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Story |
Author |
Synopsis |
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Foreword |
Joseph Lewis French |
An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense. |
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The Horla, Part 1 |
Guy de Maupassant |
A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life. |
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The Horla, Part 2 |
Guy de Maupassant |
The narrator’s obsession with the unseen entity intensifies as he searches for proof of its existence. His attempts to escape its influence lead him toward increasingly desperate and destructive decisions. |
|
A Terrible Night |
William Clark Russell |
A voyage at sea becomes a terrifying experience when violent weather and extraordinary natural phenomena threaten the passengers and crew. |
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The Torture by Hope |
Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam |
A prisoner condemned by the Spanish Inquisition discovers what appears to be an opportunity to escape. His desperate pursuit of freedom reveals a particularly cruel form of psychological torture. |
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What Was It? |
Fitz-James O’Brien |
A man sleeping in a supposedly haunted boardinghouse is attacked by an invisible creature. After capturing the mysterious assailant, he and his companions attempt to understand what they have discovered. |
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The Mark of the Beast |
Rudyard Kipling |
An Englishman in colonial India desecrates a religious shrine and suffers an apparently supernatural curse. His companions struggle to reverse his horrifying transformation. |
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The Temple of Isis |
Richard Marsh |
An encounter with a mysterious woman leads into a frightening world of ancient Egyptian religion, secret rituals, and supernatural danger. An excerpt from The Beetle. |
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The Pit and the Pendulum |
Edgar Allan Poe |
A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition awakens in a dungeon where elaborate instruments of torture threaten his life. He must overcome terror and exhaustion to survive. |
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The Vampire |
Bram Stoker |
In an excerpt from Dracula, the dying Renfield reveals his connection to Count Dracula and the vampire’s terrifying influence, exposing the danger facing Mina Harker. |
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The Avengers, Part I |
Arthur Conan Doyle |
A man and a young girl, stranded in the American wilderness, are rescued by members of a religious community. Their survival comes at the price of accepting a new life under strict religious authority. |
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The Avengers, Parts II & III |
Arthur Conan Doyle |
Years later, the young woman’s love for an outsider comes into conflict with the demands of her community. Religious pressure, threats, and forced marriage threaten to destroy her future. |
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The Avengers, Parts IV & V |
Arthur Conan Doyle |
The consequences of persecution and betrayal culminate in tragedy. A survivor undertakes a relentless campaign of vengeance against those responsible. |
