Maison d'édition: Orpheus Editions
The Skull is one of the first short stories of Philip K. Dick, published in 1952. A prisoner is offered a chance to get out of jail. If he wants to be freed, he has to travel back in time and to kill a man. Will he succeed and win his freedom back ?
Like the genie of the lamp, the Monkey's Paw holds a special ability to grant the owner of the relic three wishes. Listen to this short story unfold about a man and his wife and how they start off with a wish that they feel will bring their life more comfort — but in reality will turn it upside down.Voir livre
Prepare to be entertained by a host of Hollywood celebrities reading the finest collection of short mystery stories— many by Edgar Award-winning writers— set in the world of entertainment. The fourteen stories collected here include: ” Revival in Eastport” by Jon L. Breen“ The Enjoyment of an Artist” by Gordon Bennett (writing as Isak Romun)“ A Break in the Film” by John F. Suter“ Gee Whiz, My Lovely” by Betty Buchanan“ It Was Bad Enough” by Ron Goulart“ Snookered” by Gerald Tomlinson“ The Waste Pile at Apple Bowl” by Joan Richter“ A Slip of the Lip” by Lawrence Treat“ The Double Death of Nell Quigley” by J. F. Pierce“ Death of a Princess” by Joyce Harrington“ Saturday's Shadow” by William F. Nolan“ New York, New York” by Thomas Adcock“ Captain Leopold Goes to the Dogs” by Edward D. Hoch“ The Last Escape” by Henry SlesarVoir livre
Trapped on shore, a captain fights desperately for a place on a ship Once, Marius believes, the world was wide and the sea was infinite. Adventure and profit awaited any man bold enough to step aboard a ship and cast his lot with the open ocean. But those days are gone. After a long and undistinguished career, Marius’s reputation suffers an irreparable blow during the dark days of World War II when he refuses to go down with a sinking ship. It is the greatest crime a captain can commit, and it dooms him to hell on earth. Trapped in Marseilles, Marius spends his days begging for a boat and his nights in a bitter, alcoholic stupor. The ocean has rejected him so fully, he thinks, that he doubts the waters would even allow him to drown. But as Marius learns, it’s possible for a man to drown on dry land.Voir livre
M. R. James second collection of ghost stories which he wrote while Provost of King's College, Cambridge. Written to be read aloud.Voir livre
Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprentices plot against their masters and Protestants clash with Catholics on the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama.Voir livre
Smirk the hiring gnome wreaks havoc for his superiors once again, when he accidentally rescues two spirits - a human and her dog.Voir livre
