Showing results by author "James" in Anthologies & Short Stories

Eerie old houses, wretched smiles, mausoleums, and banshees. Stories from masters of the horror genre, M.R. James, F. Marion Craword, Edgar Allan Poe, W.W. Jacobs, Amelia Edwards, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and H.P. Loveraft, stories to make your body tingle and your mind play tricks.

A collection of short stories that have a space opera feel to it. This short but sweet audiobook offers listeners a glimpse of storytelling, there are several timelines in this book because of the short stories, and because there were multiple writers working on this project. The best way to set up this book is to think of it as a dream, and how sometimes dreams just jump from one thing to the next. That is how this book works. The book starts off on board the spaceship Maya in the year 2392 where there is lift off of space shuttle starship Maya.

The wonder and mystery of The Great Tomes series continues with The Great Tome of Fantastic and Wondrous Places. Volume three of this collection features narratives revolving around the exploration of fantasy or alien locales in which the acts of exploration and adventure are central to the plot.

The Universal's Gallery is home to many treasures but what awaits Lana and John could cost them everything. This is the fourth entry in The Painterly series and is 4,000 words in length.

In this second volume, the party reaches the sea, a vast and impassable entity. They encounter a reclusive clan of magicians, and the generous but reluctant Findadors, who produce music from their souls, and reveal how the quest may be carried on. The travelers depart, and on their way discover a place that takes them to the beginning of time.

A race of tiny magical beings lives on Earth today. They dwell in elaborate tree homes and mysterious underground sanctuaries. Because of an ancient dispute, humans are unaware of their hidden civilization. They are kirins. For thousands of years they have lived in peace, but a deadly menace now threatens their existence. A party of daring explorers, led by the wise magician Speckarin, is sent to destroy the evil lurking a continent and an ocean away. Failure would mean death to the voyagers and the entire race.

Jack made the choice that few make, and now he is left wondering if he has thrown his life away or given himself a chance to make up for the past. But as always, it isn't just Jack that has been affected by his actions.

With Lana by his side, John the painter is ready to embrace a new world filled with magic and unparalleled beauty.

When a charismatic magician and his assistant arrive in the town of Winefall, the audience is given a show they could never have imagined.

John is a painter seeking inspiration for his art. He will discover much more when visiting a cabin in the town of Winefall.

Children are constantly complaining about the monster in the closet. As parents, we just shake it off as childhood fantasy. But what if the monsters are real? What if they want something from our children?Jerry is a Collector, and each night he is sent into bedrooms to gather specimens to study so that experts can either fix his world, or help them find a new one.

Evan stands at the very edge of the underground city he's lived in his entire life. It's the shadows that surround the city that keep the people prisoner. It's their fear of the darkness that keeps them in line. But Evan knows he can no longer live in the city any longer. He has found out a terrible secret and is too afraid to share it, even with his wife, Abby. It is because of this secret that he can never return to his normal life. It is because of this secret that he must escape into the dark.

Among the subjects covered in this audiobook are time travel, living prehistoric monsters of the deep, Alfred Hitchcock - a master of Sci-Fi as well as suspense, Bigfoot, and UFOs - a subject of reality and science fiction.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

"Eveline" is a short story from James Joyce's classic Dubliners. Nineteen-year-old Eveline has decided to leave home, but her future journey may not be all that she hopes. Like other stories in Dubliners,"Eveline" offers a penetrating analysis of Dublin society, especially its stagnation and paralysis. Each story incorporates epiphanies, by which Joyce meant to convey a sudden consciousness of the "soul" of a thing. Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.

A selection of some of the best short stories about vampires ever written. Includes 'The Vampire Maid' by Hume Nisbet, 'Fragment of a Novel' by Lord Byron, 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker, and 'Count Magnus' by M.R. James.

This collection of unabridged readings chronicles the lives of people striving to survive as aliens rule Earth. In James Van Pelt's "How Music Begins", a junior-high school band director struggles to keep the band members' spirits up after they've been shanghaied, by unknown and unseen aliens, and confined to a dormitory and practice auditorium.

The theme of StoryPod 2.0 is stories about aliens and outer space - 13 more classic stories from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author James Patrick Kelly! Kelly not only narrates each story, he adds exclusive commentary that takes you inside his creative process.

Now, for the first time ever, Sallis’s complete short fiction is collected in one gorgeous volume—a must-have library addition for listeners of speculative fiction and noir, and for writers of all genres.

Greetings, newest acquisition, you are being S.A.V.E.D. You and your planet will be Sheltered within the federation starship where you'll be equipped with all modern Advancements to quickly become spacefaring members. It is then, up to you to Vindicate your existence on the eternal tigen ailid. After proving your worth, you'll be Embraced into the federation where you will get to Decide what you want.