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Fiction & Imagined Worlds

Novels, short stories and original imagined worlds, from fairy tales to cosmic horror.

138 books on this shelf.

Adventure Fiction20
Cosmic Catastrophe2
Fantasy52
Ghost Stories5
Gothic Horror35
Literary Fiction21
Lost World Fiction7
Occult Fiction36
Original Fairy Tales18
Philosophical Fiction7
Political Fiction4
Reincarnation Fiction5
Satire7
Science Fiction15
Utopian Fiction3
Weird Fiction30
Wordless Novels2

Books on this shelf

The Crucible of Dreams cover

The Crucible of Dreams

Constantine Marrast Perkins

The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales cover

The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales

Richard Garnett

Atlantis: The Book of the Angels cover

Atlantis: The Book of the Angels

D. Bridgman-Metchim

The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz cover

The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

Anonymous

Faust cover

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Bayard Taylor; illustrations by Harry Clarke

Nightmare Tales cover

Nightmare Tales

H. P. Blavatsky

Pan cover

Pan

Knut Hamsun; translated by W. Worster

Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights cover

Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights

Laurence Housman

Séraphîta cover

Séraphîta

Honoré de Balzac; translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley; illustrations by Jules Girardet; introduction by George Frederic Parsons

The Sorrows of Satan cover

The Sorrows of Satan

Marie Corelli

The Amber Witch cover

The Amber Witch

Wilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon; edited by Joseph Jacobs; illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones

The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories cover

The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories

E. M. Forster

The King in Yellow cover

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

The Night Land: A Love Tale cover

The Night Land: A Love Tale

William Hope Hodgson

The Smoky God cover

The Smoky God

Willis George Emerson

The Ways of the Lonely Ones cover

The Ways of the Lonely Ones

Manly P. Hall

The Witch of Prague cover

The Witch of Prague

F. Marion Crawford

Vril: The Power of the Coming Race cover

Vril: The Power of the Coming Race

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Zanoni, Volume I cover

Zanoni, Volume I

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The Devil's Motor: A Fantasy cover

The Devil's Motor: A Fantasy

Marie Corelli

The House of Souls cover

The House of Souls

Arthur Machen

The Diary of a Drug Fiend cover

The Diary of a Drug Fiend

Aleister Crowley

The Great God Pan cover

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen

The Book of Wonder cover

The Book of Wonder

Lord Dunsany

Time and the Gods cover

Time and the Gods

Lord Dunsany

The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James cover

The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James

M. R. James

Tales of Mystery and Imagination cover

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe; illustrations by Harry Clarke

A Dreamer's Tales cover

A Dreamer's Tales

Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime

Urania cover

Urania

Camille Flammarion; translated by Augusta Rice Stetson; illustrated by de Bieler, Myrbach and Gambard

The Gods of Pegāna cover

The Gods of Pegāna

Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime

The Last Book of Wonder cover

The Last Book of Wonder

Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime

The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories cover

The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories

Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime

The City Curious cover

The City Curious

Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author; rendered into English by F. Tennyson Jesse

The Decameron, Volume I cover

The Decameron, Volume I

Giovanni Boccaccio; translated by J. M. Rigg; illustrated by Louis Chalon

Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag cover

Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag

Jonathan Swift; illustrated by Jean de Bosschère

Weird Islands cover

Weird Islands

Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author

Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath cover

Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath

Ben Hecht; drawings by Wallace Smith

The Blue Bird cover

The Blue Bird

Maurice Maeterlinck; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

The Little Review, Volume VI, No. 2 cover

The Little Review, Volume VI, No. 2

Published by Margaret C. Anderson; individual contributors as printed

The Little Review, Volume VII, No. 3 cover

The Little Review, Volume VII, No. 3

Published by Margaret C. Anderson; individual contributors as printed

A House of Pomegranates cover

A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

A Princess of Mars cover

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs; illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder cover

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

Author not named on supplied title page; illustrations by Gilbert Gaul

Dream Boats and Other Stories cover

Dream Boats and Other Stories

Written and illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker

The Dreamer of Dreams cover

The Dreamer of Dreams

Marie, Queen of Romania; illustrated by Edmund Dulac

The Dweller on the Threshold cover

The Dweller on the Threshold

Robert Hichens

Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg cover

Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg

Franz Hartmann

The Idyll of the White Lotus cover

The Idyll of the White Lotus

Mabel Collins

A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future cover

A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future

John Jacob Astor; illustrations by Dan Beard

Lilith: A Romance cover

Lilith: A Romance

George MacDonald

Lumen cover

Lumen

Camille Flammarion; translated by A. A. M. and R. M.

The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story cover

The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story

H. Rider Haggard; illustrations by W. T. Horton and H. M. Brock

The Maker of Moons cover

The Maker of Moons

Robert W. Chambers

Omega: The Last Days of the World cover

Omega: The Last Days of the World

Camille Flammarion; multiple illustrators credited in the supplied title

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens cover

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie; drawings by Arthur Rackham

The Soul of Lilith, Volume I cover

The Soul of Lilith, Volume I

Marie Corelli

Tales of Three Hemispheres cover

Tales of Three Hemispheres

Lord Dunsany

The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter cover

The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter

Padraic Colum; illustrated by Dugald Stuart Walker

The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts cover

The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts

Mrs. H. D. Everett

The Door in the Wall and Other Stories cover

The Door in the Wall and Other Stories

H. G. Wells

The Ghost Kings cover

The Ghost Kings

H. Rider Haggard; illustrated by A. C. Michael

The Happy Prince and Other Tales cover

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde; illustrated by Charles Robinson

The House of Joy cover

The House of Joy

Laurence Housman

The Magician cover

The Magician

W. Somerset Maugham

The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories cover

The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories

L. Adams Beck

The Were-Wolf cover

The Were-Wolf

Clemence Housman; six illustrations by Laurence Housman

Life in a Thousand Worlds cover

Life in a Thousand Worlds

Rev. W. S. Harris

The Three Mulla-Mulgars cover

The Three Mulla-Mulgars

Walter de la Mare; illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop

Undine cover

Undine

Friedrich de la Motte Fouque; adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney; illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa Inari cover

The Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa Inari

Retold from the Japanese originals by James S. de Benneville

The World's Desire cover

The World's Desire

H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang; illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen

The Ancient Allan cover

The Ancient Allan

H. Rider Haggard

A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen cover

A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen

Margaret Oliphant

A Voyage to Arcturus cover

A Voyage to Arcturus

David Lindsay

The Ship of Ishtar cover

The Ship of Ishtar

A. Merritt

A Strange Story cover

A Strange Story

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Under the Sunset cover

Under the Sunset

Bram Stoker; illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn

Tales Grotesque and Curious cover

Tales Grotesque and Curious

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa; translated by Glenn W. Shaw

Uncanny Tales cover

Uncanny Tales

Mrs. Molesworth

Pharos, the Egyptian cover

Pharos, the Egyptian

Guy Boothby; illustrations by John H. Bacon

The Parasite cover

The Parasite

Arthur Conan Doyle; illustrated by Howard Pyle

Sermons by the Devil cover

Sermons by the Devil

William Shuler Harris

The Devil Worshipper cover

The Devil Worshipper

Frederick A. Ray

Born of Flame cover

Born of Flame

Margaret B. Peeke

Brother of the Third Degree cover

Brother of the Third Degree

Will L. Garver

The Golden Ladder; or, The Stolen Jewel cover

The Golden Ladder; or, The Stolen Jewel

Mrs. Sarah A. Wright

Black Magic cover

Black Magic

Marjorie Bowen

Zenia the Vestal cover

Zenia the Vestal

Margaret B. Peeke

The Sorcery Club cover

The Sorcery Club

Elliott O’Donnell

Wu Wei: A Phantasy Based on the Philosophy of Lao-Tse cover

Wu Wei: A Phantasy Based on the Philosophy of Lao-Tse

Henri Borel; translated by Meredith Ianson

The Great Red Dragon cover

The Great Red Dragon

Lord Chester

Yermah the Dorado cover

Yermah the Dorado

Frona Eunice Wait

Utopia cover

Utopia

Thomas More; Francis Bacon; J. A. St. John

The Lost Continent cover

The Lost Continent

C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

Atlantis cover

Atlantis

Gerhart Hauptmann; translated by Adele and Thomas Seltzer

A Bit of Atlantis cover

A Bit of Atlantis

Douglas Erskine

The Worm Ouroboros cover

The Worm Ouroboros

E. R. Eddison; illustrations by Keith Henderson

The Master of the Day of Judgment cover

The Master of the Day of Judgment

Leo Perutz; translated by Hedwig Singer

Vampire cover

Vampire

Hanns Heinz Ewers; translated by Fritz Sallagar

The Stealers of Light cover

The Stealers of Light

Marie, Queen of Roumania; illustrated by Edmund Dulac

Adam's First Wife cover

Adam's First Wife

Jane and Robert Speller

The Ship That Sailed to Mars cover

The Ship That Sailed to Mars

Told and pictured by William M. Timlin

Madman's Drum cover

Madman's Drum

Lynd Ward

Destiny cover

Destiny

Otto Nückel

The Revolt of the Angels cover

The Revolt of the Angels

Anatole France; translated by Mrs Wilfrid Jackson

Burn Witch Burn cover

Burn Witch Burn

A. Merritt; illustrations by Virgil Finlay

Ziska cover

Ziska

Marie Corelli

Jurgen cover

Jurgen

James Branch Cabell

The Shadow over Innsmouth cover

The Shadow over Innsmouth

H. P. Lovecraft

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions cover

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions

H. P. Lovecraft and collaborators; texts edited by S. T. Joshi; introduction by August Derleth

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales cover

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

The Openers of the Gate cover

The Openers of the Gate

L. Adams Beck

Moonchild cover

Moonchild

Aleister Crowley

The Purple Cloud cover

The Purple Cloud

M. P. Shiel

Alraune cover

Alraune

Hanns Heinz Ewers

The Three Impostors cover

The Three Impostors

Arthur Machen

The Dwellers in the Mirage cover

The Dwellers in the Mirage

A. Merritt

The Stratagem and Other Stories cover

The Stratagem and Other Stories

Aleister Crowley

The Golem cover

The Golem

Gustav Meyrink

The Face in the Abyss cover

The Face in the Abyss

A. Merritt

The Dark Chamber cover

The Dark Chamber

Leonard Cline

The Devil Rides Out cover

The Devil Rides Out

Dennis Wheatley

The Sorcerer's Apprentice cover

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Hanns Heinz Ewers; translated by Ludwig Lewisohn; illustrated by Mahlon Blaine

The Goat-Foot God cover

The Goat-Foot God

Dion Fortune

The Water Babies cover

The Water Babies

Charles Kingsley; colour illustrations by Warwick Goble

At the Back of the North Wind cover

At the Back of the North Wind

George MacDonald; twelve colour illustrations by Maria L. Kirk

The Garden Behind the Moon cover

The Garden Behind the Moon

Howard Pyle

The Beetle cover

The Beetle

Richard Marsh; illustrations by John Williamson

The Scarlet Plague cover

The Scarlet Plague

Jack London; illustrated by Gordon Grant

The Star Rover cover

The Star Rover

Jack London

Carnacki the Ghost-Finder cover

Carnacki the Ghost-Finder

William Hope Hodgson

The Man Who Was Thursday cover

The Man Who Was Thursday

G. K. Chesterton

The Reign of the Princess Naska cover

The Reign of the Princess Naska

Amelia Hutchison Stirling; Paul Hardy

The Magic World cover

The Magic World

E. Nesbit; illustrations by H. R. Millar and Spencer Pryse

Fairies I Have Met cover

Fairies I Have Met

Mrs. Rodolph Stawell; Edmund Dulac

The Outsider and Others cover

The Outsider and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

The Dunwich Horror and Others cover

The Dunwich Horror and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

The Dark Brotherhood cover

The Dark Brotherhood

August Derleth; a story in the Lovecraft tradition

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Authors represented

Edgar Rice Burroughs â†—

Edmund Dulac â†—

Edward Bulwer-Lytton â†—

Elliott O’Donnell â†—

F. Marion Crawford â†—

Francis Bacon â†—

Frank E. Schoonover â†—

Franz Hartmann â†—

Frederick Augustus Ray â†—

Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué â†—

Fritz Sallagar â†—

Frona Eunice Wait â†—

G. K. Chesterton â†—

George Frederic Parsons â†—

George MacDonald â†—

Gerhart Hauptmann â†—

Giovanni Boccaccio â†—

Glenn W. Shaw â†—

Gordon Grant â†—

Gustav Meyrink â†—

Guy Boothby â†—

H. G. Wells â†—

H. M. Brock â†—

H. P. Blavatsky â†—

H. P. Lovecraft â†—

H. R. Millar â†—

H. Rider Haggard â†—

Hanns Heinz Ewers â†—

Harry Clarke â†—

Hedwig Singer â†—

Henri Borel â†—

Honoré de Balzac â†—

Howard Pyle â†—

J. A. St. John â†—

J. M. Barrie â†—

J. M. Rigg â†—

Jack London â†—

James Branch Cabell â†—

James S. de Benneville â†—

Jane Speller â†—

Jean de Bosschère â†—

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe â†—

John H. Bacon â†—

John Jacob Astor â†—

John Williamson â†—

Jonathan Swift â†—

Jules Girardet â†—

Katharine Prescott Wormeley â†—

Keith Henderson â†—

Knut Hamsun â†—

L. Adams Beck â†—

Laurence Housman â†—

Leo Perutz â†—

Leonard Cline â†—

Lord Chester â†—

Lord Dunsany â†—

Louis Chalon â†—

Ludwig Lewisohn â†—

Lynd Ward â†—

M. P. Shiel â†—

M. R. James â†—

Mabel Collins â†—

Mahlon Blaine â†—

Manly P. Hall â†—

Margaret Anderson â†—

Margaret B. Peeke â†—

Maria L. Kirk â†—

Marie Corelli â†—

Marie, Queen of Romania â†—

Marie, Queen of Roumania â†—

Marjorie Bowen â†—

Maurice Greiffenhagen â†—

Maurice Maeterlinck â†—

Mrs Wilfrid Jackson â†—

Mrs. H. D. Everett â†—

Mrs. Molesworth â†—

Mrs. Oliphant â†—

Mrs. Rodolph Stawell â†—

Oscar Wilde â†—

Otto Nückel â†—

Padraic Colum â†—

Paul Hardy â†—

Richard Garnett â†—

Richard Marsh â†—

Robert Hichens â†—

Robert Speller â†—

Robert W. Chambers â†—

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa â†—

S. T. Joshi â†—

Sarah Ann Wright â†—

Spencer Pryse â†—

Thomas More â†—

Thomas Seltzer â†—

Virgil Finlay â†—

W. Fitzgerald â†—

W. L. Courtney â†—

W. S. Harris â†—

W. Somerset Maugham â†—

W. T. Horton â†—

W. V. Cockburn â†—

W. Worster â†—

Wallace Smith â†—

Walter de la Mare â†—

Warwick Goble â†—

Wilhelm Meinhold â†—

Will L. Garver â†—

William Hope Hodgson â†—

William M. Timlin â†—

William Shuler Harris â†—

Willis George Emerson â†—