A chilling collection of ghost stories containing Rats by M. R. James, The Raven and Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe, The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde, A Tough Tussle by Ambrose Bierce and The Signalman by Charles Dickens. In Rats, Mr Thompson comes to regret his decision to investigate a locked room in a country inn, and in The Signalman, the subject of the story is haunted by ghostly appearances that always precede tragic events.

Chilling Ghost Stories

This collection of three ghost stories, by master of the genre M. R. James, first appeared in "A Warning to the Curious" published in 1925. James wrote "The Haunted Dolls' House" in 1923 on a commission from Queen Mary who wanted miniature books from the most popular writers of the day to include in the library of her doll's house at Windsor Castle. Antique dealer Mr. Chittenden has an exquisite example of a doll's house in his shop. After a little haggling he manages to offload it onto one of his regular customers, a collector called Mr. Dillet. It becomes abundantly clear that Chittenden and his wife are all too glad to see the back of it, as whosoever owns the dolls' house is subject to supernatural visions every morning at one o'clock. Also included in this collection are "An Evening's Entertainment" and "A Neighbour's Landmark".

The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A Warning to the Curious'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James

A Warning to the Curious

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'An Episode of Cathedral History'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

An Episode of Cathedral History

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Number 13'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Number 13

Few ghost stories are as chilling as the ones written by Victorian writers. Featuring work by Jerome K. Jerome, Rhoda Broughton, R.L. Stevenson and Violet Hunt, this second collection of eight enduring horror stories, some well-known, others less familiar, transports you to a candlelit fireside to hear tales of cursed paintings, mysterious locked chests and the consequences of promises broken...

Victorian Anthologies: Horror

Victorian Anthologies: Horror - Volume 2

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

First published in 1895, Lost Hearts is a classic paranormal tale written by M.R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern age ghost story. Though popular in written form, his stories were in fact designed to be read out loud - something he would do every Christmas in his role as housemaster to young boys boarding at Eton school. In this particular story we meet Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy who is sent to stay with his much older cousin, Mr Abney, at a remote country mansion. His cousin is a reclusive alchemist, obsessed with making himself immortal. Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of a young gypsy girl and a travelling Italian boy, but what could they be trying to tell him?

Ghost Stories by M.R. James

Lost Hearts

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Residence at Whitminster'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Residence at Whitminster

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Lost Hearts'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'An Evening's Entertainment'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

An Evening's Entertainment

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Fenstanton Witch'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Fenstanton Witch

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Casting the Runes'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Casting the Runes

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Two Doctors'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Two Doctors

First published in 1911, A School Story is a classic paranormal tale written by M.R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern age ghost story. Though popular in written form, his stories were in fact designed to be read out loud - something he would do every Christmas in his role as housemaster to young boys boarding at Eton school. In this particular story - itself set at a boarding school - a Latin teacher is troubled by unusual phrases from the dead language that start to show up among the work he sets his students; something about the phrases remind him of a dark secret from his past…

A School Story

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A School Story'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Ash-Tree'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Ash-Tree

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Uncommon Prayer-Book'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Uncommon Prayer-Book

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Tractate Middoth'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Tractate Middoth

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A Vignette'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

A Vignette

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Rose Garden'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Rose Garden

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Mezzotint'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Mezzotint

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Malice of Inanimate Objects'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Malice of Inanimate Objects

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Diary of Mr Poynter'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Diary of Mr Poynter

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'After Dark in the Playing Fields'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

After Dark in the Playing Fields

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral

The powerful sense of evil – darkness, creepy hairy presences, cloaks, hoods, talons and tentacles – pervades these classic ghost stories by M.R. James. A Cambridge scholar himself, James explored what happens when academics dabble in things they don’t understand and unleash forces of which they know nothing. The titles in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary range from witchcraft to the occult, and tap into our primal fear of things that go bump in the night. They are recognised as the best of their genre.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Wailing Well'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Wailing Well

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A Neighbour's Landmark'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

A Neighbour's Landmark

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'A View From A Hill'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

A View From A Hill

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Rats'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Rats

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Count Magnus'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Count Magnus

In the story, a young, scientifically-minded college professor finds an old bronze whistle while exploring the ruins of a Knights Templars' preceptory. That night, he blows on the whistle and a vision comes to him of a dark expanse with a lonely figure in its midst. The sound also appears to call up a gust of wind, but the sensible professor dismisses it as a coincidence. More strange incidents follow, however, to shake his disbelief in the supernatural.

Victorian Ghosts

Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Experiment'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Experiment

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'Martin's Close'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Martin's Close

This is the unabridged audio recording of M.R. James' excellent ghost story 'The Haunted Dolls' House'. The author's stories were written with the purpose of being read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. This highly-praised version, narrated by David Collings, is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Haunted Dolls' House

De groeten van Guy de Maupassant en trawanten en of u maar even wilt luisteren... Boul de Suif Twee vrienden Het spijt me meneer Briggs Een man uit Glasgow Het kind Vermist De meermin Het concert Het tweede talent Die nacht in Dresden Ratten Iemand vertelt de waarheid Zeven nieuwe torpedojagers varen zich tot schroot Tussen acht en acht De rode kamer Het vierde jaar van de oorlog De gegadigde Ere aan de overwinnaar Toen viel het doek

Gepeperde verhalen

Bereid je voor op een aantal verhalen waarbij je je hoogstwaarschijnlijk nogal ongemakkelijk voelt, het zij zo... De fysiologie van de angst De uitgestelde dag des oordeels Graaf Magnus Een schoolverhaal Het raam Op een zomeravond Het scheepswrak

Onmenselijk

Srap in de zweefmolen en de avonturen vliegen om je heen. Hou je vast! Het wrak, Het boerenmeisje, Mademoiselle Perle, Het behekste poppenhuis, Dag der afrekening, Het open raam, Een paar handen, Katten blijven katten.

Hoogtepuntjes

Je kent je klassiekers? Voor de zekerheid toch maar even luisteren naar de ervaren verteller Van Eerdenburg. Die nacht in Dresden, Het tweede talent, De Rode Wachter, De vruchten van een Amerikaans leven, Bevrijdende dromen, De gewonde tijger, De provocatie, Ze hebben mijn graf gevonden, Het tweegevecht, Adeldom verplicht, Fluit maar en ik kom naar je toe mijn jongen, Ratten, Dhoh, De Dakotas komen er aan, Een diagnose van de dood, Iemand vertelt de waarheid, De laatste voorstelling, Levenslang, De zwaan.

Verhalen voor fijnproevers

Vijfentwintig an de meest romantische, spannende, en soms wat griezelige verhalen die je maar kunt voorstellen, verteld door Sonja Pourier. Het beloofde land Molly Morgan, Christmas Canyon, Helen en Hilda, Tularecito, Junius Maltby, Rosa en Maria, Met kerst weer thuis, Meezweten met Dover, Bruggen oversteken, Ineengestort, De vredesparels, Tamanj, Het behekste poppenhuis, Uw koninkrijk kome, De tragedie van de zakdoek, Een dame uit Redhorse, Het danseresje, Mijn dochter is dood, Lucy laat mij niet alleen, Skelet, De voorspeller, Eerste verjaardag, De modelvrouw, Angst in de nacht, Visseizoen.

Verhalen van John Steinbeck e.a.

Hoe komt het dat je haren rechtop gaan staan bij dit soort verhalen? Nou, luister maar!

Angstaanjagend

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Kippenvel!

In one of M.R. James' creepiest short stories, night of terror plays out with every glimpse at a static picture and the viewer is powerless to prevent a dark figure's progress. The Mezzotint is taken from the second volume of the Victorian Anthologies “Horror” series, featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. With music by Benedict Edwards.

Victorian Horror

'The Christmas Conundrum (20 Thrillers in One Edition)' presents a rich tapestry of suspenseful narratives, woven together under the festal yet eerie ambiance of Christmas. This collection boasts an intriguing blend of literary styles—from the detective tales by Arthur Conan Doyle to the ghost stories by M.R. James and psychological thrillers by Wilkie Collins. Each story uniquely captures the spirit of the season while exploring the darker, more mysterious undertones of human nature, making this anthology a compelling read for those who cherish both the joy of Christmas and the thrill of a good mystery. The authors contributing to this anthology are luminaries of 19th and early 20th-century literature, each bringing their unique voice to the table. Many were contemporaries, operating within or reacting against the Victorian literary paradigms, and their stories reflect the complex social and psychological landscapes of the time. By including works from a period marked by robust literary innovations, the anthology allows readers to explore different facets of the Christmas theme—rejoice, reflection, and, intriguingly, revenance. 'The Christmas Conundrum' is a must-have for anyone fascinated by the intersection of holiday cheer and chilling suspense. The anthology offers a unique window into the varied ways that Christmas can be interpreted and understood through literature. It invites readers to reconsider the conventional imagery of the holiday season, offering a profound and stirring collection that promises not only entertainment but also a deeper appreciation for the complexities of this festive time. Through its diverse narratives and captivating storytelling, this volume is an excellent addition to any literary collection.

The Christmas Conundrum (20 Thrillers in One Edition)

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