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As I fell the thing sprang across me and seemed to throw itself upon the captain. When I last saw him on his feet his face was white and his lips set. It seemed to me that he struck a violent blow at the dead being, and then he, too, fell forward upon his face, with an inarticulate cry of horror. This unique collection contains all the supernatural works of the prolific F. Marion Crawford (1854 1909), including his classic chillers For Blood is the Life , The Upper Berth and the title story, The Screaming Skull which was based on a true horror legend. Also included in this volume is his amazing novel The Witch of Prague which Dennis Wheatley described as a classic of occult fiction. For a potent blend of horror, fantasy and fear Crawford s tales have rarely been surpassed. Most of these stories have long been out of print, so this collection is a special treat for all lovers of supernatural mysteries.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65288 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Customer Reviews

Good Short Stories, Bad Novella
The collection of supernatural tales that opens ths book are some of the best I've read, and I have read an unfeasibly large number of such stories. Atmospheric, creepy, downright chilling. But the novella which gives it its title is quite simply unreadable. If ruthlessly edited, it might have made a passable short story itself, but the melodramatic gothic tale goes on and on and on, padded out by relentless swathes of descriptive prose, philosophical treatises on life, love, romance, and a million other concepts, and bosom-heaving twaddle. Some intriguing characterisation is wasted, lost in a self-indulgent flood of verbiage. Buy it for the short stories, they are worth the money, but if you take my advice you won't even attempt the Witch.