The Ant King and Other Stories Benjamin Rosenbaum http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872 urn:isbn:1931520534 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Collections A dazzling, postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions: a writer of alternate histories defends his patron’s zeppelin against assassins and pirates; a woman transforms into hundreds of gumballs; an emancipated children’s collective goes house hunting. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.mobi Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873 urn:isbn:1931520003 en 2001 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear. These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you. Stories from Stranger Things Happen have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. Stranger Things Happen was a Salon Book of the Year, one of the Village Voice's 25 Favorite Books of 2001, and was nominated for the Firecracker Alternative Book Award. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.mobi The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196 urn:isbn:0809594080 en 1820 Short Fiction Horror Ghost Stories http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.mobi The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059 urn:isbn:0451201205 en 1922 Novels Crime/Mystery Hiring themselves out as “young adventurers willing to do anything” is a smart move for Tommy and Tuppence. All Tuppence has to do is take an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris and pose as someone named Jane Finn. But with the job comes a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her mysterious employer. Now Tuppence’s newest job is playing detective—because if there’s a Jane Finn that really exists, she’s got a secret that’s putting both their lives in danger. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2059.mobi The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058 urn:isbn:1579126227 en 1920 Novels Crime/Mystery In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduces readers to the heroic detective, Hercule Poirot. This is a classic murder mystery set in the outskirts of Essex. The victim is the wealthy mistress of Styles Court. The list of suspects is long and includes her gold-digging new spouse and stepsons, her doctor, and her hired companion. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2058.mobi Don Quixote Miguel Cervantes http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183 urn:isbn:B001AAWVRY en 1615 Novels Humor/Satire Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world and haunt readers' imaginations as they have for nearly four hundred years. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.mobi Frankenstein Mary Shelley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91 urn:isbn:0743487583 en 1818 Novels Science Fiction Horror Gothic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully realized science fiction novel. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.mobi Grimm's Fairy Tales Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm Wilhem Karl Grimm http://www.feedbooks.com/book/187 urn:isbn:0517229250 en 1812 Young Readers Collections Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/187.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/187.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/187.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/187.mobi Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97 urn:isbn:1416500294 en 1883 Novels Adventure While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.mobi The Invisible Man H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34 urn:isbn:0451528522 en 1897 Novels Science Fiction The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/34.mobi The Thing On the Roof Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1668 en 1932 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1668.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1668.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1668.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1668.mobi The Fire of Asshurbanipal Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1667 en 1932 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1667.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1667.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1667.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1667.mobi The Dunwich Horror Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20 urn:isbn:0447745026 en 1928 Short Fiction Horror In H.P. Lovecraft’s, "The Dunwich Horror", we are told the story of Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father (alluded to in passing by the mad Old Whateley as "Yog-Sothoth"), and the strange events surrounding his birth and precocious development. Wilbur matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.mobi The Whisperer in Darkness Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25 urn:isbn:1931082723 en 1930 Novels Horror The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.mobi At the Mountains of Madness Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/26 urn:isbn:0345329457 en 1931 Novels Horror At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and originally serialized in the February, March and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections since Lovecraft's death. Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi describes the novella as representing the decisive "demythology" of the Cthulhu Mythos by reinterpreting Lovecraft's earlier supernatural stories in a science fiction paradigm. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/26.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/26.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/26.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/26.mobi The Shadow Over Innsmouth Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/28 urn:isbn:0345444078 en 1931 Short Fiction Horror The story describes of a strange hybrid race, half-human and half an unknown creature that resembles a cross between a fish and frog, that dwells in the seaside village of Innsmouth (formerly a large town, but lately fallen into disrepair). The townspeople worship Cthulhu and Dagon, a Philistine deity incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/28.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/28.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/28.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/28.mobi The Shadow out of Time Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29 urn:isbn:0967321530 en 1934 Short Fiction Science Fiction Horror "The Shadow Out of Time" indirectly tells of the Great Race of Yith, an extraterrestrial species with the ability to travel through space and time. The Yithians accomplish this by switching bodies with hosts from the intended spatial or temporal destination. The story implies that the effect when seen from the outside is similar to spiritual possession. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.mobi The Haunter of the Dark Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254 urn:isbn:1902197232 en 1936 Short Fiction Horror The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom. The cult uses an ancient artifact known as the Shining Trapezohedron to summon a terrible being from the depths of time and space. The Shining Trapezohedron was discovered in Egyptian ruins, in a box of alien construction, by Professor Enoch Bowen before he returned to Providence, Rhode Island in 1844. Members of the Church of Starry Wisdom in Providence would awaken the Haunter of the Dark, an avatar of Nyarlathotep, by gazing into the glowing crystal. Summoned from the black gulfs of chaos, this being could show other worlds, other galaxies, and the secrets of arcane and paradoxical knowledge; but he demanded monstrous sacrifices, hinted at by disfigured skeletons that were later found in the church. The Haunter of the Dark was banished by light and could not cross a lighted area. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.mobi The Black Stone Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1666 en 1931 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1666.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1666.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1666.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1666.mobi His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65 urn:isbn:0755334434 en 1917 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between 1908 and 1913, as well as the one-off title story from 1917. The collection was originally called Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes and did not contain the actual story His Last Bow, which appeared later, after the full-length The Valley of Fear was published. However later editions added it and changed the title. Some recent complete editions have restored the earlier title. When the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes were published in the USA for the first time, the publishers believed "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" was too scandalous for the American public, since it dealt with the theme of adultery. As a result, this story was not published in the USA until many years later, when it was added to His Last Bow. Even today, most American editions of the canon include it with His Last Bow, while most British editions keep the story in its original place in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/65.mobi The Sign of the Four Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2 urn:isbn:1605200492 en 1890 Novels Crime/Mystery First published in 1890, The Sign of Four is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second book starring legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. The story is complex, involving a secret between four ex-cons from India and a hidden treasure. More complex than the first Holmes novel, The Sign of Four also introduces the detective's drug habit and leaves breadcrumbs for the reader that lead toward the final resolution. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2.mobi A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/57 urn:isbn:1840224118 en 1887 Novels Crime/Mystery A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/57.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/57.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/57.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/57.mobi The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/67 urn:isbn:0812564839 en 1912 Novels Adventure The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. Interestingly, for a seminal work of dinosaur-related fiction, the animals only occupy a small portion of the narrative. Much more time is devoted to a war between early human hominids and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/67.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/67.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/67.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/67.mobi The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1 urn:isbn:068983571X en 1902 Novels Crime/Mystery The rich landowner Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the park of his manor surrounded by the grim moor of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon. His death seems to have been caused by a heart attack, but the victim's best friend, Dr. Mortimer, is convinced that the strike was due to a supernatural creature, which haunts the moor in the shape of an enormous hound, with blazing eyes and jaws. In order to protect Baskerville's heir, Sir Henry, who's arriving to London from Canada, Dr. Mortimer asks for Sherlock Holmes' help, telling him also of the so-called Baskervilles' curse, according to which a monstrous hound has been haunting and killing the family males for centuries, in revenge for the misdeeds of one Sir Hugo Baskerville, who lived at the time of Oliver Cromwell. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1.mobi The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63 urn:isbn:078581325X en 1905 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The book was first published on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd and in a Colonial edition by Longmans. 30,000 copies were made of the initial print run. The US edition by McClure, Phillips & Co. added another 28,000 to the run. This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902 (although setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/63.mobi The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66 urn:isbn:1905432585 en 1923 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The last twelve stories written about Holmes and Watson, these tales reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written. Some of the sharpest turns of wit in English literature are contrasted by dark images of psychological tragedy, suicide, and incest in a collection of tales that have haunted generations of readers. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/66.mobi The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421 urn:isbn:0199536953 en 1892 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14, 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1421.mobi The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/58 urn:isbn:0517174960 en 1893 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/58.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/58.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/58.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/58.mobi