Embrace the darkness

Read by Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick(Unabridged: 04hrs 28mins)

Featuring stories by Margaret Oliphant, Robert Barr, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson & 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 - The Scottish - An Introduction

02 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant

03 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant

04 - The Sixth Bench by Robert Barr

05 - The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott

06 - The Body Snatcher - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson

07 - The Body Snatcher - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson

08 - Behind the Wall by Violet Jacob

09 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet