Книги жанра американская литература
The Terrible Old Man is a strange elderly man "so old that no one can remember when he was young, and so taciturn that few know his real name". He lives alone in an ancient house on Water Street in the town of Kingsport.
The story traces the history of the eponymous street in a New England city, presumably Boston, from its first beginnings as a path in colonial times to a quasi-supernatural occurrence in the years immediately following World War I.
The story traces the history of the eponymous street in a New England city, presumably Boston, from its first beginnings as a path in colonial times to a quasi-supernatural occurrence in the years immediately following World War I.
Thomas Olney, a "philosopher" visiting the town of Kingsport, Massachusetts with his family, is intrigued by a strange house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. It is unaccountably high and old and the locals have a generations-long dread of the place which no one is known to have visited. With great difficulty, Olney climbs the crag, approaches the house, and meets the mysterious man who lives ther…
Thomas Olney, a "philosopher" visiting the town of Kingsport, Massachusetts with his family, is intrigued by a strange house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. It is unaccountably high and old and the locals have a generations-long dread of the place which no one is known to have visited. With great difficulty, Olney climbs the crag, approaches the house, and meets the mysterious man who lives ther…
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft which tells of a traumatic event in the life of Randolph Carter, a student of the occult loosely representing Lovecraft himself.
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft which tells of a traumatic event in the life of Randolph Carter, a student of the occult loosely representing Lovecraft himself.
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a short novel about a weird hybrid race of humans and creatures resembling a cross between a fish and a frog, which lives in the seaside village of Innsmouth.
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a short novel about a weird hybrid race of humans and creatures resembling a cross between a fish and a frog, which lives in the seaside village of Innsmouth.
Молодой талантливый врач Мартин Эроусмит всегда мечтал посвятить свою жизнь научным исследованиям на благо человечества. За частной практикой в глухой провинции следует работа в крупной клинике в мегаполисе, а потом и должность в научном институте. Однако везде Эроусмит сталкивается с пагубным для профессии, призванной спасать жизни, карьеризмом коллег, для которых медицина – обычный доходный бизн…
Остросюжетный роман американского писателя Джеймса Оливера Кервуда, жившего и творившего на стыке столетий, как и многие из его произведений, посвящен Северной Канаде – краю необычайно красивому, но чрезвычайно опасному. Кервуд был весьма успешным писателем – в двадцатых годах прошлого столетия он был самым высокооплачиваемым автором в мире. Его произведения удачно продолжают традиции формата, пре…
«Поздний» Воннегут – во всей безжалостной жестокости его острого таланта. Странная история Руди Вальца – скромного фармацевта и незадачливого драматурга, снова и снова ищущего ответы на два вопроса. Как случилось, что много лет назад он, совсем еще ребенок, совершил убийство? И почему именно он, до сих пор терзаемый чувством вины, оказался одним из немногих уцелевших во время катастрофы, которая у…
The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless – or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures and the carved stones tens of millions of years old.
The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless – or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures and the carved stones tens of millions of years old.
Six bone-chilling tales of bizarre beauty and awesome horror lurk in the dark of the soul, waiting to be called upon by the demons of nightmares, and let loose in the frightened mind.