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Macabre Tales

Seventy ghoulish and unearthly short stories

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Macabre Tales

By: E. F. Benson, W. C. Morrow, Richard Middleton, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, W. F. Harvey, J. S. Fletcher
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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About this listen

A ghoulish collection of loathsome and macabre tales full of astounding skill and diabolical cleverness.

  • 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton
  • 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray
  • 'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda
  • 'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher
  • 'The Story of the Spaniards' by E. & H. Heron
  • 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow
  • 'The Anticipator' by Morley Roberts
  • 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole
  • 'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton
  • 'A Considerable Murder' by Barry Pain
  • 'The Clock' by W. F. Harvey
  • 'The Terrible Old Man' by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 'Three Pennyworth of Luck' by Basil Murray
  • 'The Ghost Ship' by Richard Middleton
  • 'His Unconquerable Enemy' by W. C. Morrow
  • 'The Voice' by A. J. Alan
  • 'Sea Curse' by Robert E. Howard
  • 'The Stranger' by Ambrose Bierce
  • 'The Evil Clergyman' by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain
  • 'A Madman’s Manuscript' by Charles Dickens
  • 'A Very Black Business' by Ernest Bramah
  • 'Double Demon' by W. F. Harvey
  • 'Bagnell Terrace' by E. F. Benson
  • 'Gabriel-Ernest' by Saki
  • 'My Adventure in Norfolk' by A. J. Alan
  • 'On the Brighton Road' - by Richard Middleton
  • 'Rattle of Bones' by Robert E. Howard
  • 'Shepherd’s Boy' by Richard Middleton
  • 'Query' by Seamark

Plus 40 other macabre stories.

Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks Classics Haunted Fantasy
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I was looking forward to this collection but the narrators way of speaking is off putting in the extreme. I listened to 3 stories but i couldn't continue and got a refund. Shame.

Avoid any books narrated by Cathy Dobson

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