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  The Cask of Amontillado

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe is a master of short horror stories, and “The Cask of Amontillado” is among his finest. This woeful tale comes from a mysterious narrator seeking revenge against an acquaintance, the ironically ill-fortuned Fortunato. The narrator lures him into his family’s crypt with the promise of fine Amontillado wine, but though two go down only one returns. The ending lines will leave readers with a chill running down their spine and a thirst for more Poe.

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  The Shadows on the Wall - A...

  Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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  Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on the 31st October 1852 to parents who were strict and orthodox Congregationalists. 
   
  When she was a teenager the family moved to Brattleboro, Vermont and it was there she finished her education and began writing verse and stories for children. 
   
  When the family’s dry-goods store closed in 1873 the family, now impoverished, returned to Randolph where her mother was to die mother three years later. 
   
  She published ‘The Ghost Story’ in 1881 after it won a short story competition.  With elements of the supernatural and domestic realism she had hit upon a solid formula for success. 
   
  Two years later her father died and with no immediate family and only a small estate she now committed to writing full-time to secure an income.  For the times it was a brave move but her undoubted talent meant success would follow. 
   
  Over her career she published more than two dozen volumes of short stories and novels and is most well-known for ‘A New England Nun’.  Her works were mainly set in New England and many of her female characters are strong and assertive, challenging contemporary stereotypes over their then roles, values and relationships in society.  As a feminist she was keen to engage her audience in a discussion about the lack of control women had over many issues including the family finances. 
   
  A meeting with the younger Dr. Charles Manning Freeman began a slow, decade long, courtship that endured many obstacles and delays until they eventually married on New Years Day, 1902.   
   
  They built a home in Metuchen, where Mary was something of a local celebrity. Sadly her husband suffered from alcoholism and addiction to sleeping powders, fast horses and was also prone to womanizing.  He was committed to the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane and with that the couple separated.  After his death in 1923, he left his estate to his chauffeur and one dollar to Mary.  
   
  On 13th March 1930, Mary E Wilkins Freeman suffered a fatal heart attack in Metuchen. She was 77.

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  The Doll - The Lost Short Stories

  Daphne du Maurier

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  “Du Maurier is in a class by herself.”—New York Times 
  Perhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca—the basis for the Academy Award-winning motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock—Daphne de Maurier began her illustrious writing career penning short stories. In The Doll, thirteen of du Maurier’s early shorter fictional works have been collected—each story written before the author’s twenty-third birthday and some in print for the first time since the 1930s. Compelling tales of human foibles and tragic romance, the stories in The Doll represent the emergence of a remarkable literary talent who later went on to create Jamaica Inn, The Birds, and other classic works. This breathtaking collection of short fiction belongs on the bookshelf of every Daphne du Maurier fan.

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  The Tell-Tale Heart

  Edgar Allen Poe

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  Title: The Tell-Tale Heart 
  Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1843 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 2 in the Timeless Terrors series 
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  The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is a cornerstone of Gothic horror and psychological suspense. First published in 1843, this chilling short story explores the depths of madness, obsession, and guilt. A nameless narrator insists upon his sanity even as he recounts the murder of an old man whose “vulture eye” torments him — only to be undone by the relentless sound of a phantom heartbeat beneath the floorboards. 
  This recording is narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, capturing Poe’s feverish intensity and the claustrophobic descent into insanity. While the text is in the public domain, this performance is an original work and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Listeners should prepare for a haunting, unforgettable experience — a tale that continues to define horror through its mastery of paranoia, tension, and the terrifying fragility of the human mind.

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  Lady in the Lake

  Lovelyn Bettison

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  They help ghosts find justice, but when the case is personal, will their feelings get in the way of their job? 
    
  Fresh off a successful case, Cheryl and Adam are beckoned to Cheryl's hometown Ridge Point by a ghost eager for justice. Cheryl's ex-husband could be the ghost's murderer. Racked with guilt, she wants to turn him in before he hurts anyone else. 
    
  But when they get to Ridge Point, they find a town terrorized by a serial killer on the loose, and Cheryl's ex-husband is nowhere to be found. Or is he? 
    
  Ominous notes left on their motel room door and threats from strangers suggest that her ex has her in his sights and on his list of future victims. Will Cheryl and Adam find him before he decides to make his move? 
    
  Buy Lady in the Lake to find out.

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  Grave Secrets

  Kate Allenton

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  Everyone has secrets, some deadlier than others. Psychic Ryley St. James's secrets threaten to kill her, and now both the living and the dead are out for blood. 
   
   
   
  There's nothing that Ryley hates worse than her father, but serial killers rank a close second. Alive or dead, they're all the same—they need to be stopped. When a ghostly serial killer torments a young girl, Ryley must put an end to his reign of terror and figure out a way to shove him into the great beyond. 
   
   
   
  But when a fellow psychic turns up dead, and another one suddenly goes missing, Ryley suspects that it's not just the ghostly threats she needs to worry about. There's also a live predator lurking somewhere in the shadows. 
   
   
   
  As she gets closer to the truth, she's forced to confront her own personal demons. Her father's sinister presence is getting dangerously close to her life, the reapers are demanding answers, and the ghostly serial killer wants to add her to his body count. 
   
   
   
  It's not a matter of if she'll die but who will get credit for killing her first. 
   
   
   
  Can she keep it together long enough to battle the secrets from her past and deal with these new killers before it's too late?

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