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One of the great pulp writers of his time, Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) counted Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Psycho author Robert Bloch among his admirers. Stephen King has cited Clark Ashton Smith as an author who has given him “such great pleasure over the years.” Ebony and Crystal is Smith’s masterpiece of poetry, first published in 1922 in a run of just five hundred copies. This edition of Ebony and Crystal honors the one-hundredth anniversary of the title, introducing a new generation of readers to the awe and wonder of poems from the “Bard of Auburn.”.

Hoping to adopt a boy to help on their farm, the Cuthbert siblings are sent a young orphan girl instead. Her name is Anne, and her vibrant red hair is matched only by her indomitable spirit. The adventures of Anne as she grows up in Maritime Candada have made her one of literature’s most enduring characters.

“This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” Beginning with its famous opening line, nothing in this story of deception and infidelity is quite as it appears. Ford’s 1915 novel anticipates postmodern literature by decades, with its unreliable narrator, shifting perspectives, and nonlinear narrative. Included in The Guardian’s list of the 100 best English-language novels.

From its famous opening paragraph to its unforgettable last passages, this definitive novel of the Jazz Age has captivated generations of readers. Also includes the 1922 short story Winter Dreams, whose themes were later expanded upon in The Great Gatsby.

Big trouble’s brewing down at the ol’ Whateley farm in Dunwich. It’s huge and it’s hungry, and the morbid, repulsive Wilbur Whateley will stop at nothing to unleash its full power. Only in the pages of the dreaded Necronomicon lie the secret to unleashing this ancient evil, or burying it forever.

Stephen King has described this epic novel as “economic horror”, and Frank Norris as one of his favorite authors. Follow the life of hulking Polk Street dentist McTeague as love and fortune melt into hellish nightmares. From the rich descriptions of San Francisco in the 1890s, to its haunting climax in the wastes of Death Valley, you won’t be able to put this story down.

In one of the great debut novels of all time, The Sun Also Rises follows men traveling to Pamplona to watch the Running of the Bulls in the years following the devastating Great War. Author Ernest Hemingway was inspired by events in his own life when writing this story of the "Lost Generation."

On July 20th, 1714, five people are killed in a bridge collapse at San Luis Rey, in colonial Peru. Brother Juniper, a witness to the accident, investigates the life of each victim, driven to find out what had brought each of them to the bridge that day. Were their deaths a divine judgement, or was it mere chance? That mystery has kept readers returning to Thornton Wilder’s novel year after year. Winner of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize, and listed as one of the best 100 English novels by Time magazine.

Few Londoners welcome the arrival of Edward Hyde, a man whose cruel presence is outweighed only by his inward corruption. It is strange, then, that Hyde has a close friend in Dr. Henry Jekyll, a pillar of the community. The nature of the bond between these men is at the core of this all-time classic horror story.