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While on a fishing trip two men discover the ruins of an old house perched on the very edge of a cliff. In the ruins they discover an old manuscript that seems to suggest the house was once involved in something super natural, and horrific.

Two centuries have passed since Elijah Baley’s actions on Aurora sent settlers from Earth to new worlds all over the galaxy. The Spacer planet of Solaria has been abandoned by humans, though countless robots remain. When settlers arrive to salvage them, something unthinkable happens – the robots attack. Accompanied by Gladia Delmarre and the robots Daneel and Giskard, a descendant of Elijah Baley sets out for Solaria to investigate, a quest that will lead them to a vast, catastrophic conspiracy and a revolution in the Three Laws of Robotics.

In the far future, an unnamed narrator, who along with what remains of the human race dwells uneasily in an underground fortress-city surrounded by brooding, chaotic, relentless Watching Things, Silent Ones, Hounds, Giants, "Ab-humans," Brutes, and enormous slugs and spiders, follows a telepathic distress signal into the unfathomable darkness. The Earth's surface is frozen....

The survivors of the shipwrecked 18th century vessel Glen Carrig fight for their lives amidst a vast continent of weeds. Mysterious wrecks, horrific monsters, and swashbuckling adventure!

Fifteen nautical nightmares: from the discovery and subsequent investigation of a mysterious vessel in The Derelict, to the terrifying ordeal of a lighthouse keeper stationed at the remote Three Skeleton Key...

LongBefore H.P. Lovecraft defined cosmic horror, a generation of pioneering writers was already exploring the unknown. Of the Unknown: Before Lovecraft collects 11 influential tales of early science fiction, weird fiction, and speculative horror that shaped the genre’s foundations. Featuring...

Un uomo, spinto dalla curiosità, si addentra in una foresta e scopre un antico manoscritto. Il testo racconta la storia di un eremita che vive in una casa solitaria, arroccata su una scogliera e sospesa sopra un abisso insondabile. Quella che inizia come la semplice cronaca di una vita isolata si trasforma presto in un incubo indescrivibile: orrori innominabili emergono dall’oscurità sottostante, creature mostruose dai contorni indefiniti assediano la casa, mentre il protagonista sprofonda in un’angoscia crescente, in bilico tra follia e realtà.

This is a very unusual book, wherein the majority of the story is contents of an ancient diary found by two friends on a fishing holiday while on the grounds of an old dilapidated house. The moldy manuscript has inscribed tales of strange things seen and heard. There are horrible creatures and huge monsters described as though they were old gods of mythology.

Chiamato a indagare su un caso singolare, Carnacki deve affrontare un enigma diverso dal solito: non una stanza infestata né un'oscura presenza, ma il mistero legato al ritrovamento di un libro rarissimo. Tra bibliotecari, collezionisti e indizi nascosti, l'investigatore segue con pazienza ogni traccia fino a svelare una verità che nessuno avrebbe immaginato. Un'esperienza audio mozzafiato, arricchita da musiche e sound design, che trascinerà l'ascoltatore nel cuore del racconto.

Mysterious deaths and disappearances on a doomed ship on its final voyage. Another ship appears out of nowhere, then vanishes. A single survivor of the Mortzestus gives his account of terror and haunting on the high seas in this classic tale by master writer William Hope Hodgson.

William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England on November 15th, 1877. Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of his early life.

In the distant future, the sun has burned out, plunging the world into perpetual twilight. All of the remaining humanity has dwindled to a single, eight-mile-high pyramid called The Last Redoubt. Horrific creatures have evolved that lurk in the darkness. After a second dying Lesser Redoubt is discovered, one man is determined to rescue its last surviving inhabitant, but that means traversing the unknown and terrifying Night Land.

"The House on the Borderland," tells the story of an unnamed protagonist who discovers a manuscript written by a previous occupant of a remote and decaying house on the edge of a vast and mysterious abyss. The manuscript details the strange and terrifying experiences of the previous occupant, who is drawn into a world of cosmic horror and ancient evil.

The story opens in the 19th century but quickly moves to the far future, where the sun has gone out, leaving the world in a darkness broken only by strange lights and mysterious fires. Over the ages, monsters and evil forces have descended to the Earth, compelling the surviving humans to take refuge in a great pyramid of imperishable metal built in a miles-deep chasm. The monsters surround the pyramid in a perpetual siege lasting for eons, waiting for the moment when its defenses will fail.

Spies come in all shapes and sizes but all of the spies in this volume are decidedly not like the urbane British agent James Bond, who regularly saves the world. These spies are on a missionand whether that’s saving their own lives, or the lives of many others imperilled by their Nation’s foes.

Dan Starkey takes on the mantle of William Hope Hodgson's supernatural detective, Thomas Carnacki, in this collection of enhanced audiobook readings: 'The Gateway of the Monster', 'The House Among the Laurels', 'The Whistling Room', 'The Horse of the Invisible', 'The Searcher of the End House' and 'The Thing Invisible'. Directed by Scott Handcock.

In una tranquilla tenuta di campagna, una presenza invisibile semina terrore: un cavallo che nessuno può vedere, ma che lascia tracce, rumori e paura. Chiamato a indagare, Carnacki si trova davanti a un enigma inquietante, sospeso tra inganno e soprannaturale. Per scoprire la verità, dovrà affrontare ciò che non può essere visto… ma che è fin troppo reale. Un'esperienza audio mozzafiato, arricchita da musiche e sound design, che trascinerà l'ascoltatore nel cuore del racconto.

Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder is a collection of occult detective short stories by English writer William Hope Hodgson.

Invitato a indagare sulla leggendaria "stanza grigia", Carnacki si trova di fronte a uno dei casi più inquietanti della sua carriera: una porta che sbatte di notte pur essendo chiusa, strani venti gelidi, e un anello maledetto legato a tre omicidi avvenuti secoli prima. Armato di sigilli, pentacoli e del suo ingegno, il cacciatore di fantasmi affronta una presenza invisibile e letale.

This collection comprises another 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From White's seminal body-shocker, Lukundoo, through to Howard's dastardly Pigeons from Hell, and Benson's nightmarish The Room in The Tower. Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable.