"Assembled from the works of the finest masters of the genre, these compelling narratives promise to raise gooseflesh and accelerate pulses with their supernatural scenarios.Featured stories include J. S. LeFanu's -An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, - with a mysterious old mansion as the focal point; Mary E. Wilkins' -The Lost Ghost, - in which a strange child's disturbing presence instills fear and foreboding in ..."
"Christmas Classics presents comics adaptations of both holiday favorites and rarities, featuring Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Also included are an early F. Scott Fitzgerald tale, an O. Henry western, a fairy tale by Willa Cather, and a Christmas horror story by Fitz-James O'Brien. Plus, a seasonal Sherlock Holmes adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle, Clement C. Moore's Christmas Classics presents comics adaptations of both holiday f ..."
"Fitz-James O'Brien capitalised on the success of his predecessor Edgar Allan Poe in writing disturbing stories with demented protagonists. This collection of three tales shows his mastery of the macabre. 'The Diamond Lens' tells the tale of a lone scientist's discovery of a microcosmic world within a drop of water, and his growing obsession in particular with the beautiful Animula, a fair maiden within this world which he can see but ne ..."
"Fitz James O'Brien (also spelled Fitz-James; December 31, 1828 - April 6, 1862) was an Irish-born American writer, some of whose work is often considered one of the forerunners of today's science fiction. CONTENTS What Was It? My Wife's Tempter The Child Who Loved a Grave The Diamond Lens The Golden Ingot The Wondersmith"
"An artist can't shake the eerie, cold embrace from the ghost of his jilted love. An enormous rat with baleful, glaring eyes, possesses the spirit of a notorious hanging judge. A hauntingly beautiful woman appears to a student in his dreams--and then in flesh and blood. . . . From old-fashioned ghost stories by H. G. Wells and Guy de Maupassant to chilling tales that defy description by literary masters Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and ..."
"For the first time, all the major writings of Fitz-James O'Brien will be published in a multi-volume edition. This is an important publishing event, making the writings of this long-lost nineteenth-century Irish-American writer available to the public in a uniform and scholarly edition. Fitz-James O’Brien (1828-1862) came to the United States from Ireland in 1852 looking to make his way in the literary world. With impressive recommenda ..."
Fitz-JamesO'Brien(3rd Edition) Gothic Short Stories (Gothic Library Editions) (Volume 1) by Fitz-JamesO'brien, John P. Irish Paperback, 514 Pages, Published 2017 by Bit O'irish Press, A ISBN-13: 978-0-692-96210-7, ISBN: 0-692-96210-7
""Fitz-James O'Brien is the most important figure after Poe and before Lovecraft in modern horror literature . . . and [was] imitated by such authors as Ambrose Bierce, Guy de Maupassant, and F. Marion Crawford." Jessica Amanda Salmonson "Fitz-James O'Brien was the most distinguished short story teller between Edgar Allan Poe and Bret Harte." Edward J. O'Brien "[When O'Brien] turned to science fiction & fantasy he begin to display the ..."
Fitz-JamesO'Brien Short Stories (The Collected Writings of O'Brien) (Volume 2) by Fitz-JamesO'brien, John P. Irish Paperback, 478 Pages, Published 2017 by Bit O'irish Press, A ISBN-13: 978-0-692-96590-0, ISBN: 0-692-96590-4
""Fitz-James O'Brien is the most important figure after Poe and before Lovecraft in modern horror literature . . . and [was] imitated by such authors as Ambrose Bierce, Guy de Maupassant, and F. Marion Crawford." Jessica Amanda Salmonson "Fitz-James O'Brien was the most distinguished short story teller between Edgar Allan Poe and Bret Harte." Edward J. O'Brien "[When O'Brien] turned to science fiction & fantasy he begin to display the ..."
"Contains: Gerda - Evelyn E. Smith - Dragons' Teeth - David Drake - Two Yards of Dragon - L. Sprague de Camp - A Hiss of Dragon - Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw - The Dragon-Fang Possessed by the Conjurer Piou-Lu - Fitz-James O'Brien - The Bully and the Beast - Orson Scott Card - The King's Head and the Purple Dragon - L. Frank Baum - Soft Come the Dragons - Dean R. Koontz . St. Dragon and the George - Gordon R. Dickson . John Robert a ..."
"Animal Magnetism. Mesmerism. Hypnosis.More than one name has been applied to the phenomenon of one person putting another into a deep trance–and into a deep state of submission. But how far does this power truly go? Can a devious hypnotist entrance an unknowing subject from across a room? Can a mesmerized person be compelled to commit murder? Can a hypnotic spell extend beyond death? In the 1800s, such questions had no certain answers, ..."
"H. P. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, and he was continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings. This first volume of H. P. Lovecraft s Favorite Horror Stories presents 16 stories that Lovecraft found to be of particular merit. Among them are the beautiful poetic fantasy Idle Days on the Yann by Lord Duns ..."
"From early on, American literature has teemed with tales of horror, of hauntings, of terrifying obsessions and gruesome incursions, of the uncanny ways in which ordinary reality can be breached and subverted by the unknown and the irrational. As this pathbreaking two-volume anthology demonstrates, it is a tradition with many unexpected detours and hidden chambers, and one that continues to evolve, finding new forms and new themes as it ..."
The Diamond Lens by Fitz-JamesO'brien 37 Pages, Published 2012 by The Floating Press ISBN-13: 978-1-77556-301-3, ISBN: 1-77556-301-4
"In this early science fiction tale, a man so obsessed with his scientific research that he will do whatever is necessary to advance his work concocts an elaborate scheme to obtain a state-of-the-art lens for his microscope."
The Diamond Lens And Other Stories by Fitz-JamesO'brien 118 Pages, Published 2012 by Hesperus Press ISBN-13: 978-1-78094-092-2, ISBN: 1-78094-092-0
"The Diamond Lens tells the tale of a lone scientist’s discovery of a microcosmic world within a drop of water, and his growing obsession in particular with the beautiful Animula, a fair maiden within this world which he can see but never ..."
"Weird tales — exquisitely chilling works of fiction dealing with supernatural horrors, fantasy, and pseudo-science — became an established genre with the enduring masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe. The 14 spellbinding stories assembled in this outstanding collection are by later writers, who produced a great outpouring of weird fiction in the “Golden Age” of the genre, between 1880 and 1940.Included in this treasury are "The Sin Eater," b ..."