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  Count Dracula

  Bram Stoker

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  Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him. 
   
  Dracula was mostly written in the 1890s. Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes for the novel, drawing extensively from Transylvanian folklore and history. Some scholars have suggested that the character of Dracula was inspired by historical figures like the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler or the countess Elizabeth Báthory, but there is widespread disagreement. Stoker's notes mention neither figure. He found the name Dracula in Whitby's public library while holidaying there, picking it because he thought it meant devil in Romanian. 
   
  Included here too is a history of the real Dracula, the vampires of lore, the German film Nosferatu as well as a study of iconic Dracula actor Bella Lagosi and the famous Universal films of his remarkable era.

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  Dreaming The (Unabridged)

  Rosalie Parker

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  Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing.THE DREAMING: Dusk is some way off and I stand at the bar, waiting to be served. I've been here often on my way home from work-It's half-empty on early summer evenings, and the staff are efficient and not averse to passing the time in conversation.

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  Holy Terrors - Nine Stories

  Arthur Machen

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  Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was  a Welsh author known for his works of horror and the fantastic.  He is recognized as an influence on modern  writers of supernatural fiction. “Holy Terrors” (published  in 1946, a year before his death) is a collection of fourteen short stories of which nine are very short and are included in this recording.  They are:“The Rose Garden”“Psychology”“The Soldier's Rest””“The Cosy Room”“The Ceremony”“Holy Things”“The Turanians”“The Happy Children”“Munitions of War”

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  Three Ghost Stories

  Charles Dickens

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  A small collection of short ghost stories, penned by Charles Dickens, narrated here by Michael Ward. "The Haunted House" When the narrator witnesses a dreary house in rural England, he is soon told the place is deeply haunted. But is it really? "The Trial for Murder" Haunted by visions of a murdered man, the narrator is called to Jury duty, and see's in the dock, the man accused of his murder... "The Signalman" The narrator strikes up a friendship with a local railway signalman, who confides in him that he is haunted by a mysterious spectre, what can it all mean? 
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  The Asylum Confessions -...

  Jack Steen

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  They arrive alive. They always leave dead. 
  But first, they give me their confessions. 
  Fans of Stephen King, Joe Hill and like to read books like The Bird Box and The Haunting are going to enjoy reading the deathbed confessions from The Asylum. 
  My name is Jack Steen and for those who arrive on my 'death' ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse at the Asylum for the Criminally Insane.  
  Most of my patients are serial killers and mass murderers and they know me as the Angel of Death. 
  When they come onto my floor, I offer a deal: tell me their story, the one that hasn't been read about in the news, sensationalized by media or cataloged in a ridiculous number of academic papers. I want the real story - the one they haven't told anyone. Some of these killers have never confessed to their crimes, some kept certain information to themselves...those are the stories I want. 
  If they give them to me, I'll make their death...easier. They're already dying, that's why they're now my patients. If they play nice, I can make their death less painful. But only if they play nice and tell me their confessions. 
  The majority of these killers are expert manipulators. I realize they could be playing me and messing with my head. It's a chance I'm willing to take. 
  And now...they might just be playing with yours too. 
  Inside this book are 4 DeathBed Confessions: 
  Patient 1024 has an interesting 'appetite'. 
  Patient 974 is the Ken to his Barbie, and he would do anything to keep her happy. 
  Patient 871 is a Nanny, but not one you want watching your kids. 
  Patient 1203 is the sweetest, broken soul you'll ever meet but her confession is a hard read.

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  Secrets of the Lighthouse

  Santa Montefiore

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  Ellen Trawton is running away from it all. She hates her job, she doesn't love the aristocratic man to whom she is engaged, and her relationship with her controlling mother is becoming increasingly strained. So Ellen leaves London, fleeing to her aunt's cottage in Connemara. Cutting ties with London society, Ellen gives in to Ireland's charm and warmth, thinking her future may lie where so much of her past has been hidden. Her imagination is soon captured by the ruins of a lighthouse where, five years earlier, a young mother died in a fire. The ghost of the young wife, Caitlin, haunts the nearby castle. Unable to move on, she watches her husband and children, hoping they might see her and feel her love once more. But she doesn't anticipate her husband falling in love again...

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