{"title":"Audiobooks - Short Stories","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-darker-side-of-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-volume-1-audiobook","title":"The Darker Side Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Volume 1 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e -  Most famous for his tales of crime and deduction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also had a passion for suspense, the supernatural and the macabre as demonstrated in this collection of gothic short stories. This set contains the stories: The Horror of the Heights, The Lord of Chateau Noir, The Nightmare Room, The Ring of Thoth \u0026amp; The Brazilian Cat. So get ready for Doyle’s vivid spine tingling imagination to unnerve and thrill you in equal measure! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - Inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, and Emile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle’s now iconic mastermind sleuth and his companion Dr. John H. Watson redefined the detective genre. Conan Doyle’s medical training under Dr. Joseph Bell was the foundation for Holmes’s methods of deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and Conan Doyle would write fifty-five more stories and four novels starring Holmes. He wrote many other notable fiction and non-fiction works including The Stark Monro Letters (1895), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1902), The Lost World (1912), The Coming Of The Fairies (1922), and Memories and Adventures (1924-30), many of which have been translated to dozens of languages and are still in print today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis production is read for you by Phil Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e. Phil is an experienced actor, director, writer and voice artist, with recent stage roles including Martin Dysart in Equus, Mike in The Memory of Water, Jim in The Weir and Alan Turing in Breaking the Code.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabridged: 3hrs 12mins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/arthur-conan-doyle\" title=\"Arthur Conan Doyle Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur Conan Doyle Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17953095495,"sku":"AB-1692","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/CD4987.jpg?v=1613431420"},{"product_id":"the-darker-side-of-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-volume-2-audiobook","title":"The Darker Side Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Volume 2 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/strong\u003e - The Darker Side Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Most famous for his tales of crime and deduction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also had a passion for suspense, the supernatural and the macabre as demonstrated in this collection of gothic short stories. This set contains the stories: The New Catacomb, Playing with Fire, The Terror of Blue John Gap, The Case of Lady Sannox, The Brown Hand, The Los Amigos Fiasco. So get ready for Doyle’s vivid spine tingling imagination to unnerve and thrill you in equal measure! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - Inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, and Emile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle’s now iconic mastermind sleuth and his companion Dr. John H. Watson redefined the detective genre. Conan Doyle’s medical training under Dr. Joseph Bell was the foundation for Holmes’s methods of deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and Conan Doyle would write fifty-five more stories and four novels starring Holmes. He wrote many other notable fiction and non-fiction works including The Stark Monro Letters (1895), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1902), The Lost World (1912), The Coming Of The Fairies (1922), and Memories and Adventures (1924-30), many of which have been translated to dozens of languages and are still in print today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis production is read for you by Phil Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e. Phil is an experienced actor, director, writer and voice artist, with recent stage roles including Martin Dysart in Equus, Mike in The Memory of Water, Jim in The Weir and Alan Turing in Breaking the Code.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabridged: 3hrs 15mins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/arthur-conan-doyle\" title=\"Arthur Conan Doyle Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur Conan Doyle Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17953200583,"sku":"AB-1708","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/CD4988.jpg?v=1613431420"},{"product_id":"the-darker-side-of-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-volume-3-audiobook","title":"The Darker Side Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Volume 3 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 3\u003c\/strong\u003e - Most famous for his tales of crimes and deduction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also had a passion for suspense, the supernatural and the macabre as demonstrated in this collection of gothic short stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stories featured in this volume include: The Captain Of The Polestar, B.24 and The Lost Special. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo get ready for Doyle’s vivid spine-tingling imagination to unnerve and thrill you in equal measure! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - Inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, and Emile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle’s now iconic mastermind sleuth and his companion Dr. John H. Watson redefined the detective genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConan Doyle’s medical training under Dr. Joseph Bell was the foundation for Holmes’s methods of deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and Conan Doyle would write fifty-five more stories and four novels starring Holmes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wrote many other notable fiction and non-fiction works including The Stark Monro Letters (1895), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1902), The Lost World (1912), The Coming Of The Fairies (1922), and Memories and Adventures (1924-30), many of which have been translated to dozens of languages and are still in print today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis production is read for you by Phil Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e. Phil is an experienced actor, director, writer and voice artist, with recent stage roles including Martin Dysart in Equus, Mike in The Memory of Water, Jim in The Weir and Alan Turing in Breaking the Code.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabridged: 2hrs 48mins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/arthur-conan-doyle\" title=\"Arthur Conan Doyle Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur Conan Doyle Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17953240519,"sku":"AB-1715","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/CD5245.jpg?v=1613431421"},{"product_id":"the-darker-side-of-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-volume-4-audiobook","title":"The Darker Side Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Volume 4 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 4\u003c\/strong\u003e - Most famous for his tales of crimes and deduction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also had a passion for suspense, the supernatural and the macabre as demonstrated in this collection of gothic short stories. The stories featured in this volume include: The Leather Funnel, The Beetle Hunter, The Black Doctor and The Jew’s Breastplate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo get ready for Doyle’s vivid spine-tingling imagination to unnerve and thrill you in equal measure! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - Inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, and Emile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle’s now iconic mastermind sleuth and his companion Dr. John H. Watson redefined the detective genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConan Doyle’s medical training under Dr. Joseph Bell was the foundation for Holmes’s methods of deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and Conan Doyle would write fifty-five more stories and four novels starring Holmes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wrote many other notable fiction and non-fiction works including The Stark Monro Letters (1895), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1902), The Lost World (1912), The Coming Of The Fairies (1922), and Memories and Adventures (1924-30), many of which have been translated to dozens of languages and are still in print today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis production is read for you by Phil Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e. Phil is an experienced actor, director, writer and voice artist, with recent stage roles including Martin Dysart in Equus, Mike in The Memory of Water, Jim in The Weir and Alan Turing in Breaking the Code.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabridged: 2hrs  40mins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/arthur-conan-doyle\" title=\"Arthur Conan Doyle Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur Conan Doyle Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17953441991,"sku":"AB-1722","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/CD5246.jpg?v=1613431421"},{"product_id":"the-darker-side-of-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-volume-5-audiobook","title":"The Darker Side Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Volume 5 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 5\u003c\/strong\u003e - Most famous for his tales of crimes and deduction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also had a passion for suspense, the supernatural and the macabre as demonstrated in this collection of gothic short stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stories featured in this volume include: Lot 249, The Man with the Watches, The Japanned Box and The Club Footed Grocer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo get ready for Doyle’s vivid spine-tingling imagination to unnerve and thrill you in equal measure! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - Inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, and Emile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle’s now iconic mastermind sleuth and his companion Dr. John H. Watson redefined the detective genre. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConan Doyle’s medical training under Dr. Joseph Bell was the foundation for Holmes’s methods of deductive reasoning. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and Conan Doyle would write fifty-five more stories and four novels starring Holmes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wrote many other notable fiction and non-fiction works including The Stark Monro Letters (1895), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1902), The Lost World (1912), The Coming Of The Fairies (1922), and Memories and Adventures (1924-30), many of which have been translated to dozens of languages and are still in print today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis production is read for you by Phil Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e. Phil is an experienced actor, director, writer and voice artist, with recent stage roles including Martin Dysart in Equus, Mike in The Memory of Water, Jim in The Weir and Alan Turing in Breaking the Code.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabridged: 3hrs 11mins. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/arthur-conan-doyle\" title=\"Arthur Conan Doyle Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur Conan Doyle Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17953483591,"sku":"AB-1739","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/CD5247.jpg?v=1613431421"},{"product_id":"the-short-stories-of-a-m-burrage-volume-1-audiobook","title":"The Short Stories Of A.M . Burrage - Volume 1 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley \u0026amp; Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 2hrs 43mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlfred McLelland Burrage was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex on 1st July, 1889. His father and uncle were both writers, primarily of boy’s fiction, and by age 16 AM Burrage had joined them.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe young man had ambitions to write for the adult market too.  The money was better and so was his writing. From 1890 to 1914, prior to the mainstream appeal of cinema and radio the printed word, mainly in magazines, was the foremost mass entertainment.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAM Burrage quickly became a master of the market publishing his stories regularly across a number of publications. By the start of the Great War Burrage was well established but in 1916 he was conscripted to fight on the Western Front. He continued to write during these years documenting his experiences in the classic book War is War by Ex-Private X. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the remainder of his life Burrage was rarely printed in book form but continued to write and be published on a prodigious scale in magazines and newspapers.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this volume we concentrate on his supernatural stories which are, by common consent, some of the best ever written.  Succinct yet full of character each reveals a twist and a flavour that is unsettling…..sometimes menacing….always disturbing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/a-m-burrage\" title=\"A.M. Burrage Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.M. 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His father and uncle were both writers, primarily of boy’s fiction, and by age 16 AM Burrage had joined them.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe young man had ambitions to write for the adult market too.  The money was better and so was his writing. From 1890 to 1914, prior to the mainstream appeal of cinema and radio the printed word, mainly in magazines, was the foremost mass entertainment.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAM Burrage quickly became a master of the market publishing his stories regularly across a number of publications. By the start of the Great War Burrage was well established but in 1916 he was conscripted to fight on the Western Front. He continued to write during these years documenting his experiences in the classic book War is War by Ex-Private X. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the remainder of his life Burrage was rarely printed in book form but continued to write and be published on a prodigious scale in magazines and newspapers.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en this volume we concentrate on his supernatural stories which are, by common consent, some of the best ever written.  Succinct yet full of character each reveals a twist and a flavour that is unsettling…..sometimes menacing….always disturbing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/a-m-burrage\" title=\"A.M. Burrage Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.M. 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Lord Arthur's life is thrown into turmoil with the dire prophecy that he will commit murder.  His forthcoming marriage postponed, he sets about finding his victim.....  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis classic story is read for you by Garard Green\u003c\/strong\u003e, who has worked extensively for the BBC and voiced more than 900 films and documentaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17956504903,"sku":"AB-1302","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/CD2854.jpg?v=1613431424"},{"product_id":"mr-james-tales-of-the-supernatural-volume-1-audiobook","title":"MR James: Tales Of The Supernatural - Volume 1 (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Gareth David-Lloyd, Ian Fairbairn \u0026amp; Geoffrey Balydon (Unabridged: 2hrs 21mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.R. James, the greatest English writer of ghost stories, was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage in Kent, where his father was Curate, and spent most of his boyhood at Livermere, near Bury St Edmunds in East Anglia, where his father had become Rector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom childhood he was passionately interested in mediaeval books and antiques. At the age of six, attending his first children’s party, he burst into tears, but was soon comforted by being taken into the library of the house and left there alone. He won a scholarship to Eton and took a double first at Cambridge, becoming a distinguished linguist and mediaevalist. In the years up to 1914 he enjoyed spending his vacations cycling round Europe, the first of his many visits being made with a friend sharing a double tricycle. 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James, the greatest English writer of ghost stories, was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage in Kent, where his father was Curate, and spent most of his boyhood at Livermere, near Bury St Edmunds in East Anglia, where his father had become Rector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom childhood he was passionately interested in mediaeval books and antiques. At the age of six, attending his first children’s party, he burst into tears, but was soon comforted by being taken into the library of the house and left there alone. He won a scholarship to Eton and took a double first at Cambridge, becoming a distinguished linguist and mediaevalist. In the years up to 1914 he enjoyed spending his vacations cycling round Europe, the first of his many visits being made with a friend sharing a double tricycle. In 1913 he became Vice-Chancellor of the University, and in 1918 he became Provost of Eton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man of formidable learning and enormous quickness of mind, he translated the Apocryphal Books of the New Testament into English, having them published in 1924, and was said to time his breakfast egg by the time it took him to complete the Times crossword. Many of his elegant and terrifying tales were suggested to him by scenes he had visited in Europe or England. Seaburgh, for instance, in ‘A Warning to the Curious’, is Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Story-telling was a hobby, and his great reputation is based on only thirty or so stories, written over about the same number of years, from 1894 to 1927. His first collection, ‘Ghost Stories of an Antiquary’, was published in 1904. He died in 1936. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/pages\/m-r-james\"\u003eM.R. 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Never having visited Egypt Lovecraft certainly invents one we recognise though seen through his eyes one we are glad only takes place on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for other before me”. Stephen King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/h-p-lovecraft\" title=\"H.P. Lovecraft Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH.P. 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In the story, Thurston recounts his discovery of notes left behind by his granduncle, George Gammell Angell, a prominent Professor of Semitic languages at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, who died suddenly in \"the winter of 1926–27\".  It’s a chilling tale and richly deserves its accolades.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for other before me”. Stephen King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/h-p-lovecraft\" title=\"H.P. Lovecraft Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH.P. 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Innsmouth is a dilapidated seaside town with secrets as a hybrid race of half-human and half-amphibian creatures worship the gods of Cthulhu and Dagon… Written in 1931, and published by the Visionary Publishing Company some five years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s a genre blessed with many great stylists, H.P.Lovecraft’s baroque imagination and outrageous use of language still manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest. A timeless master of the macabre and the true connoisseur of dread”. Michael Marshall-Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhil Reynolds is an experienced stage actor, recent credits include Lt. Sam Weinberg in 'A Few Good Men' and Freddy in Steve Martin's 'Picasso at the Lapin Agile'. Recent film projects include 'So What?' and 'The Limes' (a story set in the cut throat world of ice cream men, inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet). Phil can also be heard on several computer games, theme park rides and guided tours!   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/h-p-lovecraft\" title=\"H.P. Lovecraft Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH.P. 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When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Albert Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, however it isn’t until he receives communication from Henry Wentworth Akeley that he is offered the proof he requires… Written in 1930, and originally published in Weird Tales a year later – The Whisperer in Darkness – is still as powerful today as it was 80 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for other before me”. Stephen King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhil Reynolds is an experienced stage actor, recent credits include Lt. Sam Weinberg in 'A Few Good Men' and Freddy in Steve Martin's 'Picasso at the Lapin Agile'. Recent film projects include 'So What?' and 'The Limes' (a story set in the cut throat world of ice cream men, inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet). Phil can also be heard on several computer games, theme park rides and guided tours!   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deadtree-publishing.myshopify.com\/pages\/h-p-lovecraft\" title=\"H.P. Lovecraft Biography\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH.P. 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In The Dunwich Horror (1928), Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft…The Thing at The Doorstep was written five years later; confessing to the killing of his friend Edward Derby, Daniel Upton hopes his account will prove he is not a murderer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e“You need to read him – he’s where the darkness starts…” Neil Gaiman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e“Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for other before me”. Stephen King.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhil Reynolds is an experienced stage actor, recent credits include Lt. 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Her stories offer a sensitive insight into human behaviour, achieved not by creating scenes of high drama, but by revealing the motives and thoughts of believable characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese stories are read for you by Eve Karpf\u003c\/strong\u003e who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.  She is widely experienced both as a reader of audio books and as a BBC radio actress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/pages\/katherine-mansfield\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Mansfield Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this compilation \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"140\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"140\"\u003e01 - The Garden Party\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 - Life Of Ma Parker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 - Mr And Mrs Dove\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23982814663,"sku":"AB-0930","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/Masnfield_SS.jpg?v=1594079322"},{"product_id":"mark-twain-the-short-stories-audiobook","title":"Mark Twain - The Short Stories (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Unabridged: 2hrs 33mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn American author and humorist of the first order he is perhaps most famous for his novels, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, written in 1876, and its sequel, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, written in 1885 and often described with that mythic line - \"the Great American Novel.\"  Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the backdrop for these great novels. 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The hint of a shadow moving across the room can give rise to all sorts of troubling, unsettling ideas. Bram Stoker was a master of this effect. Who can forget the masterful creation of Dracula? 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Always original, his combination of cleverly constructed plots and believable characters has made him one of our most widely read authors. In 'The Dead Hand', a visitor to Doncaster in race week is forced by circumstances to spend the night at an inauspicious inn; while an evening at a Paris gambling-house ends in near tragedy for the narrator in 'A Terribly Strange Bed'. 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Best known for his novels The Call Of The Wild and White Fang, London was also a prolific writer of short stories. This collection brings together four of his finest, all depicting the harshness of life in the frozen arctic wastes. The Law Of Life and The White Silence offer sensitive insights into the psychological state of men facing death in the wildness; the lure of gold grips the heartstrings of two opportunists with disastrous consequence in In a Far Country; and An Odyssey Of The North recounts one man's painful quest to reclaim the women he loves.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe reader William Dufris\u003c\/strong\u003e has worked through Britain and the United States in theatre and made numerous television and radio appearances for the BBC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/pages\/jack-london\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack London Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIn this compilation - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"345\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"345\"\u003e1 - The Law Of Life\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2 - The White Silence\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3 - In A Far Country\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4 - An Odyssey Of The North - Pt 1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5 - An Odyssey Of The North - Pt 2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":24167579911,"sku":"AB-0862","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/London_SS.jpg?v=1594079329"},{"product_id":"kate-chopin-the-short-stories-audiobook","title":"Kate Chopin - The Short Stories (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Unabridged: 1hr 16mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatherine O'Flaherty, far better known as Kate Chopin, is widely considered to be one of our greatest novelists excelling especially with her many short stories. Born in Louisiana her Creole, Cajun, Irish and French background would help to provide a rich source of ideas for her literary works. 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When her mother died, she was three months old and she was sent to live in Knutsford, Cheshire with her Aunt Hannah, this setting would become the basis for her novel Cranford.  At 22 she married and settled in Manchester to raise her family. Friends with Charlotte Bronte she went on to write her biography and was also highly regarded by a certain Charles Dickens who published her ghost stories in his magazine.  Much of her work views the emerging industrial society of Victorian England through her own moral and religious values and has an uncanny ability to look at and report on the many strata of society.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of Stories; Right At Last, Sexton's Hero, The Old Nurse’s Story  \u0026amp; Hand And Heart are \u003cstrong\u003eread for you by Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf and Ghizela Rowe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/pages\/elizabeth-gaskell\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Gaskell Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIn this compilation - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"241\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"241\"\u003e01 - Elizabeth Gaskell - An Introduction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 - Right At Last\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 - Sexton's Hero\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 - Hand And Heart\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 - The Old Nurse's Story\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":24230501191,"sku":"AB-0435","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/Gaskell_15.jpg?v=1594079330"},{"product_id":"j-m-barrie-the-short-stories-audiobook","title":"J.M. 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Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children.  This volume centres on his short stories which are beautifully crafted pieces layered with characters ill at ease with their path through life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey are read for you by Vincent Marzello.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/pages\/nathaniel-hawthorne\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this compilation - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"345\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"345\"\u003e1 - David Swan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2 - Roger Malvin's Burial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3 - The Devil In Manuscript\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4 - The Shaker Bridal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5 -  The Wedding Knell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":24657000519,"sku":"AB-1258","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/products\/n_Hawthorne_SS.jpg?v=1594079361"},{"product_id":"william-makepeace-thackeray-the-short-stories-audiobook","title":"William Makepeace Thackeray - The Short Stories (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley \u0026amp; Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 1hr 15mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel.  But it is an art in itself.  To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task.  Many try and many fail.  In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers.  Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume we examine some of the short stories of William Makepeace Thackeray. The great author of Vanity Fair and The Luck Of Barry Lyndon was born in India in 1811. At age 5 his father died and his mother sent him back to England.  His education was of the best but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic. After a few years of marriage his wife began to suffer from depression and over the years became detached from reality.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe himself suffered from ill health later in his life and the one pursuit that kept him moving forward was that of writing and in his life time he was placed second only to Dickens.  High praise indeed. 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His father, an Irish-American actor, died the following year, and his mother, an English actress, the year after, in Richmond, Virginia. John Allan, a wealthy Richmond merchant, adopted him. When he was 7, the Allans moved to England, sending him to school at Stoke Newington, at age 12 they moved back to Richmond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wanted to become a writer, but John Allan wanted him to become a lawyer. He failed to finish courses at the University of Virginia and at West Point Military Academy, and John Allan disowned him. Struggling to live by his writing, he became an ill-paid magazine writer, and at 26 married Virginia, the daughter of his aunt, Mrs Clemm, aged 14. They were happy together, and while married he wrote much of his best work. But Virginia contracted tuberculosis, and worry over her illness and their poverty led him to drink heavily. After six years of marriage, she died. 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