Embrace the darkness

Read by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker(Unabridged: 06hrs 53mins)

Featuring stories by William Hope Hodgson, Violet Hunt, George Eliot & 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 - Supernatural Powers - An Introduction

02 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No 1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson

03 - The Coach by Violet Hunt

04 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot

05 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot

06 - The Weird of the Walfords by Louisa Baldwin

07 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster

08 - The Death Hound by Violet Mary Firth writng as Dion Fortune

09 - The Screaming Skull by F Marion Crawford