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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Craig Watkins
- Length: 28 mins
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A man stands on Owl Creek Bridge with his hands tied, preparing to face death by hanging. Then the ground slips out from under him, the rope breaks, and he has a moment to reimagine his future. Praised for its experimental shifts in time and surprise ending, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is not one to miss. It has been hailed by Kurt Vonnegut as “the greatest American short story.”
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Narrated by: Craig Watkins
- Length: 28 mins
- Release date: 10-10-18
- Language: English
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The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Sitra Bourne
- Length: 19 mins
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"The Middle Toe of the Right Foot", a ghost story by the writer and Civil War soldier Ambrose Bierce, was first published in The San Francisco Examiner in 1890. A man named Manton had murdered his children, and his wife who lacked the middle toe of her right foot. A decade later, he returns to the area; and having been recognized, is provoked to a duel in the dark, to be held at the scene of the crime. When the time of the duel comes, no antagonist appears, and Manton stands alone in the haunted darkness. The next day, they found his corpse, throttled by terror, crouching in a corner.
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The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
- Narrated by: Sitra Bourne
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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An Heiress from Redhorse
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: James Hugg
- Length: 18 mins
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This short story is a series of letters from Mary Jane to her friend Irene, whom she excitedly informs of the handsome and charming man she has met. A childhood friend, Raynor, has also appeared and is causing trouble. Mary Anne explains that she and Raynor were part of a trio of childhood friends and that the third had died a while ago...or so she thought.
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An Heiress from Redhorse
- Narrated by: James Hugg
- Length: 18 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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Aceite de Perro
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Alfredo Giménez
- Length: 11 mins
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Aceite de Perro empieza así: "Me llamo Bofer Bings. Nací de padres honestos en uno de los máshumildes caminos de la vida: mi padre era abricante de aceite de perroy mí madre poseía un peue!o estudio, a la sombra de la iglesia delpueblo, donde se ocupaba de los no deseados". ¡Casi nada! Aceite de Perro es uno de los relatos de Bierce con el que el lector se sorprenderá gracias a la imaginación siniestra del autor y al misterio que crea en sus obras
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Aceite de Perro
- Narrated by: Alfredo Giménez
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: Spanish
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Ghostly Short Stories: Volume 2
- By: M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Emma Topping
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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Classic tales of the supernatural to chill your bones and give you goosebumps. Includes the stories "The Ash Tree", by M.R. James; "The Boarded Window", by Ambrose Bierce; "When I Was Dead", by Vincent O'Sullivan; "The Vampire Maid", by Hume Nisbet; and "The Signal-Man", by Charles Dickens.
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Ghostly Short Stories: Volume 2
- Narrated by: Emma Topping
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 29-03-12
- Language: English
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Stories to Scare You Witless
- Tales of Terror
- By: Fitz-James O'Brien, Hector Hugh Munro, Wilkie Collins, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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Genuinely chilling narratives of paranormal phenomena, the returning dead, uncanny apparitions, sinister happenings and inexplicable events which make your blood run cold. Listen in the dark... if you dare!
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Don't bother!
- By Markus on 09-10-12
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Stories to Scare You Witless
- Tales of Terror
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 19-09-11
- Language: English
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The Damned Thing
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Clifton Chadwick
- Length: 22 mins
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A dimly lit coroner's inquest sets the scene for "The Damned Thing", which relates the strange and savage death of Hugh Morgan, a solitary man who found himself haunted - and eventually hunted - by an unseen creature stalking the untouched woods near a small, rural village.
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Overrated
- By Chelle :o)) on 11-05-09
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The Damned Thing
- Narrated by: Clifton Chadwick
- Length: 22 mins
- Release date: 25-01-08
- Language: English
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of the Macabre
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Fitz-James O'Brien, F. Marion Crawford, and others
- Narrated by: John L Chatty, Jack Benson, Jim Killavey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is of the best "macabre" tales ever written. It is presented here in its entirety along with eight other incredible tales.
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Hard going
- By D on 12-12-11
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of the Macabre
- Narrated by: John L Chatty, Jack Benson, Jim Killavey, Walter Covell
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 17-01-08
- Language: English
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Classic Tales of Horror: An Arrest
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon
- Length: 4 mins
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Having murdered his brother-in-law, Orrin Brower of Kentucky was a fugitive from justice. He had escaped from the county jail where he had been confined to await his trial. And as soon as he was out of the town he had the folly to enter a forest....
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Classic Tales of Horror: An Arrest
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon
- Length: 4 mins
- Release date: 15-04-10
- Language: English
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Short Stories About the American Civil War
- By: Ambrose Bierce, Louisa May Alcott, Edward Payson Roe, and others
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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In the American Civil War that began in 1861 the War was seemingly fought to end Slavery. A War for Good. The result a win for the good guys but a society that still bears fractures from this seminal period. The stories in this volume show the true scars that are endured as a riven Nations authors try to explain and reconcile.
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Short Stories About the American Civil War
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 27-03-24
- Language: English
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Short Stories About Spies & Espionage
- By: H G Wells, Ivan Turgenev, John Buchan, and others
- Narrated by: Mark Rice-Oxley, Jake Urry, Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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The world since earliest times has always had spies. Information is a valuable commodity and even more so in times of war or tension. Many authors and poets have had real life incarnations as spies from Christopher Marlowe and Aphra Behn to Daniel Defoe. But it’s a dangerous game. Working in a murky, secretive world where any trust given could be at the expense of your life.
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Short Stories About Spies & Espionage
- Narrated by: Mark Rice-Oxley, Jake Urry, Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 27-03-24
- Language: English
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Two Tales from Ambrose Bierce
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Stephen Johnston, Jack Geery Singleton
- Length: 37 mins
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. In late 1913, Bierce, then age 71, Bierce indicated he was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution. He disappeared and his death left undocumented. The following recording includes the short stories, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Boarded Window."
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Two Tales from Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Stephen Johnston, Jack Geery Singleton
- Length: 37 mins
- Release date: 11-01-24
- Language: English
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Quella cosa maledetta
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Librinpillole
- Length: 25 mins
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In una capanna isolata, un uomo muore in circostanze misteriose. Durante l’indagine, emergono dettagli raccapriccianti su incontri soprannaturali con una creatura invisibile. Una produzione audio da brivido con musiche inquietanti e suoni, che ti condurranno tra gli oscuri meandri della pazzia, del sadismo, del crollo nervoso imminente e dell’assassinio.
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Quella cosa maledetta
- Narrated by: Librinpillole
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 05-02-24
- Language: Italian
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Algunas Casas Encantadas [Some Haunted Houses]
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Alberto Odalvos
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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Esta colección de relatos cortos escrita por Ambrose Bierce transcurre en una atmósfera sombría y escalofriante entorno a misteriosas casas que, al ser testigos de hechos macabros en el pasado, presentan fama de estar habitadas por sucesos extraños. Una extraña sensación de desasosiego se adentra en tu imaginación a medida que la prosa de Bierce detalla con calma lo que parecen ser los embrujos de algunas casas encantadas. Fantasmas, cabezas rodantes, habitaciones ocultas y embrujadas, tumbas espantosas y horripilantes con lapsus en el tiempo.
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Algunas Casas Encantadas [Some Haunted Houses]
- Narrated by: Alberto Odalvos
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 21-07-22
- Language: Spanish
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100 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 30 mins
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"100 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce" is a selection of thoughts, observations, and sayings by one of the most inventive minds of the 19th century. Bierce’s obsession with the preposterousness of death takes centre stage, shot through with pithy humour and comments on human nature. A superb read for fans of horror and historical fiction alike, this book is an excellent addition to any library. Born in Ohio, Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) became one of the most influential writers in American literary history.
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100 Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Series: 100 Quotes
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 15-12-22
- Language: English
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Kurzgeschichten - Zehn Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur
- Rote Edition
- By: Johann Peter Hebel, Franz Kafka, Giovanni Boccaccio, and others
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche, Sven Görtz, Tim Eriksson
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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Die Kurzgeschichte ist das Genre der Vielfalt. Sie kann alles sein: heiter, abenteuerlich, nachdenklich, frivol, erotisch, schauerlich, satirisch und vieles andere mehr. Sie ist immer spannend und auf den Punkt genau erzählt. Lassen Sie sich von unserer Auswahl weltberühmter Kurzgeschichten in unbekannte und bunte Welten entführen.
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Kurzgeschichten - Zehn Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur
- Rote Edition
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche, Sven Görtz, Tim Eriksson
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 24-03-23
- Language: German
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
- By: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Some of the most chilling and macabre tales in the English language can be attributed to American journalist and short story writer Ambrose Bierce. His books include "Can Such Things Be: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural," as well as "The Devil's Dictionary." He also penned scathing views of frontier life and its lawlessness, and the most caustic threatises of war. "In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" represents Bierce's short stories written in and around the time of the Civil War. These include "A Horseman in the Sky, " "Chickamauga, " "The Applicant, " "A Holy Terror, ...
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Gruselkabinett, Box 40
- Folgen 157, 158, 159
- By: Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Wilhelm Hauff
- Narrated by: Thomas Balou Martin, Patrick Stanke, Jessica Kessler, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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Die Gruselkabinett Box 40 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Das Auge des Panthers, Das innerste Licht, Das kalte Herz.
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Gruselkabinett, Box 40
- Folgen 157, 158, 159
- Narrated by: Thomas Balou Martin, Patrick Stanke, Jessica Kessler, Sigrid Burkholder, Uli Krohm, Marc Gruppe, Marlene Bosenius, Claus Thull-Emden, Patrick Mölleken, Christoph Jablonka, Claudia Urbschat-Mingues
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 12-10-23
- Language: German
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Short Stories About American Realism
- By: O. Henry, Kate Chopin, Jack London, and others
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow, Liza Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive. We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with them whatever the landscapes, the hurdles, incidents and other people may place in their literary way.
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Short Stories About American Realism
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow, Liza Ross
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 22-06-23
- Language: English
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Paul Beauheart
- Length: 28 mins
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A condemned man stands on the edge of a railroad bridge with a rope around his neck. The Union Army is preparing to hang him during a tumultuous period of the Civil War. His thoughts drift to that of his wife, his children, and his sacrifice for the great cause of the South.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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- Narrated by: Paul Beauheart
- Length: 28 mins
- Release date: 30-05-23
- Language: English
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