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  The Prediction - From their pens...

  Mary Diana Dods (wrote as David...

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  Mary Diana Dods was born at some point in 1790.  Much of the details of her life are unknown. 
  Accounts propose that she was one of the illegitimate daughters of George Douglas, the sixteenth Earl of Morton and that she and her older sister were raised in both Scotland and London. At the time a good education for women was a rarity but it seems Mary attended school or was home tutored. 
  As a writer she seems only to have published under the pseudonym of David Lyndsay. Her works appeared in periodicals such as Blackwood's Magazine and in 1822 she was asked by its founder to provide it with ‘Dramas of the Ancient World’.  
  Writing as a male author in Victorian England gave her freedoms which would not be extended to her own gender and, as David Lyndsay, she was able to support herself.  However, by 1822 her letters show that the advent of liver disease was interfering with both work and life. 
  Dods was comfortable with her Scottish background and fluent in French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish as well as being a keen theatre critic.. 
  She also assumed a male persona as the diplomat and scholar Walter Sholto Douglas, ostensibly the spouse of Isabella Robinson. The marriage was, in part, a veil for Robinson's illegitimate pregnancy. They named the child Adeline Douglas. 
  In 1827 her good friend and supporter Mary Shelley helped Dods and Robinson too obtain false passports, and to travel to Paris as Mr and Mrs Douglas.  
  In her last years she suffered further attacks of liver disease together with other unnamed mental and physical illnesses.  
  Her finances had always been a struggle and now her debts consigned her to a debtor’s prison. It was there, after several months within its grim walls, that Mary Diana Dods died of her ailments at some unrecorded date between November 1829 and November 1830.

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  Of Withered Apples

  Philip K. Dick

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  Of Withered Apples by Philip K. Dick is a hauntingly symbolic short story that blends dreamlike imagery with unsettling undercurrents of fate and desire. In this surreal tale, Dick draws readers into a world where ordinary objects—such as withered apples hanging on a tree—take on an ominous significance, suggesting temptation, decay, and the fragility of human will. Known for his explorations of altered reality and psychological tension, Dick uses this story to probe the boundaries between the real and the illusory, leaving readers questioning what lies beneath the surface of everyday life. Perfect for fans of speculative fiction, existential allegories, and classic mid-20th century science fiction.

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  Clean Sweeps

  Jonathan Maberry

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  In this short story from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, a reporter accompanies a special ops team on a dangerous mission against space pirates.

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  The Moon-Bog

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  More classic horror narrations on Jonathan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JonathanDunneHorrorAudiobooks 
  Title:The Moon-Bog 
  Author:H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator:Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication:1926 
  Public Domain:Yes 
  Series:Timeless Terrors 
  Number:96 
  Description: 
  The Moon-Bog is an eerie and atmospheric tale of ancient land, ancestral pride, and the terrible cost of disturbing what time has claimed. The story follows an American visitor to Ireland who becomes entangled in his friend’s obsessive plan to drain a vast, desolate bog surrounding his inherited estate. Though warned by local villagers that the marsh holds old and sacred memories, the landowner presses forward—determined to reclaim the soil from what he views as useless decay. 
  Lovecraft’s horror rises slowly from landscape and legend. The bog itself becomes a living presence—shrouded in mist, steeped in folklore, and watched over by something older than memory. The still waters, the whispering reeds, and the pallid glow of the moon create an atmosphere thick with inevitability. As the work of progress begins, so too does an ancient resistance, culminating in a night of unearthly music and mounting dread. 
  Unlike tales of overt monsters, the terror here is rooted in atmosphere, ancestry, and the arrogance of dismissing the past. The story reflects Lovecraft’s recurring themes of ancient forces lying dormant beneath the surface of modern ambition. The horror is quiet, folkloric, and inexorable—an awakening summoned by human intrusion. 
  Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the haunting stillness and mounting cosmic unease of Lovecraft’s vision, bringing to life the melancholy beauty and creeping terror of the Irish marshlands. The Moon-Bog endures as a lyrical and unsettling work of early weird fiction, where the land itself remembers—and answers.

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  Wonder Of Women - Psychological...

  Edith Nesbit, Lady Eleanor...

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  Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law.  However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.  
   
  In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status.  Women were chattel and property.  There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told.  Many did. 
   
  But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms.  However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender. 
   
  Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need.  Narratives had new ideas.  Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility. 
   
  The women included here are talents that dazzle.  Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top.  Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed.   
   
  1 - Women of Wonder - Psychological Supernatural Thriller - An Introduction 
  2 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit 
  3 - Mrs Raeburn's Waxwork by Lady Eleanor Smith 
  4 - The Devil's Stone by Beatrice Heron-Maxwell 
  5 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards 
  6 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith 
  7 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton 
  8 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 
  9 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley.wav 
  10 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 
  11 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee

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  Grandma Knight's Tales

  Various Authors

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  Grandma Knight's Tales* includes stories that provide entertainment and, hopefully, some moral learning to small listeners. A special dedication goes out to the narrators own grandchildren, by whom this book was inspired. "Merry Christmas to my Bucket, Stuff, Jo-Jo, Buster Brown Eyes, and little Curly...grandma loves you! And a very Merry Christmas to children all over the world! Enjoy!" (Deborah Knight, December 2013) Created to inspire an early love for reading, writing, and literary works it includes the following stories...1.) Briar Rose 2.) Grandmother 3.) Tiny or Thumbelina 4.) The Old Man and his Grandson 5.) She Was Good for Nothing 6.) The Emperor's New Suit 7.) Jack and the Beanstalk 8.) Little Red Riding Hood 9.) The Brownies and 10.) The Three Bears*This book was created for the sole purpose of children everywhere to be able to listen and enjoy for FREE! It is not intended to be used for financial profit.

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