Mark Gatiss stars as sinister raconteur The Man in Black, in these 20 terrifying full-cast radio dramas

The Man in Black is waiting to make your acquaintance. Maybe you’ll meet him on a bus, in the supermarket, or at an airport luggage carousel. Perhaps he’ll peer into your baby’s pram, or approach you in the corridor of a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories of darkness and death, myth and madness. Stories to unsettle and horrify.

Two lads on a council estate stumble onto a world where time has stopped. Something evil stalks stranded soldiers in Afghanistan. A retired accountant gets out of his depth on the Net. An ex-alcoholic is on the run from more than just his AA buddy. These tales, and many more, will haunt you long after the Man in Black has departed.

Included are:

• The Tower by Mike Walker
• Project Purple by Richard Vincent
• The White Hare by Lucy Gough
• Hide and Seek by Mike Cary
• Bomber’s Moon by Lucy Kirkwood
• Phish Phood by Kim Newman
• Death Us Do Part by Mike Bartlett
• Flesh by Tom Morton-Smith
• Angels in Disguise by Nicola Jones
• The Old Road by Penelope Skinner
• Connect by Lucy Moore
• The Printed Name by Nicholas Pierpan
• Lights Out by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson
• Uncle William’s House by Alison Falconer
• Perfect Home by Nick Warburton
• Containment by David Lemon
• The Punt by Christina Balit
• The Beaten Track by Dawn King
• Reunion by Janice Okoh
• The New Boy by Matthew Wilkie

Among the casts are Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Bonnar, Emerald O’Hanrahan, Vineeta Rishi Toby Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Forbes, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Alex Lanipekun.