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Alone With The Devil

by Michael Van Der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

32 min

¨As a linguist and historian, I’ve always been fascinated by words and phrases. I am particularly interested in how certain idioms and expressions come to be picked up, where they originated and what, if any, history lies behind their origins. It was this interest that led me in 2018 to consider writing a paper on the dialect, idioms, and aphorisms used by people in my hometown. It was also what ... Read more

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¨As a linguist and historian, I’ve always been fascinated by words and phrases. I am particularly interested in how certain idioms and expressions come to be picked up, where they originated and what, if any, history lies behind their origins. It was this interest that led me in 2018 to consider writing a paper on the dialect, idioms, and aphorisms used by people in my hometown. It was also what
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Preston's Attic

by Michael Van Der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

33 min

¨He was a Cambridge man and, having no other living relatives and few friends outside of those whom he could also count as colleagues, he spent much of the ink from his pen not expended upon notes and essays, corresponding with his ever loving and miraculously ever patient sibling.A sibling, who, for her part, had become somewhat accustomed to her brother’s habit of sharing his thoughts and ... Read more

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¨He was a Cambridge man and, having no other living relatives and few friends outside of those whom he could also count as colleagues, he spent much of the ink from his pen not expended upon notes and essays, corresponding with his ever loving and miraculously ever patient sibling.A sibling, who, for her part, had become somewhat accustomed to her brother’s habit of sharing his thoughts and
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A Woman Scorned

A Short Horror Story

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

38 min

For a young subway cop, a jumper is always a traumatic thing. This time however it is the fact that the jumper survived, that will make things so much worse. For his survival leads Lucy Hanlon to review the CCTV footage and see, clear as day, that this jumper didn't jump at all. He was pushed. Pushed by someone or something, that wasn't there.That push and the evidence of it, pushes Lucy herself ... Read more

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For a young subway cop, a jumper is always a traumatic thing. This time however it is the fact that the jumper survived, that will make things so much worse. For his survival leads Lucy Hanlon to review the CCTV footage and see, clear as day, that this jumper didn't jump at all. He was pushed. Pushed by someone or something, that wasn't there.That push and the evidence of it, pushes Lucy herself
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The Girl in the Chimney

A Short Horror Story

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

38 min

Until the day she walked, or rather dragged herself into the centre of town, most people thought that Amy Schiller was a myth.Certainly, she had been a story, circulated amongst the kids of the town since long before I joined the police service, so far back in fact, that I had heard it when I was a child myself. In the story I heard, Amy was supposed to be a ghost. In other versions, she was ... Read more

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Until the day she walked, or rather dragged herself into the centre of town, most people thought that Amy Schiller was a myth.Certainly, she had been a story, circulated amongst the kids of the town since long before I joined the police service, so far back in fact, that I had heard it when I was a child myself. In the story I heard, Amy was supposed to be a ghost. In other versions, she was
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The Charleston Witch

A Short Horror Story

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

38 min

Sometimes, when you hear that a place has been “abandoned,” it is important to ask, “abandoned by whom?” Of course, “abandoned” is already a very loaded word to use. It suggests a place that isn't just empty, desolate or lonely, but a place that for some reason has deliberately been made that way. A place intentionally cut off, knowingly and purposely shunned in an attempt to erase that place from ... Read more

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Sometimes, when you hear that a place has been “abandoned,” it is important to ask, “abandoned by whom?” Of course, “abandoned” is already a very loaded word to use. It suggests a place that isn't just empty, desolate or lonely, but a place that for some reason has deliberately been made that way. A place intentionally cut off, knowingly and purposely shunned in an attempt to erase that place from
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Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

A Robin Reads Audiobook

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Sherlock Holmes Mysteries In Chronological Order
Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

The very first adventure of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.In March 1881, having retired from army life to London, Dr John Watson moves into lodgings at 221B Baker Street with an eccentric genius called Sherlock Holmes. Through his new companion Watson is drawn into a murder mystery that baffles Scotland Yard's Inspector Lestrade.First published in 1887.Narrated by Robin Reads. ... Read more

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The very first adventure of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.In March 1881, having retired from army life to London, Dr John Watson moves into lodgings at 221B Baker Street with an eccentric genius called Sherlock Holmes. Through his new companion Watson is drawn into a murder mystery that baffles Scotland Yard's Inspector Lestrade.First published in 1887.Narrated by Robin Reads.
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Relics

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

32 min

Sometimes even love stories, have dark undercurrents. Sometimes it is the humans and their hideous wishes that are the real monsters. But that doesn't mean that the other monsters aren't watching.Relics is a modern fairy tale that mixes the struggle of PTSD, obsessive compulsion and body horror with the grimmer corners of European folklore, to make a potent mix that will leave your skin crawling. ... Read more

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Sometimes even love stories, have dark undercurrents. Sometimes it is the humans and their hideous wishes that are the real monsters. But that doesn't mean that the other monsters aren't watching.Relics is a modern fairy tale that mixes the struggle of PTSD, obsessive compulsion and body horror with the grimmer corners of European folklore, to make a potent mix that will leave your skin crawling.
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Erasmus Crane and The Cthulhu Murders

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

48 min

When Erasmus Crane, the famous occult detective is called to investigate the murder and mutilation of a young woman he is instantly both repulsed and terrified. Not only by the gruesome nature of the killing and the strange squid like formations the murderer has made of the entrails but also by what those strange symbols mean. Erasmus, has seen them before.The Cthulhu Murders drag Erasmus and his ... Read more

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When Erasmus Crane, the famous occult detective is called to investigate the murder and mutilation of a young woman he is instantly both repulsed and terrified. Not only by the gruesome nature of the killing and the strange squid like formations the murderer has made of the entrails but also by what those strange symbols mean. Erasmus, has seen them before.The Cthulhu Murders drag Erasmus and his
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Grandma El

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

30 min

Sometimes monsters do not live in the dark places, like under the bed or at the edge of the forest. Sometimes they live in normal houses and look just like us. Sometimes those monsters act like us too. Until someone chooses to cross them.Grandma El is a story of witchcraft, loyalty, and urban folklore that will make the reader wonder just how close to home the dark things really are. ... Read more

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Sometimes monsters do not live in the dark places, like under the bed or at the edge of the forest. Sometimes they live in normal houses and look just like us. Sometimes those monsters act like us too. Until someone chooses to cross them.Grandma El is a story of witchcraft, loyalty, and urban folklore that will make the reader wonder just how close to home the dark things really are.
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Haunted Stories

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

Haunted Stories: 4 Short Horror StoriesStory 1: Erasmus Crane and The Cthulhu MurdersStory 2: Grandma ElStory 3: RelicsStory 4: Arnold's LetterGet your copy today! ... Read more

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Haunted Stories: 4 Short Horror StoriesStory 1: Erasmus Crane and The Cthulhu MurdersStory 2: Grandma ElStory 3: RelicsStory 4: Arnold's LetterGet your copy today!
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Blood In The Milk

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

31 min

It is late in the Nineteenth Century and monsters stalk the narrow cobbled backstreets of a gaslit Victorian London.On the heath strange stories about the Bloofer Lady, whom Stoker's novel would reveal as Lucy Westenra, tempts the children with sweet delights, behind which lie the sharper points of fangs.Blood in the Milk is a gothic tale that explores the relationship between mothers and monsters ... Read more

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It is late in the Nineteenth Century and monsters stalk the narrow cobbled backstreets of a gaslit Victorian London.On the heath strange stories about the Bloofer Lady, whom Stoker's novel would reveal as Lucy Westenra, tempts the children with sweet delights, behind which lie the sharper points of fangs.Blood in the Milk is a gothic tale that explores the relationship between mothers and monsters
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Arnolds' Letter

by Michael van der Voort ...

Narrated by Robin Reads ...

Unabridged

32 min

Dear Mother,I should begin by saying that I’m sorry.I know that Marie’s death hit you hard in the days after the funeral. All you needed in the world was the shoulder of your son to cry upon. I know I wasn’t there. I know that I should have been, and for that I am truly sorry.Moreso, however, I am sorry for the circumstances that led to my absence, the reason I couldn’t be there and the reason I ... Read more

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Dear Mother,I should begin by saying that I’m sorry.I know that Marie’s death hit you hard in the days after the funeral. All you needed in the world was the shoulder of your son to cry upon. I know I wasn’t there. I know that I should have been, and for that I am truly sorry.Moreso, however, I am sorry for the circumstances that led to my absence, the reason I couldn’t be there and the reason I
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Alone With The Devil

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A Woman Scorned

The Girl in the Chimney

The Charleston Witch

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

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Haunted Stories

Blood In The Milk

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