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A terrifying short from the Hugo-winning author of The Man in the High Castle, narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, in which paranoid Verne Haskel suddenly gains almost godlike power over two towns named Woodland - one of them just outside of San Francisco, the other lovingly constructed in the basement of his home.

A man approaches a great door seeking the law, and there he finds a gatekeeper. The gatekeeper tells him he can't be allowed to enter at the moment, so the man waits. Narrated by award winning narrator Mike Vendetti, this Franz Kafka short story will leave you thinking and analyzing.

"Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die". A lament of airman, soldier, sailor, and marine throughout history from Lord Tennyson's 1854 poem based upon a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War.

One can't be too cautious about the people one meets in Tangier. They're all weirdies of one kind or another. Me? Oh, I'm A Stranger Here Myself!

Considered by scholars, critics, and readers alike as one of his best, Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen takes us into the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda. Read by Earphone Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, this charming tale about growing up will enthrall young and old alike. The blockbuster hit Frozen was inspired by this timeless story.

An Oscar Wilde story for children where a beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.

Frost portrays leaving childhood in this poem read by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti. "In a Vale" appears in Frost's first book of poetry, A Boy's Will.

This is a very erotic tale narrated in a sexy baritone certain to titillate the erotic desires of the listener or listeners. Told in the first person, the protagonist is a 15-year-old possessing a large penis, much virility, and a seemingly insatiable sexual appetite. He describes his sexual initiation as an adolescent - as he is "approaching 15". He catalogs his sexual experiences including incest with his sisters Eliza and Mary, sex with his governess, in addition to a very experienced and voluptuous older woman who initiates him into the rights of Venus.

A priest and a dying atheist engage in a final dialogue. Reason vs. faith, and in the end...

Isaac Asimov, known primarily for his science fiction stories, was also a scientist. In cooperation with the Senior Scholastic magazine, he composed this wonderful and fascinating work of historical nonfiction. Twenty-six far-reaching discoveries and the twenty-nine scientists who made them—from Archimedes, who boasted he could move the world, to Goddard, who sent the first liquid-fuel rocket toward space.

In "Witch's Saturday," written by Walt Sheldon and brought to life by the narration of Mike Vendetti, you'll be drawn into a mystical realm where reality intertwines with the surreal. Susanna, a stunning yet scheming woman, is no stranger to the art of manipulation. After an accident, she awakens to discover that her dormant powers of witchcraft have been restored, opening a door to possibilities she never dared imagine, but at what cost?

Introducing "The Monsters" by Robert Sheckley, a thrilling sci-fi audiobook that explores the fascinating and bizarre world of a distant planet inhabited by sentient aliens who refer to themselves as "humans." On this strange planet, the aliens may look nothing like us, but their society is both intriguing and terrifying. While they pride themselves on being rational and ethical beings, their tendencies towards violence and argumentation make them truly monstrous. Witness their struggles with truth and deception.

Henry van Dyke was a member of the clergy; this story reads like a sermon for good reason. Its full title is "A Short Christmas Sermon: Keeping Christmas". Read by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti, this lovely piece reminds us what Christianity is about.

I recorded this the day after we lost one of our beloved pets. Rainbow Bridge is the theme of several works of poetry written in the 1980s and 1990s that speak of an other-worldly place where pets go upon death, eventually to be reunited with their owners. It brings a lump to my throat, and often a tear to my eye but also comfort as I recall good times with Pongo.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads "Ode on a Grecian Urn", a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819 and published anonymously in Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819. The poem is one of several "Great Odes of 1819", which includes "Ode on Indolence", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode to Psyche".

Remember those biggies we loved in high school English? Well, here they are again performed by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti. You'll hear "Chicago" by Carl Sandberg, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson, "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, "Song VII ("My song has put off her adornments")" by Rabindranath Tagore, and who can ever forget "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.

The Fir Tree, a classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Masterfully narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, the fir tree finds that you don't always get what you want and you don't always want what you get.

In a world ruled by a predatory lender who takes pride in a "foolproof" system, life is a series of predictable decisions made by individuals trapped in a seemingly inescapable cycle. Everything changes when a charismatic conman enters the scene, armed with a mysterious ability to unlock the hidden goodness within us all. Will the conman dismantle the lender's foolproof system or become ensnared in its intricacies?

This is one of those second-person point-of-view vignettes that many writers claim can't be done well. To top THAT off, it's in the present tense. Strike two, you groan! Go ahead, roll your eyes - but read it anyway. You just might enjoy it. If you don't tell, no one will ever know. *wink*

"A Visit from St. Nicholas", more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837.