Young Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbor, Fitz, knows all the beautiful women and all the important people. Yet slowly, Nick begins to realize that Fitz is a vampire. How does he maintain his undead life? And why is Fitz so important? more »

What's an out-of-work nature photographer who's spent 30 years in the field studying the secret lives of animals to do when he's sent back home in disgrace? Study the young, single life in his new environment, at least that's what Don Harmon does. Trouble is, he's interested in capturing the moment, ... more »

I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong. After rising, in town, to meet his appeal, I had at all events a couple of very bad days - found myself doubtful again, felt indeed sure I had made a mistake. In this state of mind ... more »

My peculiar relation to the writer of the following narratives is such that I must ask the reader to overlook the absence of explanation as to how they came into my possession. Withal, my knowledge of him is so meager that I should rather not undertake to say if he were himself persuaded of the truth ... more »

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On vacation from the States, a trio of college students go to Holland in search of paradise. When their specific interests aren't satisfied on the mainland they take a ferry to the island of Vlissingen, where rules are looser. Lonnie has been fascinated by a separate island and its lighthouse all along ... more »

Father Dewey Woychek sleep-writes bizarre, fantastic demon-spawned gibberish, and he can't stop it. He fears the devil possesses him. Maybe his superior can help. But the night after his superior counsels him not to worry, he sees his superior in the dream--a demon with a dark secret. more »

While studying at Oxford, John Maltravers, a talented musician, finds that playing a certain air on his violin brings an invisible guest to his room. The ghostly visits become more frequent, until he eventually sees the figure of a man sitting and listening to his playing. His subsequent discovery of ... more »

At one of the many parties that fill his evenings, an aimless bachelor meets an intriguing woman who claims to be a witch. In addition to delighting his senses with her elegance and beauty, she also arouses his intellect with her philosophies about such topics as the nature of evil. When they say goodnight ... more »

Ceci est une étrange histoire dont le fond, rigoureusement authentique, nous a été fourni comme les neuf dixièmes des matériaux qui composent ce livre, par le manuscrit du «papa Sévérin». Mais le hasard, ici, est venu ajouter, aux renseignements exacts donnés par l'excellent homme, d'autres renseignements ... more »

We were talking last evening - as the blue moon-mist poured in through the old-fashioned grated window, and mingled with our yellow lamplight at table - we were talking of a certain castle whose heir is initiated (as folk tell) on his twenty-first birthday to the knowledge of a secret so terrible as ... more »

Comment pourrais-je décrire mon émoi devant un tel prodige ? Comment pourrais-je dépeindre cet être horrible dont la création m'avait coûté tant de peines et tant de soins ? Ses membres étaient proportionnés et les traits que je lui avais choisis avaient quelque beauté. Quelque beauté  ... more »