Embrace the darkness

Read by Mark Rice-Oxley, Laurel Lefkow, David Shaw-Parker(Unabridged: 03hrs 13mins)

Featuring stories by W F Harvey, Jan Neruda, Willa Cather, E G Swain, Hume Nisbet, Edith Nesbit & 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 - Arts & Artists - An Introduction

02 - August Heat by W F Harvey

03 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda

04 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather

05 - The Man With The Roller by E G Swain

06 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet

07 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit

08 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon