The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. - Summary by Wikipedia
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In the summer of 1921, a disenchanted journalist escapes the rat race for a drive in the country. But Mr. Barnstaple's trip exceeds his expectations when he and other motorists are swept 3,000 years into the future. The inadvertent time travelers arrive in a world that corresponds exactly to Barnstaple's ideals: a utopian state, free of crime, poverty, war, disease, and bigotry. Unfettered by the constraints of government and organized religion, the citizens lead rich, meaningful lives, passed in pursuit of their creative fancies. Barnstaple's traveling companions, however, quickly contrive a scheme to remake the utopia in the image of their twentieth-century world. - Summary that was published with the book originally
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Also known as "A Political History of the Devil"
This book is divided into two parts: first, the history of the devil from his fall from heaven up to the time the book was written and second about his private conduct. Partly funny, partly religious, and partly critical of what was written before, the book is purely delightful to read. This is a lesser known work by the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. ( Stav Nisser.)
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This is final volume of the Mabinogion. As with the other volumes, these Arthurian tales are translated from Welsh manuscripts and largely represent an earlier and more pagan period.
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It started out as a nuisance--odd electrical problems in the Atlas building that cleared themselves up. But then it got worse, the problems becoming more and more peculiar and inexplicable. Scientist Percy Darrow has given himself the task of figuring out the who and the how, and maybe the why, as life turns strange and a little dangerous. - Summary by Tom Penn
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
This is the very first issue, offering the following 7 stories:
"In gold time", by Roberta Littlehale: in wild-west days, when two rivals love the same woman, tragedy ensues
"The unturned trump", by Barnes MacGreggor, pseudonym of H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): to while away the time, a simple card game gets spiced up by a traveller's horrifying story
"The secret of the white castle", by Julia Magruder (1854-1907): what is the mystery behind the uncanny life-like stare of the portrait hanging on the wall ?
"Miss Wood,--stenographer", by Granville Sharpe: a young stenographer is called in to witness a deaf-mute's final revelations on his death-bed
"Her hoodoo", by Harold Kinsabby, pseudonym of H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): a pet-calf, even if brought up with love and care, may still turn wild and dangerous
"In a tiger trap", by Charles Edward Barns (1862-1937): a breath-taking encounter of a young girl with the king of the jungle
"The red-hot dollar", by H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): find out why a seemingly ordinary silver dollar sets a newly-married man on a quest to find the original owner
- Summary by Sonia
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Almost certainly the merging of two separate magazine novellas, where Scrymsour attempted to weave together the plots. In this fantasy/ science fiction novel, the two young gentlemen protagonists are transported from a company town dominated by their family coalmine into an underground cave system where an oligarchic exiled race of dwarf Israelites has lived for 3000 years and grown horns. More space and time travel follow bringing our heroes to Jupiter, where romance follows. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
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En esta obra corta de Gautier un anciano sacerdote, Romualdo, relata su experiencia de amor con la bella Clarimonda. Romualdo en el oficio de toma de sus hábitos queda deslumbrado por la belleza de una misteriosa mujer que no deja de mirarle y que al finalizar la ceremonia habla con él y le augura la infelicidad por haber dedicado su vida a Dios. El superior de Romualdo, Serapio, le advierte sobre el misterioso y macabro destino de aquella mujer y de que todos los que se enamoraban de ella acababan también muertos. (Montse González)
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
In this second issue are included the following 8 stories:
"A Calaveras hold-up", by Roberta Littlehale: can love make a man mend his ways or are some relationships doomed from the start ?
"From a trolley post", by Margaret Dodge: a boring bus-stop wait is interrupted by a young boy's favourite pastime of hunting animals
"An andenken", by Julia Magruder (1854-1907): the story of a young artist's budding love in the romantic, yet wild landscape of the Tyrolian Alps
"The man from Maine", by J. D. Ellsworth: a chance encounter in a train shows the resourcefulness of some people to get what they most want
"A wedding tombstone", by Clarice Irene Clinghan: wouldn't a tombstone be a macabre wedding gift from a husband to his newly-wed bride ?
"The other one", by A. H. Gibson (1858-1929): in his dark wine-cellar, an old man makes a chilling confession to his bank-clerk
"Stateroom six", by William Albert Lewis (1856-??): the bad luck of a gambler proves the good fortune of a young girl
"Her eyes, your honor", by H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): a resourceful lawyer stops at nothing to save a woman from the gallows - Summary by Sonia
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
The following 6 stories are included in this third issue:
"The great star ruby", by Barnes MacGreggor, pseud. of H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): a man tells the thrilling story of the theft of a very valuable ruby
"The interrupted banquet", by René Bache (1861-1933): at this strange dinner party, a young man is told some shocking news by the other guests
"The archangel", by James Q. Hyatt: brides from organized wedding agencies sometimes don't turn out what the groom expects
"Asleep at Lone Mountain", by H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): a toddler wins the hearts of his fellow passengers during a long train journey cross-country
"Kootchie", by Harold Kinsabby, pseud. of H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): a mean-spirited dog finally finds its match in fierceness
"Frazer's find", by Roberta Littlehale: the life of a gold-digger changes unexpectedly the day he rescues a young boy - Summary by Sonia
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Ce recueil de 6 nouvelles originales de Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870) nous emmène vers le surnaturel et le domaine du rêve avec sorcières, fantômes et hommes transformés en animaux sauvages. Mérimée maîtrise parfaitement la création du suspense et des dénouements surprenants. Aussi incluse dans cette compilation est la traduction d'une nouvelle de Pouchkine. - Summary by Sonia
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
This is the fourth issue, containing the following 7 stories:
"In Solomon's Caverns", by Charles Edward Barns: lost in a huge cavern, a man struggles to survive and find his way back to civilization
"An angel of Tenderfoot Hill", by Frederick Bradford: can two years of absence make a man worthy of the woman he loves ?
"In Miggles' Alley", by Herman Brownson: how can a baby dangling by a rope from a rooftop be saved from falling to his death ?
"The missing link", by James Buckham (1858-1908): a man is torn between cowardice and duty after witnessing a violent murder
"Unchallenged", by Katherine Morrow: a thrilling dare has been set and two girls try to accomplish the challenge
"Aidu", by Hero Despard: a man seeks to know the secret of his beloved woman, at a terrible cost
"Mrs Emory's boarder", by C. Marie Mott: the neighbour's young lodger becomes the best companion of a lonely woman
- Summary by Sonia
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"A gripping, thrilling, uncanny tale about the frightful fate that befell a yachting party on the dreadful island of living dead men." - Summary from Weird Tales, Volume 28, Issue 3, October 1936
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"The Horla" (French title "Le Horla") is among the most famous short stories by the French writer Guy de Maupassant. This version, published in 1887, is an expanded version of that previously published in the Paris literary periodical, Le Gil Blas, on October 26, 1886. Written as a series of private journal entries, it recounts the narrator's terrifying experience of "a strange, unknowable, and invisible being."
- Summary by Louise J. Belle
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
The fifth issue has the following 6 stories:
"The mysterious card", by Cleveland Moffet (1863-1926): a man desperately tries to understand the horrible message which utterly destroyed his life
"Tang-u", by Lawrence E. Adams: through excellent eyesight, a young boy saves the lives of a battleship-crew
"The little brown mole", by Clarice Irene Clinghan: after several years of separation, a man comes home and finds his wife quite a changed person
"A telepathic wooing", by James Buckham (1858-1908): too shy to approach the woman he loves, a young doctor tries out an unusual method to propose to her
"The Prince ward", by Claude M. Girardeau: a dead woman's ghost takes revenge on the woman who took away her husband
"A meeting of royalty", by Margaret Dodge: a chance encounter with a young girl sets a man down memory lane - Summary by Sonia
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
This is the sixth issue, offering the following 5 stories:
"Eleanor Stevens' will", by Isabel Scott Stone: a rich woman's final will creates a stir among fortune hunters
''To let'', by Alice Turner Curtis: midnight screams scare away new residents in a cottage with a terrible history
"Of course - Of course not", by Harry M. Peck: sometimes an unexpected visit on a quiet evening at home can turn out life-changing
"The Marchburn mystery", by A. Maurice Low: was the mysterious stranger in the elevator really the killer of Mr Marchburn ?
"Their colonial villa", by Charles Barnard (1838-1920): a young wife thinks she is losing her mind after her husband made new housing arrangements - Summary by Sonia
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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
The seventh issue, offers the following 6 stories:
"The mystery of the thirty millions", by T. F. Anderson and H. D. Umbstaetter (1851-1913): what happened to the large ocean-steamer that inexplicably vanished in mid-Atlantic ?
"The man at Solitaria", by Geik Turner: after 15 years of solitary work, a man is finally going postal
"The compass of Fortune", by Eugene Shade Bisbee (1864-1933): the eyes of a mysterious skull seem to be looking into one specific direction
"A surgical love-cure", by James Buckham (1858-1908): a patient asks his doctor to have love surgically removed from him
"The Williamson safe mystery", by F. S. Hesseltine: what horrible discovery did the men make on opening the safe ?
"How small the World", by E. H. Mayde: an exchange of a series of letters finally leads to two people finding together - Summary by Sonia
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