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The Beautiful People by Charles Beaumont is a chilling and visionary science fiction story that explores a dystopian future where physical perfection is mandatory and individuality is a threat.

An old man with "magical" powers is the apple of a small girl's eye. When she discovers two mysterious men are out to find him, she does what she can to help.

A father forbids a history professor from marrying his daughter when he discovers that the captivating lecturer is actually an immortal who has lived for thousands of years.

A shy bachelor discovers a miniature doll apparently alive inside a 19th century dollhouse. Fascinated, he whiles away the hours peering into this little world and wishing he were part of it.

A newspaper editor facing bankruptcy hires a man with uncanny abilities to predict the news. His newfound employee gets the newspaper back in the black, but at a devil of a price.

Before Grandma died, she gave her grandson, Billy, a toy telephone. When he uses it to talk to her, his parents dismiss it as overactive imagination - until Billy decides its time to join Grandma.

Chris Adams has been framed for the murder of SteffanyFontaine. While on his way to prison, there is a spectacular train crash inwhich he escapes, giving him the opportunity to set out to prove his innocence.But everywhere he turns - every street, every alley - the real killers lie in wait.

For the oddball in you, flights into the sinister and fantastic The stories in this third collection from a master of speculative fiction are at once playful and dark, but each is wonderfully told.

A prospector, threatened with death by a native conjuror for violating African land, feels himself stalked in the late night deserted streets of Manhattan by giant jungle beasts.

One of the most iconic TV series ever was Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. This audiobook contains four short stories that inspired four episodes of The Twilight Zone: "The Bus Conductor" by E.F. Benson; "Elegy" by Charles Beaumont; "Time Enough at Last'' by Lynn Venable; and ''An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge'' by Ambrose Bierce. Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, one can understand why Searling was inspired by these short stories.

"The time is the day after tomorrow. The place: a far off corner of the universe. The cast of characters: three men lost among the stars, three men sharing the common urgency of all men lost.... They're looking for home. And in a moment they'll find home, not a home that is a place to be seen but a strange, unexplainable experience to be felt."

Le monde fourmille d'histoires, de contes, de légendes. PatonJean a voyagé du nord au sud, d'est en ouest pour recueillir ces récits pour toi.

Certaines petites histoires pleines de magie sont à l'origine de notre culture, de nos expressions ou même de grand film. Retrouvez la sélection de contes à l'origine de toutes les belles histoires, comme Aladdin, la belle et la bête, la reine des neiges,...

Mary looked at the moving wall. It was a film of a terrible, terrible disaster. "Does it have to be on, Mother?" "Well, nobody seems to be watching. I don't think the doctor would mind if I switched it off." Mrs. Cuberle rose from the couch and walked to the wall. She depressed a little button, and the life went from the wall, flickering and glowing.

La Bella e la Bestia' è una tra le fiabe più conosciute e amate. a storia narra dell'incontro tra una bellissima fanciulla e una orribile bestia...

Alan Talbot doesn't understand why his hometown seems so unfamiliar; why is he driven to kill - and what are those strange noises in his head? He's about to get some answers when he comes face to face with his double.

Discover with your children the fantastic world of classic tales betther than ever! These magic audio-tales are locuted by famous voice actors, with an amazing soundtrack and binaural effects! They are perfect for both listening at home before sleeping and in the car. VOCA Editorial provides in its collection Colorín colorado more than 2 hours of fun in which 15 classic tales are included.

"La Belle et la Bête" : Belle, pour sauver son père de la menace de la Bête, accepte de quitter sa famille en devenant prisonnière du monstre. "Le petit Poucet" : Le petit Poucet et ses frères, abandonnés par leurs parents en plein forêt, devront ruser pour échapper à l'Ogre, amateur de chair fraîche. "Cendrillon" : La pauvre Cendrillon esclave de sa belle-mère et de ses demi-soeurs ne peut se rendre au bal donné par le Prince, c'est sans compter sur sa Marraine, la fée.

Dans ce Cabinet des Fées, le merveilleux français déploie ses fastes: un recueil de contes classiques signés Gérard, Leprince de Beaumont et Perrault. Entre palais ensorcelés, forêts profondes et épreuves secrètes, s’entrelacent magie, morale et destin. Ici, l’esprit l’emporte sur la force, la vertu se révèle à l’épreuve, et chaque enchantement recèle une leçon. La prose vive et délicate de l’époque confère à ces récits une grâce intemporelle.

Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare, in which he is sentenced to death and executed. He tries to convince the people around him that they are imaginary and that they will cease to exist if the execution is carried out.