Imprisoned with the Pharaohs

by H P Lovecraft
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
Author: H P Lovecraft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre:
ISBN:
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Book Excerpt: ...onument that the famed tomb of Perneb was found--more than four hundred miles north of the Theban rock valley where Tut-Ankh-Amen sleeps. Again I was forced to silence through sheer awe. The prospect of such antiquity, and the secrets each hoary monument seemed to hold and brood over, filled me with a reverence and sense of immensity nothing else ever gave me.Fatigued by our climb, and disgusted with the importunate Bedouins whose actions seemed to defy every rule of taste, we omitted the arduous detail of entering the cramped interior passages of any of the pyramids, though we saw several of the hardiest tourists preparing for the suffocating crawl through Cheops' mightiest memorial. As we dismissed and overpaid our local bodyguard and drove back to Cairo with Abdul Reis under the afternoon sun, we half regretted the omission we had made. Such fascinating things were whispered about lower pyramid passages not in the guide books; passages whose entrances had been hastily blocked up and concealed by ce...

I Found Cleopatra

by Thomas P. Kelley
I Found Cleopatra
Author: Thomas P. Kelley
Publisher: West Linn, Or. : Fax Collector's Editions
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1977
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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The Plague Dogs

by Richard Adams
The Plague Dogs
Author: Richard Adams
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101970693
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This modern-day classic is an unforgettable tale of fantasy and adventure, a powerful exploration of the limits of human cruelty and kindness. A “gripping ... compelling tale of emotional force and high suspense” (The Wall Street Journal). Rowf, a shaggy black mongrel, and Snitter, a black-and-white fox terrier, are among dozens of animals being cruelly held in a testing facility in North West England. When one of the handlers fails to close Rowf’s cage properly, the two dogs make a daring escape into the English countryside, where they befriend a red fox who helps them survive in the wild. But as rumors circulate that the dogs may have been the test subjects for biological weapons and could be carrying a terrible plague, they soon find themselves targets of a great dog hunt. Local farmers, politicians, scientists, and even the military join in the search to track them down.

Marginalia

by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Marginalia
Author: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1944
Genre: Science fiction, American
ISBN:
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The Doom That Came to Sarnath

by H. P. Lovecraft
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 3
Release: 2021-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8726596970
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More than 10 000 years ago something terrible happened in the land of Mnar. Shepherd people built a new city called Sarnath. But the land they took to themselves was not uninhabited – there was a strange race living in the area, and they even had their own town called Ib. The people of Sarnath decided to destroy the other race. But they didn’t know that one day these creatures would return and have their revenge... H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American horror writer. His best known works include ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ and ‘the Mountains of Madness’. Most of his work was originally published in pulp magazines, and Lovecraft rose into fame only after his death at the age of 46. He has had a great influence in both horror and science fiction genres.

The Tomb and Other Tales

by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The Tomb and Other Tales
Author: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Publisher:
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1969
Genre: Horror tales
ISBN:
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In the Walls of Eryx (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

by H. P. Lovecraft
In the Walls of Eryx (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2016-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473369177
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In the Lovecraftian universe there exists many terrible and horrifying things, from extraterrestrial gods and ancient secrets to zealous cults, supernatural beasts and beyond. Lovecraft's 1939 short story "In the Walls of Eryx" centres around the life and demise of a Venetian prospector who becomes lost in an invisible maze while mining on the planet Venus. Lovecraft's first and only science fiction story, this book is not to be missed by short story lovers and fans of Lovecraft's exceptional fiction. Other notable works by this author include: “At the Mountains of Madness”, “The Rats in the Walls”, and “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Read & Co. is publishing this classic short story now as part of our “Fantasy and Horror Classics” imprint in a new edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.

The Curse of the Pharaohs

by Elizabeth Peters
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446573205
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From a New York Times bestselling author, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, now a wife and mother, returns to catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient tomb. It's 1892, and Amelia and her now-husband Radcliffe Emerson have settled down in Victorian England after their escapade in Egypt. They're raising their young son Ramses and everything seems normal–until they are approached by a damsel in distress. Lady Baskerville's husband, Sir Henry, has died after uncovering what might be a royal tomb in Luxor. Despite rumors of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, Amelia and Radcliffe proceed to Egypt and realize that Sir Henry did not die a natural death. Accidents continue to plague the dig, and talk of a pharaoh's curse runs rampant among the group. Amelia begins to suspect that these accidents are caused by a sinister human–but who?

The H. P. Lovecraft Collection

by H. P. Lovecraft
The H. P. Lovecraft Collection
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781784286750
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This collection of H. P. Lovecraft's work contains 71 stories by the master of weird fantasy and strange horror fiction. The stories include well-known gems such as 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward' as well as lesser known works. The stories are in chronological order, thus allowing the reader to explore how Lovecraft's work developed over the course of his writing career.