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Der junge Sir Johann Adderley Bancroft - Hörern aus Artmanns unvergesslichem "Geheimnis des Werwolfs" als ebenso zaghaft wie begehrenswert bekannt - hat sich mit seiner Verlobten Edwarda Cornwallis auf den Weg zum Grafen Dracula gemacht. Da alle Wege eines britischen Adligen über London führen, hatte er dort auch Bram Stoker aufgesucht, der ihn nicht nur durch seine schier unglaublichen Vampyr-Geschichten, sondern auch durch seine Kenntnis der transsylvanischen Geographie und Tradition beeindruckte.

Tom Parker ist ein Meisterdetektiv, dem keiner das Wasser reichen kann. Schlagfertig, charmant und scharfsinnig löst er jeden Fall. Unterstützt wird er von seinem treuen Butler James, der ebenso formvollendet Whisky kredenzt wie er geistesgegenwärtig Gefahr begegnet. Doch Genie erweckt nicht nur Bewunderung, und ein begnadeter Meisterdetektiv macht sich auch mächtige Feinde. So etwa Lyford Pemberton, einen gewieften Bösewicht, der sich hinter zahlreichen Masken verbirgt und eine Gefolgschaft düsterer Gestalten der Unterwelt befehligt.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1899. Der Lykanthropist Mortimer Grizzleywold De Vere, Colonel Algernoon Towdy und die überaus begehrenswerte Mistress Maud Carruthers machen sich auf den Weg in das kaum bekannte Bergtal von Dhaulmoong. Unterwegs verschwindet ihr Führer, dafür entdeckt einer der Träger Eingegrabenes: Menschenhaut, schlaff und leer wie ein abgelegtes Kleidungsstück. Angelangt auf der Bergfestung von Fürstin Pusphar, geht der Spuk weiter.

Darkness falls. The undead rise to feast on the succulent blood of the living. For years vampires have fascinated great writers of the occult such as De Maupassant, Count Stenbock, E Nesbit and EF Benson. This is The Story Circle's collection of some of their spine-chilling tales told by award-winning actors.

A ghoulish collection of loathsome and macabre tales full of astounding skill and diabolical cleverness. 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton, 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray, 'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda, 'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher, 'The Story of the Spaniards' by E. & H. Heron, 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow, 'The Anticipator' by Morley Roberts, 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole, 'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton....

A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers: 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain; 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton; 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard; 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson; and many more.

A Patch on the Quilt is a short story about an actor who is pursued by a strange woman at the theatre with a very odd request. She has attended every performance of his play since it started, skipping meals to afford the tickets. She now wants him to come with her to a house in Kensington after his performance...which she says is part of her 'plan'. But who is this person and what could she possibly want from him?

A haunting collection of strange and macabre short stories, ideal for listening to around the fire on a cold winter evening.... 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry, 'On the Northern Ice' by Elia W. Peattie, 'The Fire' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, 'The Tiger' by Hugh Walpole, 'Cool Air' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Missing Model' by Lettice Galbraith, 'The Cold Embrace' by Mary E. Braddon, 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole, 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow, 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton.

Vertonungen aus den 60er Jahren: Allerleirausch, Drei Märchen, Med ana schwoazzn Dintn...

a gesagt, b gemacht, c gedacht, d geworden. Alles was man sich vornimmt, wird anders als man sichs erhofft...

"Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte: Die Schneekönigin" erzählt von der Schneekönigin, die einen kleinen Jungen Karl entführt und das Mädchen Gretchen, die viele spannende Abenteuer auf der Suche nach ihm erlebt. Es ist eine weihnachtliche Geschichte über das Gute und Böse. Für Kinder, wie auch Erwachsene durchaus hörenswert.

"Unsere besten Weihnachtsgeschichten für Kinder" sind eine ausgewählte Sammlung aus unseren schon veröffentlichten Weihnachtsgeschichten. Sie erzählen Geschichten von Weihnachten, Winter und die Adventszeit.

H.C. Witwer was an American short story author, most notable for his tales of basebasll and boxing. Witwer's obvious humor is brought to life by L.J. Ganser's excellent narration of this hilarious story of a boxer.

Things are looking up for Emma. She is setting up a new business and found a family. Unfortunately, when your family are vampires, nothing goes quite to plan.

Twenty-one year old Tom Jewett has embarked on a new career. His new job as a cub journalist with the Traber Herald sends him and his wife, Sally, to Traber, Colorado, the birthplace of Tom's great grandfather. Almost immediately after settling into their new Victorian fixer-upper, Tom's dreams begin. But, are these dreams of an old room decorated with antiques and dimly lit with kerosene lamps -- simply dreams? Maybe, just maybe, the room does exist.

In reading through the prophetical books, you must have been struck at their singular variety. On looking a little more closely, you have at once perceived that every prophet has a manner and style peculiarly his own. Although God speaks through them all, yet they lose not their individuality or originality of character.

A world scarred by terrorist attacks and global pandemics fights for survival. Unbound by invasion, a millennia old enchantment ends. A daughter of Earth must learn to wield the very power she fears. Dr. Katarina O'Brian, a molecular biologist, fights from her lab in Memphis, Tennessee to find a cure for Reaper, a deadly virus plaguing humanity. During another late night at work, a mental voice touches hers, chiseling a crack in her mental fortress and tempting her to explore the powers she suppresses.

In the beginning Charlie McVee wanted nothing more from life than to raise a family in his suburban Cincinnati home, write his novels, and find time to go hiking with his wife, Annie. Two hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail awaited them down in Tennessee, beckoning them come and see it firsthand. What they found in a remote area of the mountains, off the beaten track, was a small town virtually unknown to the outside world....

With life comes happiness, friendship, heartache, unforgettable moments, and sometimes unimaginable pain. In this incredible and moving story, Isabelle Scott allows us to see life through her eyes. Her life was hindered at a tender age when her stepfather started becoming too friendly. After years of abuse, she finally finds the strength and courage needed to put an end to it.

On Friday, June 21, Detective Simon Farge, chief investigator with the Plainsland Police Department's Missing Persons Division, opened an envelope, addressed in pencil and bearing no return address. The content of the envelope was a short letter, also written in pencil, on three-hole notebook paper. The handwriting appeared to be that of a child, still learning the art of cursive, and of course, unsigned. The note was short and to the point. "Dear Mr. Farge, Look for Sally Morgan in Overland Park in a trailer by the lake."