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  The Green Bowl - Pioneering...

  Sarah Orne Jewett

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  Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was born on 3rd September 1849 in South Berwick, Maine, to a family that had resided in New England for several generations. 
   
  From early childhood Jewett suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and one remedy was frequent walks which contributed to her life-long love of nature. 
   
  She was primarily educated at Miss Olive Rayne's school and then the Berwick Academy from where she graduated in 1866.  But much of her time was also spent reading from the extensive collection of books in the family library. 
   
  In 1868 at age 19, she was published ‘Jenny Garrow's Lovers’ in the Atlantic Monthly, and from this grew a reputation that was lauded and admired by both her captivated audience and such other noted writers as William Dean Howells.   
   
  As well as novels and short stories she also wrote children’s books and poetry volumes.  Jewett was also admired for the strong female characters who were as intelligent and able as any man around them. 
   
  In her personal life Jewett was attracted and attached to several women.  Many of her poems reveal the intensity of her feelings towards them. Whether Jewett found physical love with them is open to debate but she often did find devoted and loving friendship, humor and literary encouragement.  From 1881, after the death of James Fields, the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, she set up home with his widow, Annie, for the rest of her life in what was termed ‘a Boston Marriage’; the cohabitation of two wealthy women, independent of male financial support.   
   
  On her birthday in 1902, Jewett was involved in a carriage accident that effectively ended her literary career.   
   
  In March 1909 Sarah Orne Jewett was paralyzed by a stroke, and after another on 24th June she died in her South Berwick home.  She was 59.

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  HorrorBabble's BODY HORROR

  Paul Ernst, Iain Gordon, A....

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  From creeping limbs to cursed flesh, HorrorBabble's BODY HORROR is a nightmarish journey into the terror of living tissue turned against itself. This collection of ten twisted tales explores the limits of the human form, featuring eldritch parasites, vengeful lovers, metamorphic nightmares, and stories from the darkest corners of the weird fiction tradition. 
  Contents: 
  Tentacles by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble, 2020) 
  The strange disappearance of a paranormal investigator. 
  Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White (Weird Tales, November 1925) 
  An explorer suffers a witch doctor’s horrifying curse in the African wilderness. 
  The Tree-Men of M'Bwa by Donald Wandrei (Weird Tales, February 1932) 
  Strange transformations and monstrous growths in the heart of Africa. 
  The Parasitic Hand by R. Anthony (Weird Tales, November 1926) 
  A man grows a second, malevolent hand beneath his arm. 
  It Will Grow On You by Donald Wandrei (Esquire Magazine, April 1942) 
  A cursed wound sprouts a miniature, living woman from his leg. 
  The Living Eyes by Justin Dowling (Weird Tales, May 1953) 
  Mrs. Weir might die; her eyes would live forever. 
  Dread Exile by Paul Ernst (Strange Tales, June 1932) 
  A grotesque outcast warns of terrifying, unbelievable truths. 
  Something Toothsome by Arthur J. Burks (Weird Tales, March 1926) 
  A weird crime—and a hideously deformed face. 
  The Drone by A. Merritt (Fantasy Magazine, September 1934) 
  The tale explores two rather unusual cases of metamorphosis. 
  Cleanup on Aisle 22 by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble, 2019) 
  A supermarket mishap triggers a grotesque and uncanny transformation.

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  Unseen Terror The: Book summary...

  Hazel Quinn

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  Step into the suffocating hush of The Unseen Terror, an audiobook that drags you into a realm where fear thrives in the spaces you cannot see. In this nerve-shredding journey, you’ll:
  
   
  Feel the prickling sense of being watched as unseen eyes follow your every move—whether you’re alone in a dim hallway or lost in pitch-black woods.
  
   
  Uncover the chilling clues left behind—scrawled warnings on crumbling walls, faint footprints in the dust, and inexplicable whispers on the wind.
  
   
  Navigate the razor’s edge between reality and imagination as footsteps echo just beyond sight and shadows writhe at the edge of your vision.
  
   
  Confront the heart-pounding truth that some horrors remain unseen for a reason—and that what you don’t see can kill you.
  
  
   
  Narrated with a tight, breath-catching cadence and woven with subtle sound design—from distant creaks to low, rumbling pulses—The Unseen Terror plunges you into a world where silence itself becomes your greatest enemy. Press play… if you dare to face what lurks beyond perception.

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  Fragile Animals

  Genevieve Jagger

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  When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront the memories that haunt her religious past. Struggling to deal with the familial trauma of her Catholic upbringing, hotel cleaner, Noelle, travels to the Isle of Bute. There, she meets a man who claims to be a vampire, and a relationship blooms between them based solely on confession. But as talk turns sacrilegious, and the weather outside grows colder, Noelle struggles to come to terms with her blasphemous sexuality. She becomes hounded by memories of her past: her mother’s affair with the local priest, and the part she played in ending it.

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  Summer of the Monsters

  David Sodergren

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  "Monsters aren't real." 
   
   
   
  That's what sixteen-year-old Lucy Brannigan has always believed, until, broke and desperate, she and her father move to an isolated farmhouse in the small Scottish town of Helsbridge. It's their last chance, and they have to make it work. 
   
   
   
  For Lucy, life appears to be over. With no friends, and surrounded by miles of thick woodland, there's nothing to do. But why did the previous occupants leave their belongings behind? And why is their new home surrounded by dozens of scarecrows? And worst of all . . . what is the cause of the horrifying screams that wake her in the night? 
   
   
   
  This summer, Lucy will be forced to learn the dark secret of Helsbridge. And as the bodies pile up, and the blood flows in rivers, she makes a shocking discovery that will change the course of her life forever. 
   
   
   
  Monsters are real . . . and no amount of flesh can sate their diabolical hunger. 
   
   
   
  Summer of the Monsters is a tender and brutal coming-of-age horror story from the savage mind of David Sodergren, author of Maggie's Grave and The Haar. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Fall of the House of Usher

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Title: The Fall of the House of Usher 
  Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1839 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 45 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe stands as one of the defining masterpieces of gothic horror — a tale where decay, madness, and the supernatural intertwine within the crumbling walls of a doomed mansion. When an unnamed narrator visits the melancholic Roderick Usher and his ailing sister Madeline, he becomes ensnared in a world where the line between reality and delusion dissolves, and the very house itself seems alive with a malignant sentience. 
  Poe’s prose conjures an atmosphere of suffocating dread, exploring the collapse of body, mind, and bloodline. Every shadow, every whisper within the Usher estate echoes the inevitability of ruin — a meditation on mortality, isolation, and the inescapable power of fear. 
  Narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the story’s haunting rhythm and the slow, irresistible descent into terror that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries. While the text is in the public domain, this narration is an original performance and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Part of Timeless Terrors, a series devoted to resurrecting the masters of the macabre and uncanny, The Fall of the House of Usher endures as one of Poe’s most enduring works — a symphony of melancholy and madness that reminds us: when the house falls, it takes the soul with it.

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