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The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe · 1922 · ★ 4.1 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Challenging "The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each… Shares: Plagues, Abbeys, Short Story, Gothic fiction

The White People Arthur Machen · 2004 · ★ 3.8 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Moderate "The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in Machen's collection The House of Souls. Shares: Short Story, Horror

Future perfect H. Bruce Franklin · 1955 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Hawthorne and Poe: Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne and science fiction ; The birthmark ; The artist of the beautiful ; Rappaccini's daughter -- Poe. Edgar Allan Poe and science fiction ; A tale of the Ragged Mountains ; Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar ; Mellonta Tauta -- Explorations: Automata. Herman Melville and science fiction ; The bell-tower ; Man as machine ; Dr. Materialismus… Shares: Mesmerism, Short Story, Short Stories, Horror

Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A selection of tales and poems, visually interpreted with photographs by Simon Marsden, capturing the world as Poe envisaged it. 16 stories: Masque of the Red Death Mesmeric Revelation William Wilson The oval portrait -- The angel of the odd -- The colloquy of Monos and Una -- Black Cat Berenice Fall of the House of Usher The sphinx -- Imp of the Perverse Metzengerstein -- Premature Burial The… Shares: Mesmerism, Abbeys, Short Stories, Horror

Seven Gothic tales Isak Dinesen · 1934 · ★ 3.9 · 420p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Originally published in 1934, Seven Gothic Tales, the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and… Shares: Gothic fiction, Short Stories, Horror, History

Decline of Science in England Charles Babbage · 1830 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Challenging xvi, 228 p. 22 cm Shares: Science, History

Short Stories Schweikert, Harry Christian · 1925 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Challenging This book contains short stories by Puskin, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and others. Shares: Short Story, Gothic fiction, Short Stories, Horror

Short stories , Enlarged Edition Harry Christian Schweikert · 1934 · ★ 4.5 · 612p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Token / Joseph Hergesheimer Third ingredient / O. Henry Turkey red / Frances Gilchrist Wood Elephant remembers / Edison Marshall Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe Postmistress of Laurel Run / Bret Harte Ambitious guest / Nathaniel Hawthorne Penrod's busy day / Booth Tarkington Young man Axelbrod / Sinclair Lewis Ice water, pl! / Fannie Hurst Heyday of the blood / Dorothy… Shares: Short Story, Gothic fiction, Short Stories, Horror

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Edgar Allan Poe · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Challenging "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also to a certain degree a hoax, as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. Poe… Shares: Mesmerism, Short Story, Horror

Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition Charles H. Bohner · 1989 · 1180p · ≈ 39h · Challenging Roses, rhododendron / A. Adams -- The egg ; I want to know why / S. Anderson -- Rape fantasies / M. Atwood -- The story of my dovecot / I. Babel -- Sonny's blues / J. Baldwin -- The lesson / T.C. Bambara -- My mother's memoirs, my father's lie, and other true stories / R. Banks -- Lost in the funhouse / J. Barth -- A city of churches / D. Barthelme -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / A. Bierce… Shares: Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, History

The Elements of the Short Story Edward Everett Hale, Jr. · 1915 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by W. Irving Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving Irving as a story writer The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne Ethan Brand, by N. Hawthorne Hawthorne as a story writer Fall of the House of Usher, by E. A. Poe The murders in the Rue Morgue, by E. A. Poe Poe as a story writer The diamond lens, by F.-J. O'Brien The man without a country, by E. E. Hale The outcasts of Poker… Shares: Short Story, Gothic fiction, Short Stories, Horror

A Book of Short Stories Stuart Pratt Sherman · 1914 · ★ 3.6 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The minister's black veil. Ethan Brand. Edgar Allan Poe: Fall of the House of Usher, the gold-bug. Charles Dickens: The signalman. Frank Stockton: The lady, or the tiger. Thomas Hardy: The three strangers. Robert Louis Stevenson: Will o' the mill, The Sire de Maletroit's door. Sir James Matthew Barrie: The courting of T'nowhead's… Shares: Short Story, Gothic fiction, Short Stories, Horror

Children of the Corn Stephen King · 1978 · ★ 3.9 · 16p · ≈ 32m · Moderate Burt and Vicky are traveling through Nebraska on their way to California on a vacation meant to save their failing marriage. After being involved in an accident in which they run over a young boy who ran into the road, they take the body to Gaitlin, a small isolated community nearby. The story centers on their encounters with the strange citizens of Gaitlin and the entity they call “He Who Walks… Shares: Short Story, Horror

Petals on the Wind V.C. Andrews · 1980 · ★ 3.8 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Petals on the Wind is a novel written by V. C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The timeline takes place from the siblings' successful escape in November 1960 to the fall of 1975. ---------- Also contained in: Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind Shares: Blackmail, Horror

Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind V.C. Andrews · 1996 · ★ 4.5 · 802p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares: Blackmail, Horror Shares: Blackmail, Horror

Advances in imaging and electron physics Peter W. Hawkes · 1995 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics & Electron Physics and Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave… Shares: Science

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Discovery Education Elementary School Science Techbook, National Discovery Education · 2023 Shares: Science

Exploring Science Mark Levesley · 2001 · ★ 5.0 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Covering all of the Sc1 to Sc4 requirements, this series incorporates the ideas and evidence statements of the revised National Curriculum. The copymaster CD Rom includes worksheets that can be adapted to meet the exact needs of your pupils. Shares: Science

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