When Irish born Bram Stoker s Dracula was published in 1897, vampires were creatures of myth and fantasy. It had taken seven years of research into European folklore and a nightmare (allegedly caused by eating too much crab) about a vampire king rising from the grave before the book was finished. There were many adventure writers at this time penning books about impending threat and invasion of the Empire and Dracula was well received. However, despite...

Entranced by the perfection of his recently painted portrait, the youthful Dorian Gray expresses a wish that the figure on the canvas could age and change in his place. When his wish comes true, the portrait becomes his hideous secret as he follows a downward trajectory of decadence and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait’s degraded image. Wilde’s unforgettable portrayal of a Faustian bargain and its consequences is narrated with...

"...tells the tale of the scientist Griffin, who finds a way to make himself invisible, but, to his dismay, finds it impossible to reverse the experiment. At once distraught and freed from the constraints of the law...the novel explores the question of morality when man is free to do as he please without the risk of being caught."

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

In the depths of the sea exists an ancient treasure. Anyone who comes in contact with it is overcome with greed. For centuries, this treasure has been hoarded deep below the ocean's surface. To steal it, one has to get past the creature! One group's quest for the cursed riches is retold in this striking graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovelace's character the Creature From the Black Lagoon. A creator biography and glossary help reluctant readers...

The priest of the town of Dredsad hires a werewolf to destroy Wandessa, the vampire who preys on the town, but Wandessa has many monsters to defend her.

When Abel Trelawney is found unconscious, with strange wounds on his wrist, his daughter brings in art historian Robert Wyatt to help, and their investigation leads them to an ancient Egyptian curse.

Retold in graphic novel form, Montresor plots and executes his perfect revenge, which involves a cask of rare wine.