The Lovecraft Compendium
Five linked Cthulhu-mythos tales of cults, ruins, and forbidden knowledge, where curiosity opens the door to cosmic dread.
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Five linked Cthulhu-mythos tales of cults, ruins, and forbidden knowledge, where curiosity opens the door to cosmic dread.
Two rival Victorian magicians wage a lifelong battle of secrets, with descendants later uncovering the truth.
A grieving young man learns the long-guarded secret behind a bizarre Buick hidden by rural state troopers.
Three foundational gothic-horror classics in one volume: a scientist's creation, a vampire's hunt, and a divided self.
A horror author is kidnapped by a mysterious captor and forced to write terrifying stories to survive.
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A scientist creates life from dead matter, then faces the human and moral consequences of abandoning his creation.
A murderous time-war survivor guards the end of time, until future visitors force him to confront his broken mission.
A student’s oral exam for elite entry exposes a hidden history, an AI mystery, and a challenge to what it means to be human.
Four unsettling Stephen King tales span teleportation, survival, family dread, and a slow slide into madness.
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A stranded WWI German submarine captain descends into madness after recovering a strange idol from the dead.
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A man recalls a childhood encounter with a mysterious green door that keeps reappearing as his life moves on.
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A woman recalls her sheltered childhood at an isolated boarding school as buried truths about her life and future emerge.