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  Indian Tales

  Rudyard Kipling

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  In these stories, Kipling sets the stage for encounters between the East and the West. Kipling takes on the thorny issues of empire, race, race, miscegenation and the practice of going native, and uses them as literary tropes to examine human culture, religion and society.

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  Gipsy Prophecy The (Unabridged)

  Bram Stoker

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  "A Gipsy Prophecy" is a short story by Bram Stoker. It was first published in the December 26, 1885 issue of the Saturday newspaper The Spirit of the Times, New York. Due to the Christmas holiday this issue was released on Wednesday December 23, 1885 as "The Christmas Spirit."It was a lovely evening in the summer; the very air was full of rest and quiet happiness, as though an outward type of the peacefulness and joy which made a heaven of the home of the young married folk.

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  The Inmate of the Dungeon

  W. C. Morrow

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  William Chambers Morrow (1854-1923) was an American writer, famous for his short stories of horror and suspense.'The Inmate of the Dungeon' is the powerful and poignant tale of a prisoner who is unjustly punished for sticking to his principles...and how the injustice finally comes to light.

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  Doug Bradley's Spinechillers...

  Edgar Allan Poe, H. P....

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  Welcome to Doug Bradley's Spinechillers Volume Six, one of the world's largest collection of high quality, classic horror audiobooks.Are you ready for our latest installment of enthralling horror masterpieces?Good, then we'll begin with Doug's well researched and passionate introduction to the authors and stories in this volume. This is closely followed by his literary majesty, Edgar Allen Poe, with the well known classic tale 'The Pit and the Pendulum', a visceral account of a mans torment in the prisons of  Toledo, during the Spanish Inquisition. Waking in a world of sensory deprivation and disorientation, Poe takes us through every spine chilling detail of terror as the prisoner seeks to evade his captors inventive attempts to end his life.Catch your breath before an English storytelling legend, Rudyard Kipling's 'The Mark of the Beast'. Taking you along a mist bound trail for a soldiers tale of the British Empire stationed in colonial India. His yarn of Lycanthropy and men, civilized and uncivilized, and of course werewolves, will leave you in fear of walking the streets alone...Now, we are proud to unveil our first guest reader, none other than the original, and in our terrified imaginations, the only, Mr Freddy Kreuger himself, Robert Englund.His first Spinechiller reading mesmerizes as he brings us 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', Ambrose Bierce's famous American Civil War tale. He paints a tantalizingly clear picture of a man's execution and his fantastical escape.Next up is HP Lovecraft's 'The Rats in the Walls'. A wonderfully chilling story of a descendent's gruesome discovery of the true evil of his families ancestry. A mansion restored to its lost splendor reveals the horrifying secrets, discovered by a hunt for the scurrying rats in the walls.Volume Six comes to a close with a poem by John Milton Hayes, inspired by the work of Kipling. 'The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God' is well known for its opening, and gives an overall feel of ironic justice. So stoke those logs, dim the lights, sit back and relax as the masters of classic horror fill your imagination with tales conjured from beyond our mortal coil.

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  50 Classic Thriller Short...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Wallace,...

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  This Audiobook contains the following works:The Builder [Frank L. Packard],The Man Who Didn't Count [Frank L. Packard],Red Petals [Frederick Merrick White],The Other Man's Story [Frederick Merrick White],The Shebeeners [Frederick Merrick White],The Waterwitch [Frederick Merrick White],The Brand of the Wild [G.B Lancaster],A Fair Smuggler [George Newnes],A Castaway of the South [Gilbert Parker],As Deep As the Sea [Gilbert Parker],The Gift of the Simple King [Gilbert Parker],The Treasure of Sacramento [Nick Guy Boothby],A Personal Problem [H. Bedford-Jones],Gallegher of Beaver [H. Bedford-Jones],Sun, Sand and Soap [H. Bedford-Jones],The Image of Earth [H. Bedford-Jones],Said Afzel's Elephant [H. A. Lamb],Sir Albert's Fall [H. C. Bailey],The Devil of Marston [H. C. Bailey],The Lone Hand [H. C. Bailey],The Treasure in the Forest [H. G. Wells],Through a Window [H. G. Wells],The Jungle's Accolade [Charles Haven Liebe],An Unofficial Affair [Harold Edward Bindloss],Gillatly's March [Harold Edward Bindloss],The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Put [Harold Titus],Confession [Algernon Blackwood],S. O. S. [Algernon Blackwood],B. 24 [Arthur Conan Doyle],The Spider Arthur [O. Friel],The Vulture Arthur [O. Friel],Statement of Gabriel Foot, [Highwayman Arthur Quiller-Couch],The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands [Arthur Quiller-Couch],The Countess of Bellarmine [Arthur Quiller-Couch],The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven [Arthur Stringer],The Wire-Tappers [Arthur Stringer],The Nth Power [Arthur Cheney Train],The Mysterious Card [Cleveland Moffett],The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Cleveland Moffett],Carnage [Compton Mackenzie],A Locomotive as a War Chariot [Cy Warman],A Wild Night at Wood River [Cy Warman],Wakalona [Cy Warman],John Charrington's Wedding [Edith Nesbit],The Man at the Wheel [Edith Nesbit],The Man Who Died Twice [Edgar Wallace],Allan Poe],,The Man Who Died Twice [Edgar Wallace]The Man Who Hated Earthworms [Edgar Wallace],The Man Who Lived at Clapham [Edgar Wallace],The Man Who Was Acquitted [Edgar Wallace].

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  Peter Pan - Peter and Wendy

  J. M. Barrie

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  J.M. Barrie created the story Peter and Wendy known the world over as Peter Pan and in doing so gifted the world one of the most beloved characters in literature. It was first published in 1911 as Peter and Wendy. It became almost an instant hit and has since become one of the world's most beloved classics. 
  Kevin Hayes The Story-Man brings J.M. Barrie's magical story of 'the boy who never grew up' to life in this audiobook version. 
  You may recognize Kevin Hayes the Story-Man from the Nightly Bedtime Story Podcast. Thousands of children and adults from all over the world listen as he tells them a Bedtime Story every night. You can now enjoy his storytelling as he narrates this audiobook version of J.M. Barrie's classic novel Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy. 
  If you are not familiar with the story of Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy, it is about a boy named Peter Pan who never grew up because he always wanted to 'stay a boy and always have fun'. He lives on a magical island called Neverland with the Lost Boys. Neverland is a magical place we go to when we dream and as children we can actually fly there with the help of fairy dust from Peter Pan's fairy friend, Tinkerbell. The island is not full of only fun and games, but also many other characters including the wicked, Captain Hook and his band of nasty pirates. One memorable night, Peter and Tinkerbell fly into a window of the bedroom belonging to three children, Wendy, John, and Michael and with the help of Tink's magical fairy dust, helps them fly to Neverland where they take part in many exciting adventures. 
  This is a story that can truly be enjoyed by everyone even if you're an adult and have forgotten how to fly.

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