Robert W. Chambers
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Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection – The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate.
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Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection - The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate. New York in the future, military dictatorship, institutionalized suicide,...
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Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection-The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate. Perhaps the most perfectly composed vignette of tension and terror of all The...
24) The Demoiselle D'Ys, An Excerpt From The King In Yellow: The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe
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Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection-The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate. Robert W. Chamber's most hauntingly romantic tale from his collection of horror....
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Master of modern occultism, Lon Milo DuQuette, (author of Enochian Vision Magick and The Magick of Aleister Crowley) introduces the newest Weiser Books Collection-The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe. Culled from material long unavailable to the general public, DuQuette curates this essential new digital library with the eye of a scholar and the insight of an initiate. The fourth and most darkly romantic offering from the 19th century horror classic,...
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Released one year after the publication of The King in Yellow-a milestone of supernatural fiction-Robert W. Chambers' title story of this short-story collection is considered one of his finest weird tales. It is followed by a series of romantic art nouveau stories. Chambers' love of natural scenery, symbolic animal figures, and ghostly imagery are on full display as he weaves his characters through these otherworldly tales.
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Robert W. Chanbers' The King in Yellow, a collection of short stories, is considered one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. Within the collection is "The Prophets' Paradise," a dream-like narrative of prose and poetry. Featuring personifications of Love and Truth, the story's structure has a palindrome-like quality with internal repetition. Romantic in tone and ambiguous in theme, "The Prophets' Paradise" is one of Chambers'...
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What exactly lies beyond the treacherous and previously impassable Canadian glacier? From the collection In Search of the Unknown comes a chilling tale of the things nature can do when nobody's watching.
Robert W. Chambers was a pioneer of weird fiction, and influenced the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury. In Search of the Unknown was originally released in 1904, this story includes chapters 6-8.
30) The Maid-at-Arms
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The follow-up to Chambers' remarkably popular bestseller Cardigan, The Maid-at-Arms begins a century after America's Revolutionary War has been settled. The young nation has forgotten the struggles of its birth and is now facing an entirely different—but no less daunting—set of challenges. Against this backdrop, an unlikely hero emerges.
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In the realm of the uncanny and the extraordinary, Robert W. Chambers' "The Maker of Moons, and Other Short Stories" invites you on a captivating journey. From the titular tale of a man who wields the power to create celestial bodies to the haunting "The Yellow Sign," these stories delve into the depths of human nature, the mysteries of the unknown, and the ethereal beauty of the supernatural. Prepare to be transported to a world where dreams and...
32) The Green Mouse
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The main character Destyn is a poor gentleman who meets his soul mate (who luckily is very rich and falls in love with him) and together they form Green Mouse Lmtd in order to promote his psychic wave soul mate finder.
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Mr. Gatewood is a grumpy man whose friend wishes to find a woman to entertain him. A soldier continues to see visions of a woman he'd seen once on a train and wishes to find her before he must return to duty. A young man falls in love with the lifelike remains of an Egyptian dancing girl and wishes for her to come to life.
34) Police!!!
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In this thoroughly entertaining story collection, the renowned Dr. Percy travels the world searching for unique animal specimens—and keeps an eye on attractive examples of the fairer sex, as well. Will his dedication to these dual quests ever pay the dividends he's looking for? Equal parts romantic farce and fantastical science fiction, Police!!! is a rollicking read with something for everyone.
35) The Danger Mark
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In the early years of his literary career, author Robert W. Chambers focused on weird horror, earning the admiration of his peers, including the great H.P. Lovecraft. Later he turned his attention to high-society drama and romance, but his treatment of these seemingly trivial topics is freighted with the same intensity and intrigue that characterized his previous work. The Danger Mark follows the ups and downs of an orphaned twin whose hedonistic
...37) Athalie
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When Mrs. Greensleeve first laid eyes on her baby she knew it was different from the other children. "What is the matter with it?" she asked. The preoccupied physician replied that there was nothing the matter. In point of fact he had been admiring the newly born little girl when her mother asked the question. "She's about as perfect as they make 'em," he concluded, placing the baby beside her mother.
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Should be read in the Golden Future, some snowy evening by the fire after a home dinner à deux. Your predestined husband, mademoiselle, is to extend his god-like figure upon a sofa, with an ash-tray convenient. You are to do the reading, curled up in the big velvet wing-chair, with the lamp at your left elbow and the fender under your pretty feet.
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This collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers takes its title from The King in Yellow, a fictional drama so laced with the essence of purest poison that it drives anyone foolish enough to read it insane. Although suppressed by authorities shortly after publication, copies of the play continue to seduce and destroy unsuspecting men and women who fall under its spell. The King in Yellow was a bestseller in its day, and was later praised by...
