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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. The zenith of Empire is bookended by two catastrophic wars that slaughter vast swathes of humanity. And yet authors manage to record and create fragile libraries of humanity, its talents, its dreams and increasingly its nightmares.

A superb collection of classic ghost stories from the world's great storytellers. 1. "Lot No. 249" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 2. "The Phantom Rickshaw" by Rudyard Kipling. 3. "The Haunted Dolls’ House" by M. R James. 4. "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe. 5. "The Monkey’s Paw" by W. W. Jacobs. 6. "The Finest Story in the World" by Rudyard Kipling. 7. "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal" by Daniel Defoe. 8. "Metzengerstein" by Edgar Allan Poe. 9. "They" by Rudyard Kipling. 10. "Labadoyere’s Doom" by Lord Halifax. 11. "Lost in a Pyramid" by Louisa May Alcott. And more...

Step into the chilling world of M. R. James, the master of the English ghost story, with this anthology of his finest supernatural tales. From mysterious rooms in curious inns to cursed manuscripts and vengeful spectres, James’s stories weave an atmosphere of dread and suspense that lingers long after the final tick

Buckle up for an explosive ride into the heart of battle with 'Contested Landing' – the ultimate anthology of military science fiction that'll leave you on the edge of your seat! Get ready to dive headfirst into the fray as fearless defenders clash with relentless invaders in heart-pounding actions across the cosmos. From pulse-pounding firefights to jaw-dropping heroics, these adrenaline-fueled tales will thrust you into the heart of interstellar conflict like never before.

England 1895: Unheimliche Dinge ereignen sich in einer der berühmtesten Bibliothek des Landes. Der junge Mr. Garrett versucht, Licht in die mysteriösen Vorkommnisse zu bringen...

Als Mr. Dillet, ein Sammler von Antiquitäten, im Gebraucht-Waren-Laden des Ehepaars Chittenden ein viktorianisches Puppenhaus entdeckt, ist er sich sicher, dass er es haben muss.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 27 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Mitternachtsweg", "Das Traktat Middoth", "Der weiße Wolf von Kostopchin", "Der Kapitän der Polestar".

London 1899: Edward Dunning hat über ein Vortrags-Exposé zum Thema Die vielen Gesichter der Alchemie aus der Feder eines gewissen Mr. Karswell, der dem Vernehmen nach selbst Alchemie und okkulte Künste praktiziert, eine ungünstige Einschätzung verfasst.

Aswarby Hall, 1811/12: Der Waisenjunge Stephen wird zu einem weit älteren, entfernten Verwandten auf ein Herrenhaus auf dem Land geschickt, um fortan dort zu leben. Es dauert nicht lange, da hat der Junge unheimliche Begegnungen in dem alten Haus, die ihm Rätsel aufgeben...

An einem Sommertag des Jahres 1929 erzählt Victor Anderson seinem Cousin von einem unheimlichen Erlebnis, welches er in der dänischen Stadt Viborg im historischen Hotel Goldener Löwe während eines Forschungsaufenthaltes in der Stadt hatte...

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 18 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Stimme in der Nacht" von William Hope Hodgson, "Schwarze Krallen" von Robert E. Howard, "Der Eschenbaum" von M.R. James und "Markheim" von Robert Louis Stevenson.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 26 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Verlorene Herzen", "Mrs. Amworth", "Das ägyptische Parfüm", "Allerseelen".

Die Gruselkabinett Box 37 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Das unheimliche Puppenhaus, Der rote Raum, Die Höllenfahrt des Schörgen-Toni, Im Labyrinth der großen Pyramide.

Mr Wraxall, uno scrittore benestante, intraprende un viaggio in Scandinavia per scoprire il mistero del mausoleo in cui è sepolto il Conte Magnus e dove nessuno può entrare. Una produzione audio da brivido con musiche inquietanti e suoni, che ti condurranno tra gli oscuri meandri della pazzia, del sadismo, del crollo nervoso imminente e dell’assassinio.

Em julho de 1969, o mundo parou para assistir à primeira pessoa a pisar na superfície de outro corpo celeste que não a Terra. Você já deve ter ouvido a frase que Neil Armstrong disse naquele momento: “É um pequeno passo para um homem, um grande salto para a humanidade.” Discreto e avesso a discussões, Armstrong foi alçado ao estrelato no instante em que deu aquele primeiro passo na Lua. A mítica em torno do homem se expandia conforme o mundo inteiro acompanhava a saga que definiria a nossa história.

Ghosts, ghouls, witches, and other unearthly creatures promise to chill the blood and raise the hair of even the most courageous listener. Volume Two in this series presents more classic horror to enjoy beyond the spooky season. Brought to you by the slightly unhinged Utah Audiobook Narrators.

The Modern Age is one of information overload. Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone’s head from all directions at all hours of the day and night. It’s exhausting. In the pens of such luminaries as Henry James, E M Delafield, C E Montague, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and many others we connect with old fashioned media from publishing and advertising to telegrams and radio and everything in between in ways that are surprising, enlightening but always entertaining.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 35 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Aus finsterer Tiefe, Die Ratten in den Wänden, Der Rabe, Runenzauber.