"For the reclamation of justice, the acquisition of power, and my most sacred fidelity." Such is the creed of Abram Xian: known as "The Silvered Fiend" by commoner and aristocrat alike. His current mission is one of revenge, for he hunts a fugitive from his brotherhood. His prey is a young woman named Atma: a determ...
In the land of Fonde SSique, in an area where elven red trees grew, darkness is approaching. Out of the Hallow is about forbidden love, impending war, and the dying of the first and last of the magic trees. Join the elven warrior Eddipus as he sets out with a mysterious archer to quest for the tree's cure. But the nym...
Dol'lea is combatting an illusive cult while taking jobs for supplies, searching for who she really is and dealing with the tension of a past and present love on a ship that makes her world feel really small only to find that the enemy is at her front door.
PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS ON THE LAST BOOK OF THE WARDSTONE CHRONICLES(Spook's Revenge/Fury of the Seventh Son) AND THE FIRST BOOK OF THE STARBLADE CHRONICLES(A New Darkness)! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I started reading the The Last Apptentice series 6 months ago and if you haven't read it, I sugg...
"Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid." "How can you be lonely? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely..." Tom Ward is a seventh son of a seventh son, which allows him to fight against denizens of the dark, such as ghosts, ghasts, boggarts, and witches. Now Tom is t...
"The Count of Monte Cristo" focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty. Cover by xflowerpetalsx
Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth can dive into books, but she isn't prepared for a monster - and a ruthless murderer killing her tourists. Ike is fighting the aftermath of a nasty divorce that left her husband in custody of her homesitting business - and her beloved cats. With nothing but a turquoise construction trailer to c...
Imagine living a full life, dying months after your beloved wife passes and being buried. Only to wake up 300 years later, called out of the grave to fight a final war against an alien invasion. Join Max Niekro, formerly living and now Risen as he deals with this reality as the forces of Earth, both living and dead...
For possibly the first time, the Charred Council has disappeared. There are no traces and no clue to discover. They have just disappeared. In a way, they have gone dormant. The balance between Heaven and Hell is unstable; war rages like it has never before through the skies, the land, the water. All throughout the kn...
Here you will find a vast collection of story type riddles. These stories are "scary when you know the meaning". Can you find the creepy hidden meaning in each one? welcome to the unknown...Detective. May the odds be ever in your favor. HAHAHAHAHA
Disclaimer: All rights belong to Gertrude Landa. I don't own anything.
"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy" (1842), is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquera...
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839. Cover by the lovely @FayLane
"King Lear" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all.
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is relayed by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls...
"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...
"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 Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story...
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is about an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he be...
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
Faith had always been different. All her life she'd known the truth about her world, and all the worlds beyond it, her mind privy to secrets that helped her survive the End War and the century that followed. Now that the Seventh Seal is broken, the last remaining Child of Man will face untold calamity as the forces...
One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605 to 1606. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1...
This has most of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, or short stories. I do not own the rights to any of them, just simply sharing his work!
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.
