The Beetle - Richard Marsh

n nA fun new way to encounter the spine-tinglers of yesteryear. --Booklistn n A horror classic for the modern reader, presented by the Horror Writers Association.n n Rediscover the classic and come face-to-face with a creature born of neither god nor mann nFirst published in 1897, Richard Marsh's classic work of gothic horror, The Beetle, opens with Robert Holt, an out-of-work clerk seeking shelter in an abandoned house. He comes face to face with a fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers; a creature who can transform at will between its human and beetle forms and who wrecks havoc when he preys on young middle-class Britons.

n n Featuring an introduction by bestselling author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, the Haunted Library Horror Classics edition of The Beetle is a tale of revenge that takes the reader on a dark journey, one that explores the crisis of late imperial England through a fantastical and horrific lens. n