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Since the first appearance of a vampire in Robert Southey’s Thalaba the Destroyer, we mortals have endured a morbid fascination with these peculiar creatures of the night. They come in many forms: charming and seductive; ghastly and terrible. Join us as we explore a number of classic yarns concerning the various guises of the vampire, from Aleksey Tolstoy’s horrifying description of a vampiric family to Robert E. Howard’s tale of a creature loosed from bondage after having been buried for over three centuries. Thank the gods these creatures are fictitious…aren’t they?

Between 1923 and 1954, Weird Tales magazine shaped the landscape of modern horror, fantasy, and science fiction. It was the crucible of cosmic terror, sword-and-sorcery, and supernatural fiction, a publication that launched the careers of some of the twentieth century’s most enduring genre writers. Weird Tales presents a carefully curated selection of standout stories from the magazine’s golden age. This anthology brings together a wide spectrum of speculative fiction, ranging from mythic fantasy and Gothic mystery to tales of metaphysical horror and existential dread.

Weird things dwell in the hidden corners of Britain: haunted dolls, cunning shapeshifters, monstrous owls, and mad magicians. And there are weird places, too. Beyond the veil of the waking world, lie realms of secrets, domains of madness. So continues the saga, of Peter Van Melsen... The tall, gaunt and mysterious Van Melsen was born out of Ian’s love of occult detective fiction—Algernon Blackwood’s John Silence and William Hope Hodgson’s Thomas Carnacki being among his favourite paranormal investigators. The second volume of stories chronicles the ongoing exploits of the peculiar P. I.

"The Ghoul and the Corpse" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author G. A. Wells, published in the very first issue of the magazine—March 1923. "Entombed for uncounted ages in the blue heart of an Arctic glacier, the knife-clutching corpse of a prehistoric man awakens by firelight."

"By One, By Two, and By Three", first published in Temple Bar in 1887, tells the story of Angus Macbane, an enigmatic Cambridge scholar whose sardonic wit, fascination with witchcraft and lifelong air of mystery set him apart from everyone around him. Recounted through the eyes of his friend Eliot, what begins as the portrait of an eccentric young man gradually unfolds into a tale of suspicion, supernatural terror and an ancient family curse. An adaptation of the story aired in the United States in February 1972 as part of Rod Serling's Night Gallery.

"The Dreams in the Witch House" is a Cthulhu Mythos story, written in 1932 and first published in the July 1933 issue of Weird Tales Magazine. The story follows Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics and folklore at Miskatonic University, who rents a room in the infamous Witch House of Arkham. The house was once home to Keziah Mason, a 17th-century witch rumoured to have escaped from Salem through non-Euclidean geometry.

There are places beyond human understanding, where ancient beings stir, impossible geometries hide, and forbidden knowledge comes at a terrible price. From haunted lakes and blighted forests to extra-dimensional horrors and the infamous Witch House of Arkham, these seven tales explore the terrifying insignificance of mankind before the unknown. Including: The Spirits of the Lake by Alonzo Deen Cole, The House of the Worm by Mearle Prout, The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long, The Scourge of B'Moth by Bertram Russell, The Warder of Knowledge by Richard F.

"The Inn by Doomsday Falls" is a short story by regular Weird Tales contributor, Allison V. Harding (allegedly the pen name of Jean Milligan, 1919–2004), first published in the November 1947 edition of Weird Tales.

This collection comprises another 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From White's seminal body-shocker, Lukundoo, through to Howard's dastardly Pigeons from Hell, and Benson's nightmarish The Room in The Tower. Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable.

This collection comprises 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From Blackwood's The Empty House, through to Philip K. Dick's The Hanging Stranger, Lovecraft's Out of The Aeons, and beyond.

Jotham is the king of the House of Protection. He was the youngest male ever to assume the position because of the sudden death of his father in Jotham's 20th cycle. In the last 40 cycles, he married his life mate, Lata, and lost her in a transport accident. He had two sons and lost one due to his son's own treachery. Now his first son, Barek, is interested in a woman, and Jotham is going to find out everything about her he can.

Victoria Lynn Chamberlain at age two, was abducted by an alien race, the Regulians. At nine, her world literally exploded when the Regulians returned, destroying Earth. She and her aunt were the only survivors thanks to another alien race, the Carinians. Now she's 18, a new graduate from their top medical school, and is ready to claim her life mate, Lucas. The handsome Carinian pilot that saved her all those years...cycles ago.

The Great Raptor is a fearsome and deadly creature; and while the Raptor is no one's pet, he is fiercely protective and loving of his family.... Carly and Miki have never forgotten the stories that Grim has told them of the Great Raptor, the symbol of their new home world of Luda. Yet, it is the comparison their mother once made of the Great Raptor to Grim that gives them the courage to help the injured bird they find in the garden.

Captain David Rice has a new ship, a new crew, and a new set of Jump Mages to carry him between the stars. All he wants is to haul cargo, make money and keep his head down. His past, however, is not so willing to let him go. An old enemy is reaching out from beyond the grave to destroy any chance of peace or life for Captain Rice - and old friends are only making things more complicated!

Ynyr was a third male, and while he was a fit and worthy warrior, he had always known that no female would ever join with him. Too many looked down on his family because of his mother's refusal to leave his manno. He knew Ull would be able to overcome this because he was a first male and would one day be a lord; maybe even Vali, since he was a second male, but neither Ynyr nor his younger brother, Zev, would ever be acceptable to a female. The most they could hope for was to serve their house with honor, but that all changed with the arrival of the females from Earth.

What was the ultimate fate of Harley Warren? What inspired the vile paintings of Richard Upton Pickman? Why was the abandoned house on Benefit Street left to rot? Though Lovecraft was chiefly known for his Cthulhu Mythos stories, he penned many other tales that explore equally terrifying concepts, many involving strange, subterranean spaces, peopled by ghastly and otherworldly beings.

Weird things dwell in the hidden corners of Britain: subterranean beasts, extradimensional entities, resurrected ghouls, and spectral vampires. And there are weird places, too. Beyond the veil of the waking world, lie realms of secrets, domains of madness. So begins the saga, of Peter Van Melsen...

In the depths of human imagination lies a realm where ancient gods stir in their slumbers, where forbidden knowledge teeters on the edge of consciousness, and where cosmic horror casts its suffocating veil over reality. This is the world of the Cthulhu Mythos, a tapestry woven from the mind of one of the most enigmatic and influential writers of the 20th century, H. P. Lovecraft.

Scallop-like sea creatures…Supermarket pickling malfunctions…The dreadful effects of mass poisoning…The truth about darkness…A visitor from the waking world…There’s no better time to tell a horror story, than at that time of the night, long after darkness has fallen, and the hidden things have come out to play.

Fifteen nautical nightmares: from the discovery and subsequent investigation of a mysterious vessel in The Derelict, to the terrifying ordeal of a lighthouse keeper stationed at the remote Three Skeleton Key...