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This second volume of "Plutarch’s Lives" introduces the reader to even more important figures of the ancient world. Sertorius, Eumenes, Pompey, Alexander, Caesar and Cicero are onl ...

In 'Ayesha, The Return of She' (1905) the white queen is feared not to be dead after all. After eighteen years, Horace and Leo once again set out on a journey, this time to Asia, w ...

Jason dinAlt is a professional gambler who travels between different worlds in the universe. Right now, he is gambling on the planet Cassylia. One day, he meets the ambassador of P ...

We all have heard about the great glaciers. Some may have even seen them. But did you ever wonder what is hidden behind the great and treacherous Canadian glacier? Now you have the ...

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and mad scientists. The most characteristic features of the gothic and horror genre are combined here, together with some mysterious and hard to crack ...

The stories in this collection are all about Christmas, but that does not mean that they are all happy and tranquil. Sincere and romantic ones like O. Henry’s meet the mysterious t ...

Kun englantilaisen kylän majataloon saapuu tuntematon mies, hänen käytöksessään on paikallisten mielestä jotakin outoa. Pian majatalossa alkaa tapahtua kummia, ja syylliseksi palja ...

Tre tvillingpar i Midgård har ingen aning om vad som väntar dem. Att resan mot Ragnarök har börjat och nornornas profetia är på väg att slå in. Bröderna och systrarna kommer från h ...

Haltiatar jättää hyvää hyvyyttään ihmisten löydettäviksi kalossit, joilla on erityisiä taikavoimia. Kalossit jalkaansa laittava pääsee nimittäin hetkessä siihen paikkaan ja aikaan, ...

Eräällä oppineella miehellä on salaperäinen naapuri, jota kukaan ei tunne. Yhtenä iltana mies pohtii, voisiko hänen varjonsa käydä naapurissa ja kertoa hänelle, mitä naapurista löy ...

Bling. Yksi känninen kännykkäkuva ja Pinjan elämä on pilalla. Poikaystävä ja kympin koenumerot ovat historiaa, ja nipottava äiti pakottaa hänet kesätöihin. Puistohommissa Pinja koh ...

Mitä kaikkea vanhat esineet ovatkaan elämänsä aikana nähneet? Paljonkin, ajattelee rikkinäinen pullonkaula, joka nyt toimittaa mykkänä linnun vesiastian virkaa vanhan neidin ullakk ...

Elsa, Zelal, Malin, Sara, Linda, Julia och Nadia är illa ute. De har förts bort mot sin vilja och dumpats på en motorväg mitt ute i ingenstans. De har inga kläder och inga skor och ...

Quiquendone is a small town in West Flanders, whose citizens are the wisest, most sociable and hospitable people. The town’s mayor, Van Tricasse, claims that the one if a person di ...

A father and his son visit a magic shop. This is not just any magic shop, but the 'genuine' one, as the shop owner points out to the father. The father is not impressed but the boy ...

Martians have wanted to invade Earth for some time in order to secure their own survival. They make their way to the new planet, but what they don't realize is that Earth may not b ...

A meteorite crashes in an area around Arkham, Massachusetts and normally life is interrupted. The earth is poisoned, the animals are driven mad, the products that grow there become ...

Francis Thurston finds an old collection of letters and articles from his late uncle. They contain detailed descriptions of the so called Cthulhu cult, which Francis gets more and ...

Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who artificially creates a human being. His expectations are however far from reality as is Creation is so monstrous that it cannot fit int ...

Guido il Cortese is a young man who inherits a fortune from his father. He is about to marry Juliet, the daughter of one of his father’s friends. Before the wedding was to take pla ...

Pierre Aronnax is a famous marine biologist, who works together with his manservant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land. The three brave men are tirelessly hunting a mysterious sea mon ...

The Edgar Allan Poe Collection features a selection of works from the pioneering 19th-century poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's works include the dramatic short story "The Tel ...

One of the most haunting short horror stories to date is told to us by B.J. Harrison. Our narrator is invited to visit his acquaintance Roderick, who lives in a remote house with h ...

Winter Wedderburn is an amateur collector of orchids, spending his days peacefully with his housekeeper. One day he invites more adventure into his life and buys an unknown species ...

B. J. Harrison reads a classic science fiction novel from the late 19th century. In 'The Island of Doctor Moreau', a man is rescued from death after a shipwreck, only to face somet ...