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  The Coffin Merchant - A mans...

  Richard Middleton

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  Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex. 
  His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London.  There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle.   
  Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians club where his literary contacts grew. 
  He became an editor at Vanity Fair where he told a fellow editor, the notorious Frank Harris, that he wanted to pursue a career as a poet.  Shortly afterwards Harris published Middleton’s poem ‘The Bathing Boy’. 
  As an author he is most remembered for his short ghost stories. 
  Richard Middleton died on 1st December 1911.  He was 29.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The -...

  Edgar Allan Poe, W Jacobs, ETA...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume stories from the Masters of Horror take centre stage.  Within the words from the pens of Edgar Allan Poe, E T A Hoffman, H G Wells, Guy de Maupassant and others lurk dark intentions of evil.   As each story draws you in, so it is that uneasy, unsettling feelings begin to creep into our heads.  It’s only a matter of time before things go decidedly from bad to much, much worse. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - Horror - The Men  - An Introduction 
  2 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 
  3 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe 
  4 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells 
  5 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells 
  6 - Le Horla by Guy De Maupassant  
  7 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  8 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  9 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft 
  10 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft 
  11 - The Sand-Man - Part 1 by E T A Hoffman 
  12 - The Sand-Man - Part 2 by E T A Hoffman 
  13 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 
  14 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford 
  15 - The Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen 
  16 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 1 by Robert W Chambers 
  17 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 2 by Robert W Chambers

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  Edgar Allen Poe: THE BLACK CAT -...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The story is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".[2] In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt. "The Black Cat", which also features questions of sanity versus insanity, is Poe's strongest warning against the dangers of alcoholism. 
   In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. His favorite, a pet black cat, bites him one night and the narrator punishes it by cutting its eye out and then hanging it from a tree. The home burns down but one remaining wall shows a burned outline of a cat hanging from a noose. He soon finds another black cat, similar to the first except for a white mark on its chest, but he develops a hatred for it as well. He attempts to kill the cat with an axe but his wife stops him; instead, the narrator murders his wife. It becomes even more macabre but you will discover that by listening.

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  Ghost Stirs The Pot - An Adriana...

  Carmen Radtke

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  A ghost with an unbeatable nose. 
   
   
   
  A killer recipe. 
   
   
   
  Genie Darling's new life is reaching boiling point. 
   
   
   
  Genie has her hands full. First, there’s her new gelato-making business. Sure, she has a tireless helper in her great-great-aunt Adriana, and the ghostly flapper is also responsible for their recipes. 
   
   
   
  Second, there's her relationship with Matt. So far it's great, but then he doesn't know about Adriana's presence. 
   
   
   
  To make matters worse, Genie stumbles over the dead body of her mentor Pierre. Was the much-loved owner of Cobblewood Cove's oldest diner murdered for money or was the culprit after Pierre's closely guarded family recipes? And why is Genie under suspicion? 
   
   
   
  With new restaurants in town and a gastronomical fair ahead, Genie and Adriana have to concoct something special to make sure the killer's goose is cooked . . .

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  The Shadow Over Innsmouth PART 1

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Title: The Shadow Over Innsmouth 
  Author: H. P. Lovecraft 
  Narrator: Jonathan Dunne 
  Original Publication: 1936 
  Public Domain: Yes 
  Series Placement: Part 1 of Number 56 in the Timeless Terrors series 
  Description: 
  The Shadow Over Innsmouth is Lovecraft’s classic tale of a decaying seaside town bound to an ancient horror from the deep. 
  The story follows a traveler who visits the isolated port of Innsmouth, only to discover its inhabitants bear unsettling, amphibious traits — bulging eyes, flabby lips, and a strange, slinking gait. Through whispered rumors and a terrifying night on the run, he uncovers the truth: generations ago, the townsfolk struck a pact with the Deep Ones, an ancient ocean-dwelling race that offers wealth and longevity at a terrible cost. 
  As the narrator flees through collapsing streets and foggy wharves, pursued by inhuman figures emerging from the sea, he confronts a revelation far more disturbing than the town itself — one that ties his own fate to Innsmouth’s monstrous legacy. 
  Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this public-domain classic is revived in a fresh, chilling performance. The Shadow Over Innsmouth remains a cornerstone of maritime horror and one of Lovecraft’s most enduring nightmares.

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  Carrion

  Gary Brandner

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  He brings the dead back to life. 
  He’s America’s newest hero. He possesses the most awesome gift any man can master. He can reach beyond the grave to awaken the dearly departed. 
  But their souls no longer inhabit their bodies. The things that now walk the earth - the things he has brought back - are carrion. Dead meat. Soulless, mindless creatures that only know he is responsible for their agony. 
  As their bodies decay into hideous travesties of the once living, they have only one mission. 
  To destroy their savior.

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