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The Thing in the Weeds, by William Hope Hodgson

Mon, 2 Jun 2025 07:18:41 GMT

The Thing in the Weeds, by William Hope Hodgson
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After a horrible stench hits the noses of the men on deck, Mr. Lammert goes to investigate. And vanishes. “My God, what was that?”, cries Captain Jeldy when through the mist he gets a glance of the thing in the weeds.

William Hope Hodgson spent a great deal of his young life as a cabin boy at sea. His seafaring horror stories pioneered the weird fiction genre. “The Thing in the Weeds” was first published in 1914.

Running time: 34 minutes

To stream: Click the stream icon and move through the chapters by tapping the arrows on either side of the player. Tap the arrow on the top right/info button, then "Files in the Folder" for a Table of Contents.

To download: Tap the download icon. Choose to download the m4b file. Once it's downloaded, open and listen in KyBook.

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The Closed Cabinet, by Anonymous

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:45:29 GMT

The Closed Cabinet, by Anonymous
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An ancient family secret proclaims that everyone who spends the night in the room with the closed cabinet meets a tragic end. A witch sealed the cabinet shut centuries ago with a terrible curse. The family shuns the room, and all queries about the curse are spurned and avoided. But plucky, 19-year-old Evie isn’t afraid. When circumstances warrant that she spend the night in the room, she declares she can handle it. Maybe she can.

Narrated by Nancy Peterson and B.J. Harrison

WINNER OF THE VOICE ARTS/SOVAS AWARD - BEST CLASSIC AUDIOBOOK 2024

Running Time: 2 hours, 42 minutes

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Beyond the Broken Glacier, by Robert W. Chambers

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:39:41 GMT

Beyond the Broken Glacier, by Robert W. Chambers
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What exactly lies beyond the treacherous and previously impassable Canadian glacier? From the collection In Search of the Unknown comes a chilling tale of the things nature can do when nobody’s watching.

Robert W. Chambers was a pioneer of weird fiction, and influenced the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury. In Search of the Unknown was originally released in 1904, this story includes chapters 6-8.

Running Time: 1 hour, 17 minutes

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Afterward, by Edith Wharton

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:40:55 GMT

Afterward, by Edith Wharton
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A couple looks for a new home in southern England – but it has to be haunted. They stay in the legendary house of Lyng, where it is said that the inhabitants don’t know that they’ve encountered the ghost until long afterward.

Artfully crafted in five different parts, Wharton spins an ironic story of greed, guilt, and revenge.

Running Time: 1 hour, 17 minutes

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The Dead Smile, by F. Marion Crawford

Fri, 3 Feb 2023 08:25:07 GMT

The Dead Smile, by F. Marion Crawford
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Sir Hugh takes his secret to the grave with a vicious grin on his lips – a devious grin that is somehow contagious.

A master of the short horror story, F. Marion Crawford’s contributions to the genre of supernatural fiction are significant. His collection of short stories, Wandering Ghosts, includes tales of vampires, ghouls, the undead, and more. “The Dead Smile” was first published in this collection in 1911.

Running time: 1 hour, 1 minute

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The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood

Fri, 3 Feb 2023 08:18:09 GMT

The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood
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A monster lurks in the Canadian forests. If the legends are to be believed, a small band of hunters is about to meet the Wendigo.

The legend of the Wendigo originates from folk stories from the Plains and Great Lakes Native Americans. The creature is a malevolent spirit, known to possess and even eat humans.

Algernon Blackwood crafts this ghostly tale masterfully, filling it with atmosphere, tension, and drama.

Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

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Man-size in Marble, by Edith Nesbit

Thu, 2 Feb 2023 07:41:52 GMT

Man-size in Marble, by Edith Nesbit
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A young couple finds the perfect country cottage with one caveat - it has a horrible legend attached to it.

Edith Nesbit wrote under the name E. Nesbit, and is most famous for her stories for children, and has influenced the likes of J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis and P.L. Travers. She wrote over 60 books, including The Railway Children, Five Children and It, and The Story of the Treasure Seekers.

Her second, darker reputations was as a purveyor of horror stories, which are sublime in their elegance and simplicity. This story is quite simple, but when you take into account the beauty of the language, the skill of the plot movement, and the intriguing supporting characters, it really ranks high when it comes to classic ghost stories.

Running time: 36 minutes

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The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen

Thu, 2 Feb 2023 07:20:36 GMT

The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen
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An experimental surgery. A plague of suicides. Through layering pieces of testimony, the connection between these events leads to a startling conclusion.

Inspired by a trip to a graveyard in Wales, the novella was originally not well received. The Great God Pan is now considered an excellent example of Gothic fiction, and has influenced such writers as Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Ray Bradbury.

Running Time: 2 hours, 24 minutes

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The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers

Mon, 4 Apr 2022 06:45:40 GMT

The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers
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“Have you seen the Yellow sign?”, mumbles a cadaverous hearse driver with a soft, squishy head. He’s been skulking about Scott’s painting studio, where he and Tessie have been developing a tangled relationship between artist and model. But as this ever-present watchman resembling a coffin worm begins to distract Scott, his portrait of Tessie takes on a death-like pallor. How can they forever rid themselves of this hearse stalker? And what precisely does he mean by a “Yellow Sign”?

Developing themes as old as time itself, Chambers takes his lovers and twists their story into a chilling danse macabre.

Running Time: 49 minutes

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The Witch Caprusche, by Elizabeth F. Ellet

Mon, 4 Apr 2022 06:38:27 GMT

The Witch Caprusche, by Elizabeth F. Ellet
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What must Ruscha do to secure the magic word that kills when it’s uttered? Taken from a Danish folk tale, and spiced up with lively characters and murky atmosphere, this short tale delivers some wonderful chills.

Elizabeth Ellet wrote for the magazines, or periodicals in the mid-1800s, and the name of Mrs. Ellet was recognized in literary circles. In 1848, she published her most important work: “The Women of the American Revolution”. Today, Ellet is perhaps known best for the scandal she leaked about Edgar Allan Poe’s rumored affair with Frances Sargent Osgood when both were married to other people. Poe maligned her in the press, knocked her writings, accused her of plagiarism, and even referred to her as “short and fat”. In print.

Running Time: 23 minutes

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