Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share simi ...Show more
Category: Classics | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
A collector's edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, with letters, poems and a biography of their creator, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Featuring over 100 black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Sir John Tenniel.
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Visitors from other planets have long obsessed us. H.G. Wells' War of Worlds spawned a huge wave of speculative fiction but the roots of such fears run deep in our literature, where the mysteries of other cultures have long threatened the familiar and the comfortable. Did aliens build the ancient pyrami ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
With handsome young men who never grow old, and the strangest of relatives appearing from dark corridors and long shadows, the frenzied imagination of the American Gothic is a fertile theme for this next anthology in the Gothic fantasy short story series. As with other titles in the series, new short f ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Complete and unabridged paperback edition.At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the Fe ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Malevolent and dark, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are not for the faint-hearted. The stories were originally published in 1812 and form a vivid and fascinating body of work that is rich in folkloric significance. Replete with sinister characters and grotesque imagery, this collection ...Show more
Category: Classics | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
The mythic invasions of Ireland, the mystical kingdoms, warriors, giants, creatures of the underworld and magic, these are the fantastic ingredients of Celtic legend. Because they told their own stories in the ancient way, by word of mouth, we understand the traditions of these proud people through the ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties. The result is a rich landscape of humanity, gods and spirits introduced here in this comprehensive boo ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Stories of the end of civilized life have always fascinated us, from the mythological world endings, Armageddon to Ragnorok, to the flood stories of across the Ancient world. They make us wonder what we would do if all around us came to an end: no transport, no fuel, no communications: a retreat into th ...Show more
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Mary Shelley¿s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, tells the story of a scientist (Victor Frankenstein) who creates a grotesque but sapient creature. Frankenstein¿s monster may not be the scariest component of the story; it also sheds light on a darker side of humanity.On one gloomy night in May, 1 ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
A potent pantheon of gods, heroes engaged in epic battles, fearsome mythical creatures and supernatural transformations - such fantastical elements infuse Greek myths with a wonder and excitement that's hard to beat. These tales of love, courage, conflict and intrigue, shared for thousands of years, sti ...Show more
Category: Speculative Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
H.P. Lovecraft was the inventor of cosmic horror, of weird fiction and the Cthulhu mythology. His stories, incubated by a lonely and febrile childhood, found purchase in the fertile earth of pulp fiction where he inspired many other writers, from Robert E. Howard, to Robert Bloch and Clark Ashton Smith, ...Show more
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