Classic Horror Fiction

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse. It then relates the epic battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

The Titus Crow novels are full of acts of nobility and heroism. Titus Crow and his faithful companion fight the forces of darkness - the infamous and deadly Elder Gods of H.P. Lovecraft - wherever they arise. The powerful Cthulhu and his dark minions are bent on ruling the earth - or destroying it - yet time after time, Titus Crow drives the monsters back into the dark from whence they came.

Idealista, de talante romántico y sensible, inquieto intelectual y espiritualmente cansado de las prisas y de la pérdida de valores de una sociedad cada vez más caótica y vacía de moralidad, el joven protagonista buscará a la desesperada nuevos conocimientos, corrientes filosóficas, movimientos intelectuales, que le llenen el vacío existencial que cada vez, le hace la vida más insoportable.

Volume 11 begins with Doug's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by Edgar Allan Poe’s highly acclaimed gothic romance "Ligeia", Ambrose Bierce's haunting "A Fruitless Assignment", H. P. Lovecraft's dark and disturbing "Pickman's Model", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sinister masterpiece "Blue John Gap", and more.

Doug Bradley's Spinechillers takes you into the world of classic short horror stories read by Hollywood horror icons. We get underway with H. P. Lovecraft, who explores dark deception in "The Terrible Old Man". An unearthed, long-forgotten artifact, is protected by powers intent on punishing those who would remove it, in M. R. James' "A Warning to the Curious".

Welcome to Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Four, part of what is on the way of becoming the world's largest collection of high quality, classic horror short-story audiobooks. We start with Doug Bradley's well-researched introduction to the authors and stories featured in this volume. Launching us into "Lost Hearts", M. R. James' creepy tale of ghostly children seeking revenge and peace from the man who caused their untimely demise.

Volume 7 starts off with Edgar Allan Poe's story of a gifted boy hounded by his shadow, "William Wilson". We take to the sky's with a pilots investigation into unexplainable events thousands of feet above ground in Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Horror of the Heights". Next up, Ambrose Bierce plays with time in "The Suitable Surroundings".

Volume 12 begins with Doug Bradley's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by what H. P. Lovecraft considered to be one of his best stories, "The Music of Eric Zann". "The Tool" by W. F. Harvey is a horrifying tale narrated by an inmate of a mental institution. Next Edgar Allan Poe revisits his terrifying fear of being buried alive in "The Premature Burial". Then an eavesdropper overhears five creepy and scary ghost stories in Charles Dickens "To Be Read at Dusk".

"Hasta en los mares" de H.P. Lovecraft es una novela que combina el horror cósmico de Lovecraft con la ciencia ficción apocalíptica de Barlow, creando una atmósfera de tensión y desesperación que atrapa al lector desde la primera página. Los autores nos muestran un mundo devastado por el cambio climático, donde la naturaleza se rebela contra el hombre y lo somete a su voluntad. Al mismo tiempo, nos invitan a reflexionar sobre el destino de nuestra especie y nuestro planeta, y sobre la posibilidad de encontrar un sentido a la existencia en medio del caos.

"Hypnos" de H.P. Lovecraft es una narración en primera persona, escrita desde la perspectiva de un personaje sin nombre que vive en Kent y más tarde en Londres, Inglaterra. El narrador relata que teme dormir, y está decidido a escribir su historia para que no lo enloquezca más, independientemente de lo que piense la gente después de leerlo. El narrador, un escultor, cuenta que se encontró con un hombre misterioso en una estación de ferrocarril.

"La maldición que cayó sobre Sarnath" de H.P. Lovecraft es un relato inquietante ambientado en la antigua ciudad de Sarnath, construida cerca de un vasto y misterioso lago. Los habitantes de la ciudad, el pueblo de Ib, destruyen una civilización cercana de extrañas criaturas parecidas a ranas llamadas "Los Antiguos" y saquean su riqueza. A pesar de las advertencias de venganza de la deidad de Los Antiguos, los habitantes de Sarnath desestiman las advertencias y celebran su conquista.

"La Bestia en la Cueva" de H.P. Lovecraft es una historia corta que sigue a un hombre perdido en un sistema de cuevas laberínticas. A medida que se adentra más en la oscuridad, se vuelve cada vez más desorientado y temeroso. De repente, se encuentra con una criatura extraña y monstruosa que acecha en las sombras. Aterrorizado, el hombre intenta huir, pero presa del pánico, tropieza y cae en un abismo. Sobreviviendo milagrosamente a la caída, finalmente es rescatado por un grupo de búsqueda.

"Seis disparos a la luz de la luna" es un relato corto de H.P. Lovecraft, coescrito con C. M. Eddy Jr. La historia sigue al narrador, un médico forense, quien investiga una serie de asesinatos inexplicables que ocurren durante noches de luna llena. Los cuerpos de las víctimas presentan extrañas heridas de bala, pero no hay signos de un asesino ni de un arma de fuego. A medida que profundiza en la investigación, el narrador se encuentra enfrentando fuerzas sobrenaturales y descubre la verdad perturbadora detrás de los crímenes.

"La música de Erich Zann" es un relato corto de horror cósmico escrito por H.P. Lovecraft. La historia sigue a un narrador sin nombre que alquila una habitación en un decadente edificio parisino. Se hace amigo de su misterioso vecino, Erich Zann, un músico de edad avanzada que toca un violín de manera obsesiva durante las noches. Intrigado por la música única y desconcertante de Zann, el narrador intenta descubrir el origen y el significado de sus melodías.

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper. In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design.

Unexplained events are happening at Oxford these days. Several students have been attacked at night by some strange form of wild animal. It can scale walls with cat-like agility. Its arms are as thin and as strong as steel bands. And there is one student who conducts midnight studies in his room with certain Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of which is a 6'7" tall mummy.

In the pulse pounding continuation of the V Plague series, John, Rachel and Dog have escaped from Atlanta, finding refuge at an Air Force Base in Tennessee. After being recalled to active duty, John strikes a deal with the Army that will help him rescue his wife in Arizona, but all of his plans are quickly put in jeopardy as a second wave of infection rips through the surviving population.

Jane is haunted. Since she was a child, she has carried a ghost girl that feeds on the secrets and fears of everyone around her, whispering to Jane what they are thinking and feeling, even when she doesn't want to know. Henry, Jane's brother, is ridden by a genius ghost that forces him to build strange and dangerous machines. Their mother is possessed by a lonely spirit that burns anyone she touches. In Swine Hill, a place of defeat and depletion, there are more dead than living.

Volume 9 launches with "The Ash Tree", M. R. James' insight into an enigmatic woman and her rituals around this mysterious tree. A condemned man and over zealous executioners generate shocking results, in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Los Amigos Fiasco". An immoral wager leads to terror when the dead rise in Ambrose Bierce's "A Watcher by the Dead". Lovecraft takes us exploring through a lost world of ancient evil in "The Nameless City".

Welcome to Volume Five of one of the world's largest collections of high quality, classic horror short-story audiobooks. If you're at home, then get some logs ready and put on your most comfortable slippers, as we kick things off with Doug Bradley's well-researched introduction to the authors and stories featured in this volume....