Verlag: Orpheus Editions
Of Withered Apples is one of the first short stories written by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in 1954. Lori hears a tapping from outside the living room window. She finds a strange leaf, and feels herself attracted to an old abandoned farm. What will she find there, and what will happen to her ?
Vincent O'Sullivan (1868-1940), born in New York to an Irish American family, moved as a child to London. As a young man, he soon became well recognised as the master of decadent and macabre fiction. "The Business of Madame Jahn" is a macabre ghost story of a suicide, a terrible murder and an awful revenge.Zum Buch
Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer best known for his ghost and horror stories.The Tree of Death is a haunting story with something of a fairy tale character to it...but a fairy tale that turns into a gruesome horror story as the narrative unfolds.A wealthy young man falls in love with a young girl in his village, but she does not return his love. But when the storyteller tells the tale of The Tree of Death, she reveals to the young man that it has been foretold that a man bringing her the seed of that tree will be her lover. He immediately sets about his plans to obtain this very dangerous seed. But his actions set in motion a set of extraordinary and terrifying events.Zum Buch
Nick Dirkse is a workaholic software developer, and he's desperate to save his crumbling marriage and reconnect with his neglected children. So he takes them on what promises to be the ultimate vacation in a tropical paradise. The island, newly built off the southwest coast of India, is named for the mythical land of Lemuria. And it's a world-class private resort to indulge the modern-day rich and famous. But this seemingly luxurious wonderland hides a terrible secret, a nightmare so real and terrifying it will test the outer limits of Nick's courage and resolve if he is to save the ones he loves.Zum Buch
Ten superbly narrated stories that help explain America by America's best writers. Irving's incredible and amusing tale of the archetypal "Rip Van Winkle" relates the story of a man who slept through history. Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" tells of a young soldier who must struggle with his conscience no matter what the consequences. "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is Mark Twain's hilarious story of a contest to end all contests in the rowdy days of the Forty-Niners. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Man of the Crowd" tells of one man's strange fascination with another. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is another of O. Henry's tales of a kidnapping that goes horribly, horribly, wrong. Including: "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, narrated by George Vafiadis "The Man of the Crowd" by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Ralph Cosham "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane, narrated by Sean Pratt "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, narrated by Thomas Becker "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O'Henry, narrated by Michael Hanson "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London, narrated by Michael Kramer "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin, narrated by Jacquilin Kinlow "Miss Tempy's Watchers" by Sarah Orne Jewett, narrated by Tana Hickens "The Eyes" by Edith Wharton, narrated by Ralph Cosham "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, narrated by Kimberly SchrafZum Buch
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 – 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure stories, often set in exotic locations, especially Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre."Only a Dream" is a ghost story about the strange experience of a widower about to remarry, who is visited on the eve of his wedding by the ghastly apparition of his dead first wife.Zum Buch
“There’s the drive back home, invariably in the dark. Not safe.” “She has plenty of space. We could have just stayed over.” Linda shook her head. “No. Not allowed. Against the rules.” “What do you mean?” Andrew took off his glasses and frowned at her. “Hodgey was always begging us to stay the night. I’ve never understood—” Linda drummed her fingers on her knees.“It’s just a thing, okay? An agreement.” Andrew’s furrows deepened. “Between you and Hodge?” “Between Peter and I. We sibling-swore.” “‘Sibling-swore’? What are you two? Twelve?” Linda stopped drumming. “We were sixteen, if you must know.” Andrew laughed. “Why? Is the house haunted?” “In a way.” He stopped laughing, perhaps remembering that Linda had lost her parents when she was sixteen. “In a way?” “Bad things happen. If you stay over.”Zum Buch
