Horror
Clarimonde (or La Morte Amoreuse)
Read by Joy Chan
Théophile Gautier
This is the story of a priest named Romauld, and his all-consuming love for the beautiful courtesan, Clarimonde. (Summary by Joy Chan)
Carmilla (Version 3)
Read by Louise J. Belle
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, originally published as a serial in the London-based literary ma…
Windsor Castle, Book 4
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 4 - Cardinal Wolsey. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn a…
Zastrozzi, A Romance
Read by Martin Geeson
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!”From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defianc…
The Return of the Soul
Read by Roger Melin
Robert Smythe Hichens
Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not beli…
The Lost Stradivarius
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John Meade Falkner
The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case a…
Uncanny Stories
Read by Rhiannon Damon
May Sinclair
May Sinclair’s Uncanny Stories is a collection of short stories filled with macabre, romantic, and Gothic themes. Enjoy tales of love and lo…
Widdershins (Version 2)
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Oliver Onions
Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella The Beckoning Fair…
The Invisible Man (Version 3)
Read by Andrew Gaunce
H. G. Wells
A mysterious, bandaged stranger arrives in the small English village of Iping - and chaos follows close behind. H.G. Wells' classic story of…
A Journey from This World to the Next
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Henry Fielding
The narrator dies in the first sentence. Through relating his travels in the afterlife, Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones and Joseph Andre…
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
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Francis Marion Crawford
The Wanderer is looking far and wide for the love of his life, Beatrice. Try as he may, he cannot find her again. Appealing to a witch might…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 032
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Various
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Black Jack
Read by Dan Shaurette
Dan Shaurette
BLACK JACK, is a new short story by Dan Shaurette, a prequel to his upcoming novel, BLACK CASTLE.
Confidence artist Jacob Springer discovers…
The Last of the Valerii
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
An unnamed American painter resident in Rome serves as narrator in this story, watching as his god-daughter Martha, becomes the wife of Prin…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035
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Various
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
The Goddess: A Demon
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Richard Marsh
After a night of drinking and gambling, John Ferguson has a terrifying dream of his neighbor being violently torn to shreds by an unknown at…
Jardín Umbrío
Read by Mongope
Ramón del Valle-Inclán and Ramón Del Valle-Inclán
Jardín Umbrío son una serie de narraciones; entre ellas alguna novela corta y algún cuento dramatizado, en los que se a…
The Pain Chaser One: Ambuscade
Read by Patrick E. Molloy
Patrick E. Molloy
Five fire safety inspectors are doing the final checks on a refurbished high school in the fictional Pennsylvanian town of Kettle Creek. Wha…
The Return (de la Mare version)
Read by Corinna Schultz
Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare
A story of psychological horror, The Return explores ideas of identity, love, and alienation. Arthur grapples with the reactions of his fami…