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L'histoire commence par un narrateur expliquant qu'il est sur son lit de mort et ressent le besoin de partager une histoire particulière avant de mourir. Il raconte l'histoire d'un vieil homme calme et légèrement fou qui vit dans le Gray's Inn avec son chat de compagnie. Le fou est hagard et hanté, paraissant plus âgé que son âge et terrifié par les cloches des églises. Un jeune homme nommé Williams (le narrateur) emménage dans l'auberge et essaie de se lier d'amitié avec le vieil homme et de lui faire partager ses connaissances. Il est révélé que l'homme est Lord Northam d'Angleterre.

The Signal-Man is a haunting and suspenseful tale by Charles Dickens, exploring themes of isolation, fear, and the supernatural. In this eerie short story, a railway signalman shares his disturbing encounters with a ghostly figure that seems to warn of impending tragedies. As he confides in a passing traveler, the signalman reveals the chilling events that haunt him, leading to a terrifying conclusion.

WARNING: This audiobook will haunt your thoughts long after the final word fades! Dive into "The Neighbors Upstairs" - a chilling tale that will shatter your perception of reality! Join Jaxon Parker as he unravels the sinister mysteries lurking in his dilapidated apartment building. With EVERY CREAK AND WHISPER, you’ll be pulled deeper into a nightmare where the past screams to be heard. Feel the pulse of fear as you uncover the DARK SECRETS of 4B, where shadows dance and the walls bleed memories of TERROR!

Old Farmhouses of the North features ten tales of quiet, literary horror exploring the predators and plagues of the human condition. Called darkly poetic, haunting, emotionally crushing, enthralling, and stellar by listeners.

Before I begin, I want to assure you that I am fine—in fact, you could say I am in quite good spirits considering recent events! I’m afraid I found myself in quite the predicament—but it’s been sorted out now. My ship was boarded by a group of what I soon learned were pirates…

Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, Ligotti eschews cheap, gory thrills for his own brand of horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels.

M. R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge, and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered among the finest in the genre. The six stories in Volume Two are: "The Ash Tree", "Martin's Close", "Lost Hearts", "The Tractate Middoth", "After Dark in the Playing Fields", and "Wailing Well".

Ghost stories continue to be a popular audiobook genre, and this group of four stories brings together some of the best. Reader Stephen Critchelow has spent a lifetime collecting and reading works like these and, with carefully chosen music, brings a strong sense of atmosphere to the recordings.

The Call of Cthulhu", written in 1926, is probably Lovecraft's best-known work. Discovering notes left by a deceased relative, the narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the Cthulhu cult. This release also contains the shorter tales "The Festival" and "The Hound", in which gravediggers bring home more than they bargained for!

The Cottage on the Hill is a horror story, but it’s a J. Robert Lennon horror story, in which the characters’ loneliness - their disconnectedness, their inability, at times, even to speak or listen to one another - is more chilling than any of the supernatural elements.

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.

"The Nameless City." Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century."

In his Locus review of Two Worlds and in Between - the first volume of The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan - Gary K. Wolfe wrote, “...it makes you wish the second volume were here now.” Well, the long wait is over. This second volume completes this ambitious undertaking, collecting the finest of Kiernan’s stories from 2004 to 2012, selected by the author herself. The book includes 25 short stories and one poem, plus the short novel Black Helicopters - more than 200,000 words of fiction, including the World Fantasy Award-winning “The Prayer of 90 Cats”.

Award-winning Author Candace Nola's debut collection, Demons in my Bloodstream, is a fiendishly woven tapestry of short fiction. These nightmarish tales include a mobster's bucket list, a neighborhood gardening competition gone wrong, a serial killer patiently waiting for one last kill, and a colorblind man that finally cures what ails him. Six blood-soaked tales of terror for your own demon to feast upon.

Stop! Are you ready to unlock the door to the nightmares? Dive into "Terror in the Dark," a collection of short scary horror stories! This spine-chilling anthology is your ticket to a world where fear reigns supreme.

This short story collection will take you into the depths of Beck’s dark imagination: from what happens when the deepest bore hole on Earth has just passed nine miles and hits a strange open space – and it's hellishly hot down there; to an Antarctic research team examining fragments from a deep ice glacier and discovers a tiny seed that, once thawed, grows into something terrifyingly unexpected.

Der Heiligabend naht. Doch nicht alle werden das Weihnachtsfest miterleben. Es ist der Tag vor Weihnachten. 13 Horrorkurzgeschichten.

Join Audrey Harrington as she confronts her family's DARK LEGACY at the cursed Eldergrove Estate, where every shadow whispers secrets and the garden hungers for more than just life. Feel your heart race as you unravel the chilling mysteries lurking among twisted vines and grotesque figures. This is not just a tale - it's a visceral experience that will LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS, questioning every rustle in the night!

If you make a wish on the box you must decide if you're willing to pay the price. When Jack got the promotion he needed he didn't think about the cost, even when bad things happen to those who might stand in his way he doesn't waiver. It's not until he realises that the price is higher than he'd ever imagined that he starts to understand where greed can lead you.

A winter hike through an untouched forest should have been peaceful. But for Sarah and her friends, it becomes a nightmare they can't escape. Trapped in the frozen wilderness, they are hunted by something twisted, a family that has lived in the forest's shadows for generations—deformed, ravenous, and driven by an insatiable hunger.