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Narra cómo el noble Walter, consumido por el dolor tras la muerte de su esposa Brunilda, utiliza magia para resucitarla, desencadenando una terrible maldición vampírica al romper el descanso eterno.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the 18th Century and its male authors whose time has now come again.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of Continental Europe and its male authors whose time has now come again.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. The Gothic short story is one of the most enduring of genres. In this volume we explore works by classic authors from all corners of Europe as they explore and exploit narratives with their undeniable talents.

Deja a los muertos en paz (Laß die Toten ruhn) (1823), también traducido como No despertéis a los muertos es un cuento de vampiros escrito por el autor alemán Ernst Raupach En este extraordinario relato, el personaje central resulta ser una vampira, Brunilda, difunta esposa de Walter, quien, en su afán por recuperarla, llega al extremo de pedir la intervención de un hechicero para resucitarla. En este cuento, el vampirismo de Brunilda se explica cuando el hechicero, al resucitarla, utiliza, en el ritual, sangre humana.

The German peoples spent centuries as tribes and regions without being a whole. Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in unifying these central European states into one country albeit based on the militaristic doctrine of Prussia. In the 20th Century its history was blighted by its capacity to resort to war to fulfill its ambitions, or right its perceived historical wrongs. In this volume the short stories by its greatest authors readily attest that their talents are equal to the greatest in World literature.

In this volume your flesh may creep and crawl a little bit as our classic authors delve into the world of vampires. Some stories you may be familiar with but for most these will be new and unsettling experiences.

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. The capture of love in this life is a very special happening, it may only strike us once, and for some perhaps never. But what if those on the ‘other side’ have designs on us? What if their desire is just so strong that we can’t resist? Can true love survive?

La trama nos transporta al interior de una ancestral mansión, donde seguimos la historia de un joven heredero. Este, ignorando antiguas advertencias, despierta a los muertos sin querer. Tal imprudencia desata una cadena de eventos escalofriantes, poniendo en duda los límites entre la vida y la muerte.