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  The Unnameable

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Title: The Unnameable 
  Author: H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1923 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 49 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Unnameable is H. P. Lovecraft’s wry yet deeply unsettling meditation on the limits of language, the arrogance of rationalism, and the encroaching chaos of the ineffable. 
  Set amid the decaying graveyards of New England, the tale follows two friends — one a writer of strange tales, the other a skeptic — as they debate the very existence of the “unnameable.” Their intellectual banter turns to horror when they confront the impossible firsthand, discovering that some horrors defy not only reason but description itself. 
  Blending gothic atmosphere with cosmic dread, Lovecraft transforms a seemingly simple ghost story into a darkly humorous and deeply disquieting reflection on humanity’s need to name — and thereby contain — its fears. 
  Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance captures both the sardonic wit and the creeping terror of Lovecraft’s vision — a world where words fail and madness begins. 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 Unnameable endures as one of Lovecraft’s most compact and haunting explorations of the indescribable — a tale that proves some things are better left unspoken.

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  Three Odd Tales

  George Thomas S.

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  Welcome to Creelyville:..when a loser on the run from the police finds his was to Creelyville he thinks he may have hit on some good luck and opportunity, but did he? 
    
  The Failure:...His pitiful life of failure has left him with nothing. Is there a way to redeem himself? Perhaps even become famous?   
    
  The Counselor:..Everyone can use some good advice, from time to time. The people of Cross Corner, an old west town in the 1800's, in the middle of nowhere and on deaths door, are no exception. But is the advice always worthwhile?  

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  White Nights

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky 
  In the ethereal twilight of St. Petersburg's white nights, a young loner's solitary existence is transformed by a chance encounter with the enchanting Nastenka. Over several luminous evenings, two kindred souls embark on a journey of emotional discovery, sharing dreams, disappointments, and the fragile hope of love. Dostoevsky's poignant novella delves into the depths of human loneliness, unrequited love, and the universal yearning for connection. "White Nights" is an unforgettable exploration of the soul’s battle between idealism and reality, penned by one of literature’s greatest observers of the human condition. 
  Dive into this masterful depiction of passion and despair, and experience the heartrending beauty of an all-too-fleeting love.

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  A foreign country is the past

  Fernando Sdrigotti

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  The fifteen stories in A Foreign Country is the Past aren't glimpses into worlds, but worlds themselves. Entire lives are spun in each few pages as time reveals itself a strange fiction, everything ever present, leaking from the past into the future and back again. Sdrigotti's prose is immaculate, incisive and evocative with only the most minimal of gestures. The cumulative effect of reading these stories, which may all be in the same country, or same place, is disorienting, dazzling, and – crucially – re-orienting, as we rethink our own pasts, presents, and potential futures.
  – C.D. Rose
  
  
  At a secluded weekend home, a girl becomes entranced by the sound of the cicadas, as she grapples with the stifling summer heat, and her mother's recent death. Overwhelmed by a sense of foreboding, a young man seeks solace in a privatised cathedral, comically navigating religious bureaucracy, economic crisis, and existential angst. A journey to scatter his grandparents' ashes turns into a tragicomedy, as an unnamed man explores the changes in the city he left behind. A Foreign Country is the Past is the sensorial new collection from the acclaimed author of Jolts. Centering on identity and memory, viewed through a distinctive Argentine lens, these fifteen tales are a profound exploration of the spaces between places and the echoes of time.

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  The Haunting of Death- Extended

  Rachel Lawson

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  This is a short poetic story based on characters from the Magicians series. 
  I am beyond life, 
  I am beyond strife, 
  I am long beyond my last breath, 
  I'm among the angelic host, 
  some call me a ghost, 
  I awoke one day dead or as good as dead, 
  I knew not how it was even possible me being a ghost 
  as I was the king of the grim reapers, so I cannot die in a normal way as this to become a ghost.

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  Dr Duthoit's Vision - From their...

  Arthur Machen

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  Arthur Llewelyn Jones was born in Caerleon, Monmouthshire on the 3rd March 1863. 
  Machen came from a long line of clergymen, and when he was two, his father became vicar of a small parish about five miles north of Caerleon, and Machen was brought up at the rectory there. 
  In his early years he received an excellent classical education, but family poverty ruled out university, and he was sent to London to sit exams to attend medical school but failed the exams.  He did show literary promise with the publication of the poem ‘Eleusinia’ in 1821.  But life in London was difficult and it was only in 1884 that he published again and was taken on to translate several French works which thereafter became the standard editions for many years. 
  In 1887, his father died.  That same year he married Amelia Hogg, a maverick music teacher with a passion for the theatre.  He also began to receive legacies from Scottish relatives which allowed him to devote more time to writing. 
  After publishing in literary magazines in 1894 he published his first book ‘The Great God Pan’.  Its sexual and horrific content very much helped sales. 
  Over the next decade or so he wrote some of his best work but was unable to find a publisher mainly due to the collapse of the decadent market over Oscar Wilde’s scandalous trial. 
  In 1899, his wife died and during his long recovery he took up acting and travelled around the country as part of a travelling company.  Three years later he was publishing again and had remarried. 
  Re-publishing of earlier works helped anchor both his reputation and his income.  By the time the Great War opened Europe’s wounds he returned to the public eye with ‘The Bowmen’ helped by the publicity around the ‘Angel of Mons’ episode. 
  However, by the late 20’s new works had dried up and his back catalogue was no longer a source of regular income. 
  In 1932 he received a Civil List pension of ₤100 per annum but other work was not forthcoming.  His finances finally stabilised with a literary appeal in 1943 for his eightieth birthday and allowed him to live his remaining years in relative comfort. 
  Arthur Machen died on 15th December 1947 in Beaconsfield. He was 84.

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