E-böcker / Fantasy & SF
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
Halley's Comet had just swung by and the infamous Baptist preacher William Miller was foretelling the end of the world.Edgar Allan Poe was quick to capitalise on the atmosphere of ...
Luolaihmiset
Millaista ihmisten elämä oli kivikauden aikaan?Eletään kivikautta, kun Ab-niminen poikalapsi syntyy. Abin koti on kallioluolassa, ja kasvettuaan hiukan suuremmaksi Ab leikkii oksil ...
The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
Adapted into episode one of the TV mini-series, The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells – starring Ray Winstone and Michael Gambon – The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham is a short story ...
Christina Alberta's Father
‘Christina Alberta’s Father’ is a multi-layered read. Part comedy, part tragedy, and part satire of 1920s society, it tells the story of Albert Edward Preemby. Following his wife’s ...
The Moon-Bog
It is a golden rule: if you visit or move to a new area and the locals issue a chilling warning, abide by it.In books and films, the golden rule is to ignore it.Take ´American Were ...
Allan and the Ice-Gods
The final novel in H. Rider Haggard’s much-anticipated trilogy, ‘Allan and the Ice Gods’, sees the return of Allan Quatermain and features Lady Luna Ragnall and the taduki drug ye ...
Green Tea
"Green Tea" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is ...
The Beast in the Cave
A man and his guide enter the vast, labyrinthine Mammoth Cave. However, this is not an advert for Visit Kentucky, so you can predict the next plot line.The man loses his guide. The ...
The Thames Valley Catastrophe
One Londoner and an American geologist are out for a bicycle trip in the Thames valley. They talk about natural disasters and volcanic eruptions and how thankful they are that such ...
Ur aska och eld
Domarringen i Stenglänta har stått orörd i hundratals, kanske tusentals år. Det är ingen som vet. De tre skogsgnomerna Ibun, Tomasin och Kalonis beger sig dit över dagen och hittar ...
Sömnlandet
Den brutala smittsjukdomen Sömnen härjar i Tveväldet. På ena sidan av barriären finns kvinnorna, som är biologiskt överlägsna, och på den andra finns männen. Männens samhälle är un ...
Legenden om Stjärnvalvets folk : Sagas bok
Isma började spektaklet som inledde spelet om hennes och om världens öde. Är du den utvalda? Hon satt alldeles tyst en stund och svarade sen så starkt och bestämt som hon kunde. Ne ...
Jäätynyt mies
Voiko jään sisällä selvitä elossa vuosikymmenten ajan?Kun rahtialus matkaa Newfoundlandin rannikolla, kohtaa sen miehistö jotain yllättävää. Erään jäävuoren sisällä näkyy olevan ku ...
Häxdottern
Alva är ensam, riktigt ensam. Hennes pappa dog när hon var liten och hon blir ständigt plågad av sina klasskompisar. Kanske blir ensamheten än mer påtaglig då hennes syster Felicia ...
The Argonauts of the Air
Written just eight years before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight, ‘The Argonauts of the Air’ follows the fortunes of eccentric millionaire, Monson. Monson is det ...
The Apple
'The Apple' is a fantasy-mystery short story by H.G. Wells. It is the tale of a student who, whilst travelling by train in a third-class carriage, is offered genuine, forbidden fru ...
The Ghost of Guir House
When Mr. Henley answers a letter that is not addressed to him, his life is immediately thrown into chaos. Full of supernatural suspense, this gripping ghostly tale follows Mr. Henl ...
The Secret of the Earth
Written by Charles Willing Beale (1845-1932), ‘The Secret of the Earth’ (1899) is an intriguing lost-world tale. When Dirk Waaijen, the master of the Voorne, is five days out from ...
Rymdhunden
Ett häpnadsväckande rymdäventyr! För både människa och människans bästa vän.Den internationella rymdbesättningen är redo för sitt livs äventyr. De ska ge sig ombord på det första a ...
The Terrible Old Man
He talks to bottles, collects strange stones and only 'few know his real name'. If the title of the short story is not enough, these facts about 'The Terrible Old Man' make it clea ...
The Picture in the House
While a man is out cycling in rural New England, a storm is brewing. He finds that the only option for shelter is a house nearby.It is, of course, not a normal house. It is a creep ...
Hypnos
It is not advisable to become instant best friends with a mysterious man you have just met at a railway station - particularly if he has 'immense, sunken and widely luminous eyes'. ...
The Wolf Leader
In ‘The Wolf Leader,’ Dumas deftly weaves the Faust story with the werewolves of folklore. While it is not the typical swashbuckling fare you would expect from the author of ‘The T ...
Hérodias
Written by the great French author Gustave Flaubert, ‘Hérodias’ is the third and final tale from the short story collection, ‘Three Tales’ (1877) and is a memorable retelling of th ...
The Waif Woman
Off the windswept coast of Iceland, there’s a ship with a mysterious passenger on board. Her name is Thorgunna, and soon she’ll be dead. But that won’t be the end of her story. Ins ...