Uniquely bizarre, unsettling and suffused with a sly with and outright laughter, Walpole's Hieroglyphic Tales - according to him 'incontestably the most ancient work in the world' - are some of the rarest writings of the eighteenth century, and a literary counterpart to the sham battlements and paper gargoyles of Walpole's enchanting architecture. This edition was prepared by Professor Kenneth Gross of the University of Rochester, and includes an extra story preserved only in manuscript transcri...
Six short stories that will make your heart, leap, beat or stop. It's a normal day for two Special Constables in 'Echo Papa One.' Normal until they come across a violent man and have no back up. Roses fall from the sky in 'A Flight of Eagles' as a man mourns the loss of his one true love. A lost little boy is chased by a one eyed savage beast in 'Little Boy Lost.' What is this monster and where are his parents? Can electricity turn you into a genius? It can in 'A Spark of Genius.' But thi...
Emma Hutch is a witch who puts her supernatural powers to good use by styling herself as the ultimate matchmaker. Although she can't always promise true love, a ring or even commitment, she can guarantee that all-important first date between one of her clients and the object of his or her affections. The problem is, she spends so much time chasing after other people's love interests, she has no time for her own. Until, that is, she meets Liam Dearborn, Manhattan's most eligible bachelor, who's i...
More views of life from the perspective of the irrepressible and witty baby Marvin, reprinted from the daily comic strip.
The King in Yellow (Horror, Supernatural Fiction Stories)
by Robert William Chambers
