Horror Sagas

När ostindiefararen Götheborg år 1745 närmar sig land så händer något oförklarligt. Trots den erfarna lotsen går fartyget på grund och förliser. I ren desperation gör besättningen sitt yttersta för att rädda den dyrbara lasten. Kaoset gör att ingen märker när båten med de svarta seglen försvinner iväg med ett mystiskt bylte. Vad är det de smugglar iland? Två och ett halvt sekel senare får den ockulta detektiven Maphalda besök av en skärrad klient.

Chi non è curioso di scavare nelle allucinazioni, in quei sogni psicotropi dove panico e orrore assumono la forma di quel che non vogliamo vedere? O di scoprire le origini letterarie dei vampiri, la loro prima apparizione su carta e inchiostro? O ancora, di leggere di assassini, presagi di morte, cuori pulsanti, pendoli e corvi neri — chi, insomma, non desidera indagare nelle proprie paure? In questo volume, quattro storie tra le più classiche del genere, racconti che hanno influenzato cultura pop e letteratura, cinema e televisione.

Mortimer è un padre che ha portato la sua famiglia a vivere in un vecchio maniero scozzese. Un giorno, nelle vecchie rovine abbandonate di fianco alla casa, suo figlio inizia a sentire delle voci misteriose e subito dopo si ammala gravemente. Eppure il bambino non ha paura: piuttosto prova un enorme dolore per quell'apparizione, e disperato chiede al padre di risolvere il mistero e aiutare l'anima perduta a ritrovare la via.

Na teren wsi w Nowej Anglii spada meteoryt składający się z nieznanego na Ziemi metalu i o niespotykanych dotąd właściwościach. Jaki straszliwy wpływ na mieszkańców będzie miała tajemnicza energia, którą emanuje? "Kolor nie z tej planety" to horror science fiction autorstwa amerykańskiego pisarza Howarda Phillipsa Lovecrafta, który cieszy się wielką popularnością wśród czytelników w każdym wieku.

Engelsmannen Henry Masham är på semester i Italien. Avsikten är att det ska vara avkopplande, men han blir snart utsatt för ett mordförsök. Upplevelsen traumatiserar honom svårt, men han träffar tur nog den trevliga men ytterst excentriske Lord Ruthven. De bestämmer sig för att slå följe och resa vidare tillsammans genom Italien. Sakta men säkert börjar Henry misstänka att det är något som Ruthven inte vill berätta, att hans melankoliska ögon gömmer en hemsk hemlighet.

Evil is a constant, not a concept, and Evil won't stop until Paul Logan is destroyed. When his girlfriend is violently murdered by a hound of hell, Paul Logan discovers he can wield magic. Since then, not everything is what it seems. In fact, nothing is as it seems. With the help of a mentor, he struggles to learn about his new powers. But when the man who murdered his mother reappears, will he be able to control what happens next? ln a battle filled with blazing guns and formidable magic, Paul attempts to destroy the Evil that wants him dead.

This audiobook is told from Jimmy's daughter, Ruthie's, perspective. Ruthie and Cam are twin eight-year-olds who have to deal with their father's sadness after their mom dies. Ruthie overhears her uncle and father talking and learns that Cam might not be her brother after all. After their father disappears for several days, Ruthie and Cam are taken to Atlanta to live with their aunt and uncle. It's there that they meet their grandmother Jane, and her alternate personality, Cindy.

As the Snow Falls, Vol. 2 is the second book in the new mesmerizing Muse series. Jimmy's world collapses as he sees his mother being arrested. Before he knows what is happening, he's taken to live with strangers that he's told are his biological family. Grandfather rules the family with an iron first. While Jimmy tried desperately to reconnect to his Mom and Sister, he must adapt to the abuse of his new wealthy family, a new school, and his new job with the family business.

On the eve of her mother’s death, Althea Pyray’s destiny comes calling. Not even 16, Althy has to make a decision most adults would not want to make - to become a weapon for good or die an early death. For Althy, there is a catch she can’t refuse - if she says yes, then she can see her mother again, and death cannot touch her. She can make sure the spiritual balance is upheld. A demon and archangel will be her eternal guides. Only...they forgot to mention she needs training in paranormal arts and supernatural fighting skills to uphold the balance.

En el invierno de 1926, un ilustre profesor de lenguas semíticas en la universidad de Brown muere en extrañas circunstancias y deja tras de sí los documentos de una investigación en la que estaba trabajando. El sobrino nieto del profesor, heredero de su legado, se vuelca en la interpretación de estos documentos, los cuales revelan la existencia de una misteriosa secta.

Una joven sufre una creciente obsesión por convertirse en un buitre. Ni su novia ni sus allegados son capaces de aplacar la necesidad casi física que siente por probar la carne muerta. Pronto su obsesión la llevará a extremos demasiado cruentos para el gusto humano. Una novela para paladares selectos que ofrece una de las historias más crudas y sabrosas del terror contemporáneo.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon", Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, and first published in 1820. With Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction still read today.

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protégé of his friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he could have imagined. Jekyll's "full statement of the case", the final chapter of the book, explores the idea of dual personality that led him to his experiments, and his inexorable and finally fatal descent into evil.

Vicent es un adolescente de clase alta muy acostumbrado a hacer lo que le viene en gana. Su padre siente que ha perdido todo control sobre él y toma una medida radical: enviarlo a unos campamentos exclusivos, famosos entre la élite por su éxito en reeducación de jóvenes conflictivos. Pronto Vicent comprueba sus métodos, cuando le hacen pasar horas encerrado en un cuartito donde apenas cabe y no puede moverse. Poco a poco se irá adaptando a un mundo malsano de disciplina cruel.

Cuando un escarabajo que pareciera estar hecho de oro puro aparece llega a las manos de William Legrand, comienza un misterio que cambiará su vida por siempre. El insecto pica con un misterioso veneno, y cuando el Sr. Legrand aparenta haber perdido la razón, un amigo le acompañará a encontrar lo que el distraído señor busca. Este es el misterio de El Escarabajo de Oro.

Esta selección de cuentos del excepcional Edgar Allan Poe incluye sus más destacados cuentos, Carta robada y Corazón delator, que lo llevarán a experimentar el suspenso y el misterio exponiendo hasta dónde un ser humano puede hundirse en el odio irracional. En Carta robada se narra la historia de una carta que se ha perdido y que en caso de caer en malas manos, puede perjudicar a su dueño. La policía sabe quién la tiene pero no dónde la ha escondido. Ante la incapacidad por resolver este misterio, el prefecto decide contratar a el detective Auguste Dupin, conocido por poseer una gran inteligencia y capacidad de deducción.

One secret. One cult. One cosmic being. When his uncle dies, it’s up to Francis Wayland Thurston to finally uncover the family secret. For too long, recounts of dreams becoming reality had cast a sombre shadow over the family. And it seems these dreams didn’t die with the uncle. But when Francis discovers hidden notes of a mysterious cult, the truth turns darker than anyone could have ever imagined. A monster is on the rise. But one that is worshipped by those touched by evil, rather than feared.

Daniel Defoe ha collaborato per anni alla rivista Mist’s Weekly Journal, di cui abbiamo qui il privilegio di leggere alcuni estratti. Da sempre curioso verso l'occulto, l'autore propone, attraverso i suoi articoli, una serie di rocambolesche vicende che hanno per protagonisti degli autentici truffatori, volti a sfruttare l'autosuggestione a proprio vantaggio.

In a turn of events that he never expected, Jack is on the run and deep into the junklands. Thrust into a place that is alien to him, he follows the trail of the junkers and is forced to live day by day once more and hide at night.

Joyce-Armstrong is a pilot, whose allies dies while they are trying to break the current height record of 30,00 feet. The man is curious over the mysterious deaths and thinks that his friends have been caught in what he calls "air-jungles". Hay Connor and Myrtle are its two most recent casualties. Connor dies immediately after landing, while Myrtle is found beheaded. Joyce-Armstrong then decides to conduct his own investigation and takes his plane to a height of 40,000 feet.