Maison d'édition: BookRix
This the second part of the series "A highlanders diary", where a true highlander shares his thoughts and memories with the world. Be prepared to see the eyes through the lens of a man, who is blessed with longevity. Please review this book, if you liked it!
🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching “Jonathan Dunne Horror” on YouTube. Title: The Mezzotint Series Name: Timeless Terrors Series Entry: 143 Author: M. R. James Narrator: Jonathan Dunne Original Publication: 1904 Public Domain: Yes Description: The Mezzotint is a classic supernatural tale by M. R. James, masterfully blending quiet academic realism with mounting, inescapable terror. When a curator at a university museum acquires an unusual mezzotint engraving for the institution’s collection, the artwork initially appears unremarkable — bleak, old-fashioned, and faintly unpleasant. Yet as the scholars studying it begin to examine the image more closely, they discover something deeply unsettling: the picture does not remain the same. With each viewing, subtle changes emerge within the scene, revealing movements and details that no engraving should possibly contain. What begins as mild curiosity soon gives way to growing alarm, as the observers realize they may be witnessing the unfolding of a dreadful and unnatural event trapped within the artwork itself. Rather than relying on shock or spectacle, M. R. James builds fear through implication, atmosphere, and the intrusion of the impossible into the ordinary routines of scholarly life. The Mezzotint remains one of the defining works of English ghost fiction — an eerie, intelligent, and deeply unnerving story where the stillness of an image conceals a gathering horror.Voir livre
A peasant brings a horse to the market; after a number of trades he’s left with a sackful of apples, much to his wife’s delight.Voir livre
As a child being read to was one of the greatest joys imaginable. A loved one would start a tale whilst you were all cosy warm in bed with the lights nodding off. Anything could happen but sleep would come and dreams would start and all was good with the world. Adults too long for reassurance, for comfort, for calm. Sometimes they may get that. But with classic authors such as Oscar Wilde, O Henry, Saki, Rabindranath Tagore and many others they may not. Expect the unexpected. 1 - Bedtime Stories for Adults - An Introduction 2 - Kabuliwallah by Rabindranath Tagore 3 - Springtime a la Carte by O Henry 4 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf 5 - Speed by Sinclair Lewis 6 - Tobermory by Saki 7 - The Ransom of Red Chief by O Henry 8 - The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde 9 - The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather 10 - Transients in Arcadia by O Henry 11 - An Angel in Disguise by T S Arthur 12 - The Skylight Room by O Henry 13 - The Magic Shop by H G Wells 14 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry 15 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde 16 - The Great Good Place by Henry JamesVoir livre
Title: The Imp of the Perverse Author: Edgar Allan Poe Narrator: Jonathan Dunne Original Publication: 1845 Public Domain: Yes Series Placement: Number 44 in the Timeless Terrors series Description: The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe is a chilling exploration of the human compulsion toward self-destruction — that sinister whisper urging us to do precisely what we know we must not. Told in Poe’s hypnotic, confessional style, the story begins as a philosophical essay on impulse and perversity, then descends into the fevered confession of a murderer undone by his own mind. This tale reveals Poe at his most psychologically incisive, dissecting guilt, pride, and the dark delight of defiance. Beneath its gothic calm lies a truth as disturbing now as in 1845 — that the greatest horror may be found not in the supernatural, but in the secret architecture of the human soul. Narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance evokes Poe’s morbid eloquence and the relentless pull of conscience that drives his doomed narrator to madness. 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 Imp of the Perversestands as one of Poe’s most haunting studies of inner torment — a reminder that sometimes, the truest demon wears our own face.Voir livre
A Spanish treasure ship is driven by a hurricane onto the rocky shoreline of Elbow Cay in September of 1566. Few of the crew survive, but they manage to salvage most of the treasure and bury it on the island, leaving a clue to its location in a chest placed in the boughs of a young mangrove tree. Four hundred forty years later, Jesse McDermitt and his friends solve the riddle that was hidden inside a chest found encased in the now-ancient mangrove. When the head of the Miami-based Croatian mob learns about the treasure he goes to great lengths and expense, in an attempt to relieve Jesse and his friends of the riches. A demented, hyper-sexed island woman also wants it for her own, as does a hot-shot Miami attorney and his son, who is married to Jesse's estranged daughter. As the body count grows, will the crew of Gaspar's Revenge find the treasure or become one of the island's statistics?Voir livre
Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870. At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years. Despite his duties he was a now a keen writer and published his first short story at this time. His military duties also garnered him experiences for his breakthrough work ‘The Duel’. Leaving the military he left for Kiev to work for local newspapers. He continued to publish both stories and novels and by 1901 he was in St Petersburg becoming part of a group that included Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Maxim Gorky and Leonid Andreyev. In the years that followed further controversial works and acclaim followed. His comments on the regime meant he was also put under secret police surveillance. As World War I erupted, Kuprin opened a military hospital but was then given command of an infantry company in Finland. He was soon discharged on grounds of ill health. The October Revolution saw him praise Lenin, but he warned that the Bolsheviks threatened Russian culture and might cause further widespread suffering to the peasants. As Civil War raged he took his family to Helsinki and then on to Paris. Exile saw his talents decline further and his succumbing to alcoholism. He became lonely and withdrawn. The family's poverty increased his malaise. In May 1937, the Kuprin’s returned to Moscow. He now saw his work published but wrote almost nothing new. In 1938 his health rapidly deteriorated. Already suffering from a kidney problems and sclerosis, he had now developed cancer of the oesophagus. Alexander Kuprin died on 25th August 1938.Voir livre
