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Medusa's Coil

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1939-01-01. 16,414 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A chilling story of horror and forbidden secrets, where curiosity leads to terrifying discoveries. As dark family legacies and ancient evils surface, characters confront fear, obsession, and the uncanny forces that lurk just beyond human understanding.

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Revolt of the Outworlds

by Stephen Marlowe

Published: 1954-12-01. 18,379 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

Far from the comfortable Inner Worlds, the mining colonies seethe under corporate rule. When a decorated pilot is sent to crush a budding rebellion, he uncovers a conspiracy pitting Earth’s profiteers against a frontier fighting to breathe. Hunted by his own command and shadowed by pirate fleets, he must choose—ignite a war that could free the outworlds or burn them all.

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The Silver Key

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1929-01-01. 5,017 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

Middle-aged dreamer Randolph Carter finds the gates of wonder closed waking life tastes of dust, and his visions have fled. A cryptic heirloom—a silver key and a Latin riddle—promises a way back. Tracing ancestral clues to a moonlit cavern, he risks self and time, opening a door to childhood and to dream-realms where memory and identity unravel.

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From the Car Behind

by Eleanor M. Ingram

Published: 1912-01-01. 60,685 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Romance

A gripping tale of suspense and intrigue, it follows characters caught in unexpected danger while traveling. Tension, quick thinking, and courage drive the story as secrets unfold and every moment becomes a test of wits and survival.

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The Flying Mercury

by Eleanor M. Ingram

Published: 1910-01-01. 23,659 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Adventure

Roaring engines, dust, and danger chase a reckless young magnate who stakes his fortune on a brand-new racing car and a daring publicity run. With a sharp-witted stenographer as ally, he battles rival factories, roadside sabotage, and his own pride on hairpin roads. Speed becomes a test of character as the finish line promises not just victory, but a future worth braking for.

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The Game and the Candle

by Eleanor M. Ingram

Published: 1909-01-01. 50,168 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Romance

A headstrong heiress stakes her future on a reckless bargain with a brilliant, penniless inventor: help him win a perilous contest that could topple industrial rivals, and she will defy her guardian’s plans. As schemes tighten and reputations flicker like a candle in wind, courage, loyalty, and love must decide whether the dangerous game is worth the light it promises.

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A Man's Hearth

by Eleanor M. Ingram

Published: 1915-01-01. 58,900 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Romance

A wealthy New Yorker, jaded by city life, seeks solace in a rustic countryside hearth. There, he forms an unexpected bond with a spirited local woman, sparking romance amid clashing worlds. This tender tale weaves love, redemption, and the pull of simpler joys against a backdrop of early 20th-century dreams

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The April Baby's Book of Tunes

by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Published: 1900-01-01. 15,141 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Children's Books

A collection of reflective and vivid sketches capturing everyday life, human quirks, and the natural world. Through humor, observation, and insight, each piece offers a glimpse into character, society, and the subtle dramas of ordinary moments.

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Recruit for Andromeda

by Stephen Marlowe

Published: 1953-07-01. 32,796 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A restless young man is singled out by a shadowy interstellar service and hurled into rigorous training, mind-bending tests, and missions on worlds where gravity, time, and loyalty feel different. As he learns to read alien motives and survive political traps, a deeper secret about his origin emerges—forcing a choice between the planet that shaped him and the wider destiny that claims him.

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Mr. Britling Sees It Through

by H. G. Wells

Published: 1916-09-01. 140,309 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

As war engulfs Europe, a thoughtful English writer confronts the shattering of his comfortable world. Through heartbreak, loss, and awakening, he faces the clash between ideals and brutal reality, finding in the chaos a deeper understanding of courage, humanity, and the endurance of hope amid devastation.

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Quest of the Golden Ape

by Stephen Marlowe

Published: 1957-03-01. 33,953 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A man from Earth is haunted by dreams of a radiant woman and a jungle world ruled by cruel sorcery. Drawn across dimensions, he awakens to a lost heritage and a perilous hunt for a mythical golden ape whose secret can topple tyrants. With rebels, telepaths, and blade duels in alien temples, he must claim his destiny—or watch two worlds fall.

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The Haunter of the Dark

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1936-12-01. 9,285 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A curious writer uncovers a mysterious artifact that awakens an ancient, malevolent presence. As darkness closes in, terror and obsession intertwine, plunging him into a nightmarish battle against forces beyond comprehension, where knowledge itself can be deadly.

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Love

by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Published: 1925-01-01. 109,741 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Romance

A tender and witty exploration of the heart, where romance, misunderstandings, and the complexities of human emotion intertwine. Through unexpected encounters and intimate reflections, the story examines the joys, challenges, and surprising twists that love brings to life.

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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1941-01-01. 44,709 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

In Providence, a quiet antiquarian grows obsessed with a vanished ancestor—an infamous alchemist who trafficked with the dead. As the youth reenacts forbidden experiments, his physician unravels letters, crypts, and jars of nameless “salts.” Identities blur, and an old darkness stirs to stop it, the truth must be exhumed from tunnels beneath the city.

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The horror in the burying-ground

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1937-05-01. 5,926 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

In a fog-choked New England village, graves are found clawed from within and a toppled headstone points toward a quarrel between undertaker and doctor. Rumors of corpse-theft curdle into vigilante fear as midnight bells toll and lanterns jerk through the burying ground. When an exhumation forces truth to daylight, the living learn the dead were never the only ones being used.

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Introduction to Sally

by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Published: 1926-01-01. 92,988 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy

A charming and witty tale introduces a spirited young girl as she navigates family, friendship, and the small adventures of daily life. Through humor, curiosity, and heart, she discovers the joys and lessons of growing up in a warm, engaging world.

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The Horror at Red Hook

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1927-01-01. 8,346 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

After a raid in Red Hook goes wrong, a worn-out New York detective stumbles onto a labyrinth of basement chapels, smuggling tunnels, and a decadent scholar whose rituals draw on something older than the city. As kidnappings mount and the harbor seethes, he descends into a collapsing tenement for a last confrontation with a door that should never open.

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The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1936-04-01. 17,153 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A budget tour leads a curious traveler to a decaying New England seaport where shuttered houses, furtive faces, and a forbidden church hint at an unholy pact with the sea. Trapped overnight as tides rise and footsteps gather, he uncovers a reef-born cult, a monstrous genealogy, and a legacy that will haunt his blood long after he flees the town.

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The Thing on the Door-Step

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1937-01-01. 10,824 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A bookish Arkham gentleman marries a brilliant, unsettling woman rumored to dabble in forbidden rites. Soon his letters speak of lost time, borrowed voices, and a will no longer his own. As winter closes in, a desperate friend follows clues to a decaying cottage and a coffin that should not open—where identity proves as fragile as flesh.

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The Caravaners

by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Published: 1909-01-01. 88,865 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy

To celebrate a silver wedding, a pompous Prussian officer drags his long-suffering wife on a caravan holiday through Edwardian England. As rain, mishaps, and maddeningly free-spirited companions upend his plans, his diary unwittingly reveals vanity, jealousy, and a crumbling marriage. A razor-sharp comedy of manners where the road jolts loose truths no salon would admit.

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