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Horror books have been part of the literary world for years, but it seems like horror in all its mediums has been on the upswing in recent times.

America's black intellectuals - writers, historians, educators, and community activists - have made major contributions to the struggle for equality and human rights throughout American public life.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a horror novel by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). Charles Dexter Ward, a young man from a famous family, mysteriously disappeared from a mental hospital. Family doctor Willet tries to investigate the cause of Ward’s insanity and physiological changes. Willett learns that Ward has been trying to find the grave of his ancestor, Joseph Carven, for the past few years.

The edition includes two works by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930). The Great Shadow—an adventure story set in an Anglo-Scottish border village at the end of the Napoleonic era, including a fascinating interpretation of the Battle of Waterloo, as well as The Disintegration Machine—which is a fantasy story from the Professor Challenger series.

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by the English writer H. G. Wells (1866–1946). A stranger appeared in an English village during a snowstorm. No one saw his face, it was hidden under medical bandages. But one day a stranger took off the bandages and... he was left without a head!

The Shunned House is a collection of several mystical stories by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).
For many years, Dr. Elihu Whipple has been investigating an old shunned house in Benefit Street. The people who once lived in this house have died of a mysterious illness. Whitish phosphorus fungous vegetation grow in the cellar of the house. The doctor and his nephew decide to spend the night in the house and destroy the dangerous supernatural power. They arm themselves with military flamethrowers...

Works by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–1944) are full of almost mystical echoes with the present days.