Embrace the darkness

Read by Ghizela Rowe, Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker(Unabridged: 04hrs 59mins)

Featuring stories by Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, Amy Levy, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Hanns Heinz Ewers & 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 - Suicide - An Introduction

02 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf

03 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather

04 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy

05 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

06 - The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers

07 - The Bride by M P Shiel

08 - The Crystal Man by Edward Page Mitchell

09 - Reality or Delusion by Mrs Ellen Wood