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HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1

By: Ian Gordon, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Philip K. Dick, Robert E. Howard, M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft
Narrated by: Ian Gordon
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Publisher's summary

This collection comprises 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From Blackwood's The Empty House, through to Philip K. Dick's The Hanging Stranger, Lovecraft's Out of The Aeons, and beyond.

Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable.

Contents:

  1. The Empty House (A. Blackwood)
  2. The Glamour of the Snow (A. Blackwood)
  3. The Wood of the Dead (A. Blackwood)
  4. The Creeper in the Crypt (R. Bloch)
  5. Notebook Found in an Abandoned House (R. Bloch)
  6. The Shambler from the Stars (R. Bloch)
  7. The Pendulum (R. Bradbury)
  8. Evening Primrose (J. Collier)
  9. A Terribly Strange Bed (W. Collins)
  10. A:B:O. (W. de la Mare)
  11. The Hanging Stranger (Dick)
  12. The Phantom Coach (A. B. Edwards)
  13. The Fear Experiment (I. Gordon)
  14. That Time of the Night (I. Gordon)
  15. VANITY LTD. (I. Gordon)
  16. The Horse of the Invisible (W. H. Hodgson)
  17. The Searcher of the End House (W. H. Hodgson)
  18. The Voice in the Night (W. H. Hodgson)
  19. The Dream Snake (R. E. Howard)
  20. The Horror from the Mound (R. E. Howard)
  21. The Thing on the Roof (R. E. Howard)
  22. The Ash-tree (M. R. James)
  23. Count Magnus (M. R. James)
  24. Lost Hearts (M. R. James)
  25. Number 13 (M. R. James)
  26. Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (M. R. James)
  27. In Amundsen's Tent (J. M. Leahy)
  28. To Build a Fire (J. London)
  29. The Pale Man (J. Long)
  30. The Space-Eaters (F. B. Long)
  31. The Colour Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
  32. The Music of Erich Zann (H. P. Lovecraft)
  33. Out of the Aeons (H. P. Lovecraft)
  34. The White People (A. Machen)
  35. The Drone (A. Merritt)
  36. The Black Cat (E. A. Poe)
  37. Tobermory (Saki)
  38. 2 B R 0 2 B (K. Vonnegut Jr.)
  39. The Fire Vampires (D. Wandrei)
  40. The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells)
©2019 Ian Gordon (P)2019 Ian Gordon

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Excellent

If you love horror stories, you can't go wrong with this. Great narration by Ian Gordon.

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Good Halloween Listening

Many short stories and some were longer. I bought this book because it had stories by M.R. James and he is a great story teller. It had some stories by H.P. Lovecraft also. Some where a little long and not as good as others but if you like Scifi mysteries this was a great read.

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Great stories

I thought the narrator was good for this project. A wide swath of stories. Fun listen!

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For Horror Fiction Horror Babble is first class

Great stuff, I buy everything that they put out. Always well read with a dramatic overtone

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fantastic

I love these short story collections, I hope at some point they might have George RR Martin's "Pear shaped Man" or "A song For Lya" his Weird Tales are highly underappreciated.... each author is so unique , I love it.

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Very well done

Somewhat disparate collection of stories, but beautifully done. It's s nice mix for those who want to sample some Weird Tales

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Great Collection!

So many good stories in this collection! Love the narration too! Just don't listen while driving through the backwoods at night!

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Fantastic collection deftly read

I am a huge fan of Horror Babble. The narrator, Ian Gordon, does an excellent job of transporting the listener into the stories and creating an atmosphere appropriate for these weird tales. This particular collection has a host of different stories by many of the stalwarts of the weird genre. I highly recommend listening to this volume and following all of the Horror Babble performances on Audible in other mediums.

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A very excellent tour of classic horror

Is there anyone that doesn't like a good horror story? Ian Gordon has assembled a collection of classic and modern horror from the likes of Poe, Bloch, Lovecraft, Dick, Blackwood as well as Ian himself. Combined with his unraveled narrations, these stories come alive and will leave the listener wondering what hit them. You'll want the lights on when listening. Sleepless nights await those who dare.

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the narration is awful. it's monotonous and drones

the narration is awful. it's monotonous and drones on and on. I really didn't like it.

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