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The acclaimed British novelist and short story master who "recruits admires with each book" (Hilary Mantel) discusses her latest novel with fellow author Colm Tóibín (House of Names). Ingeniously moving between past and present, Late in the Day exposes how infinite alternate configurations lie beneath the seemingly dependable arrangements we make for our lives. With a reading by Rita Wolf (An Ordinary Muslim).

They rode into town like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Four armed outlaws bringing their own brand of hell to Paris, Texas. First they rob the First National Bank. Then they take a woman hostage as insurance. When Perley Gates learns that local waitress Becky Morris is in the hands of these tough customers, with only his friend Possum he rides to get her back. Problem is, the outlaws are heading toward the Red River--straight into Indian Territory. That's where the ranch hands draw the line. But Perley won't give up.

A deeply funny story by Kevin Nealon about his pre-nuptial insomnia and worse at a Mexican resort.

Merrill Markoe reads two classic pieces from her book How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me. First, a piece about dealing with parties (written seven years before the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode that used the same idea). Then, another illuminating visit with her friends the dogs.

Unique writer Peter Mehlman considers our need for immortality.

Drawing upon his childhood memories of West Texas, artist, musician, and writer Terry Allen has created this magical, multi-layered evening in the tradition of Southern story-telling. As Allen explains, “Dugout is a love story; an investigation into how memory is invented."

Eine Geburtstagsfeier in Harry´s Pub wird nicht nur von einem unheimlichen Sturm erschüttert, sondern auch von einem mysteriösen Todesfall. Offenbar starb der alte Mr. Douglas durch das Gift eines seltenen Skorpions.

President Nixon has discovered an alien threat, and he knows there’s only one man he can reach out to for help: Elvis Presley. But will Elvis be enough to defeat a horde of Cosmic Blood-Suckers? This all-new story takes listeners back to a world when Elvis truly was The King!

'You drank from me, vampire. Shurafa draws closer because of you.' Barnabas Collins is a desperate man. In Cairo's great cemetery, the City of the Dead, an ancient tyrant is plotting his return from the grave, and Barnabas has been chosen to assist in his rebirth. When the city begins to burn, Barnabas is coerced into assisting his escape by murdering a young girl. But the reluctant vampire faces resistance from his conscience: a brilliant scientist by the name of Julia Hoffman.

Fully recovered from her hospital stay and back behind the bar of The Blue Whale, Jessica Griffin welcomes Nate, a stranger in town claiming to be just passing through. But how come he knows so much about her, and why is he so keen to lure her back to the house she hasn't set foot in since the death of her husband? And he really is so very familiar....

Carolyn Stoddard is lost. Widowed at an early age, she's the lonely rich girl, drinking her life away as her friends grow up and move on. But Carolyn's life is about to change. Because Carolyn is about to be given a set of choices. And those choices will determine whether she is allowed to live or die. It's closing time at the Blue Whale, but for Carolyn Stoddard the night is far from over. It's time to face the music....Dreams that are becoming nightmares for them both.

"Don't live in the darkness, Amy Jennings." Adolescence is difficult enough, especially when your family members are vampires and werewolves. But somehow Amy Jennings survived it. Now a young woman, Amy has come back to Collinsport, determined to forget the horrors of childhood and start anew. But growing up means confronting the truth about the world around you and Amy's rite of passage has only just begun.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Ein entspannter Wochenendausflug nach Seagull Island wird für Charles Morgan und Rose Bailey schnell zu ihrem neuesten Fall.

Die exklusive Welt der Hamptons - wo Luxus und Glamour auf dunkle Geheimnisse treffen. In dieser fesselnden Episode von Mord in Serie erlebst du eine Achterbahn der Emotionen, während die kriminalistisch erfahrenen Geistlichen Charles Morgan und Rose Bailey die Schattenseiten des vermeintlichen Paradieses enthüllen.

Eine Hochzeit, der schönste Tag im Leben, wird für das Brautpaar leider zum Unglück - begleite Rose Morgan und Charles Bailey bei ihren Ermittlungen zu ihrem neuesten spannenden Fall.

Auf dem Südfriedhof wird die heimlich verscharrte Leiche einer Frau gefunden. Noch ahnen Rose Bailey und Charles Morgan nicht, dass sie hier einen Fall vor sich haben, in den auch Freunde von Ihnen verwickelt sein könnten... Teil 2 des spannenden Zweiteilers.

London, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Dr. John Watson, pensionierter Armeearzt, ist auf der Suche nach einer Bleibe in der britischen Hauptstadt, als er in einer Bar auf einen alten Bekannten trifft. Der macht ihn im Laboratorium des St. Bartholomew‘s Hospital mit seinem Kollegen Sherlock Holmes bekannt und kurz darauf beziehen Holmes und Watson das berühmte Apartment in der Baker Street 221 B, das in Zukunft Schauplatz und Ausgangspunkt zahlreicher Kriminalabenteuer des außergewöhnlichen Duos sein wird.

Silvesterabend. Während es im Hause van Dusen festlich wird und die ersten Dinnergäste eintreffen, fallen draußen vor dem Haus plötzlich Schüsse. Im nächsten Augenblick fällt der Strom aus, und die gesamte Appartementanlage versinkt im Dunkel. Ein polizeilich gesuchter Mörder ist in das Haus eingedrungen. Doch warum? Und zu wem wollte er? Van Dusen schaltet sich in die Ermittlungen ein. Doch selbst er kann einen Mord nicht verhindern. Ihm bleibt nicht viel Zeit, den Täter zu finden, denn er hat noch eine andere Aufgabe zu erledigen, von der kaum jemand im Haus etwas ahnt.

Rose Bailey wird von Dr. Ruben auf die Treibjagd des Fischgroßhändlers Milton Barkley eingeladen. Doch wird unter dem Deckmantel der Jagd dort ein heimtückischer Mord begangen. Können Rose Bailey und Charles Morgan den Mörder entlarven?