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A collection of short stories, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories was first published in 1979 and awarded the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize. This Audible exclusive adaptation is narrated by legendary actors, Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox, who take on different chapters of the audiobook. Among these are 'The Bloody Chamber', 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', 'The Tiger's Bride', 'Puss in Boots', 'The Erl-King', 'The Snow Child', 'The Lady of the House of Love', 'The Werewolf' and 'Wolf-Alice'.

A Bright and Beautiful Eternal World collects a dozen tales of cosmic horror and monstrosities lurking beneath the civilized veneer of this mythical town, where artists, fishermen, scientists, writers, and everyday people (not all of them entirely human) live in the shadows of entities and powers beyond their comprehension, where the echoes of history never cease ringing, and if you hike into the hills at night or linger too long by the harbor, you might never find your way back.

Pine Hollow School for Girls isn't the typical private school, and the students aren't typical rich girls. The staff is top notch, the food is phenomenal, and the curriculum is cutting edge. Now if they could just do something about the murder rate.

Dr. Worthington purchased Bentley Mansion with stolen money he got from the banks he robbed in another state. The mansion was fully furnished with medieval torture devices kept down in the basement of the mansion. He had a plan to pose as a doctor and lure doctors from the local hospital and have parties at his mansion to show off his collection of medieval torture devices to his guests. Sometimes he would put his guests in the devices and take their pictures to put in his photo album.

Wer spürt sie nicht gern, die Gänsehaut, die in stürmischen Nächten wohlig über den Rücken streicht? Für alle, die sich gerne bei Kerzenschein und einem Glas Wein oder einer heißen Schokolade, begleitet vom Heulen des Windes angenehm gruseln, habe ich sechs Schauergeschichten aus meinem persönlichen Gruselkabinett zusammengestellt. Begleiten Sie mich nach England, wo im altehrwürdigen Herrensitz Dabney Hall die „Weiße Frau“ ein garstiges Unwesen treibt; kommen Sie mit ins schottische Hochland, wo auf einem kleinen Bahnhof das Böse erbarmungslos zuschlägt.

1951. The Day the Earth Stood Still had just taken the world by surprise with Michael Rennie's portrayal of Klaatu. Motion pictures had seen a surge of female protagonists and heroines defying the norms of the time with films such as The Sword of Monte Cristo and Anne of the Indies. 20th Century Fox's subsidiary label, Astrys Pictures, embarks on something new, a Flash Gordon-type duo of movies...except with a female spaceship captain and action heroine.

A group of geeks discovers just how very, very small our universe really is.