Warlock's Play: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics: Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein...

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DigiCat presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal... John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars... Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie Bowen: Black Magic James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Black Cat... Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental... H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House... Algernon Blackwood: The Willows A Haunted Island Ancient Sorceries... Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver Hatchet... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas... Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho The Italian M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others Wilkie Collins: The Haunted Hotel The Devil's Spectacles Émile Erckmann & Alexandre Chatrian: The Man-Wolf The Waters of Death... Amelia B. Edwards: Monsieur Maurice The Phantom Coach... Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: The Wind in the Rose-bush The Shadows on the Wall Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror... William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Wilhelm Hauff: The Severed Hand Adelbert von Chamisso: Shadowless Man Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Haunted and the Haunters... Robert E. Howard: Beyond the Black River Devil in Iron People of the Dark David Lindsay: The Haunted Woman Marie Belloc Lowndes: From Out the Vast Deep Edward Bellamy: Dr. Heidenhoff's Process

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Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827) was a German poet and novelist known for his rich contributions to German literature, despite his short life. He was born on November 29, 1802, in Stuttgart, and exhibited a literary bent from a young age. Hauff studied theology at the University of Tübingen, but soon devoted himself entirely to writing. He became renowned for his ability to weave the fantastic and the realistic into captivating narratives, a talent that is prominently on display in his collection 'Warlock's Play: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics', which showcases his proficiency in the horror and supernatural genres. An exponent of the Romantic period, Hauff was influenced by the folklore and fairy tales traditions, much like his contemporaries the Grimm Brothers. His works were characterized by elements of satire, irony, and a keen interest in the secret drives within human nature. Though his career was tragically cut short at the age of 24 due to typhoid fever, Hauff's legacy endured through works such as 'Lichtenstein' (1826), a historical novel that contributed to the German Romantic movement, and his Fairy Tales collection which includes 'The Cold Heart' (Das kalte Herz). It is through these timeless stories that Wilhelm Hauff continues to enchant readers and occupy a significant place in the annals of storytelling.