Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at whi ...

Året är 2350 och genom Virgos Rymdresor kan jordborna för en präktig summa köpa sig en semester till planeten Prima Chara. En interstellär rymdfärd är en omständig historia - och d ...

På Sorgens sjö går ingen säker, men det vet inte Petra Bravo när hon ger sig ut på vattnet tillsammans med Aerwinwath. Då dyker plötsligt sjungande näckrosor upp, vars klagosång gö ...

En man leds in till en kvinna i ett nedsläckt rum. Han har precis räckt över pengar och nu är han oerhört nervös. Han försöker göra avslappningsövningar för sig själv, som han hade ...

"Once upon a time, and of course it was in the Golden Age, and I hope you may know when that was, for I am sure I don't, though I have tried hard to find out, there lived in a rich ...

"The Sleeper Awakes" belongs to the genre of dystopian science fiction, the preferred working ground for Wells. A futuristic Rip-van-Winkle who has been sleeping for more than two ...

"The Iron Heel" is a dystopian novel by Jack London, thought by some to be one of the earliest examples in the genre. Set in the United States, it deals with possible future change ...

Sabina Franke has gathered the best stories of ancient Near Eastern literature surrounding the Mesopotamian gods, men and kings. This book takes the reader on a journey back to the ...

'Macksey's blend of what actually happened and what might have been makes for a piece of writing comparable to Frederick Forsyth at his best.' Jack Higgins'Convincingly described a ...

This provocative alternative history looks at the Second World War from a new angle - what might have happened had the Germans taken Moscow in 1941. Based on authentic history and ...

The Call of Cthulhu is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. It is the only story ...

"Matka Irkallaan" on jatkoa aiemmin ilmestyneelle vampyyritarinalle "Usko ja epäilys". Lontoossa vuosisadan vaihteessa syntynyt vampyyriklaani seikkailee nyt toisen maailmansodan m ...

Charles Dickens shared excessive interest in the machinations of the ghostly and the supernatural. Many of his ghost stories include a sense of justice or rational explanation in t ...

"To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart."Master Humphrey is an old, crippled man living i ...

Basil Elton is a lighthouse keeper who has followed in his father’s and grandfather's footsteps – all of them have taken care of this very lighthouse. Elton is still fascinated by ...

When a writer named Carter meets his friend Manton in a cemetery, they are about to discuss prose writing and horror. Is there a good reason to leave some of the most horrifying th ...

Kalos and Musides are two Greek sculptors who are asked to sculpt statues for a competition. But while they are preparing their statues, something terrible happens – Kalos becomes ...

Jervas Dudley was only a child when he found the mausoleum of the Hyde family. The place becomes very important to Dudley – one day he will find his way to open the door to the mau ...

"That sprung up between us. You are not truly happy"Before their deaths, Edwin and Rosa’s fathers made them betrothed to one another. Now that they are of age, though, Edwin finds ...

While on holiday, four children let their imaginations run wild and tell each other fantastical stories. They picture themselves married to one another, living at sea, having magic ...

Varje gång när hon passerar det gamla torpet, som står öde och bistert i sin övervuxna trädgård, drabbas hon av ilningar, av rysningar som snart övergår till ren skräck. Det är som ...

Petra Bravo har återvänt till Rand och ska för första gången få träffa den unge jimbugen Lhan. Vid sin sida har hon magikanden Jend, som för närvarande befinner sig i en kropp som ...

Nu undrar du förstås vad den här berättelsen innehåller. Och det ska du få veta! Här finns en hexaflexagon som ingen någonsin lyckats vika, en ung doktorand som tror sig ha hittat ...

När jimbugen Ghezor råkar på rönnkvinnan Rowenna blir han omedelbart förälskad. Hon är dock inte alls imponerad av hans grå elefanthud och tredelade näsa. Men så händer något som g ...

Syrenerna spred sig som främmande ogräs över den plåtkalla prärien. Planetens svarta sol var på väg upp och kastade brinnande skuggor över landskapet, när Ilijot blästrade fram mot ...