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Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult H. G. Wells,Kris Neville,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert W. Chambers,Martin H. Greenberg,Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton,Edith Wharton,Cornell Woolrich,F. W. Harvey,Judith Merrill,Henry Slesar,Avram Davidson,Gertrude Henderson,Ray Bradbury,Rudyard Kipling,Charles G. Waugh,Nathaniel Hawthorne,John Hay,C. L. Moore,Edgar Allan Poe,Fritz Leiber,Isaac Asimov,Helen McCloy,Manly Wade Wellman,August Derleth Contains: Under the knife / H.G. Wells -- Children of the Zodiac / Rudyard Kipling -- The girl who found things / Henry Slesar -- The emigrant banshee / Gertrude Henderson -- [Young Goodman Brow… OL14959247W
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas The Twelve Crimes of Christmas Stanley Ellin,S. S. Rafferty,Nick O'Donohoe,Martin H. Greenberg,Dorothy L. Sayers,Ellery Queen,Rex Stout,Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh,Isaac Asimov,Robert Somerlott,John Dickson Carr,Edward D. Hoch,Alice Scanlan Reach,August Derleth Introduction: Noel, Noel! / Isaac Asimov Christmas party / Rex Stout Do your Christmas shoplifting early / Robert Somerlott The necklace of pearls / Dorothy L. Sayers Father Crumlish celebrates C… OL17014276W
The adventure of the unique Dickensians The adventure of the unique Dickensians August Derleth The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians is a Christmas story about an eccentric collector of Dickensiana, one Ebenezer Snawley, who dresses in nineteenth-century clothing and undergoes harassment fro… OL2023340W
The beast in Holger's Woods The beast in Holger's Woods August Derleth When two boys decide to investigate reports of a "monster" seen in the woods, they find themselves in more danger than they expected. OL2023346W
Dark mind, dark heart Dark mind, dark heart August Derleth This anthology of more or less "old-fashioned" horror tales offers new, hitherto unpublished work by such masters of the genre as Robert Bloch, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, John Metcalfe, H. Russell Wa… OL2023362W
A Praed Street dossier A Praed Street dossier August Derleth This book is an associational item, for the growing numbers of Praed Street Irregulars, for whom Solar Pons has proved to be an entertaining latterday Sherlock Holmes. Here are the marginal writings … OL2023410W
The Wisconsin, river of a thousand isles The Wisconsin, river of a thousand isles August Derleth A history and geography of the Badger State, examining the important heritage and cultural contributions of her residents, including the Ringling brothers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Dodge, and Zona G… OL2023479W
Haunted Stories Haunted Stories Mark Twain,Aidan Chambers,Agatha Christie,Edgar Allan Poe,August Derleth The lonesome place / August Derleth Such a sweet little girl / Lance Salway A ghost story / Mark Twain Footsteps invisible / Robert Arthur The gnomon / Jan Mark The haunted and the haunters (abr… OL20829222W
The Nightmare Reader The Nightmare Reader John Gawsworth,H. G. Wells,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert Bloch,Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton,Washington Irving,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Ray Bradbury,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Arthur C. Clarke,Edgar Allan Poe,Елена Петровна Блаватская,Montague Summers,Thomas De Quincey,Algernon Blackwood,Lord Dunsany,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Aleister Crowley,Peter Haining,Arthur Machen,Montague Rhodes James,Lafcadio Hearn,August Derleth,Matthew Lewis,C.F. Hoffman CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. … OL3151660W
100 Books by August Derleth 100 Books by August Derleth August Derleth A listing of Derleth's first 100 books. OL8265808W
Final Adventures of Solar Pons Final Adventures of Solar Pons August Derleth Critics regard Solar Pons and his assistant Dr. Lyndon Parker as the greatest successors to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H.Watson. Inspired by a letter from Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… OL8830889W