Habo Bibliotek

Apart from the ubiquitous presence of the authors who work in the short story tradition, the Second Season introduces poems and novellas. The romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge ...

The first season focuses on the short story tradition, and B. J. Harrison has selected some of the most prominent representatives of the genre. As far as the thematic aspect is con ...

"The Burned House" is a ghost short story by Vincent O’Sullivan in which a benighted traveler stumbles upon a deserted house right in the middle of nowhere. Soon, strange things be ...

"The Devil and Tom Walker" is a short story by Washington Irving, tackling the theme of making a deal with the devil. The greedy and easily-corruptible Tom sells his soul in exchan ...

When a young teacher decides to come work in a secluded Dutch village, little does he know that his stay there will change his life forever. Set among tales of ghosts and supernatu ...

"The Dream Woman" is a novella by Wilkie Collins, telling the story of Francis Raven, a young man who dreams that a strange woman is trying to kill him. Eventually, he marries a wo ...

The narrator is under the spell of Ellis – a female vampire – who takes him on series of flights to different places, such as Paris, St. Petersburg and the Isle of Wight. At these ...

B. J. Harrison reads 'She,' a fantasy adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard from the late 19th century. Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey are traveling to Eastern Africa. On their ...

Allan Quatermain is a hunter who lives in South Africa. One day, after he returns home from an unsuccessful elephant hunt, he meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good. The two ...

Ahab is the captain of a whaling ship named the Pequod. His great obsession with the giant whale, Moby Dick, makes him embark on a dangerous voyage. Some years before, the captain ...

The Greek god Hermes descends from Olympus in search of an invisible nymph. He sees a snake who speaks with the voice of a woman named Lamia. She tells Hermes, that her spirit is t ...

This second volume of "Plutarch’s Lives" introduces the reader to even more important figures of the ancient world. Sertorius, Eumenes, Pompey, Alexander, Caesar and Cicero are onl ...

In 'Ayesha, The Return of She' (1905) the white queen is feared not to be dead after all. After eighteen years, Horace and Leo once again set out on a journey, this time to Asia, w ...

Jason dinAlt is a professional gambler who travels between different worlds in the universe. Right now, he is gambling on the planet Cassylia. One day, he meets the ambassador of P ...

We all have heard about the great glaciers. Some may have even seen them. But did you ever wonder what is hidden behind the great and treacherous Canadian glacier? Now you have the ...

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and mad scientists. The most characteristic features of the gothic and horror genre are combined here, together with some mysterious and hard to crack ...

The stories in this collection are all about Christmas, but that does not mean that they are all happy and tranquil. Sincere and romantic ones like O. Henry’s meet the mysterious t ...

När mänskligheten precis pustat ut efter pandemin hotas världen istället av en helt annan typ av kris som glömts bort. När katastrofen är ett faktum söker sig krishanteraren och st ...

Slutet kom inte som de flesta hade förväntat sig, inga massförstörelsevapen eller ens utomjordingar krävdes för att få bukt med jordens överbefolkning. I en värld av kollaps tog de ...

Elin är en svensk teknikflykting som inte har varit i Stockholm sedan 2021. I hennes journaleroch utredningar från gymnasietiden, står det att hon envist vägrar berätta om sina vär ...

Hovar trummade på gatan som ledde ner mot hamnen. Människorna som skrek och kastade sig åt sidan fick bara en hastig blick av en svart hingst med en man i rustning med en röd kappa ...

Kun englantilaisen kylän majataloon saapuu tuntematon mies, hänen käytöksessään on paikallisten mielestä jotakin outoa. Pian majatalossa alkaa tapahtua kummia, ja syylliseksi palja ...

Tre tvillingpar i Midgård har ingen aning om vad som väntar dem. Att resan mot Ragnarök har börjat och nornornas profetia är på väg att slå in. Bröderna och systrarna kommer från h ...

Haltiatar jättää hyvää hyvyyttään ihmisten löydettäviksi kalossit, joilla on erityisiä taikavoimia. Kalossit jalkaansa laittava pääsee nimittäin hetkessä siihen paikkaan ja aikaan, ...

Eräällä oppineella miehellä on salaperäinen naapuri, jota kukaan ei tunne. Yhtenä iltana mies pohtii, voisiko hänen varjonsa käydä naapurissa ja kertoa hänelle, mitä naapurista löy ...