Embrace the darkness

Read by Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker, Samya de Meo(Unabridged: 02hrs 11mins)

Featuring stories by Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, William Hunt, Ambrose Bierce & 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 - Lovers and Loved Ones Return As Ghosts - An Introduction

02 - The Vision of the Dead Creole by Lafcadio Hearn

03 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

04 - The Spectre Bridegroom by William Hunt

05 - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce

06 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood

07 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon