Gothic Short Stories
This collection features a selection of haunting short stories that delve into the eerie and supernatural aspects of Gothic fiction. Each tale explores themes of the uncanny, the spectral, and the psychological, showcasing the rich tradition of Gothic storytelling through various authors and styles.
The Black Monk
Aspiring academic Andrei Kovrin, while summering in the countryside per the advice of a physician, is haunted by the apparition of a black m…
Round the Sofa
Round the Sofa (1859), is a book of stories by the lady that Charles Dickens called his “dear Scheherazade” due to her skill as a story tell…
Weird Tales
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 …
Sir Edmund Orme
Henry James wrote a number of ghost stories -- The Turn of the Screw being the most famous. Did he believe in ghosts himself, as did many of…
The Jolly Corner
"The Jolly Corner," published in 1908, is considered by many to be a ghost story ranking second only to "The Turn of the Scre…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow invites listeners into a haunting tale set in the eerie, quiet village of Sleepy Hollow, where the legend of the…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…
Rappaccini's Daughter
The story is set in Padua in a distant, but unspecified past. From his quarters, Giovanni, a young student of letters, observes Beatrice, th…
Present at a Hanging
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often …
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition
Explore the haunting and imaginative world of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive collection, the final volume of the Raven Edition. This …