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Engineer and our hero Jack is sent into the depths of the Canadian wilderness to construct a train route where all of the other previous men have failed or mysteriously disappeared... From one of the masters of the adventure and western genres, James Oliver Curwood, comes a stunning and suspenseful tale that even manages to throw in a nice all be it mysterious romance in the mix! James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) was an American action-adventure writer.

A scary story of spiritual reincarnation and transference by Robert Smythe Hichens that grabs the listener from the start and never lets go. The first person narrator writes down his story as if to desperately try to convince both the listener and himself that he is not going crazy. This plays out very much in the style of psychological horror master Edgar Alan Poe: a sinister atmosphere, a character in distress, scary and inexplicable things happening.

This story by James Oliver Curwood, published in 1913, possesses all of the great elements that make up a good adventure yarn! Old fashioned sense of nobility, falling in love, losing love, suspense, tragedies and ultimate happiness regained as the listener gets entangled in the story - full of twists and turns - of a Sergeant of the Canadian Northwest Mounted and his partner; chasing an elusive killer and his wife through a wintry and harsh world.

A big-hearted outlaw, Jolly Roger McKay, who never did anything nasty, is pursued for years by the Royal Northwest Mounties, through the Northwest Canadian wilderness, circa early 1900's. At one of his hiding places, he falls in love with a local young woman, Nada, but feels inferior to her. The puppy Peter, devoted to both the outlaw and Nada, follows him through everything; as we listeners hope these two people get back together and find happiness in this fine work by James Oliver Curwood.

This wonderfully old-fashioned adventure, love and detective story by James Oliver Curwood set in the Northern Canadian wilderness of the early 1900's will entertain and charm the listener like no other! The hero has to save his business from unknown enemies and in the process falls in love with a beautiful young woman who lives in a mysterious hidden old fort... Escapism done in a nice and well-balanced way.

An Egyptologist, attempting to raise from the dead the mummy of Tera, an ancient Egyptian queen, finds a magnificent gem and is stricken senseless by an unknown power... Amid bloody and unsettling scenes, his daughter is possessed by Tera's soul, and her fate depends upon bringing Tera's mummified body back to life... From the world famous Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula, comes this hair-raising story!

An old fashioned mystery that will have the listener guessing from beginning to end! A classic whodunit filled with plot twists. When our detective hero Carlton Davies is called to the home of Ruth Darwin late at night, he once again can't help wondering what it was that forced her to marry Phillip Darwin, a powerful banker. Ruth and he and been engaged until suddenly she broke off the engagement. Hinting at some sort of blackmail, Carlton once more takes up the search to find out what it was only to find Ruth with a (literally) smoking gun in her hand.

A story which is both a horror and a New England time period piece by Eleanor M. Ingram. Roger Locke, a composer, buys a farm by a lake in Connecticut, to use as a country retreat... When he meets a mysterious woman at night, he starts getting haunted by a dark force from the lake that claims to own the woman. Does the mysterious lady want to help or to harm? Superb atmosphere and suspense.

A crime novel by Johnston McCulley, the creator and author of the world famous "Zorro"-series! This story is about the elusive thief called the Black Star and his gang, leaving black stars at the crime scenes and occasional ironic notes for the eyes of the law, standing powerless against the elegance and professionalism of the master criminal... But along comes detective Roger Verbeck. Will he prove to be a worthy opponent?

Ever notice sounds? I mean really notice them? I do. I don't have any choice, not since I fell into The Loop. And what's The Loop? It's a world - a world of sounds and narration, of incidental music and special effects. The Loop is ambiance, implication, and the subtle - and not-so-subtle - manipulations of the Off-Mike People. But people are the same on or off The Loop, a distressing fact that always seems to add up to Blues for Johnny Raven.

A gloriously touching romance by Captain Charles de Créspigny, with a nicely nuanced and observed central character that grows to a noble soul. This character, a soldier of WWI; wakes up from injury only to gradually discover through his damaged memory (partly) that his day-bride has remarried (believing him to be dead)... The soldier decides to re-invent himself and his life completely from scratch - this proves to be a tall order indeed.

A nautical mystery by Francis Marion Crawford unfolds for the listener, raising more puzzling questions than immediate answers: a boat crew find themselves minus one crew member (supposedly a twin brother) after a storm. But was it really the twin brother that went overboard? In that case, why is his presence felt so strongly? What actually happened during the fateful night? Who is it that is actually missing?

A deceptively simple, but in fact timeless, universal and profound story by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews about a young man making personal amends for having disappointed everyone around him, from family to school - and, perhaps most importantly, himself. It moves us and makes us think with the simplicity, charm and clarity of an old, fable-like tale.

The Shores brothers were seamen... They were hard working whalers but Mark and Joel had a disagreement about the recovery of a quantity of pearls acquired by Mark. He had buried them on a South Sea island as a toll for future recovery... This is the seed of the major conflict on board the ship. Will the brothers work it out? Or will both brotherly love and the ship sink, so to speak?

This piece by Robert F. Young is all about the fascinating topic of time travel and the possibility of there being many copies of oneself in doing the traveling! The present year is 2178 and time travel has been illegalized. One highly skilled time traveler, Tom Mallory, decides to steal the Holy Grail, so as to be able to see out the rest of his days in prosperity. Of course, things will prove to be not so easy.

Our hero, named Hollister, is an emotionally scarred war veteran returning home, but finding social life very difficult. He migrates to a remote place in British Columbia where he starts to feel he can begin to breathe again. How will the rest of his life now turn out? Will he continue to grow as a human being? Will he find meaning and satisfaction in small things, out here in the hidden places? A wonderfully profound and old-fashioned story by Bertrand W. Sinclair awaits the listener!

Our hero, Code Schofield, is quite in a predicament: he has lost his boat in an Atlantic gale a while back, and finds himself presently viewed upon with disdain and suspicion both by his community off the coast of New Brunswick, and by insurance investigators... Has our hero something to hide? This is a wonderfully atmospheric and suspenseful tale by Frank Williams for aficionados of sea and mystery!

Helen Hardwick, our heroine, is the sole witness to a part of a very mysterious murder, happening during a performance of a play she has herself written. There are not many clues, mostly just disturbing details, such as a chilling laughter that she keeps hearing... Could the mysterious and dangerous figure of the Grey Phantom be involved in this in any way, good or bad?

This is a gently self-deprecating, ironic and often warmly, sadly humorous tale by Roswell Field of a widower's last shot at happiness in love... It is narrated in the first person, that being John, a well to do and preserved (according to himself) reasonably well-preserved middle-aged widower. John falls for a much younger person - a person, while delightful, not entirely unproblematic: she is the orphaned daughter of his very first love.

Meet Edgar Braine, our accomplished main character, is the editor of a local newspaper and a politician. A diligent and centered man, having followed his old mother's advice on leading a good, ethical life; he now faces a bit of a dilemma where a caveat, a warning from his mother, might come in very handy, possibly saving him from a personal disaster.