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Edgar Wallace was well-known for his passion for war fiction, no doubt inspired by his time as a journalist covering the Second Boer War. Wallace took his obsession with alternate ...

"Det hoppande fenomenet Splunkning" är en novellsamling fylld med fantastiska berättelser av Sture Lönnerstrand. I "Ödesradion" får vi följa uppfinnarduon Jim Last och Jack Firsts ...

'Lazarus' is a supernatural return-of-the-living-dead short story by Leonid Andreyev that offers a ubiquitously novel, weird and nihilistic rendition of the Christian resurrection ...

‘Before Adam’ is an interesting entry in London’s body of work because of how distinctly different it is. Told through the visions of a young boy’s past life we follow Big Tooth, a ...

'Stella Fregelius' explores spiritual and mystical themes in stark contrast to Haggard’s hallmark exotic adventure stories. It is a romantic but nonetheless profound story about an ...

'The Secret Glory' follows the story of young Ambrose Meyrick, who is enchanted by the legend of the San Graal and the forces that kept it secret in his Welsh homeland. Ambrose’s C ...

A little girl takes a shortcut on her way home and is never to be seen again. Luckily Machen’s favourite supernatural investigator Dyson is tasked with unravelling the mystery. Whi ...

Rana är elev på Skyddsänglaskolan, men kraven är hårda och det är inte lätt att klara de svåra övningarna i vapenkonst och människokunskap. När det är dags för praktik blir Rana pl ...

Allting tycks hänga ihop via ett fenomen som alltid fascinerat människor: möjligheten att kunna manipulera tid och rum. För Lundastudenten Ulla börjar det när hon hittar sin döda m ...

Legenda on herännyt, ja samalla tuomiopäivä. Tuomion kenraalit ja Woc'Ecaf ovat palanneet ja valmiina tuhoamaan koko sisämaailman. Voivatko vanginvartija, vanki, arkeologi, me ...

'To be, or not to be, that is the question.'If you’ll only ever read one Shakespeare play, let it be Hamlet. It tells the story of the young Prince of Denmark whose father visits h ...

'A Fragment of Life' is a short story by Arthur Machen taking a close look at the life of a young couple who turn to spirituality for fulfillment and away from the unsatisfying ban ...

'The Angels of Mons' is a short story by Arthur Machen based on a popular British legend - at the beginning of the First World War some soldiers claimed to have been aided by a sup ...

'The Hill of Dreams' follows the story of the introverted rector's son Lucian Taylor. He stumbles upon an odd Roman hill fort in his Welsh hometown which possesses his mind with su ...

Captain Hatteras has one goal remaining in life, to reach the North Pole at all costs. With a purpose built steamship he sets out on the greatest voyage of his life but when their ...

Innan sjukdomen var Emma som vilken trettonårig tjej som helst. Men så plötsligt en dag förändrades allt. När hon nu tvingas åka på läger, för att anpassa sig till sitt nya liv som ...

Agnes sat with tears rolling down her cheeks, cradling her grandmother’s bloody head in her lap. She had managed to stem the flow of blood, but she could barely feel Astrid’s pulse ...

Tammi tunnetaan Suomen mytologiassa pyhänä puuna. Tyttö nukahtaa Tammipuun juurelle, näkee tähdenlennon ja löytää metsästä tämän pudonneen tähden. Tarkemmassa tarkastelussa tähti ...

Mira stjäl magiska föremål genom att stänga av elektriska larm. Få vet HUR. Allra minst hon själv. Hon utnyttjar sitt handikapp för att lösa det enda jobb hon gör bra. Att stjäla. ...

Shadows Origins is a prequel to the short story Shadows. It is the second book of three. Learn how the shadows first came to be. A story of love, ambition and treason. Set in the ...

"And holding wave and wind in boy’s despitePeered from his dripping seat across the wet and stormy night."Charmides is a beautiful and epic poem rooted in Greek mythology. Whether ...

‘The War of the Worlds’ is H. G. Wells’ most popular novel and is celebrated as one of the most influential and greatest science-fiction stories ever. Its popularity stems largely ...

‘The Time Machine’ is a celebrated sci-fi novella by H. G. Wells that was adapted into a movie starring Guy Pearce in 2002. It is the work that helped skyrocket Wells’ career and i ...

‘The Invisible Man’ is one of H.G. Wells’ most celebrated and widely read novels. The story revolves around Griffin, a scientist who discovers the serum of invisibility that sends ...

Inspired by true events from the Paris Opera, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ is the most famous novel from French author Gaston Leroux. A strange phantom haunts the opera, causing fata ...