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  Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...

  Ambrose Bierce

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  There is a bridge at Owl Creek that is surrounded by dry and cracking driftwood. Burning the bridge would be the perfect way for a civilian Southerner to strike a blow against the Union Army. But Peyton Farkuar doesn’t make it that far. And instead, finds a rope around his neck.

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  Lost Hearts

  M.R. James

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  Title: Lost Hearts 
  Author: M.R. James 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1895 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 13 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  Lost Hearts by M.R. James is a classic ghost story of unsettling suspense and supernatural menace. First published in 1895, it tells the tale of a young orphan sent to live with a distant relative in a remote country house, only to encounter strange occurrences and dark secrets that threaten his very life. 
  Through eerie encounters, folklore, and subtle hints of ancient sorcery, James builds a story where dread creeps in slowly, leaving readers questioning what lies unseen in the shadows. This chilling narrative exemplifies James’s mastery of atmospheric horror, blending psychological tension with supernatural intrigue. 
  This recording, narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, captures the suspenseful and haunting tone of James’s story. While the text is in the public domain, this performance is an original work and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Listeners should be prepared for a spine-tingling exploration of fear, innocence threatened, and the unsettling presence of forces beyond human understanding.

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  The Red Badge of Courage

  Stephen Crane

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  On a cold day, the 304th New York Infantry Regiment awaits battle beside a river. Eighteen-year-old Private Henry Fleming, remembering his reasons for enlisting as well as his mother's resulting protests, wonders whether he will remain brave in the face of fear or turn and run. The story follows Fleming on the fateful days to come, through flight and redemption, injury and the horrors of war. The Red Badge of Courage received generally positive reviews from critics on its initial publication; in particular, it was said to be a remarkably modern and original work., the original 1895 publication went through ten editions in the first year alone, making Crane an overnight success at the age of twenty-four. 
  This bestselling book in both the US and the States, praised for its sense of realism is reproduced here, narrated by Michael Ward.

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  For the Blood is the Life - A...

  F. Marion Crawford

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  Francis Marion Crawford was born on August 2nd, 1854 at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. An only son and a nephew to Julia Ward Howe, the American poet and writer of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’.  
   
  His education began at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, then to Cambridge University; University of Heidelberg; and the University of Rome.  
   
  In 1879 Crawford went to India, to study Sanskrit and then edited The Indian Herald. In 1881 he returned to America to continue his Sanskrit studies at Harvard University. 
   
  At this time in Boston he lived at his Aunt Julia house and in the company of his Uncle, Sam Ward. His family was concerned about his employment prospects.  After a singing career as a baritone was ruled out, he was encouraged to write.  
   
  In December 1882 his first novel, ‘Mr Isaacs’, was an immediate hit which was amplified by ‘Dr Claudius’ in 1883.  
   
  In October 1884 he married Elizabeth Berdan. They went on to have two sons and two daughters. 
   
  Encouraged by his excellent start to a literary career he returned to Italy with Elizabeth to make a permanent home, principally in Sant' Agnello, where he bought the Villa Renzi that then became Villa Crawford.  
   
  In the late 1890s, he began to write his historical works: ‘Ave Roma Immortalis’ (1898), ‘Rulers of the South’ (1900) and ‘Gleanings from Venetian History’ (1905). The Saracinesca series is perhaps his best work. ‘Saracinesca’ was followed by ‘Sant’ Ilario’ in 1889, ‘Don Orsino’ in 1892 and ‘Corleone’ in 1897, that being the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature.  
   
  Francis Marion Crawford died at Sorrento on Good Friday 1909 at Villa Crawford of a heart attack.  
   
  Set in Italy, ‘For Blood is the Life’ draws us into a world usually beyond our senses.  With Crawford’s pen the uneasy, horrific world of vampires is now upon us.

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  The Bottle Neck

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  In The Bottle Neck, Hans Christian Andersen tells a quietly extraordinary story through the long life of a simple object—a glass bottle that passes from celebration to ruin, from usefulness to neglect, and back again. 
  Once filled with fine wine at a joyful betrothal, the bottle is later broken, discarded, carried across oceans, forgotten in darkness, and finally reborn as something humbler but necessary: a water vessel for a bird’s cage in a poor attic room. Along the way, it bears witness to love and loss, time and chance, human hopes and human absence—without ever fully understanding them. 
  This is not a children’s fairy tale, nor a tragedy. It is a reflective, gently ironic meditation on endurance, memory, and purpose: how objects outlast people, how meaning changes shape, and how usefulness itself can be a form of quiet dignity. 
  Narrated with calm clarity by Mike Polischuk, The Bottle Neck is a contemplative classic—an intimate reminder that life does not always move forward in grand arcs, but often returns, reshaped, to where it began.

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray -...

  Oscar Wilde

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  Dorian Gray embodies every artistic element for artist, Basil Hallward. But when Lord Henry reveals the phenomenal world experienced only to the young and beautiful, Dorian makes a devious deal. Thus begins Dorian Gray's extensive journey into dissipation, while somehow maintaining every element of his youth and innocence. What is his secret? And why does he keep Basil Hallward's painting hidden from prying eyes?

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