Gothic Fiction
Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist
Read by Cynthia Brooks
Marjorie Bowen
Witches, spells, ghosts, pacts with the Devil, occult rituals, love triangles, popes and the Anti-Christ are some of the ingredients of this…
Uncle Silas
Read by Great Plains
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest…
The Bright Messenger
Read by Mark Nelson
Algernon Blackwood
Julian LeVallon, born and raised alone in the Jura Mountains, is referred to psychiatrist Dr. Edward Fillery for care in London. But is LeVa…
Weird Tales
Read by Expatriate
E. T. A. Hoffmann
This recording includes both volumes of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Weird Tales, a collection of gothic novellas set in Germany, Italy, and some of …
Dracula (version 5)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Bram Stoker
Dracula as written by Bram Stoker in 1897 was not the first depiction of vampires and other such creatures, Gothic horror stories had been a…
The Italian
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Ann Radcliffe
The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would…
Werewolf -- Five Pieces
Read by David Wales
Saki
Five stories and essays about werewolves. - Summary by david wales
The Flight of the Shadow
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George MacDonald
A fantastical story of personal growth and a warning against the dangers of keeping secrets. This novel by George MacDonald is a deceptively…
The Romance of the Forest
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Ann Radcliffe
A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural …
A Sicilian Romance
Read by Betsie Bush
Ann Radcliffe
A Sicilian Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The pl…
Fifty-one Tales (version 2)
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Lord Dunsany
A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometime…
The Marble Faun
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical …
The Man-Wolf
Read by James K. White
Émile Erckmann
"The Man-Wolf" is a 38,000 word novella that appears in the English language collection of short stories entitled, The Man-Wolf an…
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
Read by clarinetcarrot
George W. M. Reynolds
Wagner is a poor, lonely old shepherd living on the edge of the Black Forest. In a devil's pact he gains youth and wealth for the price of t…
Trilby
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George Du Maurier
Trilby, published in 1894, fits into the Gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the Fin de siècle and is one of th…
Horror Stories
Read by Newgatenovelist
Ada Buisson
Ada Buisson was a Victorian novelist and short story author. This collection includes her three horror stories, all of which were published …
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
Read by Karen Joan Kohoutek
Charles Brockden Brown
The lives of a prosperous, intellectual family are disrupted when they meet the mysterious Carwin. Set in the period before the Revolutionar…
Rookwood
Read by Paul Curran
William Harrison Ainsworth
A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narr…
Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4)
Read by John Van Stan
Mary Shelley
This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and h…
The Turn of the Screw (Version 3)
Read by Sandra Cullum
Henry James
A gothic, ghost story, you are a jury of one. Is the Governess correct in her assumptions that her charges, two adorable and exemplary child…