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В оповіданні Яма та маятник (1840) розказано про боротьбу нелюдської жорстокості з людським розумом. Сюжет нагадав сповільнену кінозйомку. Завдання Едгара По - проаналізувати поведінку людини у хвилину катування. Людина засуджена. У момент оголошення смертельного вироку вона втратила свідомість. Засуджений почував себе у кромішній темряві склепу, він переживав страх. Едгар Аллан По зобразив очікування в муках смерті як найбільш витончений вид катування. Жертва лежала на дні склепу, зв'язана по руках і ногах, а над головою на стелі висів зловіщий маятник - сокира. Загибель породила жах.

Людина юрби — новела, написана американським письменником Едгаром Алланом По, про неназваного оповідача, який переслідує чоловіка через переповнений людьми Лондон; видана в 1840. Історія починається з епіграфа Ce grand malheur, de ne pouvoir être seul — цитата, взята з Жана де Лабрюйера, що перекладається як: Жахливе нещастя — не мати можливості залишитися наодинці з самим собою. Ця ж цитата використовується в ранньому оповіданні По "Метценгерштейн" .Після деякої хвороби оповідач сидить в кав'ярні в Лондоні. Зачарований натовпом поза вікном, він розглядає, як різні люди поводяться.

How do you carry on when life has taken everything? When death has touched you, so personally, so deeply, so powerfully. How do you carry on, when the future has been stolen by the birdsong? Nothing is as it seems in this nightmare world.

The Terror by Night is a short horror story published in 1912. The Terror by Night is a part of a short story collection The Room in the Tower and Other Stories also published in 1912. In the story, the first-person narrator and two others experienced a series of odd sensations, ultimately suggested to have been caused by a ghost. One of these proves more severe than the others.

The Sanctuary, a story of Satanism. "There was a thump on the ceiling overhead as if someone had fallen, and without a word we ran upstairs into Francis's bedroom. The door of the wardrobe where the vestments were kept was open, some lay on the floor. The panel was open, too, but within it was dark. In terror at what might meet our eyes, I felt for the switch and turned the light on..."

El nuevo lanzamiento del Rey del Terror es una colección de doce relatos que lo afianza, una vez más, como uno de los mejores narradores de nuestro tiempo.

Uno de los más renombrados clásicos del gran Poe, «El barril de amontillado» es el virtuoso logro de convertir el pecado de la venganza en una historia rebosante de terrorífico encanto y perfección narrativa.

Düster, boshaft, schaurig, gruselig und mit einer scharfen Prise schwarzen Humors–der fünfte Horror-Sammelband von Werther T. Graf präsentiert sich wieder irre und verrückt: Fünf furchteinflößende Kurzgeschichten, die allen Horrorfans das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lassen. Schaurig unheimliche Geschichten aus vielen Themenbereichen erwarten die Leser.

In the end, we're all alone. Or are we? At the end of his life, one man learns that love is still more powerful than despair.

Have you ever wondered what may happen if you were ever to happen upon a notorious serial killer while going about your daily life – before they earned their notoriety? Jane Nightshade’s Serial Encounters brings you 18 chilling tales of mayhem and murder that tackle that very question from some of the edgiest indie horror authors in the business.

A baby in desperate need of an evil test, and a father who regrets every second since the little accident was born. A young girl who definitely shouldn't have stayed up all night watching a slasher flick, and a class full of kids who are going to pay for it. A kid whose room is in such a state it smells like something died in there, and the unfortunate pregnant mum who has to help clean it up.

24 Terrifying Tales told in a true story style that will curdle your blood and send shivers down your spine!

This follow-up volume to the bestselling Ghosts from the Library resurrects forgotten tales of the supernatural by some of the most accomplished mystery authors of all time. Close the windows. Draw the curtains. Just don’t let the lights go out…

Stories have always held a sort of magic. From the earliest times to the modern day, stories have had the power to entertain and entrance us, each tale a journey to another world, waiting to happen. Some of these travels are humorous, light affairs, while others are more dramatic. They can be romantic, or wondrous, fantastic or mysterious, and everything in between. And some... are just a little bit different. Some stories are a bit strange, some are perhaps even a little twisted.

In a place where horror straddles humor, Cheeky, Bloody Articles dares to answer questions like: What if you lived to be 100 years old but absolutely hated your family? And: Exactly how long does it take for a rat to decompose? This poignant yet provocative collection is terrible, wonderful, but most of all insightful. Every story of this anxiety-ridden tongue-in-cheek romp challenges our bonds with romantic partners, family, friends, and our entire view of the complicated universe we share.

Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London. He pursued his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington. Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story. This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.

This choice collection of spine tingling tales runs the gamut from slightly spooky to "I'm sleeping with all the lights on tonight!" A splendid grouping of tales from the pens of some of the great writers of the past. Enjoy these classic stories alone or with a friend, whenever your ears are free.

LA PLUS FASCINANTE DES CRÉATURES DE LA LITTÉRATURE D'ÉPOUVANTE. Cette créature venue de l'Est qui se refuse à rejoindre l'au-delà et qui, chaque nuit, s'éveille de la mort fascine les écrivains depuis plus de deux siècles. Pour le plus grand effroi et le plus grand plaisir du lecteur, ce recueil rassemble les titres suivants : La Famille du Vourdalak, Tolstoï, Vampires de la Hongrie et de ses alentours, Augustin Calmet, La Morte amoureuse, Théophile Gauthier, Le Vampire du Sussex, Conan Doyle, La Dame pâle, Alexandre Dumas, Camilla, Sheridan Le Fanu, Un Vampire, Jan Neruda, La Vampire, Jean Bouvier, La Jeune vampire, Rosny Aîné.

Als würde es nicht schon genügen, dass ihr Vermieter den alten Menschen im Wohnblock die Mieten um 40 % erhöht, nein es stinkt auch noch bestialisch im Keller des Hauses. Als der rüstige Rentner Michael Carpenter nach der Ursache suchen will, ahnt er nicht, in welche Gefahr er sich begibt, denn dort unten erwarten ihn... Monster im Keller!

An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman's affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover's wife dies. A sailor's wife takes her communion with Nature a little too far…From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor; from a new home with a sinister secret, this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors.