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  The Haunted Man & The Ghost's...

  Charles Dickens

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  A charming novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him. Produced by Devin Lawrence in Vrindavana Production executive Avalon Giuliano in London ICON Intern Eden Giuliano in Delhi Music By AudioNautix With Their Kind Permission ©2020 Icon Audio Arts (P) 2020 Icon Audio Arts LLC

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  A Star Trap

  Bram Stoker

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  An old man recounts the story of a death he witnessed as a young boy working in the theater: His boss, Mr. Haliday, had married a pretty young lady from the theater, much to the chagrin of the other women working in the company. It was a marriage of convenience, but in the beginning they got along well enough. After a handsome younger man, Henry Mortimer, joins the theater company, Mrs. Haliday and Mortimer start up a romance that everyone but Mr. Haliday seem to notice. However, during a performance one night, something seems to go terrible wrong as a piece of equipment falls from the stage and kills Mortimer. Although it seems like a simple stage malfunction, the young theater boy notices something that the rest do not -- a strange piece of metal that he found on stage immediately following the death of Mortimer that seems to say that Mr. Haliday wasn't as clueless as everyone had thought about the actions of his wife and the handsome young actor.

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  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892, though the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between June 1891 and July 1892. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. As with all but four of the Sherlock Holmes stories, those contained within The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are told by a first-person narrative from the point of view of Dr. Watson. 
  In general, the stories in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, 'A Scandal in Bohemia', includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' as his overall favourite.

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  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  Washington Irving

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  Explore the classic ghost story which gave rise to the infamous Headless Horseman. 
  A popular Halloween tale and an enduring ghost story, legendary author Washington Irving’s book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a testament to the undying legacy of American literary fiction. Recounting the story of the ill-fated Ichabod Crane and his attempts to win the hand of the wealthy daughter Katrina Van Tassel, Ichabod soon learns first-hand that the countless tales of ghosts haunting the quiet town might not be so fictional after all… 
  Perfect for anyone who wants to discover – or rediscover – the world of timeless early American fiction for themselves, this brilliant rendition makes the ideal way for contemporary readers to experience this 200-year old story in a new medium. With a high-quality narration designed to stir your imagination and evoke the haunting imagery which Irving first imagined all those years ago, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is both a thrilling tale and a memorable addition to the literary classics.

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  Book of Myths - Booktrack Edition

  Jean Land

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  Listen to Book of Myths with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. 
  Just as a little child holds out its hands to catch the sunbeams, to feel and to grasp what, so its eyes tell it, is actually there, so, down through the ages, men have stretched out their hands in eager endeavor to know their God. And because only through the human was the divine knowable, the old peoples of the earth made gods of their heroes and not infrequently endowed these gods with as many of the vices as of the virtues of their worshipers. 
  As we read the myths of the East and the West we find ever the same story. That portion of the ancient Aryan race which poured from the central plain of Asia, through the rocky defiles of what we now call “The Frontier,” to populate the fertile lowlands of India, had gods who must once have been wholly heroic, but who came in time to be more degraded than the most vicious of lustful criminals. And the Greeks, Latins, Teutons, Celts, and Slavonians, who came of the same mighty Aryan stock, did even as those with whom they owned a common ancestry...

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  The Fall of the House of Usher...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Short story collection by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring TELL TALE HEART, FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE BLACK CAT, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH and THE CASQUE OF THE AMONTILLADO 
  The classic horrifying tale from Edgar Allan Poe, read by Basil Rathbone 
  Poe's mastery in fiction is evident in each tale, making this collection a top pick for lovers of classics. The best of his works are showcased here, leaving readers in awe of his storytelling prowess. 
  For fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), H. P. Lovecraft (At the Mountains of Madness), Stephen King (The Stand), Fjodor M. Dostojewskij (THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY), and Franz Kafka (The Metamorphosis).

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