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A spine-chilling anthology that celebrates the thrilling pleasure and rich literary legacy of horror writing.From the sinister imagination of Edgar Allan Poe to the supernatural suspense of H. G. Wells, this collection explores a range of eerie experiences; there are hauntings, monsters and plenty o... Read More about Classic Horror Stories

Christmas is not always the season of goodwill. As this hugely entertaining collection shows, it can also be the season of mysterious deaths, hidden poison bottles and blunt instruments...Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket sized classics with gold fo... Read More about Classic Christmas Crime Stories

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric... Read More about The Complete Father Brown Stories (Wordsworth Classics)

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic ma... Read More about The King in Yellow (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)

Based on the translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. '... the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death's-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as if I were face to face with Satan...' Erik, the Phantom of the Pa... Read More about The Phantom of the Opera (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)

With an exclusive introduction and notes by David Stuart Davies. Translation by Louis Mercier. Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is not only a classic science fiction novel, it is also a thrilling adventure yarn. Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant Conseil and Canadian harpooner Ned Lan... Read More about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Wordsworth Classics)