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29 stories · Selected from the catalog · Page 2 of 2
H. P. LovecraftA Brooklyn detective traces disappearances and occult meetings to a scholar whose sudden return to society conceals a deeper threat.
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H. P. LovecraftA scholar climbs a forbidden mountain to see the gods of Earth, certain that his learning can protect him from their anger.
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H. P. LovecraftTwo men debate whether any horror is truly beyond description while sitting beside the grave linked to a local legend.
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Ryūnosuke AkutagawaA moonlit song outside a village house becomes the first chapter in a legend about Japan’s shape-shifting badgers.
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Washington IrvingA gangly schoolmaster courts a farmer’s daughter in a drowsy Hudson Valley town haunted by a headless horseman.
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