Crawford, F. Marion

The Witch of Prague (Mystery & Supernatural) (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)

As I fell the thing sprang across me and seemed to throw itself upon the captain. When I last saw him on his feet his face was white and his lips set. It seemed to me that he struck a violent blow at the dead being, and then he, too, fell forward upon his face, with an inarticulate cry of horror. This unique collection contains all the supernatural works of the prolific F. Marion Crawford (1854 1909), including his classic chillers For Blood is the Life , The Upper Berth and the title story, The Screaming Skull which was based on a true horror legend. Also included in this volume is his amazing novel The Witch of Prague which Dennis Wheatley described as a classic of occult fiction. For a potent blend of horror, fantasy and fear Crawford s tales have rarely been surpassed. Most of these stories have long been out of print, so this collection is a special treat for all lovers of supernatural mysteries.

*OP For the Blood is the Life

F. Marion Crawford, a popular romantic novelist of the Victorian period, is mostly remembered for the eight supernatural tales collected in For the Blood Is the Life. As Darrell Schweitzer points out in the introduction, Crawford's stories are admirably straightforward, without the long framing or scene-setting devices common in his day. The tales include ghostly vengeance, a family curse, madness caused by guilt, and terror at sea. The poetic, subtle title story is about a female vampire in southern Italy. Best of all, though, is "The Upper Berth, " which was praised by H. P. Lovecraft as "Crawford's weird masterpiece ... one of the most tremendous horror-stories in all of literature. In this tale of a suicide-haunted stateroom such things as spectral salt-water damage, the strangely open porthole, and the nightmare struggle with the nameless object are handled with incomparable dexterity."

The Complete Wandering Ghosts

For the first time, complete as the author intended them, here are all eight of F. Marion Crawford's supernatural pieces, including the rare story 'The King's Messenger,' as well as such classics as 'The Upper Berth' (considered by many to be the finest ghost story ever written) and many more. Also features a new introduction written especially for this volume by horror scholar Lee Weinstein.

For the first time, complete as the author intended them, here are all eight of F. Marion Crawford's supernatural pieces, including the rare story "The King's Messenger," as well as such classics as "The Upper Berth" (considered by many to be the finest ghost story ever written) and many more. Also features a new introduction written especially for this volume by horror scholar Lee Weinstein.

The Midnight Reader: Great Stories of Haunting and Horror (The Beckoning Fair One; The Mezzotint; Tarnhelm; The Willows; Mark of the Beast; Upper Berth; Yellow Wall Paper; Millvale Apparition; et al)

The Moonlit Road (Classic Fiction)

Naxos AudioBooks continues its new series of Great Poets represented by a collection of their most popular poems on one CD with W. B. Yeats, one of the most loved poets of the 20th century. He left a large legacy of outstanding poems, and the finest are collected here: Down by the Salley Gardens, The Lake Isle of Inisfree, The Secret Rose and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. They are read by a strong cast led by Olivier award winner Jim Norton.

CHAMBER OF HORRORS: Envio; The Living Death; Lines; A Tough Tussle; Holy-Day for Ghosts; The Dance of Death; Skirmish; The Upper Berth; Green Tea; A Little Place off the Edgware Road; Mummy to the Rescue; Drugged; Miss Cornelius; Meeting with a Double

The Witch of Prague (Wildside Fantasy)

"Illustrated. The witch Unorna pursues true love. While she is being pursued by Israel Kafka who is madly in love with her, Unorna falls madly in love with ""The Wanderer,"" who goes about the world in search of his long lost love, Beatrice. Unorna is not able to make the Wandered fall in love with her without making many attempts at casting spells on him and plotting against anyone who comes in her way. Can her hypnotic powers succeed, and can she free herself from her agony through the purity of her love? By Marion Crawford"

This is a book about a witch who is not old and ugly as you would normally think a witch would be. She uses her powers for herself and makes slaves by hypnotizing them with her multi-colored eyes. She is not an evil person, but she does use her powers unethically. Her need for love pushes her to have dealings with a wizard that she comes to regret. This is not unlike the play "the Phantom of the Opera". Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year.

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