Publisher: BookRix
A creepy tale with a slight ordinary touch of real life events. Meet the materialistic family man, who during a stay at his parent's manor house, encounters a beast so terrible, that even some nightmare might appear like a sweet dream compared to this creature, which it's witnesses and the native americans call the dogman. Please review this book, if you liked it!
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the heart of the savage Hyborian Age, Conan the Cimmerian embarks on a perilous journey that will etch his name into legend. Fleeing from the law, he joins forces with the enigmatic and fierce pirate queen, Bêlit, whose beauty is as deadly as her blade. Together, they carve a path of terror and plunder along the treacherous Black Coast. But as they delve deeper into the mysteries of ancient ruins and face monstrous foes, Conan must confront not only the dangers of the sea but also the haunting shadows of his own destiny. “Queen of the Black Coast” is a tale of passion, adventure, and the relentless pursuit of power, where love and death dance on the edge of a sword.Show book
Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 1 - Six of the Best - Barry Pain - An Introduction 2 - Barry Pain - An Introduction 3 - The Extermination by Barry Pain 4 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 5 - The Act of Heroism by Barry Pain 6 - The Bet by Barry Pain 7 - Murder, from The Memoirs of Constantine Dix by Barry Pain 8 - Post Mortem by Barry PainShow book
Sir Hugh takes his secret to the grave with a vicious grin on his lips – a devious grin that is somehow contagious. A master of the short horror story, F. Marion Crawford’s contributions to the genre of supernatural fiction are significant. His collection of short stories, Wandering Ghosts, includes tales of vampires, ghouls, the undead, and more. “The Dead Smile” was first published in this collection in 1911.Show book
What would Natalie Wood do if she were a ghost returning to the scene of her death? Can a person be guilty of murder if he kills while walking in his sleep? Is the ghost of Cubs' legendary hero, Hack Wilson, haunting the club house on Catalina? You'll find out in this collection of haunting tales from the author and publisher of Horror on the Installment Plan. Natalie Wood's death has just been re-opened by the Los Angeles Police Department. What does Natalie's ghost have to say? You'll find out by reading Natasha and the Captain, a story that uses information gathered at the scene by eye-witnesses. Pearl Zane Grey tells the story of how the famous writer of Westerns became trapped in the afterlife on Catalina, pursued by his nemesis and cowboy actor, Tom Mix. How these two have to compete will give you a new vision of the afterlife. Lewis Hack Wilson was a victim of the new "dead ball" in 1931. Did this cause him to haunt the club house on Catalina where the Cubbies held Spring Training for many years? Find out in The Dead Ball. In The Somnambulist, the real-life murder of 41-year-old Marie Weinfurtner is given a strange twist. What if her 25-year-old boyfriend were really innocent? This story shows what could happen if someone were able to kill in one's sleep. Finally, the story Kafka and the Chewing Gum Man is a surrealist exploration into bad karma and how ghosts can redeem themselves in the absurdity of our world.Show book
Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children. He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story ‘The Hundred Gates’. This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White. Pain was also a noted and prominent contributor to The Granta and from 1896 to 1928 a regular contributor to the Windsor Magazine. It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant. It’s an apt comparison. Pain was a master of disturbing prose but was also able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works. A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness. Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire.Show book
Ella D'Arcy was born on 23rd August 1857 in London, one of nine children. Her education spanned London, Germany, France and the Channel Islands. A student of fine art, her poor eyesight meant a switch to literature was needed and with this she had hopes to be an author. She worked as a contributor and unofficial editor, alongside Henry Harland, to The Yellow Book, Aubrey Beardsley’s sensational quarterly magazine that combined art, stories, poetry, essays and much else besides. D'Arcy wrote several stories for the magazine and her stories have an undeniable psychological and realist style through her engagement with various themes from marriage, the family, imitation through to deception. Recognition of her talents grew after the publication of ‘Irremediable’, in the Yellow Book, where it received much praise from critics. She also wrote and published in the Argosy, Blackwood's Magazine, and Temple Bar. However, D’Arcy’s canon was small and, apart from her magazine stories, her book publishing was limited to ‘Monochromes’ (1895), ‘Modern Instances’ and ‘The Bishop’s Dilemma’ (1898). She also translated André Maurois's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley entitled ‘Ariel’ (1924). Her diligence with work aside she was notorious for her inability to maintain relationships with friends. When she did appear to them it was often unannounced. This earned her the sobriquet 'Goblin Ella.' D'Arcy spent much of her life living alone, though she had a constant urge to travel, but usually she resided on the edge of poverty. Her writing was often motivated by this need. Much of her later life was spent in Paris before returning to London in 1937, where she died, in hospital, on 5th September 1937. 01 - Ella D'Arcy - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 02 - At Twickenham by Ella D'Arcy 03 - White Magic by Ella D'Arcy 04 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy 05 - The Death Mask by Ella D'Arcy 06 - Sir Julian Garve by Ella D'ArcyShow book
