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William Meikle
Meet an Edwardian occult detective who goes where no other gentleman will dare. Nine stories and a novella take Carnacki deep into neolithic barrows and the crypts of ancient cathedrals…
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This comprehensive guide to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh provides readers with a detailed look at the Chapel of the Thistle, including its history, architecture, and artwork. The author's expertise…
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When the end came, it wasn't zombies, asteroids, global warming or nuclear winter. It was something that escaped from a lab. Something small, and very hungry.It starts with deadly rain…
When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a derelict Nazi base in Antarctica, he expects to find only ice and dead men. But there is something…
A small group of industrial archaeologists head into the center of Newfoundland, investigating a rumor of a lost prospecting team of Irish miners in the late Nineteenth century. They find…
There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some-those who…
This story isn't really about me. On the Isle of Skye, near the community of Dunvegan, sits a rustic old one-bedroom home, waiting for a new tenant. It seems like…
Sometimes the monsters are real…
For Tor and Skald this is their first Viking raid, and their minds are filled with thoughts of honor and glory. What awaits them are…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
A dreaming man, lost in a fugue, leads them down dark passages, through the streets of London - and underneath them. An old friend is lost and found again, an…
The adventurers from THE LAND BELOW return to the cavern under the Austrian Alps.
At first it is a rescue mission, but soon Danny, Stefan, Ed and Elsa find themselves…
Does all human passion, all memory, all imagination come merely from the chemistry in our brains, like the movements of a clock follow from the arrangement of its cogs and…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
John Seton, a grizzled British sailor, is a sea monster hunter. When he takes on a job for an exclusive yacht club in South East Asia he expects it to…
The chill grey waters of the North Sea off the Scottish coast are treacherous at the best of times and become even more so when something attacks an offshore oil…
A remote high valley in the Canadian Rockies hides an ecosystem that has been lost in time. A small team of prospectors and their local guides are looking for gold…
When a Minister opens his big mouth after too many beers in Parliament, the squad find themselves assigned to what seems a routine missing persons case in London. They soon…
In this latest in the popular S-Squad series the team are sent into a remote area of the Libyan desert to rescue a team of researchers who have gone missing.
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It's cold, it's dark and Wiggo is worried about the future of the squad. When they arrive at a Research Station at the North Pole his worries are proved to…
A trip to a war zone to rescue trapped archaeologists finds the S-Squad in a remote desert region of lost cities and temples. They quickly discover that they are not…
When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a zoo in Siberia, he expects to find tigers, bears, maybe elk But there is something there that is…
The members of S-Squad are looking for a break from their run of cold climate travails. So when a seemingly simple mission in Amazonia comes their way, they are looking…
It was supposed to be a simple mission. A suspected Russian spy boat is in trouble in Canadian waters. Investigate and report are the orders. But when Captain John Banks…
Murder and skullduggery on the oldest course in golf. St. Andrews might never be the same again.
Private investigator John Royle takes on a routine missing person case in search…
In Victorian London, a select group of writers, led by Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker and Henry James held an informal dining club, the price of entry to which was…
The exploits of Glasgow private investigator Derek Adams continue in this collection of Lovecraftian noir. This collection includes: Rhythm and BoozeThe Weathered StoneThe Inuit BoneA Slim ChanceFarsideEeny Meeny Miney Mi-GoDeal…
The exploits of Glasgow private investigator Derek Adams collected in a three-volume set of Lovecraftian noir. This collection includes: The Amulet It was supposed to be an easy case. Fast…
CARNACKI operates in shadowy occult realms, on the fringes of science, in places out of sight and out of mind of normal everyday people. But sometimes the darkness touches the…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Mankind is spreading through the Solar System but, as yet, is still alone in the vastness of space.
That is all about to change.
A small team of intrepid scientists…
In Samurai and Other Stories you’ll find numerous ghosts, many Scotsmen, a big blob, some holy relics, some unholy relics, a Mothman, a barbarian, some swordplay, a shoggoth and people…
No one can handle Scottish folklore with elements of the darkest horror, science fiction and fantasy, suspense and adventure like William Meikle. In Samurai and Other Stories you’ll find numerous…
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Jasper Bark,William Meikle,Gary McMahon
Darkness, our most primitive fear since shadows first stirred.
Within the pages of this horror anthology you will be taken back into the past, down to the depths of the…
Armand Rosamilia,William Meikle,Bracken MacLeod
These are the fairy tales that will give you and your children nightmares. From the darkest depths of Grimm and Anderson come the immortal mash-ups with the creations of Lovecraft.
William Meikle, Jason Parent, Curtis M Lawson
Three unique voices in today's horror bring you new takes on an old power that threatens to reshape our world. Celtic legends are reborn within these pages.
The adventure begins with an invitation to dinner and a story and, for over 100 years, readers have accepted that invitation from Carnacki, The Ghost Finder. Since his first appearance…
10th giant volume celebrating monsters, aliens, insects and more. Stories and articles inspired by the old Creature Features movies of yesterday, including Ray Bradbury's "The Fog Horn" and The Beast…