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アイ文庫アトリエにて公開収録方式でおこなわれたライブ朗読シリーズから、今回は「怪談」コレクションです。小泉八雲「葬られたる秘密」、田中貢太郎「法衣」、諸国奇談より「十六桜」、夏目漱石「夢十夜」などを、いずれも個性的な朗読者による独特の表現と、水城雄による演出と音楽で構成しました。臨場感あふれるライブならではの表現をお楽しみ下さい。演出=水城雄。(C)アイ文庫1.小泉八雲(戸川明三・訳)「葬られたる秘密」/斉藤亜実 死んだお園の姿が葬式の夜から毎夜箪笥のそばに現れる……いったい何に執着するのか? 2.田中貢太郎「法衣」/林恭子 尼僧のもとへ知り合いの男が訪ねてきて、法衣を貸してくれと言う。ところが持っていったはずの法衣が玄関に残されていた……なぜ? 3.小泉八雲(諸国奇談より)「十六桜」/渡部龍朗 伊予の国に1月16日に咲いてその日のうちに散る桜がある。その壮絶な理由とは? 4.夏目漱石「夢十夜」より「第三夜」/野々宮卯妙 夜、青坊主の子どもを背負って森へと続く道を歩く。この子を一刻も早く捨てなくてはと思いながら……じわじわと迫り来る恐怖!【演出・朗読者について】 斉藤亜実、林恭子、渡部龍朗、野々宮卯妙の4人が、瞬発力と即興的表現力が要求されるライブレコーディングに臨みました。水城雄による即興ピアノ演奏が、朗読者たちと絶妙にからみ、臨場感を盛り上げます...

Der Bestseller von Ursula Poznanski: spannend, realistisch, unvorhersehbar. Fünf Tage im tiefsten Wald, ohne Strom, ohne Handy: Normalerweise wäre das nichts für Medizinstudenten Bastian. Dass er dennoch mitmacht bei dieser Reise in die Vergangenheit, liegt allein an seiner Freundin Sandra. Doch das abgelegene Waldstück, in dem das Abenteuer stattfindet, soll verflucht sein, und aus dem harmlosen Live-Rollenspiel wird plötzlich ein tödlicher Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

Smee is a crackling ghost story about a guest in a haunted house telling other visitors of the death of a young girl, years ago, playing a game of hide-and-seek.

In the year 1477 AD, Baron Wilton Abrahams tracked down the last of the Dracul brothers, Stellan, and on a snow-covered mountain in Romania drove a stake into him, sending him tumbling over the edge. While Stellan's body lay frozen, the brides of the Dracul were forced to flee their ancient castle, and the rest of their kind met their fate at the deadly hands of vampire hunter Abrahams. Five hundred years later, explorer Max Lowe and his team make a discovery, dubbed the "Ice Prince".

The Breathing Dead, a zombie tale, follows Karen, Jane, Sam and House fighting for survival in Farmore. In a world where being dead no longer means the end, time is running out for the human race.

First published in 1910, The Horse of the Invisible tells the tale of Carnacki, a ghost detective investigating the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the Hisgins Family's daughter and her fiance. The source of the apparition must be found before the soon-to-be-wed woman is driven mad, or even to her death. Carnacki does not suspect supernatural forces are at work in this case, but even a ghostbuster can be wrong.

Two Tales From H. P. Lovecraft includes the American horror writer's short stories, "The Cats of Ulthar", of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar, and "The Terrible Old Man", notable as the first story to make use of Lovecraft's fictional New England town of Kingsport. Both were written in 1920.

Written in 1933, this classic ghost story features Bowen's typically superb descriptions of desolation and decay. Bowen was born on November 1, 1885, on Hayling Island, Hampshire, and died December 23, 1952. She was a novelist and writer whose total output numbers over 150 volumes.

"The Oblong Box" is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe that first appeared in the May 1844 edition of Godey's Lady's Book about a sea voyage and a mysterious box. Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Patrick Girard Lawlor, a classically trained stage actor, has performed onstage throughout the US and Europe.

"Loss of Breath" is a humorous short story by Edgar Allen Poe that first appeared in a 1832 issue of The Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Patrick Girard Lawlor, a classically trained stage actor, has performed onstage throughout the US and Europe.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the merging genre of science fiction. Here is a third collection of some of his best stories: The Oblong Box, M.S. Found In A Bottle, and Loss of Breath.

An unamed narrator marries Morella, a woman who delves into mysticism. As a result of her experimentations her soul can never die, but her physical form continues to deteriorate. She spends her time in bed and teaches her husband the black arts. Realizing her curse, her husband, the narrator, becomes frightened and wishes for his wife's death and eternal peace. She dies in childbirth but her soul passes into the new baby....

Dark offers chilling stories about the things that scare us the most: murder, hauntings, insanity, and our own vulnerability. Examined through the eyes of some of the world's most gifted writers, we feel the malice of serial murderers, the cold evil of the undead, the unreasoning hatred of the insane, and, most of all, the incomprehensible suffering of their victims.

Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories, a supressed uneasiness gradually builds up and evolves into sheer terror; in others, the story line unexpectedly changes and comes to an unlikely conclusion. In "The Beetle-Hunter", a beginning doctor is employed on a strange errand to a coleopterist.

"Masque of the Red Death", a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure enters and makes his way through each of the rooms.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practictioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

First published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book, the story is set in 19th century Italy and concerns the deadly revenge taken by the insane narrator on a friend he claims has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Here is a second collection of some of his best stories.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Here is a fourth collection of some of his best stories: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "Eleanora", and "Silence: A Fable".

An eclectic collection of many of the spookiest classic tales of horror, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The New Catacomb"; Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death", "Hop-Frog", and "The Cask of Amontillado"; W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw"; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and Algernon Backwood's "The Willows".