Embrace the darkness

Read by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Samya de Meo(Unabridged: 01hrs 28mins)

Featuring stories by Johann Hebel, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Anatole France & 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 - Lost Love - An Introduction

02 - An Unexpected Reunion by Johann Hebel

03 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

04 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France

05 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

06 - The Haunted Orchard by Richard Le Gallienne