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The Top 10 Short Stories - Ambrose Bierce
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? Ambrose Bierce is an author whose words take us one way and then send us another. These miniature masterpieces all have a central truth and plausibility that seems to vanish in an ending that can be anything from wry, to shocking to hallucinatory.
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The Top 10 Short Stories - Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-05-2023
- Language: English
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The Best Psychic Stories
- By: Jack London, Algernon Blackwood, George Wharton Edwards, and others
- Narrated by: Amy Soakes, John Burlinson, Martin Gooding, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.
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The Best Psychic Stories
- Narrated by: Amy Soakes, John Burlinson, Martin Gooding, full cast
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 21-03-2023
- Language: English
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50 Classic Horror Short Stories 2
- Works by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker and Many More!
- By: H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
- Narrated by: Anthony Maher
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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CONTENTS: 1. The Imp of the Perverse [Poe], 2. The Devil in the Belfry [Poe], 3. The Crawling Chaos [Lovecraft], 4. Aunt Joanna [Sabine Baring-Gould], 5. The Outsider [Lovecraft], 6. The Hound [Lovecraft], 7. The Disinterment [Lovecraft], 8. The Horror At Martin's Beach [Lovecraft], 9. The Tree On The Hill [Lovecraft], 10. The Outgoing of The Tide [John Buchan], 11. The Curse of Yig [Lovecraft], 12. The Haunter Of The Dark [Lovecraft], 13. Berenice [Poe], 14. The Angel Of The Odd [Poe], 15. Black Ram [Baring-Gould], 16. The Cask Of Amontillado [Poe], 17. Dracula's Guest [Bram Stoker].
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50 Classic Horror Short Stories 2
- Works by Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker and Many More!
- Narrated by: Anthony Maher
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 07-11-2019
- Language: English
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of the Macabre
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Fitz-James O'Brien, F. Marion Crawford, and others
- Narrated by: John L Chatty, Jack Benson, Jim Killavey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is of the best "macabre" tales ever written. It is presented here in its entirety along with eight other incredible tales.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of the Macabre
- Narrated by: John L Chatty, Jack Benson, Jim Killavey, Walter Covell
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 17-01-2008
- Language: English
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Write It Right
- A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Donavan Price
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1909, this compact yet powerful manual exposes the most common blunders of language and style, offering Bierce’s signature blend of precision, humor, and biting critique. From misused words and illogical phrases to lazy constructions and pompous diction, Bierce spares no one in his mission to defend the integrity of English prose.
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Write It Right
- A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults
- Narrated by: Donavan Price
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 29-10-2025
- Language: English
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Yet More Strange Tales
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, E. F. Benson, and others
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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A third collection of 18 classic tales of the weird and supernatural by some of the best known writers in these genres.
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Yet More Strange Tales
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 06-12-2016
- Language: English
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Great Classic Stories III
- 22 Unabridged Classics
- By: Herman Melville, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, and others
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators. Includes the following stories: "The Lightening-Rod Man" by Herman Melville, "One of the Missing" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Leopard Man's Story" by Jack London, "Tennessee's Partner" by Bret Harte, "The New Catacomb" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin, "My Watch" and "The Widow's Protest" by Mark Twain, "An Ideal Family" by Kate Mansfield, "A Painful Case" by James Joyce, "Small Fry" by Anton Chekhov, and more!
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Great Classic Stories III
- 22 Unabridged Classics
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-01-2012
- Language: English
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Great Classic Westerns
- Unabridged Short Stories
- By: Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, Bret Harte, and others
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Meredith Mitchell, Richard Waterhouse
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of timeless Westerns from some of the most well-known authors of the genre, including Zane Grey and Max Brand: "The Little Gold Miners" by Joaquin Miller, "Bulger's Reputation" by Bret Harte, "The Leaf of Red Rose" by W.H.H. Murray, "The Secret of Macarger's Gulch" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Californian's Tale" by Mark Twain, "Twelve O'Clock" by Stephen Crane, "The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo" by Gerturde Atherton, "A Deal in Wheat" by Frank Norris, "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry, and more.
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Great Classic Westerns
- Unabridged Short Stories
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Meredith Mitchell, Richard Waterhouse
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-06-2012
- Language: English
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Ten
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- By: H. P. Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs, Robert Englund
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Volume ten launches with Doug Bradley's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by HP Lovecraft's evocative tale of exploration, "The Strange High House in the Mist". Next we hear Ambrose Bierce's truly chilling "A Diagnosis of Death", and Jeffery Combs reads Edgar Allan Poe's classic revenge tale, "The Cask of Amontillado".
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Ten
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs, Robert Englund
- Series: Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Book 10
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 04-01-2013
- Language: English
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For the Blood Is the Life and Other Creepy Classics, Volume 2
- By: F. Marion Crawford, Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving, and others
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Sean Jensen, LD Weller, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
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For the Blood Is the Life and Other Creepy Classics, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Sean Jensen, LD Weller, Nancy Peterson, John Hopkinson, Alyssa Hickman Grove, A. J. Shuck, full cast
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 15-10-2024
- Language: English
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The Thing at Nolan
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: John W. Michaels
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A father and son argue, the father strikes the son upon the face, and the son promises to kill the father. When the father disappears, the son goes to trial for murder, but how can there be a conviction when there was no body, and the father appeared several miles away.
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The Thing at Nolan
- Narrated by: John W. Michaels
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 29-04-2014
- Language: English
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories
- By: Algernon Blackwood, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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An excellent collection of creepy ghost stories from some of the most notable names of early horror fiction, including: “The Willows” by Algernon Blackwood, “The Shadows On The Wall” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “The Messenger” by Robert W.Chambers, “Lazarus” by Leonid Andreyev, “The Beast With Five Fingers” by W.F. Harvey, “The Mass Of Shadows” by Anatole France, “What Was It” by Fitz-James O’brien, “The Middle Toe Of The Right Foot” by Ambrose Bierce, “The Shell Of Sense” by Olivia Howard Dunbar, and more!
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Famous Modern Ghost Stories
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 21-10-2019
- Language: English
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Inventions - A Short Story Collection
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, Ethel Dell, and others
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume our authors, including Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Winifred Holtby, Bernard Capes and many others bring forth creations and contraptions that are both amazing and abstract as well as diabolical and delightful.
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Inventions - A Short Story Collection
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 30-05-2024
- Language: English
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An Inhabitant of Carcosa
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 10 mins
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Written by Ambrose Bierce, and narrated by Mike Vendetti, this story concerns a man from the ancient city of Carcosa who awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness. Carcosa was subsequently borrowed by Robert W. Chambers as the setting of his fictional play, The King in Yellow, and features heavily in many of the stories in the book of the same name. These concepts were further expanded upon by H. P. Lovecraft in his Cthulhu Mythos stories.
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An Inhabitant of Carcosa
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 26-02-2014
- Language: English
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Halloween Haunts: Volume 1
- An Anthology of Spooky Tales
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, W. W. Jacobs, Ambrose Bierce, and others
- Narrated by: Glen Reed
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The shadows grow longer, the air grows colder, and the season of spirits arrives. Within this first volume of Halloween Haunts are six classic stories that have chilled and fascinated listeners for generations.
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Halloween Haunts: Volume 1
- An Anthology of Spooky Tales
- Narrated by: Glen Reed
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 17-10-2025
- Language: English
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The Devil's Dictionary, A-J
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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Entries A-J. The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881 and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. The author hopes to be held guiltless by those to whom the work is addressed: enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humor, and clean English to slang.
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The Devil's Dictionary, A-J
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-07-2017
- Language: English
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume 11
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, and others
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume 11 begins with Doug's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by Edgar Allan Poe’s highly acclaimed gothic romance "Ligeia", Ambrose Bierce's haunting "A Fruitless Assignment", H. P. Lovecraft's dark and disturbing "Pickman's Model", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sinister masterpiece "Blue John Gap", and more.
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume 11
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs
- Series: Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Book 11
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-07-2013
- Language: English
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A Horseman in the Sky
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Ambrose Bierce is a wordsmith who paints with a marvelous portrait with words. This short story with its surprise ending draws you in like a month to the flame. The story itself is entertaining, but with a surprise ending one is drawn to rethinking the story, and re-reading again. The American Civil War where brother fought brother father fought son is well represented in this story. After the Civil War Pierce became a journalist in San Francisco, and was a prolific producer of short stories.
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A Horseman in the Sky
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 18 mins
- Release date: 10-04-2012
- Language: English
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Six
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, John Milton Hayes, and others
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Robert Englund
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Welcome to Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Six, part of the world's largest collection of high-quality, classic horror audiobooks. Are you ready for our latest installment of enthralling horror masterpieces? Good, then we'll begin with Doug's well researched and passionate introduction to the authors and stories in this volume. This is closely followed by his literary majesty, Edgar Allen Poe, with the well known classic tale "The Pit and the Pendulum".
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Six
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Robert Englund
- Series: Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Book 6
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 15-04-2011
- Language: English
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Short Stories that Inspired Four Episodes of the Twilight Zone
- By: E. F. Benson, Charles Beaumont, Lynn Venable, and others
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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One of the most iconic TV series ever was Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. This audiobook contains four short stories that inspired four episodes of The Twilight Zone: "The Bus Conductor" by E.F. Benson; "Elegy" by Charles Beaumont; "Time Enough at Last'' by Lynn Venable; and ''An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge'' by Ambrose Bierce. Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, one can understand why Searling was inspired by these short stories.
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Short Stories that Inspired Four Episodes of the Twilight Zone
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 19-11-2021
- Language: English
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