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For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible—that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive.

While on a fishing trip two men discover the ruins of an old house perched on the very edge of a cliff. In the ruins they discover an old manuscript that seems to suggest the house was once involved in something super natural, and horrific.

In the far future, an unnamed narrator, who along with what remains of the human race dwells uneasily in an underground fortress-city surrounded by brooding, chaotic, relentless Watching Things, Silent Ones, Hounds, Giants, "Ab-humans," Brutes, and enormous slugs and spiders, follows a telepathic distress signal into the unfathomable darkness. The Earth's surface is frozen....

Two centuries have passed since Elijah Baley’s actions on Aurora sent settlers from Earth to new worlds all over the galaxy. The Spacer planet of Solaria has been abandoned by humans, though countless robots remain. When settlers arrive to salvage them, something unthinkable happens – the robots attack. Accompanied by Gladia Delmarre and the robots Daneel and Giskard, a descendant of Elijah Baley sets out for Solaria to investigate, a quest that will lead them to a vast, catastrophic conspiracy and a revolution in the Three Laws of Robotics.

The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel written by British writer William Hope Hodgson in 1908. The story opens with the discovery of a journal in the ruins of an unusual house in rural Ireland. Penned by a recluse, the journal details the man's stay at the house and his supernatural experiences with menacing monsters and dreaded dimensions.

Dan Starkey takes on the mantle of William Hope Hodgson's supernatural detective, Thomas Carnacki, in this collection of enhanced audiobook readings: 'The Gateway of the Monster', 'The House Among the Laurels', 'The Whistling Room', 'The Horse of the Invisible', 'The Searcher of the End House' and 'The Thing Invisible'. Directed by Scott Handcock.

The survivors of the shipwrecked 18th century vessel Glen Carrig fight for their lives amidst a vast continent of weeds. Mysterious wrecks, horrific monsters, and swashbuckling adventure!

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson is a captivating tale of a recluse living in an isolated house on the border of reality and another dimension. The discovery of an old journal by two fishermen takes the audience on a journey through hallucinatory visions, battles with supernatural creatures, and travels across time and space. Mysterious swine-like beings, a mystical abyss, and dreamlike encounters with a lost love draw the protagonist into a spiral of nightmare and inevitable ruin.

In una casa isolata, un uomo vive nel terrore di una presenza che lo visita ogni notte: un enorme maiale invisibile, percepibile solo attraverso rumori, movimenti e un'inquietante sensazione di minaccia. Chiamato a indagare, Carnacki si trova di fronte a un caso che sfida la ragione, sospeso tra suggestione mentale e autentico orrore soprannaturale. Per arrivare alla verità, dovrà affrontare ciò che si nasconde nell'oscurità… e capire se è reale o frutto di una mente sull'orlo del crollo.

Un uomo, spinto dalla curiosità, si addentra in una foresta e scopre un antico manoscritto. Il testo racconta la storia di un eremita che vive in una casa solitaria, arroccata su una scogliera e sospesa sopra un abisso insondabile. Quella che inizia come la semplice cronaca di una vita isolata si trasforma presto in un incubo indescrivibile: orrori innominabili emergono dall’oscurità sottostante, creature mostruose dai contorni indefiniti assediano la casa, mentre il protagonista sprofonda in un’angoscia crescente, in bilico tra follia e realtà.

Mysterious deaths and disappearances on a doomed ship on its final voyage. Another ship appears out of nowhere, then vanishes. A single survivor of the Mortzestus gives his account of terror and haunting on the high seas in this classic tale by master writer William Hope Hodgson.

The story opens in the 19th century but quickly moves to the far future, where the sun has gone out, leaving the world in a darkness broken only by strange lights and mysterious fires. Over the ages, monsters and evil forces have descended to the Earth, compelling the surviving humans to take refuge in a great pyramid of imperishable metal built in a miles-deep chasm. The monsters surround the pyramid in a perpetual siege lasting for eons, waiting for the moment when its defenses will fail.

This collection comprises another 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From White's seminal body-shocker, Lukundoo, through to Howard's dastardly Pigeons from Hell, and Benson's nightmarish The Room in The Tower. Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable.

Fifteen nautical nightmares: from the discovery and subsequent investigation of a mysterious vessel in The Derelict, to the terrifying ordeal of a lighthouse keeper stationed at the remote Three Skeleton Key...

A landmark of supernatural fiction and cosmic horror, The House on the Borderland is a haunting tale that blurs the boundaries between reality, nightmare, and the unknown. When two travellers discover the ruins of an isolated house and the strange manuscript left behind by its former occupant, they uncover an extraordinary account of terrifying visions, otherworldly beings, and journeys through time and space.

Spies come in all shapes and sizes but all of the spies in this volume are decidedly not like the urbane British agent James Bond, who regularly saves the world. These spies are on a missionand whether that’s saving their own lives, or the lives of many others imperilled by their Nation’s foes.

"The House on the Borderland," tells the story of an unnamed protagonist who discovers a manuscript written by a previous occupant of a remote and decaying house on the edge of a vast and mysterious abyss. The manuscript details the strange and terrifying experiences of the previous occupant, who is drawn into a world of cosmic horror and ancient evil.

Step into a realm where the boundaries between reality and the unknown blur, exploring themes of mystery, existential dread, and the supernatural. "The House on the Borderland" evokes a sense of eerie exploration and the unsettling feeling of facing the unexplainable. This podcast offers a rotating collection of full-length audiobooks, each week unveiling a new story that delves into the unknown from different perspectives, time periods, and literary styles. It's a journey through varied narratives that provoke curiosity, offer insight, and provide a thrilling escape into the bizarre and ...

A steam yacht is sailing the North Atlantic when they spot a mysterious light. Upon investigation, they discover a derelict cargo ship but when they board, superstitions soon turn to very real fears for the safety of the crew.

This is a very unusual book, wherein the majority of the story is contents of an ancient diary found by two friends on a fishing holiday while on the grounds of an old dilapidated house. The moldy manuscript has inscribed tales of strange things seen and heard. There are horrible creatures and huge monsters described as though they were old gods of mythology.