Top leaders in the business community–a financial journalist, a bestselling author, and cofounder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University–teach you the character traits every employer wants to see in today’s worker.

In the race to become multitasking superhumans, we’ve lost touch with the actual root of where all these valuable skills are found. This audio gives you the training you need to set yourself apart from others and to advance to the next stage in your employment, whether you are just starting out or need to reinvigorate your career. Some of the best business minds at work today identify the principles of productivity and elevating your career. Why not be known for great leadership skills instead of training one employee for a single task? Why not be known for a winning personality instead of for being able to deal with a difficult person? Why not be known for impressive calm and cool confidence in your negotiation skills instead of just getting the deal done? Don’t be known for any singular skill–be known for inspiring character traits that make you highly promotable in any workplace. This audio also includes helpful r+(r)sum+(r) and cover letter templates, as well as an interview checklist.

With contributions from Reyna Gobel, a financial journalist who has written extensively on adapting to today’s career marketplace; Joshua Weiss, an international negotiation expert who speaks and writes on the topic of negotiating not only in the boardroom but also on the factory floor; and bestselling author Brian Tracy, who shares wisdom from his business book classic, Eat That Frog!, this audio is a must-listen for those looking to catapult their careers.

Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. The only authorized audio companion to the widely respected Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, this audio collection includes the greatest poems of the English language, ranging from the writings of Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, and Wordsworth, to the best-loved verse of Whitman, Dickinson, the Brownings, and Yeats. Thirty-nine poets in all. The readings by brilliant classic actors Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, and Bramwell Fletcher are presented in the order they appear in Norton and are selected for their ability to delight. It is simply a collection of the best.

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?

This collection includes “In a Grove,” upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice Burroughs’s novel The Moon Maid; and cautionary and scary tales from Arabian Nights, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Mark Twain, and others.

A Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre production

This Holiday Bundle features six entertaining and delightful audio stories for the whole family to enjoy year-round. The perfect stocking stuffer for the audiobook lovers on your list! Each story is performed by a full cast of voice actors with sound effects and music.

Includes Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The Bell by Hans Christian Andersen, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Cinderella by Charles Perrault, Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Assemble Artifacts

A short story magazine that assembles a thrilling new mix of stories from genres including horror, science-fiction, comedy, and suspense. Buried at the heart of every story in the magazine is a unique artifact, an object that has inspired our storytellers to create a big idea, an irresistible question, a new immersive world, or a sense of wonder. Unearth your next great read with Assemble Artifacts.

“Losing Time” by Sydney Paige GuerreroIt’s all too good to be true when a woman receives a Filipino anting-anting charm that allows her to re-do moments she regrets and fixates on correcting her mistakes with the love of her life.

“Support Group for the Formerly Possessed” by J. Preston WittA support group for the formerly possessed must put their trauma aside to band together and face a demon that threatens to undo their years of therapy.

“Stuck with You” by Elizabeth DavisOn the brink of divorce, a couple finds themselves magically stuck together, forcing them closer than they have been in years.

“Killer Queen” by Lindz McLeodAfter failing at love, a man partakes in a program to build his dream partner. Only she’s too perfect, so he turns his attention to “normal” women, with unexpected consequences.”

“Sundowning” by Matt MarinovichWhen a passing comet elicits bizarre behavior among the residents of a nursing home, a down-on-her-luck woman realizes this is not the job she was looking for …

“Intellectual Property” by Whit BraytonBegging the question, do we truly own our identity? An investigator finds himself on the trail of a reclusive genius who has created sentient replicas of the world’s most famous actress.

Tough gumshoes, rotten yeggs, and dangerous dames

In the 1930s and ’40s, Black Mask was the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field. In its pages writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Earl Stanley Gardner reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creating the “hard-boiled” private eye. Now comes this series in which the toughest of tough detectives are resurrected from its pages in sonic dramatization from the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.

Stories included in this volume are “Lost and Found” by Hugh B. Cave, “Pigeon Blood” by Paul Cain, “Rough Justice” by Frederick Nebel, “Black” by Paul Cain, “The Missing Mr. Lee” by Hugh B. Cave, “Taking His Time” by Rueben J. Shay, “Trouble Chaser” by Paul Cain, “Waiting for Rusty” by William Cole, and “Too Many Have Lived” by Dashiell Hammett.

“Lost and Found” Did a spoiled rich girl die in a plane crash, or is she hiding with her homicidal lover in the Florida Keys? Whose body is that in the wreckage? Who put it there?

“Black” A big-city tough guy comes to a small Minnesota town to settle a deadly fight between the local crime boss and his chief rival–his son.

“Pigeon Blood” A society matron’s life is threatened after she engineers the theft of her own priceless jewelry to pay off a gambling debt. Only a debonair connoisseur of crime can save her and recover her gems–for a price.

“Taking His Time” In this comic vignette, a carnival barker’s valuable watch gets stolen during an illegal poker game. The local sheriff seems in no hurry to apprehend the thief, until a reward is offered.

“Rough Justice” Mississippi heat–A Manhattan gumshoe pursues a convict to St. Louis, where he gets mixed up in a cop killing and nearly loses his own life at the hands of a “B” girl.

“Trouble Chaser” A starlet’s plot to blackmail a film-studio executive results in her murder. Only the “trouble chaser” can clear her volatile lover and solve the crime.

“The Missing Mr. Lee” An eccentric boarding-house denizen winds up dead; his presumed killer, a fellow boarder, has vanished. The baffling case unfolds through the testimony of witnesses, who are themselves suspects.

“Waiting for Rusty”This account of a fugitive gun moll masterfully compresses the essence of “noir” fiction into three incredibly tense pages.

“Too Many Have Lived”One of only three Sam Spade short stories, this one involves a blackmailing poet, a seductive chanteuse, her rough-hewn stage-door-johnny, and, of course, murder. Recorded before a live audience in New York.

Stories of famous monsters in a new horror anthology featuring Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, and many others

Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Moreau, the Headless Horseman, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Wicked Witch of the West–they’re all here, in this collection of horror short stories that reimagine, subvert, and pay homage to our favorite monsters and creatures.

Written by the biggest names in the genre, including Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Morton, Owl Goingback, Richard Christian Matheson, Seanan McGuire, Maurice Broaddus, Dacre Stoker, Linda D. Addison, Alessandro Manzetti, Tim Waggoner, John Palisano, Mercedes M. Yardley, Lucy A. Snyder, Gary A. Braunbeck, Rena Mason, and Monique Snyman.

This collection of children’s stories offers a mix of some best-loved tales as well as newer favorites. Included are: “Puss in Boots,” read by Robby Benson; “A Day at Santa’s Workshop,” read by Betty White; “Elfis, the Elf Who Saved Christmas,” read by Brian Austin Green; “Jack and the Beanstalk,” read by John Ritter; “Peter Pan,” read by Sandy Duncan; “Wild Swans,” read by Michael York; and “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” read by Michael York.

This volume of the ongoing collection of children’s stories offers six well-known and well-loved classic fairy tales. Included are:

“The Princess and the Pea” read by Jaclyn Smith;”The Emperor’s New Clothes” read by Michael York;”Thumbelina” by Jaclyn Smith;”The Ugly Duckling” read by Michael York;”Aladdin’s Lamp” read by Lou Diamond Phillips;”Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” read by Sharon Stone.

The most spine-tingling suspense stories from the colonial era–including Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, and H. P. Lovecraft, and many more

This stunning anthology of classic colonial suspense fiction plunges deep into the native soil from which American horror literature first sprang. While European writers of the Gothic and bizarre evoked ruined castles and crumbling abbeys, their American counterparts looked back to the colonial era’s stifling religion, and its dark and threatening woods.

Today the best-known tale of colonial horror is Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, although Irving’s story is probably best known today from various movie versions it has inspired. Colonial horror tales of other prominent American authors–Nathaniel Hawthorne and James Fenimore Cooper among them–are overshadowed by their bestsellers, and are difficult to find in modern libraries. Many other pioneers of American horror fiction are presented afresh in this breathtaking volume for today’s public readers.

Some will have heard the names of Increase and Cotton Mather in association with the Salem witch trials, but will not have sought out their contemporary accounts of what were viewed as supernatural events. By bringing these writers to the attention of the contemporary readers, this collection will help bring their names–and their work–back from the dead.

Nightfire Books, a new horror imprint from Tor Books, is proud to present 35 audio-only horror short stories showcasing the breadth of talent in today’s field.

Theresa DeLucci, editor of Come Join Us By the Fire, says, “We wanted this long list of stories to showcase the scope of modern horror, from the cosmic and Lovecraftian, the beloved undead tropes of zombies, ghosts, and slashers, to the more uncanny and internal terrors of isolation, lost love, aging, and one of the briefest, most distressing alien abduction stories you’ll ever hear (‘No Matter Which Way We Turned’ by 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Brian Evenson.)”

The authors also reflect the diversity of horror as a field, with selections from horror grandmasters such as Joe R. Lansdale; New York Times bestsellers like Richard Kadrey and Victor LaValle; exciting new voices including recent Bram Stoker Award winner Gwendolyn Kiste (The Rust Maidens), Cassandra Khaw, and Michael Wehunt; and literary crossover stars such as Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties), National Book Award finalist and winner of the the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction.

There’s something for every listener, so come join us by the fire and hear tales not to tell against the dark… but to embrace it.

Contents
“No Matter Which Way We Turned” – Brian Evenson
“Daddy” – Victor LaValle
“This Guy” – Chuck Wendig
“Flayed Ed” – Richard Kadrey
“The Pond” – Paul Tremblay
“Her Body, Herself” – Carmen Maria Machado
“The Girls in the Horror Movie” – Gwendolyn Kiste
“These Deathless Bones” – Cassandra Khaw
“It Washed Up” – Joe R. Lansdale
“Stemming the Tide” – Simon Strantzas
“Midnight Caller” – Stephen Graham Jones
“Black Bark” – Brian Evenson
“The Anatomist’s Mnemonic” – Priya Sharma
“Rabbit Heart” – Alyssa Wong
“The Beasts of the Earth, The Madness of Men” – Brooke Bolander
“Cold, Silent, and Dark” – Kary English
“When the Zombies Win” – Karina Sumner-Smith
“Harold the Spider Man” – Paul Tremblay
“Ponies” – Kij Johnson
“Black Neurology” – Richard Kadrey
“Beware of Owner” – Chuck Wendig
“The Vault of the Sky, The Face of the Deep” – Robert Levy
“Don’t Turn on the Lights” – Cassandra Khaw
“Wasp & Snake” – Livia Llewellyn
“Greener Pastures” – Michael Wehunt
“And When She Was Bad” – Nadia Bulkin
“El Charro” – John Langan
“Dream Home” – Kat Howard
“Spawning Season” – Nicholas Kaufmann
“In Sheep’s Clothing” – Molly Tanzer
“57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides” – Sam J. Miller
“Was She Wicked, Was She Good?” – M. Rickert
“A Life That Is Not Mine” – Kristi DeMeester
“That Which Does Not Kill You” – Lucy A. Snyder
“The Design” – China Mieville

Come Join Us by the Fire S2: Originals is the second installment of Nightfire’s audio-first horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites.

“Season 2: Originals” features nine all-new stories from authors Laird Barron, Indrapramit Das, Brian Evenson, Craig Laurance Gidney, Camilla Grudova, Shaun Hamill, Gabino Iglesias, Daniel M. Lavery, and Sunny Moraine.

Contents:
Laird Barron – “Joren Falls”
Indrapramit Das – “You Will Survive This Night”
Brian Evenson – “The Cabin”
Craig Laurance Gidney – “Spyder Threads”
Camilla Grudova – “Ghost Bread”
Shaun Hamill – “Music of the Abyss”
Gabino Iglesias – “The Song of the Lady Rose”
Daniel M. Lavery – “Prodigal Son”
Sunny Moraine – “If Living is Seeing I’m Holding My Breath”

From the National Women’s History Alliance, by Bonnie Eisenberg and Mary Ruthsdotter, 1998:

“1998 marked the 150th Anniversary of a movement by women to achieve full civil rights in this country. Over the past seven generations, dramatic social and legal changes have been accomplished that are now so accepted that they go unnoticed by people whose lives they have utterly changed. Many people who have lived through the recent decades of this process have come to accept blithely what has transpired. And younger people, for the most part, can hardly believe life was ever otherwise. They take the changes completely in stride, as how life has always been.”

These stories were carefully chosen to reflect what life was once like for women–before the fight for rights was won. Let these stories reveal to this new generation, how it felt to live with oppression and fear, with no hope of real freedom. Take a journey from 1892 to 1921 through fictional stories, to understand the need for constant vigilance in striving for equal rights for all.

Through the voices of these feminist authors, let us never forget from whence we came:

“The Mark on the Wall” by Virginia Woolf”Tommy, the Sentimental” by Willa Cather”Daughters of the Late Colonel” by Katherine Mansfield”A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell”The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte P. Gilman”The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

These five classic mysteries offer chilling darkness, drama, and intrigue. Included are “Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe, “Silver Blaze” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Secret of the Growing Gold” by Bram Stoker, “The Honour of Israel Gow” by G. K. Chesterton, and “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens. All are rendered all the more frightening by top award-winning narrators.

From haunting ghost stories to classic fairy tales, Going Public … In Shorts! is a collection of forty classic and lesser-known works by history’s greatest writers.

Among the stories included are “The Death of a Government Clerk,” Anton Chekhov’s defining vignette; “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” Mark Twain’s comedic story that earned him national fame; “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry’s masterful Christmastime tale about love and sacrifice; and “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin’s enduring feminist work about a frail woman and her dead husband.

Also included are lesser-known stories such as “Brown Wolf,” a short tale by Jack London; “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” an early thriller-romance by F. Scott Fitzgerald; “The Spectre Bridegroom,” a folk tale-style ghost story by Washington Irving; and “The Prophets’ Paradise,” a dreamlike narrative by Robert W. Chambers.

Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.

These treasured stories from the most influential authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic, oral qualities.

Listen to these ten unabridged classics by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, O. Henry, and Willa Cather. This recording includes:

– Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “My Kinsman, Major Molineux,” “The Minister’s Black Veil: A Parable,” and “Endicott and the Red Cross;” narrated by David Drummond.

– Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “The Lightning Rod Man;” narrated by Todd McLaren.

– O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi,” “A Retrieved Reformation,” and “A Cosmopolite in a Cafe;” Nnarrated by Norman Dietz.

– Willa Cather’s “The Sculptor’s Funeral” and “Paul’s Case;” narrated by Laural Merlington.

Immerse yourself. Savor the best storytelling from the greatest authors of the supernatural; the haunting language and brilliant rendition create an extraordinary atmosphere.

This audio recording includes:

“Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne: a lime-burner and his young son encounter the man searching for the Unpardonable Sin.”The Yellow Sign” by Robert W. Chambers: using the rich, gothic language of Poe, the author creates a similar shocking effect.”The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allan Poe: a painter exchanges the life of his young bride for a painted image.”The Upper Berth” by F. Marion Crawford: apparent suicides aboard a ship lead to uncanny supernatural conclusions.”An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce: one of the most famous short stories ever written.

Enduring stories that are as relevant today as they were when written at the turn of the century by influential women writers.

This audio recording includes: On the Divide and The Garden Lodge by Willa Cather; A Point at Issue, Desiree’s Baby, A Pair of Silk Stockings, and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin; Three Thanksgivings and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; and The Pelican and The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton.

This inspiring anthology collects enduring and entertaining stories that have enthralled young and old, by the cherished authors whose tales have captivated children for generations. Perfect for the family car trip or at-home listening, these recordings sparkle with the wit and wonder of time-tested storytelling.

This audio recording includes:

– “Moni the Goat-Boy” by Johanna Spyri

– “An Adventure on Island Rock” by L. M. Montgomery

– “Tom Thumb” by the Brothers Grimm

– “The Tin-Man and the Scarecrow” by L. Frank Baum

– “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen

– “How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin” by Rudyard Kipling

– “The Mouse” by Saki

– “Accidental Magic” by E. Nesbit

– “Mermaids” by Louisa May Alcott

– “Little Nell” by Charles Dickens

– “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen

– “The Sun-Dog Trail” by Jack London.

This collection of short ghost stories includes some of the best-known classics in the genre, as well as some that may be new to ghost story fans.

This recording includes: “The Damned Thing,” by Ambrose Bierce; “The Empty House,” by Algernon Blackwood;”The Consequences,” by Willa Cather; “How It Happened,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; “A Ghost,” by Guy De Maupassant; “The Shell of Sense,” by Olivia Howard Dunbar; “Ligeia,” by Edgar Allen Poe; “The Signal-Man,” by Charles Dickens; “The Secret of the Growing Gold,” by Bram Stoker; “The Fullness of Life,” by Edith Wharton; “An Old Woman’s Tale,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne; “Playing with Fire,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; “Narrative of the Ghost of the Hand,” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” by Edgar Allan Poe; “My Platonic Sweetheart,” by Mark Twain; and “The Bold Dragoon (or The Adventure of My Grandfather),” by Washington Irving.

Feel the breathtaking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader.

This audio recording includes:

“A Watcher by the Dead” by Ambrose Bierce: a corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it.”The Body-Snatchers” by Robert Louis Stevenson: a never-ending demand for bodies for medical dissection delivers nightly horrors.”Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving: a German student, caught up in the tempestuous times of the French Revolution, is intoxicated by the beauty of a stranger and pledges himself to her forever.”Dick on the Devil” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Barwyke Hall, isolated and sinister, is haunted by both the living and the dead.”The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe: the melancholy House of Usher afflicts its owner with a morbid gloom. It is justifiably considered one of the best stories of this genre ever written.”The Open Window” by Saki: a nervous newcomer is overcome by a surprising visit.

Enjoy the traditions of holidays past with this classic collection of fun and touching stories.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, read by John MawsonYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church, read by Paul BoehmerThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, read by Paul Boehmer‘Twas the Night before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, read by Gregory ItzinPeace on Earth, Goodwill to Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, read by Dana GreenThe Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter, read by Jane CarrOld Christmas by Washington Irving, read by Gregory ItzinChristmas at Red Butte by L. M. Montgomery, read by Dana GreenThe Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road by L. M. Montgomery, read by Paul Boehmer

Feel the breathtaking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader.

This audio recording includes:

– “A Watcher by the Dead” by Ambrose Bierce–A corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it.

– “The Body-Snatchers” by Robert Louis Stevenson–A never-ending demand for bodies for medical dissection delivers nightly horrors.

– “Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving–A German student, caught up in the tempestuous times of the French Revolution, is intoxicated by the beauty of a stranger, and pledges himself to her forever.

– “Dick on the Devil” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu–Barwyke Hall, isolated and sinister, is haunted by both the living and the dead.

– “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe–The melancholy House of Usher afflicts its owner with a morbid gloom. Justifiably considered one of the best stories of this genre ever written.

– “The Open Window” by Saki–A nervous newcomer is overcome by a surprising visit!

Chuckle along with the best nineteenth-century humorists, who provide you with tall tales, puns, and witty ripostes. Seven of these twenty-seven gems are from Twain himself. No guarantees of political correctness, but they’re sure to tickle your twenty-first century funny bone.

Beginning with the piece that made Mark Twain famous, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,”and ending with his fanciful “How I Edited an Agricultural Paper,” this treasure trove of an anthology is an abridgment of the 1888 original. It’s a collection of several of Twain’s own pieces, in addition to tall tales, fables, and satires by fourteen of Twain’s contemporaries, including Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, William Dean Howells, Joel Chandler Harris, Artemus Ward, and Bret Harte.

The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth and passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.

This recording includes the following stories:

“The Piazza” by Herman Melville (1819-1891), narrated by Peter Marinker Nature’s beauty encourages a riddle, and a haunting, strange story.

“Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), narrated by Mark Meadows The woman in the garden resembles a flower–but loving her proves poisonous.

“The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), narrated by Peter Marinker A chance encounter brings lifelong yearning, against all convention.

“Coming, Aphrodite!” by Willa Cather (1873-1947), narrated by Joanne McQuinn Two artists cross paths–with striking results–on the road to professional success.

“The Dead” by James Joyce (1882-1941), narrated by Gerry O’BrienA man experiences shifting views on himself, his wife, the past, the living … and the dead.

“Clair de Lune” by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), narrated by Cameron Stewart In spite of himself, an intolerant priest learns of love’s song.

Enjoy the great detectives of the Golden Age of classic mysteries in this unique collection of audio whodunits. Newly recorded for this original anthology, the crimes, criminals, and sleuths depicted here set the standard for decades to come, and remain as entertaining today as they were when first published. This collection includes the following stories:

– “The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe

– “Hunted Down” by Charles Dickens

– “Silver Blaze” by Arthur Conan Doyle

– “Cheating the Gallows” by Israel Zangwill

– “My First Experience with the Great Logician” by Jacques Futrelle

– “The Queen’s Necklace” by Maurice Leblanc

– “The York Mystery” by Baroness Orczy

– “The Detective Detector” by O. Henry

– “The Blue Cross” by G. K. Chesterton

– “The Second Bullet” by Anna Katherine Green

– “Naboth’s Vineyard” by Melville Davisson Post

– “The Gioconda Smile” by Aldous Huxley

Fourteen mysteries to test your inner sleuth! This collection includes “The Stolen White Elephant” by Mark Twain, narrated by Mauro Hantman; “The Fenchurch Street Mystery” by Baroness Orczy, narrated by Davina Porter; “Problem of the Superfluous Finger” by Jacques Futrelle, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne; “The Blue Sequin” by R. Austin Freeman, narrated by Simon Vance; “An Intangible Clue” by Anna Katharine Green, narrated by Angela Brazil; and “The Oblong Box” by Edgar Allan Poe, narrated by Mauro Hantman, among others.

Newly recorded by premier narrators for this original anthology, the crimes, criminals, and sleuths depicted here set the standard for decades to come, and remain as entertaining today as they were when first published!

This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science-fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.

This collection includes the following stories:

“The Door in the Wall” by H. G. Wells–A man must choose between the rationality of science and the magic of imagination.”All Cats Are Gray” by Andre Norton–A down-on-his-luck spaceman and a mysterious woman and her cat take off to explore and bring back a derelict ship said to hold great treasure.”A Martian Odyssey” by Stanley G. Weinbaum–A four-man crew lands on Mars and makes a startling discovery.”Victory” by Lester del Rey–A victorious captain returns to his home planet after an alien war and finds that victory has a very steep price.”The Moon Is Green” by Fritz Leiber–On post-apocalyptic Earth, a woman comes face-to-face with humanity exposed to catastrophe.”The Winds of Time” by James H. Schmitz–When the spaceship is battered by an unknown force, the pilot has to investigate–and what he finds could alter his life forever.”The Defenders” by Philip K. Dick–Years after nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union has contaminated the Earth’s surface, soldier robots continue the fight on humanity’s behalf.”Missing Link” by Frank Herbert–Lewis Orne is sent to investigate a missing ship and runs into “native” trouble on the planet Gienah III.

A treasure chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener.

This audio recording includes the following short stories:

“Reginald on House Parties” by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne”The Sphinx without a Secret” by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis”Tobermory” by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt”On Being Idle” by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie”For Better or Worse” by W. W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David”The Model Millionaire” by Oscar Wilde, read by T. P. McKenna”The Garden of Truth” by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker”The Cat That Walked by Himself” by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard”The Girl from Arles” by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry”Mr. & Mrs. Dove” by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres”Georgie Porgie” by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox”Caterpillars” by E. F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide”Lost Hearts” by M. R. James, read by Richard Pasco”Ship to Tarshish” by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson”The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco”The Man of the Night” by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey”Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson”B-24″ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox”Pat Hobby & Orson Welles” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale”Mad” by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi”The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths”The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide

This wonderful collection of short stories includes work by some of literature’s most treasured names, with inspired readings by gifted actors.

This superlative treasury includes the following stories:

“Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by John Chancer”The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Robert Fass”Cousin William” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, read by Kate Fenton”How I Edited an Agricultural Paper” by Mark Twain, read by Bronson Pinchot”A Piece of String” by Guy Le Maupassant, read by Cornelius Garrett”Angela, an Inverted Love Story” by W. S. Gilbert, read by Cameron Stewart”Oh! The Public” by Anton Chekhov, read by Cameron Stewart”The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar Wilde, read by John Telfer”The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, read by Jennifer Woodward”A Coward” by Edith Wharton, read by John Chancer”A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, read by Jennifer Woodward”Araby” by James Joyce, read by John Telfer”The Mark on the Wall” by Virginia Woolf, read by Sarah LeFevre”The Interlopers” by Saki, read by Bill Wallis”Head and Shoulders” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Stephen R. Thorne”The Stranger” by Katherine Mansfield, ready by John Telfer”The Blind Man” by D. H. Lawrence, read by Ric Jerrom”Nuns at Luncheon” by Aldous Huxley, read by Simon Vance

A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narrators

This recording includes the following stories:

– “The Lightening-Rod Man” by Herman Melville

– “One of the Missing” by Ambrose Bierce

– “The Leopard Man’s Story” by Jack London

– “Tennessee’s Partner” by Bret Harte

– “The New Catacomb” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

– “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin

– “My Watch” and “The Widow’s Protest” by Mark Twain

– “An Ideal Family” by Kate Mansfield

– “A Painful Case” by James Joyce

– “Small Fry” by Anton Chekhov

– “The Road from Colonus” by E. M. Forster

– “Silhouettes” by Jerome K Jerome

– “The Voice of the City” by O. Henry

– “Dalyrimple Goes Wrong” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

– “The Diamond Mine” by Willa Cather

– “The Man with the Golden Brain” by Alphonse Daudet

– “Morella” by Edgar Allan Poe

– “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant

– “The Portrait” by Edith Wharton

– “The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard” by Anthony Hope

– “Monkey Nuts” by D. H. Lawrence

Immerse yourself. Savor the best storytelling from the greatest authors of the supernatural. The haunting language and brilliant renditions create an extraordinary atmosphere.

This audio recording includes the following suspense-filled classics:

“Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne–A lime-burner and his young son encounter the man searching for the Unpardonable Sin.”The Yellow Sign” by Robert W. Chambers–Using the rich, gothic language of Poe, the author creates a similar shocking effect.”The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allan Poe–A painter exchanges the life of his young bride for the painted image.”The Upper Berth” by F. Marion Crawford–Apparent suicides on board a ship lead to uncanny supernatural conclusions.”An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce–Set during the Civil War, this tale is one of the most famous short stories ever written and is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending.

Groundbreaking for the time in which they were written, the vampire stories of the 1800s have inspired many modern writers. Enjoy the thrilling stories that originated the genre of vampire fiction. This collection includes: Fragment of a Novel, by Lord Byron (1816); The Vampyre, by John Polidori (1819); The Family of the Vourdalak, by Aleksei Tolstoy (1839); Varney the Vampire, by James Malcolm Rymer (1847); Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu (1872); A True Story of a Vampire, by Count Eric Stenbock (1894); and Count Magnus, by M. R. James (1904).

A collection of timeless westerns from some of the most well known authors of the genre, this recording includes the following stories: “The Little Gold Miners” by Joaquin Miller, “Bulger’s Reputation” by Bret Harte, “The Leaf of Red Rose” by W.H.H. Murray, “The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch” by Ambrose Bierce, “The Californian’s Tale” by Mark Twain, “Twelve O’Clock” by Stephen Crane, “The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo” by Gertrude Atherton, “A Deal in Wheat” by Frank Norris, “The Caballero’s Way” by O. Henry, “On the Divide” by Willa Cather, “Timberline” by Owen Wister, “The Passing of Black Eagle” by O. Henry, “Ananias Green” by B. M. Bower, “Lightning” by Zane Grey, “The Pardon of Becky Day” by John Fox, and “The Laughter of Slim Malone” by Max Brand.

H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the twentieth century. Culled from his 1927 essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature,” Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes twenty works, each prefaced by Lovecraft’s own opinions and insights in each author’s work, as well as Henry James’ wonderfully atmospheric short novel, The Turn of the Screw. For every fan of modern horror, here is an opportunity to rediscover the origins of the genre with some of most terrifying stories ever imagined.

It’s easy to feel powerless in the current state of the world–but it doesn’t have to be this way. You can unlock the natural intelligence of your heart to reconnect with hope, wellbeing, and empowerment. This new edition of Heart Intelligence shows you how. It has been updated to help you navigate more effectively through today’s challenging times.

You’ll learn easy, effective techniques and exercises and see benefits right away. These tools will empower you to rise above the stress and overwhelm of today’s changing times and learn to feel good (again). You can reclaim balance and self-security in managing your energy and life’s direction.

Heart intelligence increases your heart-brain connection, providing access to your heart’s intuitive guidance and practical intuition needed at important choice points, allowing you to choose your responses rather than mechanically react in the same old stress-producing behaviors.

Humanity is realizing that the heart contains a higher intelligence for providing the intuitive guidance needed for navigating life effectively. People instinctively know there’s something seriously intelligent about the heart. This may be why we say, “When there’s nowhere else to go for an answer, go to your heart.” The fun question is, why not go there to start with, rather than everywhere else first?

Most of us sense that profound societal changes will continue to take place, as our world becomes increasingly interconnected. An important step for humanity to achieve its potential, is that we learn to get along with each other. People kind of know this is a missing piece, yet the mind without the heart hasn’t been able to pull this off.

The heart’s intuitive intelligence can offer us, personally and collectively, a chance to create (not wait for) our fulfillment. Building trust in our heart’s intuitive guidance leads to uplifting possibilities and the increased capacity to manifest them. This enables us to become our true self–with the heart power and effectiveness of our love and care to help change the world.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today’s most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in Ignorance Is Strength.

The Dystopia Triptych is a series of three anthologies of dystopian fiction. Ignorance Is Strength–before the dystopia–focuses on society during its descent into absurdity and madness. Burn the Ashes–during the dystopia–turns its attention to life during the strangest, most dire times. Or Else the Light–after the dystopia–concludes the saga with each author sharing their own vision of how we as a society might crawl back from the precipice of despair.

Ignorance Is Strength features all-new, never-before-published works by the following authors, in order of appearance: Carrie Vaughn, Tim Pratt, Rich Larson, Cadwell Turnbull, Karin Lowachee, Adam-Troy Castro, Caroline M. Yoachim, Hugh Howey, An Owomoyela, Seanan McGuire, Dominica Phetteplace, Alex Irvine, Tobias S. Buckell, Scott Sigler, Darcie Little Badger, Violet Allen, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor.

The most infamous doctor of the gothic era once again delves into the forbidden secrets of the world, when literature’s most famous creature lives again …

Frankenstein–his very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead.

Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the secrets of life, as science fiction meets horror when the world’s most famous creature lives again.

Collected together for the first time, here are twenty-five electrifying tales of cursed creation that are guaranteed to spark your interest–with classics from the pulp magazines by Robert Bloch and Manly Wade Wellman; modern masterpieces from Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, David J. Schow, and R. Chetwynd-Hayes; and new contributions from Graham Masterton, Basil Copper, John Brunner, Guy N. Smith, Kim Newman, Paul McAuley, Roberta Lannes, Michael Marshall Smith, Daniel Fox, Adrian Cole, Nancy Kilpatrick, Brian Mooney, Lisa Morton, Stephen Volk, and Jo Fletcher. Plus, you’re sure to get a charge from three complete novels: The Hound of Frankenstein by Peter Tremayne, The Dead End by David Case, and Mary W. Shelley’s original masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

As an electrical storm rages overhead, the generators are charged up, and beneath the sheet a cold form awaits its miraculous rebirth. Now it’s time to throw that switch and discover all that man was never meant to know.

A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by the Baba Yaga, featuring Gwendolyn Kiste, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Mercedes M. Yardley, Monique Snyman, Donna Lynch, Lisa Quigley, and R. J. Joseph, with a foreword by Christina Henry.

Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds’ legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle, creating tempests as she goes. Those who come across the baba yaga may find help, or hinderance, or horror. She is wild, she is woman, she is witch–and these are her tales.

Edited by Lindy Ryan, this collection brings together some of today’s leading voices of women-in-horror as they pay tribute to the baba yaga, and go Into the Forest.

These classic stories of magic, imagination, and inspiration will capture children’s interest and spark their imagination story after story.

“Jack and the Beanstalk” is read by John Ritter. “Puss in Boots” is read by Robby Benson. “A Day at Santa’s Workshop” is read by Betty White. “Elfis, the Elf Who Saved Christmas” is read by Brian Austin Green. And “The Elves and the Shoemaker” is read by Michael York.

In Mississippi Noir, literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin has assembled a phenomenal short-story collection that highlights a mesmerizing and diverse set of styles and subject matter. Urban, suburban, and rural settings alike unveil new shades of darkness that fall upon Mississippi’s past and present.

Mississippi Noir features brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, and Mary Miller.

An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit, climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment.

Not Too Late brings strong climate voices from around the world to address the political, scientific, social, and emotional dimensions of the most urgent issue human beings have ever faced. Accessible, encouraging, and engaging, it’s an invitation to everyone to understand the issue more deeply, participate more boldly, and imagine the future more creatively.

In concise, illuminating essays and interviews, this book features the voices of Indigenous activists, such as Guam-based attorney and writer Julian Aguon; climate scientists, among them Jacquelyn Gill and Edward Carr; artists, such as Marshall Islands poet and activist Kathy Jeñtil-Kijiner; and longtime organizers, including The Tyranny of Oil author Antonia Juhasz and Emergent Strategy author adrienne maree brown.

Shaped by the clear-eyed wisdom of editors Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, Not Too Late is a guide to take us from climate crisis to climate hope.

Contributors include Julian Aguon, Jade Begay, adrienne maree brown, Edward Carr, Renato Redantor Constantino, Joelle Gergis, Jacquelyn Gill, Mary Annaise Heglar, Mary Anne Hitt, Roshi Joan Halifax, Nikayla Jefferson, Antonia Juhasz, Kathy Jetnil Kijiner, Fenton Lutunatabua & Joseph `Sikulu, Yotam Marom, Denali Nalamalapu, Leah Stokes, Farhana Sultana, and Gloria Walton.

Into the darkness within; or else the light …

When Margaret Atwood wrote these words, she left open the possibility that even our darkest tales may harbor a glimmer of hope. In Or Else the Light, the third and final entry in the Dystopia Triptych, over a dozen of the best minds in science fiction conclude their stories with a descent into darkness, or perhaps a ray of light.

Edited by John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, and Christie Yant, the Dystopia Triptych is a series of three anthologies of dystopian fiction. Ignorance Is Strength–before the dystopia–focuses on society during its descent into absurdity and madness. Burn the Ashes–during the dystopia–turns its attention to life during the strangest, most dire times. Or Else the Light–after the dystopia–concludes the saga with each author sharing their own vision of how we as a society might crawl back from the precipice of despair.

Or Else the Light features all-new, never-before-published works by the following authors, in order of appearance: Carrie Vaughn, Tim Pratt, Rich Larson, Cadwell Turnbull, Karin Lowachee, Adam-Troy Castro, Caroline M. Yoachim, Hugh Howey, An Owomoyela, Seanan McGuire, Dominica Phetteplace, Alex Irvine, Tobias S. Buckell, Scott Sigler, Darcie Little Badger, Violet Allen, and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor.

This recording presents a series of patriotic selections of unquestioned literary merit. The stories have been chosen with special regard to their effectiveness as avenues through which young people may experience the sentiments upon which love of native land depends. Featuring iconic American heroes such as Lincoln, Washington, and Davy Crockett, these selections will inspire an enthusiasm for the American spirit and a pronounced regard for the institutions and ideals sacred to all Americans.

The stories include:

“The Man without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale “Washington” by Nina Moore Tiffany “Davy Crockett, Defender of the Alamo” by Charles Fletcher Allen “Lincoln: The Man of Sorrows” by Major Stephen Brice “What a Boy Saw of the Civil War with Glimpses of General Lee” by Leighton Parks “A Message to Garcia” by Elbert Hubbard

The shock and sadness felt during the week following the September 11 attacks drew Americans to houses of worship in record numbers. Regardless of creed, they asked the same questions: Where is God amidst the devastation? How to answer hate with love? Is there hope for peace? This inspirational audiobook helps listeners answer these questions. Featuring excerpted sermons from ten religious leaders, Restoring Faith is a testament to the human capacity for finding strength through faith. Clergy include Forrest Church of All Souls Unitarian Church in New York City; Rabbi Harold S. Kushner of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts; and Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood in Harlem. All publisher profits from the sale of this audiobook will go to charities benefiting survivors of the events of September 11.

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms

Science Fiction Stories of the Future from the Past

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

“The Automatic Maid of All Work” by M. L. Campbell originally published in The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature for July, 1893.

“Ely’s Automatic Housemaid” by Elizabeth W. Bellamy originally published in The Black Cat, December, 1899.

“Mr. Meek–Musketeer” by Clifford D. Simak originally published in Planet Stories, Summer, 1944.

“Mr. Meek Plays Polo” by Clifford D. Simak originally published in Planet Stories, Fall, 1944.

“In the Year Ten Thousand” by William Harben originally published in The Arena Vol. VI, 1892.

“Service with a Smile” by Charles L. Fontenay originally published in If Worlds of Science Fiction, June, 1958.

“Family Tree” by Charles L. Fontenay originally published in If Worlds of Science Fiction, December, 1956.

“Glow Worm” by Harlan Ellison originally published in Infinity Science Fiction, February, 1956.

All stories are in the public domain, read from Project Gutenberg.

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This special audio collection features twenty unabridged selections from 100 Stories for Haiti. Inspired by the catastrophic 2010 earthquake in Haiti, hundreds of talented authors worldwide submitted stories. The result is an anthology that anyone can enjoy.

Authors in the collection include Nick Harkaway, Mo Fanning, Rachel Shukert, Fionnula Murphy, Julia Bohanna, Billy O’Callaghan, Nadene Carter, Gwen Grant, Danny Gillan, Nuala Ni Chonchuir, April L. Hamilton, Greg McQueen, Tania Hershman, Vanessa Gebble, Rosemary Gemmell, Alex Irvine, Alasdair Stuart, Glynis Scrivens, Elaine Everest, and Susan Partovi.

It’s midnight. Turn out the lights, cuddle with your true love, and shiver to fright-meisters Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. P. Lovecraft.

Quicken your pulse with the elegant terror of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Guy de Maupassant. Chortle at the black glee of H. H. Munro and Ambrose Bierce.

These fourteen tales, plays, and poems, gleaned from cultures around the world, range from wickedly comic to deathly serious, from New England reserve to Gallic passion. This volume of late-night listening is a witch’s brew of readings and dramatizations seasoned tastefully, and–where appropriate–not so tastefully, with music and sound effects, under the direction of award-winning producer Yuri Rasovsky and his coven of twenty-odd–some very odd–performers.

Shut your eyes and give your mind a listen–if you dare.

The CBS Radio Workshop regularly featured the works of the world’s greatest writers, including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany, and Ambrose Bierce, among others. The radio series aired from January 27, 1956, through September 22, 1957, and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s.

Creator William Froug launched the series with this powerhouse two-part adaptation of Brave New World and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. The Columbia Workshop radio drama was innovative in giving authors, directors, sound engineers, and composers many opportunities to experiment with the use of sound as a device for enhancing narrative. Columbia Workshop received a 1946 Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.

This eclectic collection of The CBS Radio Workshop shows includes the following episodes:

“The Storm” by George Stuart, starring William Conrad, 2/10/56, “Season of Disbelief” and “Hail and Farewell” by Ray Bradbury, starring John Dehner, 2/17/56, “An Interview with William Shakespeare,” starring Hans Conried, 2/24/56, “Voice of the City,” starring Clifton Fadiman, 3/2/56, “Report on ESP” by Leonard St. Clair, starring John McIntire, 3/9/56, “Cops and Robbers” by Stanley Niss, starring Larry Haines, 3/16/56, “The Legend of Jimmy Blue-Eyes,” starring William Conrad, 3/23/56, “The Ex-Urbanites,” starring Eric Sevareid, 3/30/56, “Speaking of Cinderella; or, If the Shoe Fits,” starring Vincent Price, 4/6/56, “Jacob’s Hands” by Aldous Huxley, starring Hans Conried, 4/13/56, “Portrait of a Tycoon,” starring Martin Weldon, 4/20/56, and “The Record Collectors” by William Woodson, starring John Dehner, 4/27/56.

From master voice actor Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, comes a rare collection of radio plays, cartoon scripts, and acting tutorials.

Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening by Daws Butler

A new production of the classic radio play, this ghostly story was originally written and performed by Daws Butler. Veteran voice actor Joe Bevilacqua teams up with Lorie Kellogg in this new recording, complete with music and sound effects.

Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop

In this series, Joe Bevilacqua presents performances of several scripts Butler wrote for his 1975 acting workshops.

Rare Daws Butler by Daws Butler, Stan Freberg, Herschel Bemardi, Shep Menken, and Carol Hemmingway

Daws Butler voiced many of Stan Freberg’s greatest comedy records. Here is a hilarious collection of his never-before-released comedy records.

Rare Daws Butler, Volume Two by Daws Butler

A follow-up to Rare Daws Butler, this second collection features another hour of Butler’s rare comedy recordings.

Daws Butler Teaches You Dialects by Daws Butler

Voice magician Daws Butler teaches accents and dialects in this radio production. Included in his tutorials are British, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Brooklyn, Hindu, German, French, and Southern.

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie by Daws Butler and Joe Bevilacqua

A collection of imaginative cartoon scripts, this series of thirty-five fables were created by Butler in the 1960s. Here his prot+(r)g+(r), Joe Bevilacqua, performs all ninety-seven characters with music and sound effects.

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie 2 by Daws Butler and Pedro Pablo Sacrista

This second collection of fables features nineteen never-before-released recordings of Daws Butler’s stories, as well as two new Uncle Dunkle fables.

The Christmas That Almost Never Was by Daws Butler

It is Christmas Eve at the North Pole when Santa Claus loses his “remembery” and only a child who has been good for 365 days can save Christmas! Written and performed by Butler, this children’s radio play was recorded in the 1940s.

A fun collection of favorite songs and rhymes from around the world for everyone to enjoy and join in with!

The Wheels on the BusLondon Bridge is Falling DownEenie Meenie MackerackaPop Goes the WeaselShe’ll Be Coming ‘Round the MountainFive Currant BunsTen Fat SausagesCockles and MusselsFrere JacquesTom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRing a Ring o’RosesPussycat, PussycatThe Grand Old Duke of YorkBoys and GirlsHere We Go ‘Round the Mulberry BushDiddle Diddle DumplingPolly, Put the Kettle OnLavender’s BlueDance to Your DaddyA Sailor Went to SeaSing a Song of SixpenceThe CuckooWaltzing MatildaHarry Whistle

The award-winning and critically acclaimed Wireless Theatre Company strives to keep radio theater alive and well. Collected here are six full-cast dramatizations that are sure to send shivers down your spine.

WindoverBy Brita BradburyDirected by Cherry Cookson

This ghost story is set on the wild Atlantic coast of North Devon, told through the eyes of Jenny, a girl of nearly nineteen, whose recently deceased grandmother Mary has bequeathed her “Windover,” the cottage where she is staying with her father and his girlfriend during summer vacation. Before long, Jenny is troubled by visions of two teenage girls and learns, from a photograph taken in 1934, that these girls are her grandmother Mary and Mary’s friend Cathy. As the days go by, Jenny finds herself drawn into the tragic events that occurred nearly eighty years earlier.

Burke & HareBy Terence NewmanDirected by Robert Valentine

Burke & Hare is the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Scottish grave-robbers who weren’t Scottish and didn’t rob graves. They were actually Irish, and since robbing graves to supply the needs of Edinburgh’s anatomists proved to be rather hard work, they just took to murdering people–usually their neighbors–for profit. In collaboration with their common-law wives, they set about supplying corpses for Dr. John Knox, an eminent Scottish surgeon with considerable enthusiasm and gusto. The play follows their business exploits, from small beginnings, through their days of peak output, and to the final reckoning–set against a world that is becoming recognizably modern.

The Cask of AmontilladoBy Edgar Allan Poe

The Cask of Amontillado is Edgar Allan Poe’s short but enigmatic masterpiece. Set in an unnamed Italian City, we hear the story of how Montresor lures Fortunato through the catacombs into the Montreso family vault, where he chains him up and bricks him in for eternity. Why he does it we will never know, but he does so with a casual savagery that is truly chilling.

The Woman on the BridgeBy Marty RossDirected by David Beck

Chatsworth House during the Second World War. The Devonshire family makes way for an evacuated girls’ school, the grand interiors converted to dormitories and classrooms. Pupils Ceri and Gwyneth explore these new surroundings and their history, above and below stairs. But a ghost story about a screaming woman on the bridge on the grounds seems disturbingly true–and all the more disturbing for the parallels it presents with the secret love affair they discover their charismatic teacher Miss Cairns is involved in.

Crooker’s Kingdom, Part One and Crooker’s Kingdom, Part TwoBy Marty RossDirected by Robert Valentine

Sir Richard Arkwright has brought modernity to a remote corner of Derbyshire with the creation of Cromford Mill. Now, as his crowning glory, he’s going to build himself a castle–but first a strange outcrop of rocks will have to be removed. Locals warn Arkwright of a local legend about “Crooker,” a dangerous nature spirit, but Sir Richard scoffs at such notions–until it becomes clear an uncanny force in the landscape is prepared to fight him for ownership of the valley. Recorded on Halloween night, 2015, at Cromford Mills itself, Wireless Theatre and playwright Marty Ross present another unique live radio drama recording, mingling Cromford’s history with the supernatural chills of an authentic local legend.

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Tales of blood, magic, and steel by masters of the craft! Stories, essays, and poetry by:

Kevin J. AndersonBruce BostonGreg CoxDana Fredsti & David FitzgeraldNeil GaimanTeel James GlennMaxwell I. GoldHoward Andrew JonesBrian W. MatthewsGreg MollinJames A. MooreWeston OchseMarguerite ReedCharles R. RutledgeJane Yolen