Åbo Akademis bibliotek

Gargoyles is a novel by Academy Award winner, American screenwriter Ben Hecht. The author, Ben Hecht, was a prolific writer as well as a renowned screenwriter, producer, and direct ...

The Gray Phantom’s Return is a detective novel by American author Herman Landon. The Gray Phantom was created by Herman Landon, the creator of Picaroon and  Godfrey Usher; The Phan ...

The Gray Phantom is a detective novel by American author Herman Landon. A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening duri ...

The Secret Glory is a supernatural novel by Welsh horror writer Arthur Machen. A novel of schoolboy rebellion and the quest of the holy grail. This book depicts the ghastly utilita ...

The Red Hand is a horror novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. The Red Hand features the main characters from The Three Impostors. The story focuses on a murder performed with an ...

"N" is a short horror story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. ”N” is an encounter in London of a hidden fairyland, a true psychedelic fable concerning the discovery of an alternative ...

A Fragment of Life is short novel by Welsh horror writer Arthur Machen. A young couple repudiate the banalities of material life in favour of the spiritual. A Fragment of Life tell ...

The Terror is a short novel by Welsh horror writer Arthur Machen. In wartime Britain, a series of unexplained murders occur with no sign of who or what is responsible. The rash of ...

The Shining Pyramid is a short horror story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. A tale of mystery, that blends elements of detective stories and classic horror stories in a thrilling wa ...

The Inmost Light is a short horror story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. A scientist imprisons his wife's soul in a shining jewel, letting something else into her untenanted body, b ...

The White People is a horror novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Often described as one of the greatest of all horror short stories.  The novella is presented as a young girl's ...

The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations is an episodic horror novel by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. The novel comprises several weird tales and culminates in a final denouement ...

The Hill of Dreams is a supernatural novel written by Welsh author Arthur Machen. The novel recounts the life of a young man, Lucian Taylor, focusing on his dreamy childhood in rur ...

The Angels of Mons (or The Bowmen and other Legends of the War) is a collection of stories written by Welsh author Arthur Machen.  In September 1914, two months after the outbreak ...

The Great God Pan is a horror novella written by Welsh author Arthur Machen. On publication it was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its decadent ...

A Thin Ghost And Others is a collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James. M. R. James wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky ...

The Final Ghost Stories of M. R. James brings together the remaing seven ghost stories by English author M. R. James, not previously published in his collections. M. R. James publi ...

A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories is a collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James.M. R. James wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the ...

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James.M. R. James wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition ...

The Five Jars is the only novel written by English author M. R. James, who is best known for his ghost stories. The Five Jars is a peculiarly surreal fantasy originally written for ...

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James.M. R. James wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of s ...

Hagar of the Pawn-Shop is a mystery novel by American author Fergus Hume. Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge ...

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a detective novel by American author Fergus Hume. “On the twenty-seventh day of July, at the hour of twenty minutes to two o'clock in the morning, a ...

Red Money is a mystery novel by American author Fergus Hume. Murder occurs at an English country estate following the arrival of a caravan of Gypsies temporarily camping on the gro ...

The Lady from Nowhere is a detective novel by American author Fergus Hume. A mysterious woman is found murdered in a yellow boudoir.  Who is she and where does she come from?  Dete ...