"The Raven" tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition...
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women...
"The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic use of the word "bells." The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses from "the jingling and the tinkling" of the b...
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, "Dracula" tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
[2022 WATTYS WINNER] | Tracey Higgenbottom, Mr. Porter's witty assistant, finds herself at a dead-end when constables dismiss a case of his possible kidnapping. With the unexpected help of a spunky adventurer, a chimney sweep boy and his sister, and a reluctant records keeper, she suddenly finds herself on the hunt fo...
DISCLAIMER: I do not own and did not write this story. It is a copy of Original Book by Robert Louis Stevenson that I have uploaded here because it was way better to read than the PDF I was given in school. But I decided to let it stay here to help spread the book to wider audiences. Hope you enjoy. ----- Author: Robe...
Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, "Hamlet" dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. Cover by @vkbloodgood
A Christmas Carol tells the story of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of the...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his famous detective.
Sometimes you just need a scare - no matter how small it is. [196 stories]
Just a whole book full of different scary stories to entertain you, the reader, none of it is my own work. Enjoy!
Scary. Stories. To. Tell. In. The. Dark! NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!! Slow updates (random)
Ever since we were young, our parents have told us various tales and f ghosts, demons and creepy tales that will stalk your room if you don't listen to them and go to bed. But as we grew older, we stopped believing in all that nonsense. After all, it's all for make belief. None of it is actually real. Or is it?... ...
So here, @imapygmypuff, @Chaospossum, and myself (@bosckoboscko) are going to write our favorite quotes about the awesometastical Jeff Goldblum. If you don't like him, then go away. You can't sit with us. If you do, Welcome!
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. It has since been reprinted on numerous occasions, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title...
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.
This book is for anyone who needs to know about the wonderful people who don't want sex, and don't feel attracted to anything sexual. And more importantly, for those misunderstood people themselves who are just wishing to be understood. Yes, you.
A siren's song can lull any sailor into its trancing melody, leading them astray, right into the jaws of the hungry mermaids. But for one merman, there's this one sailor that he can't bring himself to eat. The sailor calls himself "Steve Rogers" and he is the most beautiful human the long-haired siren has ever seen. B...
Joey x Chandler After Chandler gets back with Janice, Joey's feelings come spilling out. Follows a lot of the episodes but doesn't follow everything. A lot of figuring out things, fluff, smut, fights, relationship stuff. Ross and Rachel stay together in this Warning: LGBTQ+, Boy x Boy may contain smut, 18+ preferred r...