Tales of Terror

By Edward Page Mitchell

Can the soul be separated from the self, and if it can, who remains responsible for what follows? Across these horror short stories, experiments in personal identity collide with questions of sanity, medical authority and moral choice. A return from death becomes a social problem rather than a private miracle, while mysterious bonds between twins and materialised spirits unsettle every easy distinction between mind, body and identity. Testimony arrives through confessions, letters, s ance accounts, oral tales and documents presented as fragments of history. This shifting architecture repeatedly places extraordinary claims before sceptical witnesses and established institutions, leaving scientific explanation, religious judgement and civic order to confront experiences they cannot readily contain. From a ruined castle above the Rhine to maritime settings and coastal communities, supernatural fiction is given the texture of evidence even as each narrative tests how far that evidence can be trusted. Haunted or malicious vessels carry maritime folklore into darker speculative territory, while purported historical manuscripts allow supernatural events to enter the record with disquieting formality. Psychological speculation and dark satire sharpen the collection's recurring tensions: belief against scepticism, free will against forces that disturb personal agency, and rational systems against phenomena that resist classification. The variety of voices makes every account a fresh challenge to certainty, whether framed as private disclosure, public report or inherited tale. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378417248
• ISBN13: 9789378417245
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"