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  Shadows in Summerland

  Adrian Van Young

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  "An extraordinary novel sure to enchant readers of Sarah Waters as well as those looking for a thrilling and transporting gothic tale." —Julia Fierro, author of The Gypsy Moth Summer
  This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.
  
   
  
  The author of The Man Who Noticed Everything, an award-winning collection of short stories, presents his debut work of full-length fiction, "a witty and disturbing horror novel . . . as if Henry James had written an issue of Tales from the Crypt" (Bennett Sims, author of A Questionable Shape).
  
   
  
  Loosely based on the lives of spirit photographer William H. Mumler and his wife, Shadows in Summerland transports readers to 1859 Boston, where those who promise access to the otherworldly—mediums, spiritualists, and psychics—are celebrated. This embrace of illusion and intrigue provides the perfect hunting ground for con artists and charlatans—men like William Mumler.
  
   
  
  When William teams up with Hannah, a shy young girl who sees and manifests the dead, they are welcomed into the drawing rooms of the city's elite. But the couple's newfound fame and fortune draw grifters and rogues into their circle, including someone who will bring the afterlife closer to them than they could ever imagine.
  
   
  
  Spanning three decades, Shadows in Summerland "recalls an era no less gullible than the present one . . . Van Young's prose skillfully illuminates his gothic tale of greed, obsession, and murder" (Publishers Weekly).
  
   
  
  "A fabulous and weird addition to the contemporary fantastic." —Laird Barron, author of Black Mountain

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  Carmilla

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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  Long before Dracula, there was Carmilla.
  
  When a mysterious young woman arrives at an isolated castle, an unexpected friendship slowly gives way to strange occurrences, unsettling dreams, and an atmosphere of growing unease. As the mystery deepens, hidden truths emerge, blurring the line between reality and the supernatural in a tale that is as haunting as it is unforgettable.
  
  In Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu crafts a mesmerizing Gothic novella that helped define the modern vampire genre. Combining psychological suspense, eerie atmosphere, and masterful storytelling, this literary classic explores themes of fear, obsession, identity, and the unknown without ever losing its sense of mystery.
  
  Elegant, unsettling, and richly atmospheric, Carmilla continues to captivate readers with its unforgettable characters and enduring sense of Gothic romance and supernatural intrigue. Le Fanu's subtle approach to horror creates lasting tension, making this novella a must-read for fans of classic horror and Gothic fiction.
  
  Celebrated as one of the most influential vampire stories ever written, Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula and has inspired generations of authors, filmmakers, and creators. Its lasting legacy has secured its place as a cornerstone of Gothic literature and supernatural horror.
  
  Discover the vampire classic that forever changed Gothic fiction. Download Carmilla today and experience the haunting masterpiece that continues to fascinate readers around the world.

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  The Masque of the Red Death

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Title: The Masque of the Red Death 
  Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1842 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 24 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is a chilling, gothic tale of inevitability, mortality, and the inescapable reach of death. Set within the opulent yet isolated halls of Prince Prospero’s abbey, the story follows a decadent masquerade intended to shut out the horrors of a deadly plague. Poe’s vivid imagery and symbolic architecture of the castle build a suffocating atmosphere of dread, culminating in an unforgettable confrontation with the ultimate horror. 
  Narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures the story’s tense rhythm, eerie symbolism, and grim inevitability, blending gothic atmosphere with psychological terror. While the text is in the public domain, this narration is an original work and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  This audiobook is part of Timeless Terrors, a series dedicated to resurrecting classic horror — works from masters of the macabre, retold in haunting new performances for a modern audience. 
  Listeners should be prepared to confront the haunting specter of death itself, the oppressive splendor of the masked court, and the stark reminder that no walls, wealth, or revelry can hold back the end.

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  The Pit and the Pendulum

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within horror and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: I was sick — sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me. The sentence — the dread sentence of death — was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears. After that, the sound of the inquisitori This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

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  HorrorBabble's Subterranean...

  Robert E. Howard, H. P....

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  A second collection of horror stories set in shadowy caverns, crypts, and other undesirable hollows. 
  Contents: 
  Hey, You Down There! by Harold Rolseth (Yankee, 1971) 
  A peculiar discovery at the bottom of a dried up old well. 
  One Chance by Ethel Helene Coen (Weird Tales, 1935) 
  Flash fiction. 
  Return to Death by J. Wesley Rosenquest (Weird Tales, 1936) 
  A brief tale about the ghastly horror that befell the man in the coffin. 
  The Grave by Orville R. Emerson (Weird Tales, 1923) 
  A soldier finds himself buried alive in Flanders. 
  The Tunnel by John Metcalfe (Outlook, 1925) 
  A man spends years digging a tunnel to freedom. 
  He Waits Beneath the Sea by Robert Bloch (Strange Stories, 1939) 
  Trapped at the bottom of the ocean, a man fights a terrible menace. 
  Terror Under Eridu by Malcolm Ferguson (Weird Tales, 1949) 
  Beware of the lidded gastropod! 
  The Statement of Randolph Carter by H. P. Lovecraft (The Vagrant, 1920) 
  The strange disappearance of a man in an ancient graveyard. 
  The Chuckler by Donald Wandrei (Fantasy Magazine, 1934) 
  Flash fiction. 
  The Dwellers Under the Tombs by Robert E. Howard (Lost Fantasies 4, 1976) 
  A horrifying descent into a subterranean labyrinth.

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  This World Is Not Yours

  Kemi Ashing-Giwa

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  This World Is Not Yours by USA Today bestseller Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the perfect blend of S. A. Barnes's space horror and Cassandra Khaw's beautiful but macabre worlds. An action-packed, inventive novella about a toxic polycule consumed by jealousy and their attempts to survive on a hostile planet. 
   
   
   
  After fleeing her controlling and murderous family with her fiancée, Vinh, Amara embarks on a colonization project, New Belaforme, along with her childhood friend Jesse. 
   
   
   
  The planet, beautiful and lethal, produces the Gray, a "self-cleaning" mechanism that New Belaforme's scientists are certain only attacks invasive organisms, consuming them. Humans have been careful to do nothing to call attention to themselves until a rival colony wakes the Gray. 
   
   
   
  As Amara, Vinh, and Jesse work to carve out a new life together, each is haunted by past betrayals that surface, expounded by the need to survive the rival colony and the planet itself. 
   
   
   
  There's more than one way to be eaten alive.

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