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Since its inception in the 19th Century photography has been a trusted source capturing both truth and reality. It cannot lie. Our eyes may deceive us, but the camera cannot. In this volume whilst our classic authors are at the early edge of photography’s development, they use it in ways that are both innovative and atmospheric as very often the camera and the photographer become a central part in many fascinating stories.

Listen to Citadel Of Fear with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. Citadel of Fear is considered Francis Stevens' masterpiece, by Lovecraft's acclaim. Two adventurers discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle. One is taken over by an evil god while the other falls in love with a woman from the ancient Mexican city of Tlapallan. Citadel of Fear was first published as a serial in Argosy Magazine in 1918-1919. It was eventually republished as a novel in 1970. It is now considered a "lost classic".

Two adventurers discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle, returning not only with an ancient idol, but also an unimaginable horror that threatens the existence of the world.

Biology professor Theron Tademus cares about his work above all else, certainly more than friendship or romance. In fact, he doesn’t really like people in general. While spending his summer holiday in the mountains of North Carolina, Tademus meets a beautiful, mysterious young lady named Elva who is unlike anyone he’s ever met. Try as he might, the professor can’t stop thinking about her. Elva, though, may be more than she appears, and Tademus may be in serious danger. Is the professor’s love of science any match against the elf trap?

Imagine Talks Podcast covers topics on achieving success, overcoming life obstacles, and social impact, with an emphasis on Asian American leadership, women’s empowerment, and productivity. Imagine Talks is a network collaboration of the Asian America Foundation and Edge Interns focused on the mission of women’s empowerment, social impact, and entrepreneurship. We inspire the community to make a difference in the world by promoting mentorships and fostering growth through sharing ideas of innovation, art, and stories of humanity. Imagine Talks Podcast is produced by Edge Interns & Mental ...

Step into a groundbreaking alternate world with The Heads of Cerberus, a novel first serialized in The Thrill Book in 1919 and later published in 1952. When three unsuspecting time travelers stumble upon a vial of grey dust, they find themselves in a dystopian Philadelphia of 2118. Though some landmarks remain, the society is drastically different‚Aîsuperlative adjectives and numbered buttons have replaced personal names, and a powerful oligarchy reigns supreme. To navigate this perilous new reality and find their way home, they must charm the Loveliest, outsmart the Cleverest, and survive ...

Getrude Bennet has been called the "most important woman writer of fantasy between Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1759-1797) and C.L. Moore (1911-1987)". This is a complete collection of short stories by the woman who first explored the dark fantasy worlds of the modern era. This book contains tales that were originally published in Weird Tales, Argosy, and All-Story Weekly between 1918-1923.

Clayton Barbour, the narrator, is a protected bourgeois son just weak enough to allow himself to be overwhelmed by a sly, dissembling force of evil, just strong enough to be constantly tormented by his weakness. Invited to a séance by a casual acquaintance, Moore, who sees in him a psychic force, he becomes the inadvertent victim of Moore's wife's contact with a channeled malignant force.

Nightmare was the first in a type of fiction that became known as dark fantasy, and remains a high water mark in the genre. First published in 1916, this debut novel began the three year career in which Francis Stevens became the person that launched entire genres of modern fictions. With her vast imagination and flair for the unusual and exciting, Gertrude Barrows Bennett created a seed that has grown into thousands of great works.

Gertrude Barrows Bennett’s The Citadel of Fear (1918) is one of the greatest dark fantasy classics, a gorgeously written and imaginatively conceived masterpiece. In a career that spanned a mere three years, Bennett published half a dozen books under the pseudonym of Francis Stevens which came to define a number of later genres. She is most popularly known as the woman who invented dark fantasy, but along the way she also invented a new, creepier kind of dystopian sci-fi.

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, a trailblazing female writer in the realms of fantasy and science fiction. Under the pseudonym Francis Stevens, she crafted a series of extraordinary stories between 1917 and 1923, earning her the title of the woman who invented dark fantasy. Citadel of Fear, hailed as her masterpiece by none other than H.P. Lovecraft, follows the daring adventures of two explorers who stumble upon a hidden city deep within the Mexican jungle. As one adventurer succumbs to the influence of a malevolent god, the other finds himself enchanted...

Two adventurers discover a lost city in the Mexican jungle. One is taken over by an evil god while the other falls in love with a woman from Tlapallan. Back in the states, the possessed man begins to use magic to mutate civilians. The other walks away, but the pair must duel in the end.

Imagine a smartphone app that would expose the evil thoughts of people around you. In this story from 1919, a scientist stumbles across a membrane that does just that to his color photography. The images can't hurt one physically, but oh, what they do to the mind.

"Behind the Curtain" is short, also simple, a tale of revenge in the manner of Edgar Allan Poe. The author even mentions Poe in her story, and her two characters, Santallos, the narrator, and Quentin, his guest, drink Amontillado. Santallos is a collector of Egyptian antiquities, including mummies and mummy cases. You might say he's wrapped up in his hobby, so much so that he neglects his wife. Naturally, she falls into the arms of the younger man, Quentin. Santallos concocts a fiendish kind of revenge.

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Dive into the enigmatic world of Marshall City, the imagined capital of a Midwestern state. When the cousin of affluent Hildreth Wyndham vanishes without a trace, he and his comrades suspect foul play. The finger of blame points to the state governor, her previous employer. But the truth is ensnared within a perplexing labyrinth they must navigate. Join them on this thrilling quest for truth. (Summary by Ashley Crossman)

Thomas Dunbar is struck by an automobile. He wakes up in a hospital situation, that's not a hospital, but the home of a rather strange man that that hit Dunbar with his automobile. The man is a Dr. and an inventor. Dunbar receives excellent care, but there is something strange going on in the house. Against the doctor's orders, Dunbar decides to escape. He opens the wrong door and stumbles into a huge laboratory with tremendous machines... Dunbar's life is changed forever.