Weird Tales ♦ The Doge & Dogess ♦ By E. T. A. Hoffmann ♦ Supernatural, G...

Weird Tales ♦ The Doge & Dogess ♦ By E. T. A. Hoffmann ♦ Supernatural, Gothic Fiction ♦ Audiobook Title: The Doge & Dogess Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._T._A... Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Gothic Fiction Language: English Read By: Expatriate Librivox Recording Summary: This early work by E. T. A. Hoffmann was originally published in the 19th century. Born in Konigsberg, East Prussia in 1776, Hoffmann's family were all jurists, and during his youth he was initially encouraged to pursue a career in law. However, in his late teens Hoffman became increasingly interested in literature and philosophy, and spent much of his time reading German classicists and attending lectures by, amongst others, Immanuel Kant. Hoffman went on to produce a great range of both literary and musical works. Probably Hoffman's most well-known story, produced in 1816, is 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King', due to the fact that - some seventy-six years later - it inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. In the same vein, his story 'The Sandman' provided both the inspiration for Leo Delibes's ballet Coppelia, and the basis for a highly influential essay by Sigmund Freud, called 'The Uncanny'. (Indeed, Freud referred to Hoffman as the "unrivalled master of the uncanny in literature.") Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions. Summary by Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... Visit me on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/chipslater Follow me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ChipSlatersS... Visit me on Blogger at https://chipslater.blogspot.com/ #TheDogeAndDogess #HorrorAudiobook #ETAHoffmann #GothicHorror #SupernaturalFiction #GothicFiction #shortStory #Mystery #thriller #Whodunit #Chiller #GhostStory #HorrorAudiobook #Occult #chipSlater #GothicHorror #GothicFiction #GothFiction #GothHorror

Dad Barker's Ghost ♦ By R. C. Canterbury ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦ F...

Dad Barker's Ghost ♦ By R. C. Canterbury ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Dad Barker's Ghost



Author:  R. C. Canterbury



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Matt Braymiller



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The Thought ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 12 ♦ 07/13/1945

The Thought ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 12 ♦ 07/13/1945



Originally Aired 07/13/1945 on The Haunting Hour Radio Show



Title: The Thought



Genre(s): Horror, Thriller, Chiller, Mystery, Supernatural



Language: English



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The show was about the creepy scenes, bone-chilling organ, screams and a mystery to be solved. Most of the time, women are the show’s protagonist, maybe for the purpose of targeting women as the audience. As for why it is the Haunting Hour, despite the fact that the show only runs for 30 minutes, it’s still a mystery.



"Homicide House". Two reporters investigating a murder come upon a rundown mansion inhabited by a strange trio who insist it's still 1898! + Our story begins late at night in one of the rooms of an exclusive Florida hotel where Mr Van Cleek receives a call from Special Investigator Collins of the Miami police to warn him that his life is in danger. Mr Van Cleek was annoyed at the inconvenience of the call and then having put the phone down in defiance answered a knock at the door only to be shot dead



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Ring Once for Death ♦ By Robert Arthur Jr. ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦...

Ring Once for Death ♦ By Robert Arthur Jr. ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Ring Once for Death



Author:  Robert Arthur, Jr.



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Chris Pyle



Librivox Recording



The power of the old gods was certainly nothing for Mark and Edith—a modern, twentieth-century couple—to worry about. After all—everybody dies! Twenty years had left no trace inside Sam Kee's little shop on Mott Street. There were the same dusty jars of ginseng root and tigers' whiskers, the same little bronze Buddahs, the same gim-cracks mixed with fine jade.



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The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York ♦ By Algernon ...

The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York ♦ By Algernon Blackwood ♦ Horror ♦ Audiobook



Title:  The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York



Author:  Algernon Blackwood



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Kate Follis



Librivox Recording



Excerpt:

It was never quite clear to me how Jim Shorthouse managed to get his private secretaryship; but, once he got it, he kept it, and for some years he led a steady life and put money in the savings bank.



One morning his employer sent for him into the study, and it was evident to the secretary's trained senses that there was something unusual in the air.



"Mr. Shorthouse," he began, somewhat nervously, "I have never yet had the opportunity of observing whether or not you are possessed of personal courage.



Shorthouse gasped, but he said nothing. He was growing accustomed to the eccentricities of his chief. Shorthouse was a Kentish man; Sidebotham was "raised" in Chicago; New York was the present place of residence.



"But," the other continued, with a puff at his very black cigar, "I must consider myself a poor judge of human nature in future, if it is not one of your strongest qualities."



The private secretary made a foolish little bow in modest appreciation of so uncertain a compliment. Mr. Jonas B. Sidebotham watched him narrowly, as the novelists say, before he continued his remarks.



"I have no doubt that you are a plucky fellow and——" He hesitated, and puffed at his cigar as f his life depended upon it keeping alight.



"I don't think I'm afraid of anything in particular, sir—except women," interposed the young man, feeling that it was time for him to make an observation of some sort, but still quite in the dark as to his chief's purpose.



"Humph!" he grunted. "Well, there are no women in this case so far as I know. But there may be other things that—that hurt more."



"Wants a special service of some kind, evidently," was the secretary's reflection. "Personal violence?" he asked aloud.



"Possibly (puff), in fact (puff, puff) probably." Excerpt by Wikipedia



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Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp ♦ By Algernon Blackwood ♦ Supernatural...

Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp ♦ By Algernon Blackwood ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp



Author:  Algernon Blackwood



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Occult



Language: English



Read By:  Bernard Spiel



Librivox Recording



Summary

The characters in this story are all on a hunting trip for moose, somewhere up in Canada. It tells how another man washes up on the shore of Skeleton Lake right near the narrator's camp. The narrator says that the man, named Rushton, simply began to ramble about his recent experience, and could not be stopped from telling it. Rushton had said that a companion and his canoe had overturned and left the two men clinging to it, when they drifted near an island. Jake, Rushton's friend, had wanted to swim to the shore, and disappeared below the water instantly having let go of the canoe. Rushton said he'd gotten to the island and had seen shadows crawling out of the water and into the bushes. The narrator said that Rushton had so many flaws in his story that the truth was almost obvious. At the end of the story, two of the men went to go looking for the body, and found it with a terrible wound in the back of its head. One that he couldn't have done to himself. Summary by: Sophia Buhrow



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The Tree ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror Short) ♦ Full Audiobook

The Tree ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror Short) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Tree



Author:  H. P. Lovecraft



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  Michael Sample



Librivox Recording



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Plot:

On a slope of Mount Maenalus in Arcadia is an olive grove that grows around a marble tomb and the ruin of an old villa. There, one gigantic tree resembles a frighteningly distorted man, and the roots of the tree have shifted the blocks of the tomb.



The narrator explains that the beekeeper who lives next door told him a story about the tree: Two renowned sculptors, Kalos and Musides, lived in the colonnaded villa, which was "resplendent" in its day. Both men created works that were widely known and celebrated. They were devoted friends, but different in disposition: Musides enjoyed the nightlife, while Kalos preferred the quiet of the olive grove. It was there he was said to receive his inspiration.



One day, emissaries from "the Tyrant of Syracuse" ask the sculptors each to create a statue of Tyché (Greek: τύχη, lit. 'fortune; fate'). The statue, they are told, must be "of great size and cunning workmanship", since it is to be "a wonder of nations and a goal of travellers." The most beautiful statue will be erected in the Tyrant's city, Syracuse. Kalos and Musides accept the commission. Secretly, the Tyrant expects the sculptors not only to compete but to cooperate, resulting in statuary that will be truly magnificent.



The work proceeds, and although Musides is still social and active, he seems morose—apparently because Kalos has fallen ill. Despite Kalos' weakened state, his visitors detect in him a serenity that contrasts Musides' dismay. Despite the efforts of his doctors and his friend Musides, Kalos weakens. When Kalos' death seems imminent, Musides weeps and promises to carve for him an elaborate marble sepulchre. Kalos asks that one twig each from two specific olive trees in the grove be buried near his head. Soon after, Kalos dies in the olive grove.



Musides builds the tomb and buries the olive twigs. From the burial place of the twigs an enormous olive tree grows at an incredible rate. An especially large branch hangs over the villa and Musides' statue.



Three years later, Musides' work on the statue is complete. The Tyrant's agents arrive, then head to town to stay the night. That evening, a windstorm whips down the mountain. When the Tyrant's people return to the villa the next morning, they find it utterly destroyed; the great tree branch has fallen, and Musides' statue has been crushed into unrecognizable pieces. Musides himself is nowhere to be found.



The end of the story recalls the Latin aphorism that precedes the text: "Fata viam invenient" ("fate will find a way"). Summary By Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_(short_story)



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LIGHTS OUT ♦ Classic Radio Show ♦ Ep 3 ♦ Nobody Died ♦ 12/16/1936

Lights Out radio show. 12/16/1936



Episode 3



Title: Nobody Died



Author:  Wyllis Cooper



Genre(s): Horror, Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Lights Out is an American old-time radio program devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural.

Created by Wyllis Cooper and then eventually taken over by Arch Oboler, versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 3, 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. Lights Out was one of the earliest radio horror programs, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_(radio_show)



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Ptolemy’s Grave ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 4

Ptolemy’s Grave ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 4



Originally Aired 03/24/1945 on The Haunting Hour Radio Show



Title: Ptolemy’s Grave



Genre(s): Horror, Thriller, Chiller, Mystery, Supernatural



Language: English



Antony Ellis (adaptor, producer, director), + Every highway and byway is destiny’s trail and where it leads and what lies ahead is destiny’s secret. Down a dark road speeds a car bearing in it two who are destiny’s children though they don’t know it. To themselves, they are two people on their way to a masquerade ball. Steve Raymond and his fiancée Marsha Phillips, heading for an evening of gaiety and laughter but they’re destined to spend a strange and macabre evening in fear for one of the guests at the masquerade is death



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The Old, Old Man ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 3

The Old, Old Man ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 3



Originally Aired 04/07/1945 on The Haunting Hour Radio Show



Title: The Old, Old Man



Genre(s): Horror, Thriller, Chiller, Mystery, Supernatural



Language: English



"The Old, Old Man" is the story of a very rich, retired old man who has left the city where he has lived with his stepdaughter and her husband, and has, without letting them know, secreted himself from their home and loving care to return to an old, out-of-the-way hotel where he once lived. The old hotel is now occupied by a few other very old men who wish to see all of the others dead. For you see, they have each signed a will stating that the last survivor among them is heir to the combined fortunes of the others. The kicker to the whole plan--now that their newest member has moved in, the above-mentioned rich old man--is that before his arrival the combined fortunes of the other 7 old geezers amounted to but a paltry $20,000, but with his new money the fortune awaiting the last to die is now well over a million dollars. Quite an incentive for murder, wouldn't you say? Soon enough the stepdaughter and her husband have tracked her stepfather to the hotel and beseech him to leave, but he resists their entreaties forcefully, offering to them that he has beaten or come out ahead in everything else in his life and he now wishes to beat the price of Death by playing this little game with these fellow old men. But then, right on cue, bodies begin to be murdered and then go missing, with naught but a blood trail leading to a corpse-laden back room in the cellar of the hotel, highlighting the disturbing out-of-character, frightening behavior on the part of the stepfather. But what would he have to gain but a miniscule $20,000 by murdering all of the other old codgers? Several clues point to one or the other of the old men along the way, but this traditionally incorporated script misdirection keeps the listener guessing as to the identity of the murderer, and to the man who eventually executes a plan to ensare him. Listen now to this morbid tale of serial murder most foul and learn what makes one man succomb to the evil buried deep within his soul and which all men possess, but allows it to escape to the world of the living in "The Old, Old Man."



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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ♦ By Robert Louis Stevenson ...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ♦ By Robert Louis Stevenson ♦ Full Audiobook



Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde



Author:  Robert Louis Stevenson



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By: Group, Dramatic Reading



Librivox Recording



A series of mysterious and increasingly alarming crimes are taking place across London. People are being injured, even murdered without mercy and without reason. And yet, the perpetrator cannot be found. The crimes happen overnight, but in the morning the murderer is gone "like breath upon a mirror". Mr Utterson (a lawyer), Dr Lanyon and Dr Jekyll each bring their insights to this sinister conundrum.



Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is brought to life with a cast of voices in this dramatic reading. Only 10 chapters long, tradition says that Stevenson wrote the novella in less than a week, yet the central idea of the duality of human nature continues to fascinate through the ages! (Summary by Beth Thomas)



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Murder Wears A Strange Mask ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 1

Murder Wears A Strange Mask ♦ Chiller Thriller ♦ The Haunting Hour ♦ EP 1



Originally Aired 03/24/1945 on The Haunting Hour Radio Show



Title: Murder Wears A Strange Mask



Genre(s): Horror, Thriller, Chiller, Mystery, Supernatural



Language: English



Antony Ellis (adaptor, producer, director), + Every highway and byway is destiny’s trail and where it leads and what lies ahead is destiny’s secret. Down a dark road speeds a car bearing in it two who are destiny’s children though they don’t know it. To themselves, they are two people on their way to a masquerade ball. Steve Raymond and his fiancée Marsha Phillips, heading for an evening of gaiety and laughter but they’re destined to spend a strange and macabre evening in fear for one of the guests at the masquerade is death



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Number 13 ♦ By M. R. James ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook

Number 13 ♦ By M. R. James ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  Number 13



Author:  M. R. James



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Malthus



Librivox Recording



While researching church history in Viborg, Denmark, the narrator's cousin stays in a Danish inn. While staying in room Number 12, he notices that his room seems to grow smaller and his furniture sometimes vanishes. After hearing dancing next door, he assumes it comes from Number 13, however upon discussing the matter with the inn-keep, he learns that there is no Number 13. He asks the inn-keep to visit his room at night. While talking, the protagonist and the inn-keep hear ominous singing in the room next door. They check Number 14, but learn that its occupant thought it was them, then they find the "nonexistent" door to Number 13. A clawed hand attacks them, and they attempt to break down the door but break through the plaster wall. The occupants of 12 and 14 spend the night in a double bedded room. The narrator meets his cousin a few months later, and relates the tale to him. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_13_(short_story)



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The Alchemist ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook

The Alchemist ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Alchemist



Author:  H. P. Lovecraft



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  Phil Chenevert



Librivox Recording



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Plot:

The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge on not only him but all his descendants, cursing them to die on reaching the age of 32.



The protagonist recounts how his ancestors all died in some mysterious way around the age of 32. The line has dwindled and the castle has been left to fall into disrepair, tower by tower. Finally, Antoine is the only one left, with one poor servant, Pierre, who raised him, and a tiny section of the castle with a single tower is still usable. Antoine has reached adulthood, and his 32nd year is approaching.



His servant eventually dies, leaving him completely alone, and he begins exploring the ruined parts of the castle. He finds a trapdoor in one of the oldest parts. Below, he discovers a passage with a locked door at the end. Just as he turns to leave, he hears a noise behind him and sees that the door is open and someone is standing in it. The man attempts to kill him but Antoine kills him first. His dying words reveal that he is none other than Charles, who actually managed to successfully fabricate the elixir of life, enabling him to personally fulfill the curse generation after generation. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(short_story)



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The Origins Of The Werewolf Superstition ♦ By Caroline Taylor Stewart ♦ ...

The Origins Of The Werewolf Superstition ♦ By Caroline Taylor Stewart ♦ Audiobook



Title: The Origins Of The Werewolf Superstition



Author:  Caroline Taylor Stewart



Genre(s): Gothic Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By:  David Wales



Librivox Recording



THE wolf is not the only animal whose shape, it is stated, man may possess the power of assuming; and it may be of some interest to inquire briefly into the varying branches of lycanthropy, comparing them with the one already under discussion. In Orissa, the power of metamorphosing into a tiger is asserted by the Kandhs to be hereditary, and also to be acquired through the practice of magic; many who have traveled in this country have assured me that there is a very great amount of truth in this assertion; and that although there are, without doubt, a number of impostors among those designated wer-tigers, there are most certainly many who are genuine. As with the werewolf, so with the wer-tiger, the metamorphosis is usually dependent on the hour of the day, and generally occurs contemporaneous with the setting of the sun. But the lycanthropy of the wer-tiger differs from that of the werewolf inasmuch as there is a definite god or spirit, in the shape of a tiger, that is directly responsible for the bestowal of the property. This tiger deity is looked upon and worshipped as a totem or national deity—that is to say, as a divine being that has the welfare of the Kandh nation especially at heart. It is communed with at home, but more particularly in the wild dreariness of the jungle, where, on the condition that the prayers of its devotees are sufficiently concentrated and in earnest, it confers—as an honor and privilege—the power of transmutation into its own shape.



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A Jug of Syrup ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook

A Jug of Syrup ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  A Jug of Syrup



Author:  Ambrose Bierce



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Liz Van Kleeck



Librivox Recording



The death of the local merchant, Silas Deemer is felt by the entire community because of his faithful presence at the general store where everyone bought their goods.  Well after his death and despite the store being closed, one evening, Alvan Creede, running on essentially automatic pilot, stopped in and bought a jug of sirup from the store.  Upon coming home, he misplaced it and couldn't seem to find it.  When his wife asks him about this, he explains that he bought it at Deemer's place.  It's at this point that he remembers that Deemer is dead.  He is just about feeling he is going crazy, especially since he can't find the jug when his child brings it into the room.  The next evening, people gather around the shop.  They watch and wait for something to happen but it doesn't seem to occur.  Eventually, as night sets in, there is a dim light coming from the store. The light became brighter and eventually, one could see Deemer in the store.  At this sight, many people ran away, but a few stayed and eventually entered the store.  Eventually, everyone begins to storm into the store with the exception of Creede and he watches from outside as chaos ensues until the last person enters and then the light went out.  He leaves immediately and only returns the next day with others.  They check the salesbook and find that the last sale was on the day of Deemer's death.  The final comment remarks that had the men not mobbed the store, Deemer might have continued to do business in the afterlife. 



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A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ F...

A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson ♦ By H. P. Lovecraft ♦ (Horror) ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson



Author:  H. P. Lovecraft



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories



Language: English



Read By: Cameron Halket



Librivox Recording



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"A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson" is a short story written in 1917 by horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in the September 1917 issue of the United Amateur, under the pseudonym Humphrey Littlewit, Esq.



The story is a spoof of Lovecraft's antiquarian affectations. Littlewit, the narrator, is born August 20, 1690–200 years to the day before Lovecraft's birthdate—making him nearly 228 years old as he writes a memoir.



Critic Daniel Harms writes, "While not one of the most inspired of his pieces, it at least shows that HPL realized his pretensions... of being an older, cultured gentleman of an earlier era, and could make fun of himself."



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The Beast With Five Fingers ✦ By W. F. HARVEY ✦ Horror ✦ Full Audiobook

The Beast With Five Fingers ✦ By W. F. HARVEY ✦ Horror ✦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Beast With Five Fingers



Author:  W. F. HARVEY



Genre(s):  Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language:  English



Read By:  Phil Chenevert



Librivox Recording



A well off English bachelor receives a legacy from his uncle. This includes the uncle's very large library and a box containing something that used to belong to his uncle. The box has air holes in it. It is not a rat or other small mammal for his collection, but it is something still alive; something very malevolent and something very evil. - Summary by Phil chenevert



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