Audiobooks by E F Benson

"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Femme Fatales02 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford03 - The Thing On The Doorstep - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft04 - The Thing On The Doorstep - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft05 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson"

E F Benson, F Marion Crawford, H.P. Lovecraft (Author), David Healy, Elliot Fitzpatrick (Narrator)

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3 Stories - Set in Switzerland

E F Benson, Robert Barr, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), David Shaw-Parker (Narrator)

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Atmospheric Horror Stories

"Horror stories are designed from the onset to create a story that will suddenly go very wrong and create a sheer horror and hell not only for the characters in the story but by extension ourselves. In this carefully crafted volume, our authors use their talents to create an atmosphere that might start with tingling tension but builds and builds until we can trust nothing but the certainty of the next few words and the wrath they will bring.1 - Atmospheric Horror Stories - An Introduction2 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving3 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James4 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford5 - The Spectral Hand by Jean Lorrain6 - A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce7 - Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley8 - The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood9 - The Prediction by Mary Diana Dods writing as David Lyndsey10 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman11 - Caterpillars by E F Benson12 - Smee by A M Burrage13 - Count Magnus by M R James14 - The Crimson Weaver by R Murray Gilchrist15 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman16 - The Villa Désirée by May Sinclair17 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood18 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant19 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant20 - The Ghost at the Rath by Rosa Mulholland21 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach22 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach"

A.M. Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Ernst Raupach, F Marion Crawford, Jean Lorrain, M.R. James, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Cholmondeley, Mary Diana Dods writing as David Lyndsey, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, May Sinclair, R Murray Gilchrist, Rosa Mulholland, Washington Irving (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Haunted House

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. The dark forces of history have a way of settling in houses, usually large and rambling, but also small and nestled in a city, and from there all sorts of uneasy happenings begin. Authors have very playful imaginations, as well as some very disturbing ideas as they escalate the interactions between people and the growing source of terror that is with us and around us."

A C Benson, A.M. Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Allen Upward, B M Croker, Bram Stoker, Catherine Crowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Riddell, D.K. Broster, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Elinor Mordaunt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Eric Purves, H D Everett, H.P. Lovecraft, Hesba Stretton, M.R. James, Margaret Oliphant, Marjorie Bowen, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Oscar Wilde, Rhoda Broughton, Richard Harris Barham, Rosa Mulholland, Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, W F Harvey, Walter Scott, William Hope Hodgson (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Haunted House Stories – The Definitive Collection

"The Haunted House is a house that rules our minds with fear. Once we think a house is haunted we prove the point to ourselves again and again. Every floorboard creak or window rattle or unexplained happening is proof concrete.In this anthology our authors go to exceptional lengths to unsettle our minds and open them up to all sorts of terrors. 1 - Haunted House - The Definitive Collection - An Introduction2 - The Lurking Fear - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - The Lurking Fear - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - They by Rudyard Kipling5 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde6 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde7 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No 1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson8 - The Ghost in the Clock Room by Hesba Stretton9 - The Ghost and the Bone-Setter by Sheridan Le Fanu10 - The Ghost at the Wrath by Rosa Mulholland11 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe12 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe13 - The House of the Black Evil by Eric Purves14 - The Villa by Elinor Mordaunt15 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood16 - The Deserted House by E T A Hoffman17 - Midnight House by W F Harvey18 - The Story of the Green House, Wallington by Allen Upward19 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker20 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant21 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant22 - The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott23 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson24 - The Clock by W F Harvey 25 - The Closed Window by A C Benson26 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman27 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft28 - The Whispering Wall by H D Everett29 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman30 - Lost Hearts by M R James31 - Man Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit32 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu33 - To Let by B M Croker34 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton35 - The First Evening by Catherine Crowe36 - Smee by A M Burrage37 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien38 - Decay by Marjorie Bowen39 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey40 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit41 - The Spectre of Tappington by Richard Harris Barham42 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell43 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell44 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 1 by Edward Bulwer Lytton45 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 2 by Edward Bulwer Lytton"

A C Benson, A.M. Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Allen Upward, B M Croker, Bram Stoker, Catherine Crowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Riddell, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Elinor Mordaunt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Eric Purves, Fitz James O'Brien, H D Everett, H.P. Lovecraft, Hesba Stretton, M.R. James, Margaret Oliphant, Marjorie Bowen, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Oscar Wilde, Rhoda Broughton, Richard Harris Barham, Rosa Mulholland, Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, W F Harvey, Walter Scott, William Hope Hodgson (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Mitchley, William Dufris (Narrator)

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Essence of Evil – Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, Vampires & More

"Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. These Evil entities, surely we can’t name them as beings, include all sorts of monsters, demons, devils, vampires and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 - Essence of Evil - Tales of Monsters, Demons, Devils, Vampires & more2 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle5 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne6 - Lucifer by Anatole France7 - The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray8 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving9 - From the Memoirs of Satan by Wilhelm Hauff10 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron11 - The Devils Horse by Ion Luca Caragiale12 - The Demon Pope by Richard Garnett13 - Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M R James14 - Belphagor by Niccolo Machiavelli15 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling16 - A Story of a Weir-Wolf by Catherine Crowe17 - The She-Wolf by Saki18 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori19 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori20 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman21 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman (2)21 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda22 - The Black Vampyre by Uriah Derick D'Arcy23 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange by Augustus Hare24 - Alymer Vance & The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew25 - The Last of the Vampires by Phil Robinson26 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet27 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford28 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny29 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien30 - The Thing in the Forest by Bernard Capes31 - The Lizard by C J Cutcliffe Hyne32 - Eyes For the Blind by Frederick Cowles33 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman34 - Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu35 - Count Magnus by M R James36 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki37 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No 1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson38 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson39 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson40 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson41 - Tamar by Lady Eleanor Smith42 - The Generous Gambler by Charles Baudelaire43 - The Lame Priest by Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton44 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol45 - The Sea Raiders by H G Wells46 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy47 - The Horror of Abbot's Grange by Frederick Cowles48 - The Tale Of The Stairs by Hristo Smirenski49 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson50 - Tarnhelm or The Death of My Uncle Robert by Hugh Walpole51 - When The World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle52 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach53 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach"

Alice and Claude Askew, Anatole France, Augustus Hare, Bernard Capes, C J Cutcliffe Hyne, Catherine Crowe, Charles Baudelaire, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Ernst Raupach, F Marion Crawford, Fernan Caballeron, Fitz James O'Brien, Frederick Cowles, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Hristo Smirenski, Hugh Walpole, Hume Nisbet, Ion Luca Caragiale, Jan Neruda, John William Polidori, Lady Eleanor Smith, Leo Tolstoy, M.R. James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Niccolo Machiavelli, Nikolai Gogol, Phil Robinson, Richard Garnett, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton, Ulric Daubeny, Uriah Derick D'Arcy, Washington Irving, Wilhelm Hauff, William Hope Hodgson, William Thackeray (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Garrick Hogan, Robbie McNab (Narrator)

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Classic Supernatural Stories

"Over the long course of literature there are many stories which stand out, maybe jump out would be a better analogy in this context, with a theme from another world, the other side, a world we usually cannot see but which can take over our personal space in a blink of irrational thought. Reason tends to dissolve and instead panic and fear become our likely partners. And this is all before we actually journey along the awkward story path the author has devised for us. 1 - Classic Supernatural Stories - An Introduction 2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Facts In The Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 4 - The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens 5 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 6 - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain 7 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling 8 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 9 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant 10 - The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce 11 - Lost Hearts by M R James 12 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit 13 - The Furnished Room by O Henry 14 - The Open Window by Saki 15 - The Upper Berth by F Marion Crawford 16 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster 17 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu 18 - My Adventure in Norfolk by A J Alan 19 - Hodge by Elinor Mordaunt 20 - The Bus Conductor by E F Benson 21 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 22 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey 23 - N by Arthur Machen 24 - The Moon Bog by H P Lovecraft 25 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 26 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny 27 - John Silence, Physican Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood 28 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien"

A J Alan, Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards, Arthur Machen, Charles Dickens, D.K. Broster, E F Benson, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Elinor Mordaunt, F Marion Crawford, Fitz James O'Brien, Guy De Maupassant, H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James, Mark Twain, O Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Saki, Sheridan Le Fanu, Ulric Daubeny, Victor Hugo, W F Harvey, Washington Irving (Author), Bill Wallis, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Robbie Mcnab (Narrator)

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Scary Stories for Teenagers

"In that extraordinary time between childhood and adulthood are those years that most parents dread; The Teenage Years. Hormones rage, personalities can become belligerent, lives are lived in partial secrecy as their brains undergo re-wiring and their bodies shoot out in all sorts of places. How then to find stories they can engage with? There's an easy answer. The same way we as adults engage. Great stories told by great authors. In this volume we can tick both boxes with the bonus that the stories are actually about them. Our classic authors including Marjorie Bowen, Gustav Meyrink, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy and many others bring all facets of this genre into needle-sharp focus. 01 - Scary Stories for Teenagers - An Introduction 02 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson 03 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson 04 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 05 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 06 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 07 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe 08 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood 09 - The Cats of Ulthar by H P Lovecraft 10 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 11 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki 12 - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce 13 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson 14 - The Ash Tree by M R James.wav 15 - August Heat by W F Harvey 16 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John Willaim Polidori 17 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John Willaim Polidori"

Algernon Blackwood, Charles Dickens, E F Benson, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, John Willaim Polidori, M.R. James, Robert Louis Stevenson, Saki, W F Harvey, W W Jacobs, Washington Irving (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, William Dufris (Narrator)

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Stories With Nightmares

"1 - Stories with Nightmares - An Introduction 2 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells 3 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells 4 - The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe 5 - The Leather Funnel by Arthur Conan Doyle 6 - Polaris by H P Lovecraft 7 - The Coffin Maker by Alexander Pushkin 8 - The Face by E F Benson 9 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant 10 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker 11 - The House of Nightmare by Edward Lucas White 12 - Midnight House by W F Harvey 13 - The Death Hound by Violet Mary Firth writng as Dion Fortune 14 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny 15 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet 16 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 17 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee"

Alexander Pushkin, Bram Stoker, E F Benson, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Lucas White, Guy De Maupassant, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Hume Nisbet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ulric Daubeny, Vernon Lee, Violet Mary Firth Writng As Dion Fortune, W F Harvey (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ian Holm (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - English Gothic

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume our authors present tales of dark, macabre, and disturbing deeds. From the pens of Rudyard Kipling, M R James, Marjorie Bowen, Algernon Blackwood and others many others come carefully crafted literary journeys designed to disrupt reality, jangle nerves and feed upon our souls. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - English Gothic - An Introduction 2 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 3 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling 4 - The Music on the Hill by Saki 5 - In the Dark by Edith Nesbit 6 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs 7 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood 8 - Count Magnus by M R James 9 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 10 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon 11 - The Bishop of Hell by Marjorie Bowen"

Algernon Blackwood, Charles Dickens, E F Benson, Edith Nesbit, M.R. James, Marjorie Bowen, Perceval Landon, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, W W Jacobs (Author), Ian Holm, Mark Rice-Oxley, Patrick Barlow (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1910's - The British

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume the decade of World War and its consequences overwhelms many nations. For the British author, including Arnold Bennett, Bram Stoker, Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence and many others writing is a way to examine and also to escape this new landscape. Genius with every name. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - The 1910's - The British - An Introduction 2 - The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle 3 - Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling 4 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf 5 - The Interlopers by Saki the pseudonym for H H Munro 6 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence 7 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson 8 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker 9 - The Second Generation by Algernon Blackwood 10 - August Heat by W F Harvey 11 - The Matador of the Five Towns - Part 1 by Arnold Bennett 12 - The Matador of the Five Towns - Part 2 by Arnold Bennett"

Algernon Blackwood, Arnold Bennett, Bram Stoker, D.H. Lawrence, E F Benson, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, W F Harvey (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Top 10 Short Stories - The 20th Century - Horror

"Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted 'Top Tens' across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions - Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume Horror and its evil intents try to burrow into our heads and cavort around as only demons, monsters, phantoms and ghosts can do. They probably have other partners and friends too. And you, sitting there all alone, and listening..... oh dear. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - 20th Century - Horror - An Introduction 2 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft 3 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft 4 - The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle 5 - Lost Hearts by M R James 6 - The Music on the Hill by Saki 7 - The Waxworks by A M Burrage 8 - Caterpillars by E F Benson 9 - The Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen 10 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson 11 - August Heat by W F Harvey 12 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford"

A.M. Burrage, Arthur Machen, E F Benson, F Marion Crawford, H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James, Saki, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, W F Harvey, William Hope Hodgson (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Garrick Hogan, Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)

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