The House of Souls
8 best books like The House of Souls (Arthur Machen): The Hero and the Crown, The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses, Theogony / Works and Days, The Imago Sequence and Other Stories, Vathek, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Cosmicomics, The Ceremonies
The Hero and the Crown
| Author | Robin McKinley |
| ISBN | 0441328091 |
It was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she...
The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
| Author | Dan Carlin |
| ISBN | 0008340927 |
Dan Carlin has created a new way to think about history. His award-winning podcast is revered for its unique blend of high drama, enthralling narration, and Twilight Zone-style...
Theogony / Works and Days
| Author | Hesiod |
| ISBN | 0192839411 |
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories
| Author | Laird Barron |
| ISBN | 1597800880 |
There is a great deal about Laird Barron's writing that I like very much. Unlike Stephen King (whose descriptive passages often resemble an exhaustive catalog of the contents of someone's pockets or purse), Barron has a poet's eye for detail and the knack for choosing the right phrase in order to...
Vathek
| Author | William Beckford |
| ISBN | 0192836560 |
An odd book, and not a completely successful one. I cannot deny it a wealth of ironic observation and an elegant style, but I believe the author indulges his hobbies and obsessions--his Orientalism, his ephebophilia, his loathing of his mother and other termagants--to an extent that distorts...
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
| Author | Angela Carter |
| ISBN | 0140235191 |
Cosmicomics
| Author | Italo Calvino |
| ISBN | 0156226006 |
| Author | T.E.D. Klein |
| ISBN | 0553250558 |