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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers takes you into the world of classic short horror stories read by Hollywood horror icons. We get underway with H. P. Lovecraft, who explores dark deception in "The Terrible Old Man". An unearthed, long-forgotten artifact, is protected by powers intent on punishing those who would remove it, in M. R. James' "A Warning to the Curious".

What happened to Harley Warren in that cemetery in Big Cypress Swamp? Only Randolph Carter knew. And Carter was mad! Or was he? An ancient book from India in undecipherable characters sends two men on a quest into nameless terror beneath the surface of the Earth. Carter remains above, listening in via a handset, while Warren reels a phone line behind him as he descends beneath an ancient crypt.

Volume 12 begins with Doug Bradley's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by what H. P. Lovecraft considered to be one of his best stories, "The Music of Eric Zann". "The Tool" by W. F. Harvey is a horrifying tale narrated by an inmate of a mental institution. Next Edgar Allan Poe revisits his terrifying fear of being buried alive in "The Premature Burial". Then an eavesdropper overhears five creepy and scary ghost stories in Charles Dickens "To Be Read at Dusk".

At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by powerful and evil gods, just waiting for the chance to recolonise their planet. Cthulhu is one such god, lurking deep beneath the sea until called into being by cult followers who – like all humans – know not what they do.

Doug Bradley's Spine Chillers, Volume 2, presents four classic stories from the masters of horror literature. It kicks off with Charles Dickens' friend and collaborator Wilkie Collins' eerie tale of a man's dream of his own murder that comes too true, 'The Dream Woman'. Second on the bill is the master of American literature Edgar Allan Poe's classic story of doomed love 'The Oval Portrait'.

Schauer, Spannung und Schwarze Romantik, Vol. 2: 10 weitere spannende Meisterwerke der klassischen Literatur. Von der schwarzen Romantik eines Edgar Allan Poe und Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mystery von Robert Louis Stevenson und Washington Irving, Grusel von Guy de Maupassant und Rudyard Kipling bis hin zur Spannung à la Jack London und H.P. Lovecraft! Mit dabei: 1. Der Untergang des Hauses Usher (Poe, Track 1), 2. Der junge Goodman Brown (Hawthorne, Track 2), 3. Das Flaschenteufelchen (Stevenson, Track 3–4), 4. Das Fräulein von Scuderi (Hoffmann, Track 5–7), 5. Blutrache (Maupassant, Track 8), 6.

Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt voller Morde, Verbrechen und meisterhafter Spannung – mit Klassikern der Krimi- und Mystery-Literatur.

1.-De la Oscuridad (14:03) 2.-El demonio de la peste (13:07) 3.-6 Disparos a la luz de la luna (11:55) 4.-El grito del muerto (12:11) 5.-El horror de las Sombras (13:22) 6.-Las legiones de la tumba (14:02).

In the fading New England village of Stillwater, the dead are supposed to lie quietly. But when a violent drunk collapses and is mistakenly declared dead, and an undertaker experimenting with strange embalming fluids meets the same fate, the earth refuses to keep their secrets buried.

Dr. Alfred Clarendon, once praised as a brilliant researcher, now spirals into darkness as his forbidden experiments unleash consequences he can no longer control. Isolated inside the California State Penitentiary, haunted by the failures of his fever research and manipulated by his mysterious assistant Surama, Clarendon descends into a psychological labyrinth where ambition eclipses ethics.

Povestirile macabre aparţin celei mai prolifice etape din creaţia autorului şi aruncă o lumină vie asupra modului în care a luat naştere universul ficţional extraordinar al lui H.P. Lovecraft. Populată de monştri de proporţii cosmice, zei pierduţi în negura timpului, indivizi...

Lovecraft wurde in eine wohlhabende Familie geboren, doch sein Leben war von Tragödien geprägt. Sein Vater erlitt einen Nervenzusammenbruch und wurde in eine psychiatrische Einrichtung eingewiesen, als Lovecraft erst drei Jahre alt war. Seine Mutter, die ihn überbehütet erzog, litt ebenfalls unter psychischen Problemen.

16 de julio de 1923, precisamente después que el último obrero había terminado su tarea, me mudé a Exham Priory. La restauración había implicado desmedidos trabajos, ya que de la construcción original apenas si quedaba un montón de ruinas, pero como se trataba de la mansión de mis antepasados no reparé en gastos. La finca había permanecido deshabitada desde épocas de Jacobo I, cuando un drama de aspectos espantosamente trágicos, si bien en buena medida comprensibles, se precipitó sobre el jefe de familia, sus cinco hijos y algunos criados.

narra la expedición desastrosa que realizan unos grupo de expertos a la Antártida, en el que descubren unos seres biológicamente extraordinarios que llegaron a la tierra desde otro astro mucho antes de la aparición de la humanidad, y que fueron casi extinguidos por una especie de robots de su propia creación.

La acción tiene lugar en esa zona creada por Lovecraft y venerada por la cultura popular: Arkham, una ficticia área rural de Massachusetts. Como maestro indiscutible de la literatura fantástica, Lovecraft quiso crear un nuevo arquetipo de monstruo y lo hizo: convirtió un color indefinido en objeto de un terror incomprensible. Además, sabe meternos en la piel de esa casta de puritanos subdesarrollados y hace que percibamos el hedor que rodea esos bosques que jamás han sentido el hacha del hombre.

Writing can be a lonely art. Distractions and writers block are just two of the many impediments to a burnished stream of prose. But sometimes two heads really can be better than one. Collaborating and sounding off of one another, in the right circumstances and with complimenting skills, can work wonders as these very talented duos now demonstrate.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, widely known as H.P. Lovecraft, is celebrated as a master of horror, fantasy, poetry, and science fiction, particularly in the realm of weird fiction. This collection features seven of his most intriguing stories, each representing different stages of his career—from pieces penned in his teenage years to The Shunned House, which was published posthumously. Each tale is a unique exploration of the uncanny, tapping into the deepest fears of humanity. These narratives delve into the complexities of the human psyche and the unsettling nature of existence, ensuring ...

En Las montañas de la locura es un relato fundamental de la mitología de Lovecraft donde, a través de una misteriosa expedición a la Antártida, un grupo de científicos descubren una antigua y devastadora civilización aliénigena.

Step into the twisted geometry of nightmare in H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House. When Walter Gilman, a student at Miskatonic University, rents a room in Arkham’s infamous Witch House, he believes its strange angles hide cosmic secrets. Gilman is drawn into a nightmare of black magic, forbidden mathematics, and sacrificial horror.

Christoph Hackenberg liest H. P. Lovecraft : Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937); meist nur H. P. Lovecraft, war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er gilt als einer der weltweit einflussreichsten Autoren im Bereich der phantastischen und anspruchsvollen Horror-Literatur. In einem Olivenhain in Arkadien befindet sich neben den Ruinen einer antiken Villa das Grabmal des Bildhauers Kalos. Einst standen er und sein befreundeter Kollege Musides im Auftrag des Tyrannen von Syrakus in einem künstlerischen Wettstreit, dessen Verlauf und Ausgang ebenso erstaunlich wie unheimlich sein sollten.