Embrace the darkness

Read by Lisa Bowerman, Mark Rice-Oxley, Eve Karpf(Unabridged: 03hrs 12mins)

Featuring stories by Mrs Craik, Lafcadio Hearn, Ambrose Bierce, William Hunt & many more

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.

But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?

Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are suddenly upon us in twisted revelation that may thrill, may disturb, but will always engage and help us explore the edge of darkness where some of the very best literature patiently lurks …. waiting …. for the likes of me and you.

01 - Stories From the Shadows - Ghosts & Love - An Introduction

02 - The Last House in C Street by Mrs Craik

03 - The Vision of the Dead Creole by Lafcadio Hearn

04 - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce

05 - The Spectre Bridegroom by William Hunt

06 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood

07 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves

08 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

09 - The Spectral Hand by Jean Lorrain

10 - The Haunted Orchard by Richard Le Gallienne