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3 Stories - Occult Mysteries

by Amyas Northcote, Eric Purves, Algernon Blackwood ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo
... Read more
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Detective Stories – Volume 4

L T Meade to Arthur B Reeve

by Arthur Morrison, Nicholas Olde, Baroness Orczy, Max Pemberton, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Ralph Plummer, Edgar Allan Poe, Eric Purves, Arthur B Reeve ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick, Robert Maskell, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult ... Read more

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The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult
... Read more
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Stories From The Shadows – The 1920’s

Embrace the darkness

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Christopher Blayre, Mikhail Bulgakov, Marjorie Bowen, Izola Forrester, Radclyffe Hall, H P Lovecraft, Amyas Northcote, Eric Purves, Violet Quirk, Alicia Ramsay, Tod Robbins, Helen Simpson, Edgar Wallace, Mary Webb, Ethel Lina White ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more
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3 Stories - Occult Mysteries

A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

by Amyas Northcote, Eric Purves, Algernon Blackwood ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Paranormal Detective

Hear the stories that gave birth to the modern genre craze

by William Hope Hodgson, Rudyard Kipling, Algernon Blackwood, Gertrude Minnie Robins, L T Meade and Robert Eustace, Rose Champion de Crespigny, Aleister Crowley, Arabella Kenealy, Sheridan Le Fanu, Allen Upward, Eric Purves, Kate and Hesketh Pritchard, Harold Begbie ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Robert Maskell, Robbie McNab ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
... Read more
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Haunted House Stories – The Definitive Collection

Masterful anthology spanning centuries of amazing tales about our favourite horror genre

by A C Benson, A M Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Allen Upward, B M Croker, Bram Stoker, Catherine Crowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Riddell, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman0, Edgar Allan Poe1, Edith Nesbit2, Edward Bulwer Lytton3, Elinor Mordaunt4, Elizabeth Gaskell5, Eric Purves6, Fitz James O'Brien7, H D Everett8, H P Lovecraft9, Hesba Stretton0, M R James1, Margaret Oliphant2, Marjorie Bowen3, Mary E Wilkins Freeman4, Oscar Wilde5, Rhoda Broughton6, Richard Harris Barham7, Rosa Mulholland8, Rudyard Kipling9, Sheridan Le Fanu0, Sheridan Le Fanu1, W F Harvey2, Walter Scott3, William Hope Hodgson4 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley5, Elliot Fitzpatrick6, William Dufris7 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

The Haunted House is a house that rules our minds with fear. Once we think a house is haunted we prove the point to ourselves again and again. Every floorboard creak or window rattle or unexplained happening is proof concrete.In this anthology our authors go to exceptional lengths to unsettle our minds and open them up to all sorts of terrors.1 - Haunted House - The Definitive Collection - An ... Read more

$49.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Haunted House is a house that rules our minds with fear. Once we think a house is haunted we prove the point to ourselves again and again. Every floorboard creak or window rattle or unexplained happening is proof concrete.In this anthology our authors go to exceptional lengths to unsettle our minds and open them up to all sorts of terrors.1 - Haunted House - The Definitive Collection - An
... Read more
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House of the Black Evil, The

Regarded as one of the best suburban horror stories ever written

by Eric Purves ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

41 min

This story was printed with some fanfare in Pearson’s Magazine and lauded for its originality. Despite its success the author is as mysterious now as he was then. Did he write other stories? No one knows. ... Read more

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This story was printed with some fanfare in Pearson’s Magazine and lauded for its originality. Despite its success the author is as mysterious now as he was then. Did he write other stories? No one knows.
... Read more
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Foundations of Fiction, The - Haunted House

The stories that created one of the most popular genres in fiction

by Oscar Wilde, H P Lovecraft, H P Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, H D Everett, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Walter Scott, Bram Stoker, Margaret Oliphant, Algernon Blackwood0, E T A Hoffman1, Edith Nesbit2, Edith Nesbit3, E F Benson4, D K Broster5, A C Benson6, W F Harvey7, W F Harvey8, Hesba Stretton9, Rosa Mulholland0, Sheridan Le Fanu1, Sheridan Le Fanu2, Edward Bulwer Lytton3, Eric Purves4, William Hope Hodgson5, A M Burrage6, Elizabeth Gaskell7, M R James8, Marjorie Bowen9, Catherine Crowe0, B M Croker1, Rhoda Broughton2, Elinor Mordaunt3, Allen Upward4, Richard Harris Barham5, Charlotte Riddell6, Edgar Allan Poe7 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley8, David Shaw-Parker9, Mark Rice-Oxley0 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 6 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

$49.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
... Read more
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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 8

S Mukerji to Eça de Queirós

by Henry W Nevinson, Simon Newcomb, Amyas Northcote, Nicholas Olde, Vincent O'Sullivan, Marion Parker, Max Pemberton, Alice Perrin, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Ralph Plummer, John Willaim Polidori, Edwin Pugh, Eric Purves, Eça de Queirós ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Michael Lyons, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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Detective Stories – The Occult

Truth and justice by way of clues

by Sheridan Le Fanu, A M Burrage, Harold Begbie, Rudyard Kipling, William Hope Hodgson, Arabella Kenealy, Eric Purves, Allen Upward, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Algernon Blackwood ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley0, Mark Rice-Oxley1, Elliot Fitzpatrick2 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult
... Read more
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Dark Masters, The - Volume 5

Richard Middleton to Ernst Raupach

by Richard Middleton, Thomas Street Millington, Robert Duncan Milne, Edward Page Mitchell, Arthur Moore, Dick Donovan, William Mudford, Jan Neruda, Hume Nisbet, Amyas Northcote, Barry Pain, Edgar Alan Poe, John Willaim Polidori, T F Powys, Kate and Hesketh Pritchard, Eric Purves, James S Pyke-Nott, Ernst Raupach ...

Narrated by Eric Meyers, Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy,
... Read more
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Stories From The Shadows - Volume 8

Embrace the darkness

by Arthur Moore, William Mudford, Rosa Mulholland, Jan Neruda, Edith Nesbit, Hume Nisbet, Elsie Norris, Amyas Northcote, Margaret Oliphant, Barry Pain, Elia W Peattie, Mary E Penn, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, John Willaim Polidori, T F Powys, Kate and Hesketh Pritchard, Eric Purves ...

Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

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 ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more

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3 Stories - Occult Mysteries

Detective Stories – Volume 4

Stories From The Shadows – The 1920’s

3 Stories - Occult Mysteries

Foundations of Fiction, The - Paranormal Detective

Haunted House Stories – The Definitive Collection

House of the Black Evil, The

Foundations of Fiction, The - Haunted House

Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 8

Detective Stories – The Occult

Dark Masters, The - Volume 5

Stories From The Shadows - Volume 8

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