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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
At the Mountains of Madness At the Mountains of Madness H.P. Lovecraft,Enrique Breccia,Patricia Willson Introduction by China MievilleLong acknowledged as a master of nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessenti… OL152268W
The Haunted dusk The Haunted dusk Charles L. Crow,Howard Kerr,John William Crowley Contents: Washington Irving and the American Ghost Story • essay by G. Richard Thompson [as by G. R. Thompson ] Phantasms and Death in Poe's Fiction • essay by J. Gerald Kennedy Philanthropy and… OL16025981W
Henry James and the supernatural Henry James and the supernatural Anna Despotopoulou,Kimberly Capps Reed "This book is a collection of essays on ghostly fiction by Henry James. The contributors analyze James's use of the ghost story as a subgenre and the difficult theoretical issues that James's texts p… OL16183703W
Supernatural environments in Shakespeare's England Supernatural environments in Shakespeare's England Kristen Poole "Bringing together recent scholarship on religion and the spatial imagination, Kristen Poole examines how changing religious beliefs and transforming conceptions of space were mutually informative in… OL16211913W
They bite They bite Jonathan Maberry A compendium of supernatural profiles and monster lore draws on the books, comics, and films that have inspired fan devotion and imagination. OL16686341W
Portals of power Portals of power Lori M. Campbell "This critical work explores the role of the portal in fantasy, investigating ways in which magical nexus points, and movement between worlds, are used to illustrate real-world power dynamics. Throug… OL18352801W
The Ghosts, Witches and Vampires Quiz Book The Ghosts, Witches and Vampires Quiz Book Arthur Liebman Two dozen multiple choice quizzes about every type of supernatural creature on TV, and in films, literature, myth, and legend. OL4098290W
Charles Fort Charles Fort Jim Steinmeyer By the early 1920s, Americans were discovering that the world was a strange place. Charles Fort could demonstrate that it was even stranger than anyone suspected. Frogs fell from the sky. Blood raine… OL4227775W
All the names in heaven All the names in heaven Larry Isitt "John Milton's Paradise Lost has been the subject of many texts. Like authors before him, Larry Isitt felt compelled to pursue the mystery of Milton's "anti-Biblical" style, while deciphering Milton'… OL5951820W