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    The Occult Detective Megapack: 29 Classic Stories
    The Occult Detective Megapack: 29 Classic Stories
    The Occult Detective Megapack: 29 Classic Stories
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    The Occult Detective Megapack: 29 Classic Stories

    By Sheridan Le Fanu, Seabury Quinn, William Hope Hodgson and

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    Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. Heron, plus 20th Century stories by Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Seabury Quinn, and many more round out the book...29 classic tales in all!


    Included are:

    THE POT OF TULIPS, by Fitz-James O'Brien

    WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien

    THE HAUNTED SHANTY, by Bayard Taylor

    Dr. Martin Hesselius in "GREEN TEA," by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    MR JUSTICE HARBOTTLE, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

    THE UNINHABITED HOUSE, by Mrs. J. H. Riddell

    THE PHANTOM HEARSE, by Mary Fortune

    AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPIRE, by Alice and Claude Askew

    THE DOOR INTO INFINITY, by Edmond Hamilton

    Carnacki in "THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER," by William Hope Hodgson

    Carnacki in "THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS," by William Hope Hodgson

    Carnacki in "THE WHISTLING ROOM," by William Hope Hodgson

    Carnacki in "THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE," by William Hope Hodgson

    Carnacki in "THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE," by William Hope Hodgson

    Carnacki in "THE THING INVISIBLE," by William Hope Hodgson

    Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SADDLER'S CROFT," by E. and H. Heron

    Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF BAELBROW," by E. and H. Heron

    Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF YAND MANOR HOUSE," by E. and H. Heron

    Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF KONNOR OLD HOUSE," by E. and H. Heron

    Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF THE SPANIARDS, HAMMERSMITH," by E. and H. Heron

    Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SEVENS HALL," by E. and H. Heron

    Steve Harrison in "FANGS OF GOLD," by Robert E. Howard

    Steve Harrison in "THE TOMB'S SECRET," by Robert E. Howard

    Steve Harrison in "NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK," by Robert E. Howard

    Steve Harrison in "GRAVEYARD RATS," by Robert E. Howard

    THE HALF-HAUNTED, by Manly Wade Wellman

    Jules de Grandin in "THE JEST OF WARBURG TANTAVUL," by Seabury Quinn

    Jules de Grandin in "PLEDGED TO THE DEAD," by Seabury Quinn

    Jules de Grandin in "INCENSE OF ABOMINATION," by Seabury Quinn


    And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more great entries in this great series, covering mysteries, ghost stories, westerns, science fiction, historical, and much, much more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateSep 26, 2013
    ISBN9781434443076
    The Occult Detective Megapack: 29 Classic Stories
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    Sheridan Le Fanu

    J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer who helped develop the ghost story genre in the nineteenth century. Born to a family of writers, Le Fanu released his first works in 1838 in Dublin University Magazine, which he would go on to edit and publish in 1861. Some of Le Fanu’s most famous Victorian Gothic works include Carmilla, Uncle Silas, and In a Glass Darkly. His writing has inspired other great authors of horror and thriller literature such as Bram Stoker and M. R. James.

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