In "The Grisly Horror", Robert E. Howard follows Bristol McGrath, who returns to the estate of his enemy, Richard Ballville, after receiving a telegram mentioning Constance Brand,...
"The White Ship" by H. P. Lovecraft follows Basil Elton, a solitary lighthouse keeper who encounters a mysterious white ship that arrives under the moonlight. Drawn aboard, he...
During a gathering of relic hunters, Gordon recounts a terrifying ordeal involving his wife Evelyn, who began attempting to kill him in trance-like states after receiving a...
"Varney, the Vampir: or, the Feast of Blood" is a sprawling Victorian penny dreadful published between 1845 and 1847, often attributed to James Malcolm Rymer or Thomas Peckett...
"Dagon" is a short tale by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a man recounting a terrifying experience at sea after a maritime disaster. Stranded and alone, he encounters a vast,...
James O'Brien, an Irish-American scholar, is blackmailed by a man who forces him to revisit an ancient cairn tied to the Battle of Clontarf. When the cairn is disturbed, it...
In this short tale, Lovecraft presents a haunting vision of a ruined, post-human world. A Daemon guides a fading Genie through the remnants of an ancient valley, reflecting on the...
"The Beast in the Cave" follows a man who becomes lost in the enormous underground passages of Mammoth Cave during a guided tour. As his torchlight fades and the darkness closes...
When a troubled, violent patient is brought to a psychiatric institution, a young intern becomes fascinated by the man's strange visions and inexplicable bursts of cosmic insight....
When a man agrees to keep vigil over the body of an acquaintance who died suddenly, the task seems simple—if unsettling. As the long night deepens, silence and darkness turn the...