Bleak Horror

In diesem Buch erwarten dich 30 rabenschwarze Kurzgeschichten, jede so kompakt, dass sie in fünf Minuten gehört ist, doch ihr Echo hallt viel länger in deinem Kopf nach. Düsterer Humor, unheimliche Wendungen und kleine Alltagsmomente, die plötzlich aus dem Ruder laufen, ziehen dich in ihren Bann. Jede Story ist ein schneller Trip in die Abgründe der menschlichen Psyche, perfekt für zwischendurch, aber garantiert nichts für schwache Nerven.

London. A city drowning in fog. Amid that fog, a man with no name dies above a strange junkshop. Threads of mist and intrigue weave around a court case with no resolution, linking great country houses with the lowest slum in the city, mingling the high-born with a boy who sweeps the filthy streets, enshrouding devious plots and sudden murder, bringing together two extraordinary women – Lady Dedlock and Esther Summerson - who seem to have nothing whatsoever in common but who will find themselves inextricably linked.

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An anomaly in the Kentucky wilderness. A hole that descends into absolute, uncharted darkness. A specialist team of explorers—a scientist, a vlogger, and a grieving leader—rig their ropes for the first-ever descent. They are prepared for treacherous geology and tight squeezes, but not for what awaits them in the crushing black. The cave is not dead. It's waiting. It's hungry. And it learns. When their equipment begins to fail and the echoes from the deep answer back in their own voices, the expedition becomes a desperate fight for their lives. The shadows move on their own. The team's ...

A complex plot of love and inheritance is set against the English legal system of the mid-19th century. As the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags on, it becomes an obsession to everyone involved. And the issue on an inheritance ultimately becomes a question of murder.

First published in monthly parts from March 1852 to September 1853, this novel follows the fortunes of three pedestrian characters; Esther Summerson, Ada Clare, and Richard Carstone. The story they tell embondies Dickens' merciless indictment of the Court of Chancery and its bungling, morally corrupt handling of the endless case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, giving the novel its scope and meaning.

This Audible Exclusive performance features a unique introduction written and narrated by Miriam Margolyes. Recognised as one of Dickens' most accomplished titles, Bleak House has impressed critics and audiences alike since it was first published in 1852. The novel boasts one of the most intelligent and engaging plots in all of English literature and is sure to engage the listener's imagination as it transports us back in time to the seedy, grimy and hazardous streets of Victorian London.

Having risked their lives and souls to capture the fortress of Stormgard, a band of weary soldiers known as the Company witnesses their commander's descent into madness and await the reemergence of their ancient gods.

A knight’s cynicism is a fortress, but some legends are stone and mortar. Sir Kaelan, a battle-hardened knight weary of the world’s mundane cruelties, believes in what he can see: the edge of his sword and the bottom of his cup. When a merchant vanishes near a dreaded forest, the fearful villagers of Gravefen whisper of an ancient curse, a witch, and a maiden imprisoned in an impossible tower. To Kaelan, it sounds like a clever bandit’s tale, a myth to be debunked with cold steel and logic. But the Whisperwood is a place that swallows reason, and the tower is a wound in the sky that ...

Reyanne Harper is an elementary school teacher in a not-so-normal world. Destructive hail storms and earthquakes, food shortages, and significantly rising sea levels are becoming the new norm. But there is a plan to save the human race. A plan Reyanne unknowingly helped to formulate. Without warning, she is whisked off on a mission to travel through a wormhole in space to a planet scientists hope will sustain human life. The mission seems simple enough, but there are more unknowns than her team can possibly prepare for.

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When a severely deformed corpse lands on his embalming table, skilled mortician, Horace Carver is forced to confront his apathy towards life and the dark secrets hidden within himself, his family, and his hometown of Always, Indiana. This engaging novel finds a depth that is often missing in many of today’s books. Laden with literary devices and allusions, including themes borrowed from ancient mythology, this book immerses itself into the broadened and modernizing Mid-Western culture of the late 1970’s to 2008, highlighting the prose with delicate harmonic overtones of the Near South. ...

In a village huddled at the edge of a nameless, ancient forest, winter arrives like a thief, stealing all warmth and hope . For sisters Snow White and Rose Red, the encroaching darkness is not a threat, but a promise . One is quiet and unsettlingly calm, the other a whirlwind of feral strength; together, they share a bond deeper and stranger than blood . When a monstrous bear, far larger than any living beast, seeks refuge from a raging storm, the villagers bolt their doors in terror . But the sisters welcome it into their home, seeing not a creature to be feared, but a prize to be claimed....

Published in 1853, Bleak House is one of Dickens' most mature and ambitious novels. From London's slums to the Court of Chancery, where the endless case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce devours the future of several generations, the author's canvas of Victorian society vividly conveys an indictment of legal corruption, a riveting tale of detection, and a compelling emotional drama.

At its heart, Bleak House is a 19th-century mystery and legal drama. This Charles Dickens novel tells the story of Esther Summerson and her quest to unravel the mystery of her true identity. Orphaned as an infant, Esther is raised by Miss Barbary. Esther’s cruel guardian’s sadistic method of celebrating Esther’s birthday every year not only raises questions but shatters her sense of self-worth. When Esther does discover her true identity, it changes the course of her life.

The case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has ground its way through the courts for generations. At its heart are Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, who find love - and terrible loss - through their involvement in the endless battle. Meanwhile, her friend Esther Summeson, who believes she is an orphan, gradually discovers the truth of her identity. The court case throws out a web ensnaring all who come near it, including Lady Dedlock, the menacing lawyer Tulkingham, detective Bucket and tragic little waif Jo.

The old timers knew it was going to be a bad winter, but no one could have predicted it would be this bad. A supernatural storm has fallen on New Hampshire and a cult leader is whipping the people of the Granite State into a frenzy. Now a handful of rugged folk from the North Country are all that stand between a tyrant and his plans for dominion. Snow is piling in the Great North Woods and the dead walk among the trees. Beware the winter wasteland.

It's 2042 and the country has gone back to more 'traditional' times. The National Realignment Act of 2037 effectively saw the repeal of equality between the sexes. "More and more, it is becoming evident that the single most divisive element of our society is that of equality. Equality is not part of the normal progression of nature; in fact, it is an aberration that has been introduced and must be rectified.” - Preamble, NRA 2037 Though it's only been five years since its inception, the Female Distribution System has already decreased violent crime, general hostility, and peace as more ...

Penguin Classics presents Charles Dickens' epic Bleak House, adapted for downloadable audiobook and read by Ronald Pickup and Beatnie Edney.As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people.

Held to be Dickens' finest novel, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly, but depressive John Jarndyce, and the childish and disingenuous Harold Skimpole, as well as the likeable but imprudent Richard Carstone. A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th-century English legal system. This novel set the standard for modern day legal thrillers.