Autor H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert W. Chambers, Lafcadio Hearn
Unspeakable evils, elder gods, and forgotten terrors haunt the pages within this volume. Whether telling of the emergence of the tentacled Cthulhu in "The Call of Cthulhu" or the rise of an ancient pagan deity in "The Great God Pan",…
'Legendary... A seminal horror work' LA Review of Books 'A classic... A fantastic collection' Guardian I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon... The weird tales in…
This striking hardback collection brings together over 35 classic short stories by masters of the fantasy genre, presented with silver cover accents and illustrated page edges.Containing short stories stories from the early masters of fantasy literature,…
Penguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. Shot through with an unutterable sense of mystery, paranoia and dread, the King in Yellow is a linked collection…
I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon... I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in…
O knize Král ve žlutém, mysteriózním souboru hororových a dekadentních povídek z roku 1895, u nás donedávna věděli jen skuteční literární znalci; v současnosti se o toto vpravdě kultovní dílo Roberta W. Chamberse zvedla vlna díky vynikajícímu televiznímu…
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert…
Román Ničiteľ duší (1920) sa odohráva po prvej svetovej vojne a rozpráva o obludnom sprisahaní proti západnej civilizácii. Nemecké militaristické kruhy, bezbožní ruskí boľševici, najrôznejšie anarchistické i nacionalistické skupiny a dokonca aj robotnícke…
Kľúč k temnote je výberom z neobyčajne rozsiahlej tvorby amerického umelca a prozaika Roberta W. Chambersa (1865 – 1933), ktorý sa preslávil najmä vďaka svojim neobyčajným poviedkam plným desivých nadprirodzených javov. Ako autor sa síce často venoval…