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  The Oval Portrait

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Title: The Oval Portrait 
  Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1842 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Number 5 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe is a haunting work of gothic fiction that explores the intersection of art, obsession, and mortality. First published in 1842 in Godey’s Lady’s Book, the story follows a weary traveler who discovers a mysterious, exquisitely detailed portrait of a young woman in a dark, abandoned chateau. 
  As he studies the painting, he learns the tragic story behind it: the artist’s obsessive devotion to capturing his wife’s likeness ultimately leads to her death. Poe’s tale is a chilling meditation on the cost of artistic obsession, the fragility of life, and the tension between beauty and reality. 
  This recording, narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, brings the story’s eerie atmosphere and subtle psychological horror to life. While the text is in the public domain, this performance is an original work and copyright © 2025 Jonathan Dunne. 
  Listeners should expect a brief but unsettling narrative that exemplifies Poe’s mastery of suspense, gothic imagery, and psychological depth.

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  Campus of Shadows - A Psychic...

  Jo Loveday

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  When the mind breaks, who walks in? 
  Something dark has followed Dave Everest to college—something hungry. 
  A neurodivergent freshman craving independence, Dave steps onto the sunbaked campus of the University of Mann with high hopes and a shaky sense of self. But freedom quickly spirals into chaos when he’s drawn into the orbit of Zane Maddox, his dangerously charming, party-obsessed roommate. 
  While Dave chases acceptance in all the wrong places, his childhood friend Maria Vasquez warns of forces that go far beyond hangovers and heartbreak. She carries psychic insight and the burden of guilt, sensing something ancient and malevolent stalking him. Zane mocks her as a “crazy religious freak,” but his grudge isn’t spiritual—it’s personal. 
  As Dave's loneliness deepens, he reaches out into the void and something answers. A whispering voice named Ivan slithers into his mind, awakening memories soaked in addiction and violence. 
  As family tensions erupt over Thanksgiving and Dave’s grip on reality slips, the boundary between madness and possession begins to blur. Ivan’s ghostly power grows. And the vulture circles closer. 
  Maria may be the only one who can help him. But will she reach Dave before the darkness does?                                                       
  A psychological horror set in dark academia pulsing with paranormal suspense and coming-of-age dread. From the award-winning author of Terminal Lucidity, this haunting tale is perfect for fans of Stephen King and The Exorcist.

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  Who was that masked man?

  Rachel Lawson

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  When ultra goth Junior has a bad vision of the future he tries to stop it becoming real as an average looking man in a pandemic mask the police want to find him as a witness but he does't want to come out in the open. will he be caught. 
  "This goth thing is not good for you!" said Lance Senior "What could my being an emo goth be a problem?" said the prince. "You look more like a vampire than your cousin the queen of vampires and she's a vampire," Lance said frowning. "I'm emo, not a vampire!" said the prince offended. "I know that!" said Lance, "Can't you dress less like Dracula?" "No this is me if you won't accept me as I am you will have to just take me as I am!" the prince said. "You can't do that!" shouted the prince in horror. "I can you have been ungothed!" said Lance smiling at his son's smart appearance. His son wore a jeans suit. his hair smoothly brushed he looked handsome and a lot like his father. But all the prince saw was his father in a bad casual suit! "I am ugly!" said the prince depressed. "No you look good!" said Senior "Why can't I use magic to change back?" said the prince running to his makeup trying to put on makeup but it disappeared. "What have you done to me?" shouted the infuriated prince. "You are not allowed to be a goth anymore!" said Lance. "Mum!" the prince said begging for help. "He's right, Junior, you can't be a goth it is not safe for you! It is depressing you!" said the mother not sure her husband was right. The prince walked to his door and slammed it in his parents' faces. "That went well!" said Senior awkwardly his wife glared at him. The Prince cried for the rest of the night.

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  In Blood and Ashes - Curse...

  Jessica L. Lamont

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  In Blood and Ashes provides the first historical study of the development and dissemination of ritualized curse practice from 750-250 BCE, documenting the cultural pressures that drove the use of curse tablets, charms, spells, and other private rites. This book expands our understanding of daily life in ancient communities, showing how individuals were making sense of the world and coping with conflict, vulnerability, competition, anxiety, desire, and loss, all while conjuring the gods and powers of the Underworld. 
   
   
   
  Bringing together epigraphic, literary, archaeological, and material evidence, Jessica L. Lamont reads between traditional histories of Archaic, Classical, and early Hellenistic Greece, drawing out new voices and new narratives to consider: here are the cooks, tavern keepers, garland weavers, helmsmen, barbers, and other persons who often slip through the cracks of ancient history. The texts and objects presented here offer glimpses of public and private lives across many centuries, illuminating the interplay of ritual and conflict-management strategies among citizens and slaves, men and women, pagans and Christians. Filled with new material and insights, Lamont's volume offers a groundbreaking perspective on ancient Greek social history and religion, highlighting the role of ritual in negotiating life's uncertainties.

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  Three Creepy Tales - A...

  G. G.M.Hague

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  A collection of G.M.Hague's first three "Paranormal Tales" novellas, this brings together classic horror and traditional ghost stories into a full-length book that will keep you awake long into the night and leaving the lights on. In "Death Wish" a woman fervently wishes her adored husband wasn't dead - and gets far more than she wanted. "The Girl in the Back Seat" is a cautionary tale about picking up hitchhikers. Teenage girls can be difficult, especially when their unhappy spirits become obsessed with the living. "Footprints in the Snow" shows that war can be hell in an entirely different way. The strange abbey in the forest can never be a sanctury for anyone. 
  These three stories have everything for the true horror fan - ghosts, zombies, and terrifying mysteries from beyond the grave.

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  Dust After Death Book One: Manor...

  Gregory J Ramsey

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  A classic vampire tale with a modern twist. Suspenseful and action-packed. 
  When an alcoholic archaeologist removes a scythe from the chest of an unusually well preserved plague victim, he unknowingly awakens a tyrannous ancient vampire. 
  Halfway across the world, a long-dormant bloodline curse is simultaneously revived in college freshman Sofia Kennigen, a direct descendant of the old vampire's mortal queen. 
  Sofia is dragged against her will into a paranormal world where she doesn't know who to trust, and every choice she makes could have huge ramifications for mankind and for vampirekind alike.

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