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Cold Ghost by Chester S. Geier From the November 1948 issue of Amazing Stories comes this excellent ghost st ory.

Rocky Landscape with a Huntsman and Warriors by Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) circa 1670, oil on canvas, 55.9" x 75.6" Baroque Ar...

The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier A fantastical horror short story from 1840 and translated by Lafcadio Hearn in 1908.

Temple, Fountain and Cave in Sezincote Park   by Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840) 1819, oil on canvas, 39.9" x 50" English landsca...

Doom of the House of Duryea by Earl Peirce, Jr. A macabre horror short story from the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales .

An Italianate Landscape. by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620-1683) 1654, oil on canvas, 20.9" x 25.2" Dutch Golden Age painte...

Tropical Landscape by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) circa 1855, oil on canvas, 11" × 16.3" Hudson River School painter

Orpheus and the Beasts by Sebastian Vrancx (1573–1647) Circa 1595, oil on panel, 21.7" x 27.2" Flemish Baroque painter and etch...

A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (1828-1905) A science fiction classic from a legendary author, first published in 186...

Villa of Maecenas and Waterfalls in Tivoli by Jakob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807) 1783, Oil on Canvas, 47.8" x 66.5" Landscape Pa...

Interior of a Church by Pieter Neefs I (circa 1578 – after 1656) Oil on Copper Flemish Baroque Painter

The Black Tide by Arthur G. Stangland A marvelous science fiction short story from the March 1953 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction ...

Landscape with Ruins by Pierre Patel (1605-1676) oil on canvas, 23.2" x 33.7" Landscape painter from Picardy, France

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe A masterful apocalyptic tale first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman...

St. Francis in Ecstasy by Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) Between 1480-1485, oil on panel, 47.2" x 53.9" Italian Renaissance paint...