The Ebony Coffin

The Ebony Coffin

Author: Burlan Eugene Ellison

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-10-22

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0595910599

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Jim Kirkwood's visit to an antique shop in Queens, New York, starts with an invitation and ends in a hail of bullets. Kirkwood, a self-indulgent, self-confident, and at times unsympathetic connoisseur of human nature, finds himself swept into a bottomless pit of betrayal and malice in his hunt for perhaps the greatest archeological find of all time. At a clandestine auction held at a mansion in southern England, the situation quickly turns deadly, throwing Kirkwood into a cat and mouse game of deception, greed, and murder. In his search for what has been lost for hundreds of years, Kirkwood chases a man of the Church who just may be the most evil person he has ever encountered, and a woman who is by far the most beautiful and mysterious. Along with Iain MacLeod, Chief of the Clan MacLeod, Kirkwood crisscrosses Scotland and England in pursuit of a murderer and the treasure that may hold secrets associated with the Gnostic Gospels. Reunited with an old comrade, Kirkwood must settle old scores, but it may cost him his life. The Ebony Coffin, author B. Eugene Ellison's fifth Jim Kirkwood novel, is an exhilarating, fast-paced adventure filled with history and intrigue.


Make Me Over: Eleven Stories of Transformation

Make Me Over: Eleven Stories of Transformation

Author: Marilyn Singer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-09-22

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1440678278

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What kind of a makeover has the power to change a person, inside and out? These stories, specially written for this collection, delve into our culture’s fascination with beauty and present different views about all kinds of makeovers. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, and always thought provoking, this anthology will open eyes and minds. Authors include Joseph Bruchac, Marina Budhos, Evelyn Coleman, Peni R. Griffin, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Norma Howe, Jess Mowry, René Saldaña, Jr., Marilyn Singer, Joyce Sweeney, and Terry Trueman.


The Pyramid of Senwosret I

The Pyramid of Senwosret I

Author: Dieter Arnold

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0870995065

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Based on the Museum's records of excavations from 1906 to 1934 at the pyramid site of Lisht, revised and augmented by results of recent excavations (1985 to present). Further volumes are in preparation. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.


The Voyage of the Black Witch

The Voyage of the Black Witch

Author: Micheal Rivers

Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing

Published: 2003-04

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781589393189

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Dorian and Diana Coe always dreamed of owning the perfect sailing vessel. As fortune would have it, they discovered a very unique schooner. A schooner unlike any other ever built! A mysterious past shrouded their dream in the hand-written logs of the schooner. Tales of kidnapping, suicide and the disappearance of an entire crew. Disregarding the words written by men of integrity they gathered a select crew and made their plans to sail in the Spring. The sailing venture of a lifetime soon began and with it the discovery of a disturbing past. A past shadowing the reputation of their new schooner. Into the realms of illusion and the power of evil they sailed never knowing the fate awaiting them!


The Necromancer - Or, The Tale of the Black Forest (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

The Necromancer - Or, The Tale of the Black Forest (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

Author: Lawrence Flammenberg

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1473355532

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“The Necromancer” is a 1794 Gothic novel written by Karl Friedrich Kahlert, published under the pseudonym 'Lawrence Flammenberg'. One of the seven 'horrid novels' ridiculed by Jane Austen in her famous novel “Northanger Abbey”, it contains a series of vivid stories concerning violence, hauntings, and the supernatural adventures of Helfried, Hermann, and the mysterious Necromancer, Volker. “The Necromancer” is told through multiple verbal or epistolary narratives from the perspective of different characters. These sequences became typical of the genre, as well as signposts for readers indicating that the work was fiction—or at least of dubious credibility. This early work of Gothic fiction constitutes a must-read for fans of the genre and is not to be missed by collectors. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-qual edition complete with the original text and artwork.


Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

Author: H. and E. Heron

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-04-10

Total Pages: 5488

ISBN-13: 3968583116

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This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Sheridan Le Fanu - H. and E. Heron - Charlotte Riddell - Flora Annie Steel - Amelia B. Edwards - Margaret Oliphant - Edward Bellamy - Arnold Bennett - S. Baring-Gould - Daniil Kharms - E.F. Benson - John Buchan - Ella D'Arcy - Jacques Futrelle - Frank Richard Stockton - John Kendrick Bangs - Kenneth Grahame - Julian Hawthorne - A. E. W. Mason - Richard Middleton - Pierre Louÿs - Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole - Ethel Richardson - Gertrude Stein - E. Phillips Oppenheim - Arthur Quiller-Couch - Mór Jókai - Andy Adams - Bertha Sinclair - Fitz James O'Brien - Eleanor H. Porter - Valery Bryusov - John Ulrich Giesy - Otis Adelbert Kline - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Frank Lucius Packard - Barry Pain - Gertrude Bennett - Francis Marion Crawford - William Pett Ridge - Gilbert Parker - Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - Elizabeth Garver Jordan - Richard Austin Freeman - Alice Duer Miller - Leonard Merrick - Anthony Hope - Ethel Watts Mumford - Anne O'Hagan Shinn - B. M. Bower