The Oleander Press: 27 books

"This Society consisteth of seven Everlastings, who may be Corporeal or Incorporeal, as Destiny shall determine." So dictates the first rule of The Everlasting Club, the ghastly and debauched history of which is faithfully recorded herein. Assembled alongside are further narratives...

The Stoneground Ghost Tales are an atmospheric collection of unsettling supernatural stories, first published in 1912 by E.G. Swain who had been chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, and was a colleague and friend of M.R. James. These charmingly ghoulish tales, written by Swain as a tribute to his...

A Classic Gothic Horror Triumph - Rediscovered! Brianza, Lombardy, 14th Century Italy. A mysterious and solitary astrologer inhabits a magnificent castle overlooking Lake Como. The Innominato (Nameless) is known to provide advice and assistance to those in need of 'special' favours. Rumoured...

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“...but here was Zuleika face to face for the first time with a Cambridge undergraduate; and undergraduates, she assumed (as Dr Johnson assumed of the waters of the sea), were much the same everywhere. She hoped that the young man would not fall in love with her too violently before she had had...

Bi-curious Oliver finds that learning has never been more fun when he finds a couple of lads at college who share his taste for exploration and experiment... Take three young guys, healthy libidos, time place and opportunity - then add in a touch of the birch too. In an open letter back to his girl,...

Ridiculously funny... In a Hong Kong supermarket - "For your convenience, we recommend courteous, ef?cient self-service." On a menu - "Spleen omelet, ?sherman’s crap soup, calf pluck, bowels" In a hotel - "You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid." On...

A delightful Victorian tale of furtive passion in the nunnery. A young novice is inexorably led astray - first by her imagination, then by her abbot. First published 1890. _________________________________________________________________ "In her voluptuous transport, she sought with...

An affectionate look at the strange, charming, tortured and often nonsensical English, known as Japlish. On a pencil-case - "Spanking! By the Sea!" Outside an adult video shop in Tokyo - "IF EASY TAKE A FENCE PLEASE DISPER" The owners’ manual of a Japanese motorcycle recommends...

BB Delgado has obtained full and exclusive access rights to the time-travelling exploits and sexploits of a 'Whisperer,' numbers of whom can be found everywhere in time but who are as yet unknown to us. In this exclusive series BB Delgado relates the incredible stories told to him in complete secrecy...

Presented within are nine examples of the finest horror and supernatural literature ever written. Inspired by a series of dreams and nightmares, Helen Leys, writing under the pseudonym Eleanor Scott, crafted these stories of suspense and terror, atmosphere and dread, in 1929 – and never again wrote...

The Simple Tale of Susan Aked or Innnocence Awakened, Ignorance Dispelled. Anonymously written in 1891, this riotously fun tale follows Susan, a sweet, naive country girl, through her introduction to the joys of lesbian sex by her visiting cousin Lucia, and then on to London for a more inclusive...

“A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.” First published in 1922, this classic guide to the foibles of men is inspired, accurate and hilarious! Helen Rowland was an American humorist and journalist who had an unerring knack of getting to the crux of...

Great Value! The first collection of Wildheart's rare, steamy, Victorian short stories and novellas, all originally published prior to 1900 - wild, spicy and debauched tales of sexual excess. The Victorians certainly had plenty of erotic passion running deep under the prim facade of 19th Century society......