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In Colin, we delve into the intriguing saga of the Stanier family, rooted in the quaint village of Stanier near Rye, Sussex. The narrative begins around 1600, when the original Colin Stanier makes a Faustian bargain with the devil to achieve his dreams—featuring a tantalizing encounter with Queen Elizabeth I, who finds herself enchanted by his charm. Fast forward to 1900, where another Colin Stanier, strikingly similar to his ancestor, resorts to deceit and treachery in a desperate bid to claim the family fortune from his older twin brother, Raymond. A contemporary review captures the ...

A creepy collection of 50 classic ghost, horror and mystery stories which will keep you up all night. 1. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs; 2. "This Is All" by Barry Pain; 3. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F .Harvey; 4. "The Reticence of Lady Anne" by Saki; 5. "The End of a Show" by Barry Pain; 6. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey; 7. "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson; 8. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey; 9. "The Idiot" by Arnold Bennett; 10. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe...and many more.

Dive into the captivating world of Dodos Daughter, the second installment in the enchanting Dodo series. Join us as we follow the journey of unforgettable characters and explore themes of resilience and adventure. (Summary by Crowgirl)

1932 im Örtchen Maxley im ländlichen Sussex: der Pensionär Emmet Foster und der Professor im Ruhestand Francis Urbridge, Experte für alles Okkulte, sind Nachbarn in dem kleinen verschlafenen Städtchen, durch dessen Mitte die Landstraße führt, die London mit dem Küstenort Brighton verbindet. Mit dem Zuzug der mysteriösen Mrs. Amworth, die lange in Indien gelebt hat, beginnen merkwürdige Dinge in Maxley zu geschehen...

Sussex, 1912: Beängstigende Alpträume plagen Clive Fellows über Jahre hinweg und prophezeien ihm einen schaurigen Aufenthalt in einem Turmzimmer. Als er von einem neuen Freund in dessen Anwesen eingeladen wird, um dort die Nacht zu verbringen, scheint sich der Traum zu bewahrheiten. Ausgerechnet im Turm soll er untergebracht werden, und dieser kommt ihm merkwürdig bekannt vor, vor allem das dort hängende Portrait.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 26 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Verlorene Herzen", "Mrs. Amworth", "Das ägyptische Parfüm", "Allerseelen".

Die Gruselkabinett Box 45 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Das unheimliche Turmzimmer, Flaxman Low - Der Fall Medhans Lea, Das unbewohnte Haus, Das gefährlichste Spiel der Welt.

Hester Ward is blessed with youth, health, beauty, a husband and two adorable children, but she is being tormented by a face in her dreams. It is hoped that a holiday by the coast will relieve her, but the face eventually manifests itself.

‘The Bath-Chair’ tells the story of the Faraday siblings. Edmund is a shrewd businessman, priding himself on his impeccable health. His spinster sister, Alice, lives with him performing all domestic duties and despises him. When Edmund starts seeing a lame figure who looks startlingly like himself and his own health starts mysteriously declining, Alice revels in plotting his downfall.

Set in the remote Yorkshire Valleys, the narrator in this story returns to the holiday home of his childhood. He has inherited the house from his uncle and has come to oversee the renovations with a friend. However, it soon becomes apparent the house is haunted by a ghost with an awful secret.

In the remote town of Firham-By-Sea, two holidaymakers are curious about the derelict Corner House and its mysterious owners. Upon investigation, they unveil the grim story of Mr and Mrs Labson.

Thomas Oulton has worked for a London banking house for 30 years and is widely respected by his colleagues, so when he seemingly disappears with a client’s money, everyone is shocked, none more so than his manager, Louis Carrington. When a friend comes to spend the weekend with Louis and his family at their Surrey home, a series of strange phenomena leads the narrator to discover what’s happened to Oulton.

An early exploration of electronic voice phenomena, ‘Billy Comes Through’ sees a widowed writer recall the curious phenomena that her and her husband experienced over the years with their wireless radio, during a power cut.

Concerned for their recently widowed friend Harry, Vincent and Tom join him in Egypt for a boat trip along the Nile. Whilst the widower seems determined to forget his late wife, he recreates their honeymoon voyage, and their evening games of cards soon attract an unsettling presence.

'A Winter Morning' is a dark story of longing and regret. It sees a widower, mourning both his wife and son, recall his son’s final moments and contemplate life and death.

It’s Christmas in the Chandler household, and as the party gather around the fire, their host Everard recalls a ghostly tale from the previous Christmas in the misty forests of Scotland.

"Just room for one inside, sir," isn't quite as bone-chilling as hearing "room for one more, honey" in one of the Twilight Zone's most popular episodes, "Twenty Two." The Rod Serling masterpiece was inspired by E.F. Benson's "The Bus-Conductor". A ghost bears the chilling news instead of a recurring dream in Benson's chiller.

The unnamed narrator had planned the perfect getaway, at a charming Italian villa. But the moment he crosses its threshold, he senses something is amiss. When a bout of insomnia robs him of sleep one night, and he goes exploring, he stumbles across a heart-stopping sight: a room swarming with massive, mottled, luminescent caterpillars.

E. F. Benson fue novelista, biógrafo y escritor de cuentos de terror.

E. F. Benson fue novelista, biógrafo y escritor de cuentos de terror. Estudió en Temple Grove, East Sheen, Surrey, luego en Marlborough, y terminó sus estudios en el Kings College de Cambridge, donde se aficionó grandemente a la arqueología.