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Tales of the Talking Picture is a fabulous science-fiction fantasy novel about a boy who comes into possession of an old oval portrait of a woman named Rhiannon Tanglewyst, who happens to be a witch who has been trapped within the picture for centuries. Rhiannon tells Matthew and his troublesome girlfriend, a Goth named Christina, fantastical tales from the future and the past....

Three astronauts land on a remote asteroid where everyone is frozen in place in the midst of their activities. The only one that moves reveals himself as the caretaker who explains that they are in an exclusive cemetery where the deads' greatest wishes can come true.

The residents of a quiet street suspect an alien invasion is imminent - and that one of their own is a monster leading the attack.

David Gurney wakes up to another ordinary day. Except today, nobody knows who he is.

It’s the end of the world. Would you sacrifice your husband to save your children? It’s AD 70. The abominable Roman armies surround the holy city of Jerusalem. The end is near. Famine, plagues, and civil war tear the Jewish people apart from within. Christian doctor Alexander stays in Jerusalem to help the sick and wounded, as the evil apostate Jacob plans to murder him.

Set in 1890s Imperial Germany, this remarkable audiobook follows the arc of a family as narrated by the head as he initially enthuses over the socialist sweep to power. Quickly, however, he progresses through the various stages of disenfranchisement that inevitably follow. Realizing it is too late for himself and his family and their livelihood largely destroyed, he commits one final act of repudiation against his socialist future.

Anthony is a 6-year old boy from a little town who knows your every thought. He can feel your every emotion. He can eliminate all you hold dear. Don't be bad, or he'll wish you away into the cornfields!

Four master thieves put themselves into suspended animation for 100 years after hiding a fortune in gold bars. But even in the future, wealth is still beyond their reach.

While waiting in a bus station, Millicent Barnes has the strange feeling that her doppelganger is trying to take over her life.

Dorian is a vain programmer who just wants to be left alone to write his masterpiece. He's a jaded AI developer with a family who wants nothing to do with him, working for a stagnant tech company. In his spare time, he's also working on a secret project, combining the latest areas of research from his company into one forward-thinking prototype that he knows will change the world.

Young New York married couple Bob and Millie Frazier leave a party after drinking too much. They wake up in Centerville, a small town where no one lives, houses are empty, trees are props, food is plastic, and the only train comes right back to Centerville.

Knowing he is about to die, a rich old man summons his greedy heirs to his mansion and gives them each the inheritance they so richly deserve.

A man wakes up in a small town to find himself completely and inexplicably alone.

Political fanatic Oliver Crangle has determined that at 4 p.m. he'll rid the world of all evil people by shrinking them to two feet tall. But his plan may prove a little short-sighted.

The world's most talkative bore gets a magical stopwatch that can stop everything except him. But when he misuses it, a wonderful conversation piece becomes a real party killer.

During a walking trip of Central Europe following World War II, a man loses his way and winds up in a monastery where the monks believe they have imprisoned the Devil himself!

After a botched flight, Astronaut Robert Gaines finds himself back on Earth in a world very similar to, but not quite his own. Even his wife and young daughter seem to be strangers to him.

Experimenting with the powers of telepathy, a mother and father try to raise their daughter in a world free of verbal communication.

Experience one of television’s greatest science-fiction series, The Twilight Zone™ - fully dramatized for AUDIO! Featuring a full cast, music and sound effects, and today’s biggest celebrities in modern radio dramatizations. A Stop at Willoughby: While commuting on a train, an ad executive dreams away his job pressures and finds himself back in time in the peaceful, old-fashioned town of Willoughby.

The year is 1847. A wagon train has made the cross-country trek from Ohio to the deserts of Arizona and beyond all the way into another century.