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Detective

The Thing Invisible

Complete original occult-detective case from the Carnacki series, featuring a haunting investigation.

William Hope Hodgson English
Detective

The Searcher of the End House

Complete original occult-detective case from the Carnacki series, featuring a haunting investigation.

William Hope Hodgson English
Detective

The House Among the Laurels

Complete original occult-detective case from the Carnacki series, featuring a haunting investigation.

William Hope Hodgson English
Detective

The Horse of the Invisible

Complete original occult-detective case from the Carnacki series, featuring a haunting investigation.

William Hope Hodgson English
Detective

The Gateway of the Monster

Complete original occult-detective case from the Carnacki series, featuring a haunting investigation.

William Hope Hodgson English
Horror

The Thing in the Hall

A complete original English tale of the uncanny from a 1912 collection of Edwardian supernatural stories.

E. F. Benson English
Horror

The Terror by Night

A complete original English tale of the uncanny from a 1912 collection of Edwardian supernatural stories.

E. F. Benson English
Horror

The Shootings of Achnaleish

A complete original English tale of the uncanny from a 1912 collection of Edwardian supernatural stories.

E. F. Benson English
Horror

The Room in the Tower

A recurring dream of a forbidding room turns into a supernatural encounter.

E. F. Benson English
Horror

The Other Bed

A complete original English tale of the uncanny from a 1912 collection of Edwardian supernatural stories.

E. F. Benson English
Horror

The Man Who Went Too Far

A complete original English tale of the uncanny from a 1912 collection of Edwardian supernatural stories.

E. F. Benson English
Horror

The Dust-Cloud

An unsettling Edwardian ghost story of a mysterious encounter on the road.

E. F. Benson English
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