Cursed Curiosities

A second collection of classic works concerning items that harbour sinister secrets and unusual powers. Contents: "The Uncommon Prayer-Book" by M. R. James (London Mercury 1925) Eight unusual copies of the Book of Common Prayer. "The Green Flame" by Donald Wandrei (Weird Tales 1930) The tale of a strange jewel. "The Disinterment of Venus" by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales 1934) A curious statue unearthed in the grounds of a monastery. "The Man Who Made Faces" by C. P. Howard (HorrorBabble 2024) The tale of a man haunted by a past mistake. "The God with Four Arms" by H. T. W. Bousfield (1939) A man takes his frustrations out on a rare bronze idol. "The Ebony Frame" by Edith Nesbit (Longman's 1891) A beautiful and curiously carved picture frame. "The Meerschaum Pipe" by L. A. Lewis (Tales of the Grotesque 1934) A series of strange dreams and mysterious murders. "The Black Stone Statue" by M. E. Counselman (Weird Tales 1937) The story of a weird deception practised on the world by an obscure artist. "Out of the Aeons" by H. P. Lovecraft (Weird Tales 1935) A Boston museum that displays an ancient mummy recovered from a sunken island. "The Mezzotint" by M. R. James (Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary 1904) A strange engraving, with even stranger properties.

A collection of classic works concerning items that harbour sinister secrets and unusual powers. Contents: "The Artist and the Door" by Dorothy Quick The house and contents had been exorcised of evil... "The Ghoul Gallery" by Hugh B. Cave An eldritch horror that leaped out of the black night. "The Haunted Dolls' House" by M. R. James An antique dolls' house, complete with a family of figurines. "Lethe" by Harold G. Shane The strange fascination of an old oil painting. "The Magic Mirror" by Algernon Blackwood A devil-mirror famed for bringing both death and riches. "The Ring" by J. M. Fry A series of startling happenings beset the man who wore that ring. "The Screaming Skull" by F. Marion Crawford A curious, haunted skull. "The Shining Pyramid" by Arthur Machen Mysterious stones that begin to appear on the edge of a man's land. "The Waxwork" by A. M. Burrage A journalist spends the night alone in a wax museum. "The Willow Landscape" by Clark Ashton Smith Concerning the curious nature of an ancient painting.