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  Horned Ones The: Cornucopia

  Christine Morgan

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  The Horned Ones: Cornucopia by Christine Morgan

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  The word ‘Gothic’ may be teamed with romance but here it brings an immediate feeling of unease.  This unease, this disquiet, is sumptuously captured by ten masters of their art. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - Gothic - An Introduction 
  02 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 
  03 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 
  04 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe 
  05 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  06 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 
  07 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling 
  08 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 
  09 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  10 - Lost Hearts by M R James 
  04 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon 
  12 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori 
  13 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori

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  The Jolly Corner

  Henry James

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  Explore the eerie and enigmatic world of "The Jolly Corner" by Henry James, a gripping audiobook that delves into themes of identity, duality, and the uncanny. This narrative follows the return of a wealthy expatriate to his childhood home in New York City, where he confronts a mysterious alter ego. With James' intricate prose and psychological depth, the story offers a profound exploration of the human psyche and the haunting effects of choices made in the past. It's a thought-provoking examination of the consequences of missed opportunities and the haunting presence of what might have been. If you enjoy psychological thrillers and tales of the supernatural, this audiobook is a must-listen.

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  In the Lonely Hours

  Shannon Morgan

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  On a small island in a remote corner of northwest Scotland lies Maundrell castle, owned by its wealthy namesake family for centuries—until now. Edwina Nunn is shocked to learn a relative she never heard of has bequeathed the castle and its land to her. What awaits Edie and her teenage daughter, Neve, is even more startling, for the castle is home to a multitude of ghosts. 
   
   
   
  Yet there's a strange beauty in the austere architecture and the eerie, bloody waters of Loch na Scáthanna, the Lake of Shadows. Beguiled by a frightened ghost who gazes longingly out of the castle's windows, Edie and Neve are drawn to the legends shrouding the island and the mystery of the Maundrell Red—a priceless diamond that disappeared decades before. 
   
   
   
  Is the gem really cursed, and the cause of the family tragedies that have all occurred on Samhain—Scottish Halloween? As Samhain approaches once more, Edie and Neve race to peel back the dark secrets entwining the living and the dead—a twisted story of bitter cruelty and hidden love—or they will become another Maundrell tragedy trapped in the lonely hours . . .

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  Ghosts in the Glades

  Staci Andrea

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  WINNER of the KILLER NASHVILLE CLAYMORE AWARDSWINNER of the MAXY AWARDS 
   
  Ghosts In The Glades treats the listener to a southern account of the life of Jett, a successful businessman who has had to overcome his dreadful sense of self-worth and carve a place for himself in this world while growing up with a debilitating health issue that placed him in the center of bullying nightmares growing up while at the same time, being made to feel responsible for his family losing everything in order to pay for his medical bills.While his childhood accounts are rather uncomfortable, the light is brought back into Jett's story by the chance befriending of Jojo and Mags, two self-proclaimed outcasts who give him a sense of self-worth as well as a reprieve from being alone. He also befriends the local oddity, a man called Mr. Scroggs, who, along with a mysterious entity only referred to as Pencilman, are accused of kidnapping multiple children in their area.Now, it’s Jett's life that is on the line while trying to hide their secrets, because, as he had been taught, family protects each other. And, if you go against family, you yourself may become just one of the Ghosts In The Glades.

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  The Ghost and the Christmas Spirit

  Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

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  It's once again Christmastime at Marlow House and the mediums of Beach Drive have all decided to stay in Frederickport for the holiday. Surprises await for them when the true Spirit of Christmas comes for a visit. 
   
   
   
  Do you believe in Santa Claus?

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