A true connoisseur of horror sooner or later turns to the classics of the genre. Edgar Poe was one of the first to scare the readers by The Fall of the House of Usher. Howard Lovecraft invented Cthulhu, Dagon, Yog-Sothoth and many other dark deities, which became so popular that hundreds of fiction writers, including Neil Gaiman and Stephen King, are still expanding his mythology. Illustrated by Olga Moss. Contents: 1. H. P. Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu 2. Edgar Allan Poe: The Fall of the House of Usher

Authors writing for the horror genre succeed in creating an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. While the featured horror is often supernatural, it may spring from a very real origin. Several classic horror stories have become icons of the horror genre. They inspire modern retellings throughout print, on stage, and on film. This collection gathers the best of the supernatural and frightening stories spun by expert storytellers who can weave true thrillers haunted by spirits and visited by vampires; stories where even the buildings contribute to the black humor and apocalyptic natures of the plots. Contents: H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu Algernon Blackwood - The Willows Ambrose Bierce The Death of Halpin Frayser, Chickamauga, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, E.F. Benson Mrs Amworth Naboth's Vineyard At the Farmhouse Negotium Perambulans The Wishing Well The Terror by Night The Thing in the Hall The Cat The Sanctuary Robert W. Chambers The Repairer of Reputations The Mask In the Court of the Dragon The Yellow Sign W. W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw Francis Marion Crawford The Upper Berth For the Blood Is the Life The Screaming Skull The Doll's Ghost Man Overboard! Arthur Machen - The Great God Pan Bram Stoker - The Judge's House Edgar Allan Poe The Raven The Black Cat The Fall of the House of Usher Henry James - The Turn of the Screw

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form… As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves. H. P. Lovecraft Algernon Blackwood. The Willows Ambrose Bierce. The Death of Halpin Frayser Arthur Machen. The Great God Pan Bram Stoker. The Judge's House Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven Edgar Allan Poe. The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe. The Fall of the House of Usher E. F. Benson. Mrs. Amworth H.P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Henry James. The Turn of the Screw W. W. Jacobs. The Monkey's Paw

Widely regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery genre, Robert E. Howard produced a diverse body of works, demonstrating his inventive genius with exciting tales of Conan the Barbarian, Kull, Solomon Kane, Sailor Steve Costigan and a host of other captivating creations. This comprehensive eBook presents the collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare short stories appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 72 stories cannot appear in the collection. When new stories enter the US public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. The Novels Skull-Face The People of the Black Circle The Hour of the Dragon A Gent from Bear Creek Fantasy Stories Conan the Barbarian Kull Solomon Kane James Allison Other Fantasy Stories Boxing Stories Sailor Steve Costigan Sailor Dennis Dorgan Other Boxing Stories Western Stories Breckinridge Elkins Pike Bearfield Buckner Jeopardy Grimes Other Western Stories Historical Stories El Borak Cormac Fitzgeoffrey Kirby O’Donnell Black Vulmea Helen Tavrel Other Historical Stories Horror Stories John Kirowan The Faring Town Saga De Montour Weird West Other Weird Menace Other Cthulhu Mythos Stories Other Horror Stories Detective Stories Steve Harrison Other Stories Spicy Stories Comedy Stories Short Stories Index List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Selected Poetry The Poems of Robert E. Howard The Non-Fiction Essays and Articles The Tribute R. E. H. by R. H. Barlow

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro American Supernatural Tales is the ultimate collection of weird and frightening American short fiction. As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. The book celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and—of course—Stephen King. This volumes also includes "The Yellow Sign," the most horrific story from The King in Yellow, the classic horror collection by Robert W. Chambers featured on HBO's hit TV series True Detective. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good collection of stories. Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ray Russell’s short story “Sardonicus,” considered by Stephen King to be “perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written,” to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.