18 books like In the Shadow of the Master

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Psychomania Stephen Jones · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate John Llewellyn Probert: Prologue: Screams in the Dark Joe R. Lansdale: I Tell You It's Love Reggie Oliver: The Green Hour Steve Rasnic Tem: The Secret Laws of the Universe Basil Copper: The Recompensing of Albano Pizar David A. Sutton: Night Soil Man Brian Hodge: Let My Smile Be Your Umbrella Scott Edelman: The Trembling Living Wire John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #1 Robert Silverberg:… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Complete Tales and Poems [71 stories, 64 poems, 1 essay] Edgar Allan Poe · 1992 · 1024p · ≈ 34h · Challenging 71 stories: Duc De L'Omelette -- Tale of Jerusalem -- Loss of breath -- Bon-bon -- Four beasts in one -- the Homo-Cameleopard -- MS. Found in a bottle -- Assignation Unparallelled adventure of one Hans Pfaall -- Lionizing -- Shadow: A parable -- Silence — A Fable Berenice Morella -- King Pest -- Mystification -- Ligeia -- How to write a Blackwood article -- Devil in the belfry -- Man that was… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition Ann Charters · 2015 · 1775p · ≈ 59h · Moderate Part One: Stories -- Chinua Achebe / Civil Peace -- Sherman Alexie / The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Isabelle Allende / An Act of Vengeance -- Sherwood Anderson / Hands -- Margaret Atwood / Happy Endings -- Isaac Babel / My First Goose -- James Baldwin / Sonny's Blues --Toni Cade Bambara / The Lesson -- Russell Banks / Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat -- Lynda… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [22 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

18 Best Stories Edgar Allan Poe · 1969 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe in Six Volumes - Vol. I - Tales of Imagination Edgar Allan Poe · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Tales of Mystery and Imagination, London: George Harrap and New York: Brentanos, 1919. (This famous and frequently copied collection features elaborate illustrations by Harry Clarke. The original edition comprised 24 black and white illustrations, plus front cover and spine illustration and 10 decorative tailpieces. The book was so well received that it was reissued in 1923 with 8 additional… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [25 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · ★ 3.5 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1944 · ★ 4.2 · 562p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Assignation Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Ligeia Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Mellonta Tauta Ms. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Mystery of Marie Roget Pit and the Pendulum Purloined Letter Sphinx System of Dr. Tarr and… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Island of the Fay Ligeia Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Morella MS. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Oval Portrait Pit and the Pendulum Purloined… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1956 · ★ 5.0 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Suspense Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition Ann Charters · 1991 · ★ 2.0 · 1607p · ≈ 53h · Challenging Dead men's path/Achebe Oasis/Adams Kugelmass episode/Allen Death in the woods ; Hands/Anderson Happy endings/Atwood My first goose/Babel Sonny's blues/Baldwin Hammer man/Bambara Lost in the funhouse/Barth School/Barthelme Burning house/Beattie An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge/Bierce Like a bad dream/Böll Garden of forking paths/Borges This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen/Borowski Distant… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Scarlet Letter with Connections Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1995 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- Lottery / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel Hawthorne… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

21 Great Stories Abraham Harold Lass · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate War, by L. Pirandello -- Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut -- There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury -- Tobermory, by Saki -- The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany -- Footfalls, by W.D. Steele -- Hook, by W.V.T. Clark -- Wine on the desert, by M. Brand -- The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton -- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce -- Cask of Amontillado, by E.A. Poe -- Tell-tale… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition Ann Charters · 2010 · 1163p · ≈ 38h · Moderate Collection contains: Stories: Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven / Sherman Alexie -- Act of vengeance / Isabel Allende -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Black man and white woman in dark green boat / Russell Banks -- Snow / Ann Beattie -- From Fun Home: Old father,… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [46 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1908 · 527p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Assignation Balloon Hoax Berenice Black Cat Bon-Bon Cask of Amontillado Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Domain of Arnheim Eleonora Elk Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Island of the Fay King Pest Landor's Cottage Ligeia Loss of Breath Man of the Crowd Masque… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Forty-Two Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1911 · 638p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Angel of the Odd Assignation Balloon-Hoax Black Cat Bon-Bon Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Diddling Duc de l'OmeIette Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse King Pest Landor's Cottage Lionizing Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. Loss Of Breath Man that was Used Up Masque of the Red… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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