Im looking for books thats are old
like folk lure and ghost storys
really scary stuff and creepy things
wica huntings
2007-12-18 15:48:50 · 3 answers · asked by cris_dx 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
You'll have to dig for them because they are rare, but maybe you can find a reprinting of the original "penny dreadfuls." If you've seen the recent film "Sweeney Todd," you have an idea of what they contain, mostly greusome stories about highwaymen and serial killers.
Also difficult to find but worth a look is Victorian pornography. It's not half as sexy as it is disturbing; there's enough crazy contortion to keep anyone in nightmares for days.
2007-12-18 16:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by jadestone12000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What could be better than Edgar Allen Poe. Also, "House of the Seven Gables" written in 1851 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel was an inspiration for horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, who called it "New England's greatest contribution to weird literature" in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature". Seven Gables likely influenced Lovecraft's stories "The Picture in the House", "The Shunned House" and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Also," Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. The novel contains many Gothic and supernatural elements.
2007-12-19 01:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by Heart of man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried Google or Windows Live book search? I also know there is the type of stuff at Project Gutenburg.
2007-12-19 04:49:25 · answer #3 · answered by John D. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋