Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales

Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales

Title: Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales
Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Algernon Blackwood, H. P. Lovecraft, M. R. James, Wilkie Collins, E. F. Benson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Grant Allen, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Theophile Gautier, Richard Marsh, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mark Twain, Daniel Defoe, Jerome K. Jerome, Fitz-James O'Brien, Catherine Crowe, Emile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, Pedro de Alarcon, Walter Hubbell, Amelia B. Edwards, Washington Irving, John Meade Falkner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Louisa M. Alcott, Edith Nesbit, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Francis Marion Crawford, John Kendrick Bangs, Gertrude Atherton, J. K. Huysmans, John Buchan, Sabine Baring-Gould, Cleveland Moffett, Louis Tracy, Nikolai Gogol, James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest, Frederick Marryat, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W. W. Jacobs, H. H. Munro - "Saki", Wilhelm Hauff, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Robert W. Chambers, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas De Quincey, William Makepeace Thackeray, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Robert E. Howard, David Lindsay, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Edward Bellamy, Jack London, Pliny the Younger, Helena Blavatsky, Fergus Hume, Florence Marryat, Villiers de Lisle Adam, William Archer, William F. Harvey, Katherine Rickford, Ralph Adams Cram, Leopold Kompert, Brander Matthews, Vincent O'Sullivan, Ellis Parker Butler, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Fiona Macleod, Lafcadio Hearn, William T. Stead, Gambier Bolton, Andrew Jackson Davis, Nizida, Walter F. Prince, Chester Bailey Fernando, Leonard Kip, Frank R. Stockton, Bithia Mary Croker, Catherine L. Pirkis, Leonid Andreyev, Anatole France, Olivia Howard Dunbar, Richard Le Gallienne, Sax Rohmer, Horace Walpole, William Thomas Beckford, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, John William Polidori, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Marjorie Bowen, George W. M. Reynolds, M. P. Shiel, Adelbert von Chamisso & S. Mukerji
Release: 2018-12-21
Kind: ebook
Genre: Horror, Books, Fiction & Literature, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Short Stories
Size: 64334147
'Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales' offers an exceptional anthology drawing from the depths of the gothic and the eeriness of the supernatural across centuries. Uniting a diverse array of groundbreaking works in horror and mystery, this collection reveals a spectrum of fear from spectral hauntings to the uncanny reaches of the human psyche. Readers are presented with a broad gamut of literary styles, ranging from the psychological terror of Edgar Allan Poe to the cosmic dread of H. P. Lovecraft, each work contributing to the rich tapestry of horror literature without confining to a single narrative voice. This anthology not only showcases the classics but also highlights less widely acknowledged gems, making it a comprehensive repository of the genre's evolution. The contributing authors and editors, coming from varied historical periods and cultural backgrounds, bring with them unique introspections of societal fears and anomalies. Their collective works mirror significant historical and cultural shifts, reflecting Victorian anxieties, Romanticist explorations of the sublime, and modernist preoccupations with existential dread. The anthology aligns itself with a lineage of literary movements, offering insights into the evolution of horror and its enduring ability to adapt and comment on changing societal norms. Comprising tales from literary giants like Mary Shelley to lesser-known voices that have shaped the genre, the anthology creates a dialogue across time, examining human vulnerability in the face of the unknown. 'Fortress of Terror' invites readers to traverse a labyrinth of horror and mystery, where each story serves as a mirror to the darkest corners of human nature. It is an indispensable volume for those who seek to explore the myriad interpretations of terror and mystery through the ages. With its profound educational value, the anthology not only encourages literary scholarship but also ignites the imagination with its diverse narrative arcs. For anyone interested in the depths of fear and the narratives that have shaped its expression in literature, this collection promises a journey as enriching as it is chilling.

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