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This Science Fiction Collection brings together 20 iconic works from some of the genre's most influential authors. Featuring Ray Bradbury's atmospheric The Monster Maker and Rocket Summer, Isaac Asimov's thought-provoking Youth, E.M. Forster's dystopian The Machine Stops, and H.G. Wells' timeless masterpiece The Time Machine, the anthology explores a wide range of speculative themes. From futuristic worlds and artificial intelligence to time travel and human survival, this collection delves into the challenges and possibilities of the future.

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume One is the first instalment in our classics collection focusing on the most important and iconic novels, stories, and poems of the 20th century. Featuring 18 essential modern classics from Orwell, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Woolf, and many more, and read by a cast of incredible narrators including Iwan Rheon, Ben Allen, Karen Cass, Nathan Osgood, amongst others, this is an essential addition to your library.

Murder comes in two familiar forms. Whether as a crime of passion with high emotions or a cold dispassionate plot to take life in order to gain in some way, the act strikes us all as somehow inhuman. Beneath us as civilised beings. But however we cloak our animal instincts the need to remove a human being and gain relief from abuse or gain from money, the term is just the same – MURDER. Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, W W Jacobs and many others bring their literary heft to bear in as calculating a way as any killer could.

A wonderful collection of classic thrillers, mystery stories, crime tales and weird accounts of uncanny events.1. Query by “Seamark” 2. The Furnished Room by O. Henry 3.The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 4. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 5. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan 6. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs7. Laura by Saki 8. A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Diver by A. J. Alan10. The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace11. The Burglary by Arnold Bennett

Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwin’s Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs. Long suppressed as components of the human tool kit, psychedelic plants can be usefully modeled as “eloquence adjuncts” that intensify a crucial component of sexual selection in humans: discourse.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. Whether they hail from the Lowlands or the Highlands, to be a Scottish author is to part of a quite an extraordinary band of authors and its literary traditions. These beguiling stories example the full range and majesty of their talents and the subjects they explore.

A gripping collection of mystery stories, strange tales and horrible crimes: 'The Perfect Murder', by Stacy Aumonier; 'The Magic Casket', by F. Austin Freeman; 'The Shadow of the Shark', by G. K. Chesterton; 'The Marionettes', by O. Henry; 'Charles', by A. J. Alan; 'Moon's Gibbet', by Egerton Castle; 'The Severed Hand', by Wilhelm Hauff; 'The Man with the Watches', by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 'The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace', by G. F. Forrest; 'My Adventure at Chislehurst', by A. J. Alan; 'Blackmail', by John Galsworthy.

A third collection of 18 classic tales of the weird and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.

Critically acclaimed audiobook reader Barnaby Edwards (Doctor Who, The Voyage of the Beagle, Space Danger) performs 11 tales of ghostly gothic spookiness. From tales of vampyres and spirits to devil’s deals and ethereal coachmen. Short but oh so sweet, these 11 stories from some of the most lauded authors of the Gothic period prove that you need only a few pages to tell a truly terrifying tale.

A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising.

This collection of tales transports the listener to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind—or by a passing ghost. Penned by some of the greatest Victorian novelists and masters of the ghost story genre, each comes to life in this vivid rendition.

1880, Dunwich, Massachusetts: Der junge Sherlock Holmes besucht seinen ehemaligen Studienfreund Basil Bishop. Im Landhaus der Bishops tauchen am ersten gemeinsamen Abend höchst merkwürdige Gäste auf, die schier unglaubliche Ereignisse hervorrufen. Der zukünftige Meisterdetektiv gerät unversehens in seinen ersten Fall, der absolut unlösbar scheint.

War der Tod in Meiringen nur Zufall? Nein! Wie Holmes seinem Freund Watson hier nun erklärt, hat die tödliche Begegnung mit Moriarty dort stattfinden müssen. Alles wird also klar, und nun lebt Moriarty nicht mehr. Sein hinterlistiges Wirken ist jedoch nicht erloschen. Skrupellose Hintermänner sind noch am Werk. Andere, erschreckende Taten werden noch geplant. Warum wirkt ein brutaler Mord in der riesigen Ausstellungshalle des Londoner Crystal Palace so verhängnisvoll? Was ist es, dass hier aufzuflammen droht? Und wer sind die Erben Moriartys? Werden Holmes and Watson dahinterkommen?

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1890. London wird von einer Serie grausamer Morde heimgesucht. Zwischen den Opfern existiert keine Beziehung. Die einzige Gemeinsamkeit ist der Fundort der Leichen - nämlich das Themseufer. Scotland Yard ist ratlos und bittet Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Wird es Holmes und Dr. Watson gelingen, den Mörder zu überführen, bevor dieser erneut zuschlägt? Spannend, unterhaltend und ganz im Stil von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gelingt es der Autorin mit ihrem Buch Die Themsemorde das viktorianische London aufl eben zu lassen. Johanna M.

War der Tod in Meiringen nur Zufall? Nein! Wie Holmes seinem Freund Watson hier nun erklärt, hat die tödliche Begegnung mit Moriarty dort stattfinden müssen. Alles wird also klar, und nun lebt Moriarty nicht mehr. Sein hinterlistiges Wirken ist jedoch nicht erloschen. Skrupellose Hintermänner sind noch am Werk. Andere, erschreckende Taten werden noch geplant. Warum wirkt ein brutaler Mord in der riesigen Ausstellungshalle des Londoner Crystal Palace so verhängnisvoll? Was ist es, dass hier aufzuflammen droht? Und wer sind die Erben Moriartys?

It Came From the Darkness is a unique collection of drabbles (stories of 100 words exactly) and artwork, compiled by Red Cape Publishing and Philip Rogers 101 PR in aid of the Max the Brave Fund. A huge number of horror writers, poets, artists, and film makers have come together to support the cause and offer the listener something special. Each piece of writing begins with the same five words, but the stories themselves are all wonderfully varied. So dig in, take each tale one bloody bite at a time, and beware of what comes from the darkness.

Hester Trueblood can’t deny having an ancient, Sumerian goddess in her head has its perks. She enjoys her new strength and fighting abilities, things that would have been useful when she was a soldier. And the two handsome men dedicated to serving and protecting her are a nice bonus too. On the other hand, there are drawbacks. Having Inanna’s voice inside her head 24/7 can be annoying, and the constant threat of demons and monsters is a dangerous nuisance. The bitchy goddess and the evil hordes are problems Hester can handle, but the adoration of a demigod has Hester off balance.

Another collection of 16 classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best-known writers in these genres.

A comprehensive and varied collection of the best vampire stories from the Victorian era by the greatest Gothic writers of the time. Includes: 'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant; 'Mrs. Amworth' by E. F. Benson; 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' by John Keats; 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker; 'The Bride of Corinth' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; 'Will' by Vincent O'Sullivan; 'Ken's Mystery' by Julian Hawthorne.

A spectacular collection of outstanding half-hour short stories...perfect for commuters or bedtime listening. 'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole, 'The Well' by W. W. Jacobs, 'The Scrupulous Father' by George Gissing, 'The Debt' by Edith Wharton, 'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post, 'The Purple Wig' by G. K. Chesterton, 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'Humplebee' by Geroge Gissing.