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Short Stories About Suicide
- By: Guy de Maupassant, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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Life has the capacity of great moments and attainment, of lives well lived, fulfilling for ourselves and for those we touch. But for others life is arduous. There is no spark to ignite the curiosity, to explore and achieve a stability and a growth to their lives. Indeed their lives, in their own eyes, become almost meaningless, their sense of themselves subsumed under a myriad of problems, whether real or imagined. Seismic events in a life might crush them; the loss of a loved one for instance. Coping is difficult, support hard to find and isolation abounds.
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Short Stories About Suicide
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 06-22-23
- Language: English
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The Devil's Dictionary, A-J
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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Entries A-J. The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881 and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. The author hopes to be held guiltless by those to whom the work is addressed: enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humor, and clean English to slang.
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Clever twists for literate people
- By Philo on 05-19-19
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The Devil's Dictionary, A-J
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-11-17
- Language: English
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In the Midst of Life
- Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of 26 short stories detailing the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War.
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In the Midst of Life
- Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
- Narrated by: J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-27-15
- Language: English
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An Inhabitant of Carcosa
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 10 mins
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Written by Ambrose Bierce, and narrated by Mike Vendetti, this story concerns a man from the ancient city of Carcosa who awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness. Carcosa was subsequently borrowed by Robert W. Chambers as the setting of his fictional play, The King in Yellow, and features heavily in many of the stories in the book of the same name. These concepts were further expanded upon by H. P. Lovecraft in his Cthulhu Mythos stories.
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An Inhabitant of Carcosa
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 10 mins
- Release date: 02-26-14
- Language: English
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Short Stories About Death, Dying and Loss
- By: James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Jim Norton, William Dufris, Eve Karpf
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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The inevitable is understood by each and every one of us who faces the final calling. So too are the effects on those left behind. The memories are there but the empty space, the void can never be refilled. It remains a dark, unreliable pit of loneliness. The sadness and often depression, the lack of will to continue may swamp us all. Unquenchable, undeniable. But loss can, after mourning, give the opportunity to reappraise the lost and how we can each move forward. In the literary world an accessible balance can be given.
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Short Stories About Death, Dying and Loss
- Narrated by: Jim Norton, William Dufris, Eve Karpf
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-22-23
- Language: English
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Spooky, Mysterious Tales
- The Short Story Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone, Mark Hammer, Frank Muller, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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Abandon yourself to the spell of six short stories filled with thrills and dark suspense. Here are tales by the masters of mystery and horror - A. Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Oscar Wilde and Ambrose Bierce - taking on a new energy and force through performances by Recorded Books’ critically-acclaimed narrators. Ranging from dungeons to drawing rooms, and peopled with extraordinary ghouls and doomed dowagers, the tales are guaranteed to raise the hair on the back of your neck.
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good, if standard collection.
- By S. Lewis on 02-01-13
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Spooky, Mysterious Tales
- The Short Story Collection
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone, Mark Hammer, Frank Muller, Spencer Tull, Patrick Tull
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 12-01-11
- Language: English
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Unusual Short Stories
- By: Mark Twain, Guy de Maupassant, Stacy Aumonier, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 53 mins
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Fifty unusual and enchanting short stories.
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Thoroughly Enjoyable
- By Paul Martel on 03-08-15
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Unusual Short Stories
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 03-20-14
- Language: English
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Classic Tales of Werewolves
- By: George MacDonald, Hugh Walpole, Bernard Capes, and others
- Narrated by: David Thorpe, Nigel Lambert, Liza Ross, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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A wolf howls through the forests of Transylvania, the murky graveyards of H.P. Lovecraft, the mythic marshes of Count Stenbock and the ghostly vaults of English cathedrals in these timeless stories read by award-winning actors from The Story Circle company.
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Ten tales of lycanthropy, beautifully performed
- By Adeliese Baumann on 10-19-13
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Classic Tales of Werewolves
- Narrated by: David Thorpe, Nigel Lambert, Liza Ross, Sean Barrett, Garrick Hagon, Anne Rosenfeld, Hayward Morse
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 08-04-11
- Language: English
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An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: David Ian Davies
- Length: 25 mins
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The time is the American Civil War: Southern plantation-owner Peyton Farquahr has been condemned to death for spying against the Union cause. As he prepares to be hanged from the Owl Creek Bridge, Farquahr morosely contemplates his fate and fondly recalls his loving wife.
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An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
- Narrated by: David Ian Davies
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 09-12-12
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe
- Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914
- By: Leslie S. Klinger - editor, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Narrated by: Traber Burns, Gildart Jackson, full cast
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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A masterful collection of horror fiction by widely acclaimed authors whose contributions to the genre have been lost in the shadow of Poe. Edgar Allan Poe did not invent the tale of terror. There were American, English, and continental writers who preceded Poe and influenced his work. Similarly, there were many who were in turn influenced by Poe's genius and produced their own popular tales of supernatural literature.
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good classics not scary
- By Stew Pidman III on 11-09-16
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In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe
- Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914
- Narrated by: Traber Burns, Gildart Jackson, full cast
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-15-15
- Language: English
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Beyond Carcosa
- By: Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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Carcosa is a fictional land that first appeared in Bierce’s 1886 story “An Inhabitant of Carcosa” (included in this collection), and later is appeared Robert W. Chambers’s The King in Yellow. It has since been used by many other fantasy and horror writers and poets. This collection explores Carcosa and other fictional cities found in nineteenth-century poetry and short stories. The works of these classic and innovative writers are given new life, and a new generation of listeners will have the chance to voyage to Carcosa … and beyond.
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Beyond Carcosa
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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The Vampyre and Other Short Gothic Tales
- By: John Polidori, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. R. James, and others
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Critically acclaimed audiobook reader Barnaby Edwards (Doctor Who, The Voyage of the Beagle, Space Danger) performs 11 tales of ghostly gothic spookiness. From tales of vampyres and spirits to devil’s deals and ethereal coachmen. Short but oh so sweet, these 11 stories from some of the most lauded authors of the Gothic period prove that you need only a few pages to tell a truly terrifying tale.
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Perfect for Halloween
- By laura j bertrand on 10-31-23
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The Vampyre and Other Short Gothic Tales
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 02-23-15
- Language: English
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 52 mins
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There is a bridge at Owl Creek that is surrounded by dry and cracking driftwood. Burning the bridge would be the perfect way for a civilian Southerner to strike a blow against the Union Army. But Peyton Farkuar doesn't make it that far and instead finds a rope around his neck.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales [Classic Tales Edition]
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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The Cultured Bumpkin Presents: Great American Short Stories, Volume 1
- By: Mark Twain, O Henry, Washington Irving, and others
- Narrated by: Jake Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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A compilation of popular short stories from American literature narrated by professional voice actor Jake Phillips.
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The Cultured Bumpkin Presents: Great American Short Stories, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Jake Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-15-23
- Language: English
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Classic American Short Stories
- And More Classic American Short Stories
- By: O. Henry, Stephen Crane, Jack London, and others
- Narrated by: William Roberts, Garrick Hagon, Liza Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American.
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No Table of Contents - Frustrating
- By Nancy Odegaard on 02-14-22
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Classic American Short Stories
- And More Classic American Short Stories
- Narrated by: William Roberts, Garrick Hagon, Liza Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-02-16
- Language: English
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What I Saw at Shiloh
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 52 mins
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In this missive Ambrose Bierce recounts two days in his life, April 6 and April 7, 1862, perhaps the two most significant days of his life. He and over 100,000 other combatants have gathered about a small church near the town of Corinth, "a wretched place--the capital of a swamp, two days' march west of the Tennessee River". The church is Shiloh, and it will lend its name to the great battle that took place there.
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very informitive puts listener on battlefield
- By angus on 08-01-12
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What I Saw at Shiloh
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 06-23-12
- Language: English
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Darren King
- Length: 24 mins
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Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American author and Civil War veteran. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story set during the American Civil War and is considered Bierce's finest work.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Narrated by: Darren King
- Length: 24 mins
- Release date: 03-02-20
- Language: English
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 25 mins
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"Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him." This line was written by Ambrose Bierce in his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Death by execution has historically been ritualized, perhaps to absolve those accomplishing the execution from guilt or blame.
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Interesting and Clever
- By ben scotti on 01-17-20
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Narrated by: John Michaels
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 04-10-12
- Language: English
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Devil's Dictionary
- Unique Witty Dictionary
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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A unique witty, sardonic, ironic, and insightful dictionary of terms. American humor, stem to stern. Best heard rather than read due to the sharp incisive wit. A must read in American Literature and Cultural History. Widely anthologized and used as a basis for stories such as one of the most popular Twilight zone episodes.
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False advertisement: excerpts only
- By WizeManBOB on 12-21-14
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Devil's Dictionary
- Unique Witty Dictionary
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 05-01-12
- Language: English
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Ten
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- By: H. P. Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs, Robert Englund
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Volume ten launches with Doug Bradley's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by HP Lovecraft's evocative tale of exploration, "The Strange High House in the Mist". Next we hear Ambrose Bierce's truly chilling "A Diagnosis of Death", and Jeffery Combs reads Edgar Allan Poe's classic revenge tale, "The Cask of Amontillado".
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Another Awesome Episode!
- By Robert on 06-14-13
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Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume Ten
- Classic Horror Short Stories
- Narrated by: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs, Robert Englund
- Series: Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Book 10
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-04-13
- Language: English
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