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  The Prose Of Clark Ashton Smith

  Clark Ashton Smith

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  Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz 
  Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Joaquin Miller, Sterling, and Nora May French and remembered as "The Last of the Great Romantics" and "The Bard of Auburn". Smith's work was praised by his contemporaries. H. P. Lovecraft stated that "in sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Clark Ashton Smith is perhaps unexcelled", and Ray Bradbury said that Smith "filled my mind with incredible worlds, impossibly beautiful cities, and still more fantastic creatures". 
  Smith was one of "the big three of Weird Tales, with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft", though some readers objected to his morbidness and violation of pulp traditions. The fantasy writer and critic L. Sprague de Camp said of him that "nobody since Poe has so loved a well-rotted corpse".[3] Smith was a member of the Lovecraft circle, and his literary friendship with Lovecraft lasted from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937. His work is marked by an extraordinarily rich and ornate vocabulary, a cosmic perspective and a vein of sardonic and sometimes ribald humor. 
  Of his writing style, Smith stated: "My own conscious ideal has been to delude the reader into accepting an impossibility, or series of impossibilities, by means of a sort of verbal black magic, in the achievement of which I make use of prose-rhythm, metaphor, simile, tone-color, counter-point, and other stylistic resources, like a sort of incantation."

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  Sister Agnes

  Mai Redding

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  Saint Michael’s Academy for Girls was a place of strict discipline, ruled by the fearsome Sister 
  Agnes. Rumors of missing students and cruel punishments haunted its halls, but no one truly 
  believed them, until Emily’s small mistake drew the nun’s attention. As strange disappearances 
  continued, a group of students uncovered a chilling secret. 
  Mai Redding, both the author and narrator of this chilling tale, is a storyteller fascinated by the 
  unexplained. With a keen eye for atmospheric horror, she weaves haunting narratives that blur 
  the line between reality and legend. Her immersive storytelling draws readers into eerie worlds 
  of suspense.

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  Exposure

  Ramona Emerson

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  In Gallup, New Mexico, where violent crime is five times the national average, a serial killer is operating unchecked, his targets indigent Native people whose murders are easily disguised as death by exposure on the frigid winter streets. He slips unnoticed through town, hidden in plain sight by his unassuming nature, while the voices in his head guide him toward a terrifying vision of glory. As the Gallup detectives struggle to put the pieces together, they consider calling in a controversial specialist to help. 
   
  Rita Todacheene, Albuquerque PD forensic photographer, is at a crisis point in her career. Her colleagues are watching her with suspicion after the recent revelation that she can see the ghosts of murder victims. Her unmanageable caseload is further complicated by the fact that half the department has blacklisted her for ratting out a corrupt fellow cop. And back home in Tohatchi on the Navajo reservation, Rita’s grandma is getting older. Maybe it’s time for her to leave policework behind entirely—if only the ghosts will let her.

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  The Shadow on the Bridge - A...

  Clare Marchant

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  'The cleverly intertwined and hauntingly beautiful tales of two women, centuries apart, dealing with grief, revenge and buried secrets. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.' Bestselling author, Jenni Keer 
  A completely haunting, gripping historical novel, perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, and Kate Mosse. 
  ‘Totally gripping and atmospheric…’ Bestselling author of The Witch’s Tree, Elena Collins 
  ‘You must forever watch your back,’ I spoke the words clearly, though he could not hear me. ‘Come what may, I shall avenge my brother’s death.’ 
  Now: When Sarah’s summoned by her godmother to remote Norfolk, she doesn’t want to go. Crossing the bridges where the two rivers meet, said to be haunted by the ghost of a little boy, a large Tudor house looms in front of her. And Sarah’s instantly reminded her of the summer when she last visited. The summer she would like to forget. Which left her unable to ever move forward… Can a person ever recover from the loss of a sibling? 
  1571: Anne Howard, newly-made countess of Arundel, has also lost a sibling. And been dragged from the relative safety of her home in remote Norfolk to London, by her overbearing, manipulative, new father-in-law Thomas Howard; the very person she suspects of killing her beloved only brother. The Howards have greater secrets than this though. Secrets that will lead Anne to a tragedy that will echo down the ages… 
  When Sarah finds a mysterious book of poems in a hidden chamber of her godmother’s house, she is drawn into Anne’s story. Perhaps the mystery will take her mind off her own loss? But – as the flood waters begin to rise under the bridges – is Sarah laying ghosts to rest, or bringing truths to the surface that should stay beneath?Readers love Clare Marchant: 
  ‘I was completely hooked by this brilliant timeslip novel. Unmissable!’ Bestselling author, Louise Douglas 
  ‘Totally gripping and atmospheric… Breathtaking and beautifully written… Will stay with the reader long after the last page.’ Bestselling author of The Witch’s Tree, Elena Collins 
  ‘A haunting tale of one woman’s struggle to be independent at a time when strong women were seen as a threat and dealt with accordingly… Gripped me from the first page and refused to let go.’ Bestselling author, Jenni Keer 
  ‘{::}A page turning historical novel that kept me guessing until the very end.’ Bestselling author, Rachel Burton 
  ‘I absolutely loved this book… Historical fiction at its best. I loved the two strong women bound by place and history. I read [it] in two sittings, it was hard to put down!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Wow!!! I was totally hooked from the very first page… A real page turner!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A wonderful timeslip novel, that reminds me of Barbara Erskine… Highly recommended.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Captivating… [A] gripping story of courage, resilience, history, triumph, discovery and hard-fought freedom. I highly recommend it!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Amazing and fascinating… So atmospheric… So many brilliant twists, and breath-holding moments, I really struggled to put down this fantastic book!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘An amazing read!… The ending was perfection!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I absolutely loved this book… I’ve been in a reading rut recently and this book reignited my love and I finished the whole thing in snatched moments in one day… I loved it.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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  The Ebony Frame

  E. Nesbit

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  "The Ebony Frame" was first published in Longman's Magazine (1891) and later in "Grim Tales" (1893), a collection of E. Nesbit's romantic horror stories. A young man, who has come into possession of his deceased aunt's house, discovers a strange portrait of a beautiful woman. Could it be that he has met the subject of this bewitching image before?

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  Early Works of HP Lovecraft The...

  H.P. Lovecraft, Mike Manz

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  It's a well known fact that H.P. Lovecraft was a horribly racist man, and that some of his earliest stories reflect that particular worldview. This can make it awkward for those who would like to read his work and see what all the fuss is about but don't want to have to wade through the putrid swamp of his views on people of color and immigrants. 
  In response to this issue, I have put together this collection of the H.P. Lovecraft short stories written between 1917 and 1923, but with the omission of the really racist ones (there are still one or two lines in one or two of the stories included here that might raise the odd eyebrow, but nothing overtly racist). You may now peruse the works of the master of weird fiction without fear that you'll have to deal with his opinions of the master race, and that's a good thing. Lovecraft was a racist douchebag, but he was also a visionary writer of amazingly creative and breathtaking stories without which entire genres of fiction would not exist, and on that score the literary world owes him a debt of gratitude. 
  In this audio book version I will read you the stories as suspensefully and creepily they deserve to be read. For best results, listen on a good set of headphones. In the dark. Under a blanket. Just don't expect to get much sleep. 
  Come see (hear) what all the fuss is about.

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