The Spectre Bride

The Spectre Bride
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465603980

The castle of Hernswolf, at the close of the year 1655, was the resort of fashion and gaiety. The baron of that name was the most powerful nobleman in Germany, and equally celebrated for the patriotic achievements of his sons, and the beauty of his only daughter. The estate of Hernswolf, which was situated in the centre of the Black Forest, had been given to one of his ancestors by the gratitude of the nation, and descended with other hereditary possessions to the family of the present owner. It was a castellated, gothic mansion, built according to the fashion of the times, in the grandest style of architecture, and consisted principally of dark winding corridors, and vaulted tapestry rooms, magnificent indeed in their size, but ill-suited to private comfort, from the very circumstance of their dreary magnitude. A dark grove of pine and mountain ash encompassed the castle on every side, and threw an aspect of gloom around the scene, which was seldom enlivened by the cheering sunshine of heaven.The castle of Hernswolf, at the close of the year 1655, was the resort of fashion and gaiety. The baron of that name was the most powerful nobleman in Germany, and equally celebrated for the patriotic achievements of his sons, and the beauty of his only daughter. The estate of Hernswolf, which was situated in the centre of the Black Forest, had been given to one of his ancestors by the gratitude of the nation, and descended with other hereditary possessions to the family of the present owner. It was a castellated, gothic mansion, built according to the fashion of the times, in the grandest style of architecture, and consisted principally of dark winding corridors, and vaulted tapestry rooms, magnificent indeed in their size, but ill-suited to private comfort, from the very circumstance of their dreary magnitude. A dark grove of pine and mountain ash encompassed the castle on every side, and threw an aspect of gloom around the scene, which was seldom enlivened by the cheering sunshine of heaven.

The Spectre Bridegroom

The Spectre Bridegroom
Author: William Hunt
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1619400847

Varla Ventura, Coast to Coast favorite, Weird News blogger on Huffington Post, and author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces Weiser Books’ new Collection of forgotten occult classics. Paranormal Parlor is an eerie assemblage of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s sixth sense for tales of the weird and unusual. What could be sadder than unrequited love? The unrequited love of a ghost. William Hunt recalls a heartbreaking tale of love and death in this short ghost story from the early 20th century.

The Spectre Bridegroom and Other Horrors

The Spectre Bridegroom and Other Horrors
Author: Robert Reginald
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0941028550

Originally published in 1976, this anthology includes facsimile reprints of five early ghost and horror stories: "The Spectre Bridegroom: A Terrific and Interesting Tale," by Alexa; "A Nocturnal Expedition Round My Room," by Xavier de Maistre, translated by Edmund Goldsmid; "Midnight Horrors; or, The Bandit's Daughter: An Original Romance," anonymous; "The Spectre Mother; or, The Haunted Tower," anonymous; and "The Last of the Vampires: A Tale," by Smyth Upton. Two of the stories in the original anthology, "The Demon Hunter" and "The Pixy," have been dropped from this version.

The Haunters and the Haunted

The Haunters and the Haunted
Author: Various
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1776530357

Settle in for a series of spooky tales that will delight even the most discerning reader. This collection of ghost stories from literary luminaries is the perfect choice for curling up in front of a roaring fire or reading aloud on a dark and stormy night.

The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving

The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1998-03-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780306808401

Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.

Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1963
Genre: Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN: 9788125021766

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.