now Rose's unhappy spirit...
A voyage of the Damned.The annual blessing of the fishing fleet is more than a ceremony, it provides God's protection from the demons of the sea. But Captain John Boston has no...
Giving a ride to a teenage girl hitchhiking in the middle of nowhere can be a bad idea, especially if they slip into the back seat unseen - because they're a lost and troubled...
The illustrious E6 NO. 466 locomotive (“Lundbergh Engine”) is a historic tribute to humanity’s ingenuity, strength, and determination…and she’s making her final journey...
What If There's a Pattern to the Madness?The Andromeda Strain meets Chinatown in this thrilling patchwork story.More and more people are reported being obsessed with unusual...
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and...
There was a certain nobleman who had chosen a superintendent from the peasantry on one of his other estates. No sooner had the power to govern been vested in this newly-made...
A collection of short stories from one of the most famous writers of very long novels Leo Tolstoy, including: Ilyas, Little Girls Wiser Than Men, The Coffee-House of Surat. 'For...
Mr Standfast by John Buchan. Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan. Set in the later years of World War I, Brigadier-General Hannay is recalled...