Saki

H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and themes is experienced. His stories are imbued with humorous satire, biting irony, and often the macabre....

Classic stories from the original masters of horror, including Edgar Allan Poe, HP Lovecraft and Charles Dickens....

Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, W W Jacobs and many others bring their literary heft to bear in as calculating a way as any killer could....

There are 29 stories in this collection, each one exquisitely crafted, totally vicious and very, very funny....

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

A splendid collection of seafarers' tales....

A charming, heart-felt collection of Christmas stories and poems that will delight the entire family....

Another collection of 16 classic tales of the macabre and supernatural by some of the best-known writers in these genres....

The inevitable is understood by each and every one of us who faces the final calling. So too are the effects on those left behind. The memories are there but the empty space, the void can never be refilled. It remains a dark, unreliable pit of loneliness....

The Cotswold Explorer brings you another collection of spooky tales ranging from haunted houses and bounding werewolves, to tongue-in-cheek tales of reincarnation....

For Mr and Mrs Thackenbury it seems like there are too many holidays. They start talking about the hypocrisy behind all these holidays, such as...

A classic collection of short stories to thrill and delight. Watch out for the twist in the tale....

This triumphant final volume of Spinechillers begins with Doug Bradley's personal guide to the writers and the history of the stories....

Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face....

A Baker’s Dozen - A collection of 13 classic Christmas stories. Listen for more....

Saki's blend of stories, featuring the witty and sometimes Machiavellian Clovis, range from supernatural and sinister to hilarious comedy....

The Chronicles of Clovis, which was published in 1911, was the third of Saki's collections of short stories. The character of Clovis Sangrail is vain, sarcastic, and self-regarding....

Presented here are the favorites (including many of the adventures of Clovis): "The Open Window", "Clovis on Parental", "The Lumber-Room", "Sredni Vahtar", and more....

Over twenty hours of the best humorous stories ever written....