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"'Pulls you into its dark spiral, filling you with hope even as it rips your heart out.' - Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Thirteenth Child 'Grabs you by the heart and won't let go until the surprising, devastating end.'—Goldy Moldavsky, New York Times-bestselling author of The Mary Shelley Club and Of Earthly Delights 'Brutal, hypnotic, irresistible.' - Alyssa Villaire, #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Glittering Edge A reluctant teenage killer, the alluring demon she’s bound to, and the headstrong boy she’s sworn to kill are tangled in a web of dangerous desire and sinister secrets in this dark psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth. One heart for another. One life for another. And only her soul to pay. Two years ago, Tara Corbane made a deal with a demon. Each lunar eclipse, she must feed him a lover’s heart torn out by her bare hands—and in exchange, he keeps her sister’s dying heart alive. A desperate deal that Tara fears is making her more and more like Thorn, the twisted but tantalizing demon she's sworn to hate. Thirty days before the next eclipse, Tara heads to New Orleans, where her newest target awaits. But Rian Connach, the handsome heir to a real estate empire, is nothing like the others. He's single, for starters, and isn't out for love but vengeance. He's hot on the trail of the serial killer he blames for his girlfriend’s gruesome death—a trail that will lead directly to Tara. As the eclipse draws near, Tara finds herself trapped in a game of cat and mouse. To save her own skin, she must win the trust and ruin the mind of the beguiling and broken boy hunting her, all the while fighting her feelings for the demon whose secrets threaten everything she's ever believed about him, and herself. With Rian getting closer and closer to the truth, and Thorn warning of vicious consequences if she doesn’t fulfill their bargain, time is running out to answer the ultimate question: Is Tara the predator, or the prey?"
Jenni Howell (Author), Christopher Ragland , Ian Dunnett Jr. , Jaimi Barbakoff (Narrator)
Audiobook · 13 hrs 6 mins
Landfill Mountains: A dystopian cli-fi for young adults
"In a world devastated by climate change and overconsumption, sixteen-year-old Joe's survival hangs by a thread. Living in a shack beneath towering piles of waste with his father and grandfather, the town's revered storyteller, their community faces constant danger. After a deadly avalanche of rubbish, six-year-old Lily is left deathly ill, and Joe sets out on a quest for help. As Joe journeys towards the city of Madera, the lines between reality and the magical stories his grandfather passed down begin to blur. He confronts the Prince of Madera, whose tempting promises of salvation for Joe's struggling community conceal a sinister plan for exploitation. 'Landfill Mountains' is an imaginative young adult novel about survival, hope, and the fight to reclaim a shattered planet. It powerfully reflects on climate change and highlights the enduring magic of stories that bind communities and inspire change. This dystopian debut novel invites readers aged 12 and up to join Joe's journey and ponder: Can one voice rewrite the destiny of a broken world? Rab Ferguson is a UK-based author and storyteller known for writing imaginative fiction that blend everyday life with extraordinary twists."
Rab Ferguson (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
Audiobook · 11 hrs 23 mins
Short Stories Set in New England
"Timeless tales set in America's famous Northwestern region. From the very earliest days New England, first as a colony then as many of the founding states of America, has seemed genteel, almost reserved in its ambitions and the way it presents itself to the world. This volume will disavow you of that notion in short order. The imaginations and pens of such luminaries as Washington Irving, Willa Cather, H P Lovecraft, Sarah Orne Jewett and others bring many views and experiences from this small region of the United States. 1 - Stories Set in New England - An Introduction2 - Herbert West - Re-Animator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - Herbert West - Re-Animator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving5 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett6 - How I Killed a Bear by Charles Dudley Warner7 - A Far Away Melody by Mary E Wilkins Freeman8 - A Wagner Matinee by Willa Catha9 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James10 - David Swan by Nathaniel Hawthorne11 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman12 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne13 - The Gray Man by Sarah Orne Jewett14 - Pickman's Model by H P Lovecraft15 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man - Part 1 by William Austin16 - Peter Rugg, The Missing Man - Part 2 by William Austin"
Charles Dudley Warner , H.P. Lovecraft , Henry James , Mary E Wilkins Freeman , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Sarah Orne Jewett , Washington Irving , Willa Catha , William Austin (Author), Christopher Ragland , Garrick Hagon , Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)
Audiobook · 8 hrs 26 mins
"The American Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford was born in 1835.Her talents extended across novels, poems and detective stories and she was very widely published. Her career was to eventually span 6 decades.She died in 1921."
Harriet Prescott Spofford (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
His Unconquerable Enemy
"The American William Chambers Morrow was born in 1854. As a writer he was chiefly known for his short stories of horror and suspense. Their often macabre storylines were very popular in their day.He died in 1923."
W C Morrow (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
"Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born on 24th June 1842 at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio. His parents were poor but they introduced him to literature at an early age, instilling in him a deep appreciation of books, the written word and the elegance of language. Growing up in Koscuisko County, Indiana poverty and religion were defining features of his childhood, and he would later describe his parents as “unwashed savages” and fanatically religious, showing him little affection but always quick to punish. He came to resent religion, and his introduction to literature appears to be their only positive effect.At age 15 Bierce left home to become a printer’s devil, mixing ink and fetching type at The Northern Indian, a small Ohio paper. Falsely accused of theft he returned to his farm and spent time sending out work in the hopes of being published.His Uncle Lucius advised he be sent to the Kentucky Military Institute. A year later he was commissioned as an Officer. As the Civil War started Bierce enlisted in the 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In April 1862 Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh, an experience which, though terrifying, became the source of several short stories. Two years later he sustained a serious head wound and was off duty for several months. He was discharged in early 1865. A later expedition to inspect military outposts across the Great Plains took him all the way to San Francisco. He remained there to become involved with publishing and editing and to marry, Mary Ellen on Christmas Day 1871. They had a child, Day, the following year. In 1872 the family moved to England for 3 years where he wrote for Fun magazine. His son, Leigh, was born, and first book, ‘The Fiend’s Delight’, was published.They returned to San Francisco and to work for a number of papers where he gained admiration for his crime reporting. In 1887 he began a column at the William Randolph Hearst’s San Francisco Examiner. Bierce’s marriage fell apart when he discovered compromising letters to his wife from a secret admirer. The following year, 1889 his son Day committed suicide, depressed by romantic rejection.In 1891 Bierce wrote and published the collection of 26 short stories which included ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’. Success and further works including poetry followed. Bierce with Hearst’s resources helped uncover a financial plot by a railroad to turn 130 million dollars of loans into a handout. Confronted by the railroad and asked to name his price Bierce answered “my price is $130 million dollars. If, when you are ready to pay, I happen to be out of town, you may hand it over to my friend, the Treasurer of the United States”. He now began his first foray as a fabulist, publishing ‘Fantastic Fables’ in 1899. But tragedy again struck two years later when his second son Leigh died of pneumonia relating to his alcoholism.He continued to write short stories and poetry and also published ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’. At the age of 71, in 1913 Bierce departed from Washington, D.C., for a tour of the battlefields where he had fought during the civil war. At the city of Chihuahua he wrote his last known communication, a letter to a friend. It’s closing words were “as to me, I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination,” Ambrose Bierce then vanished without trace."
Ambrose Bierce (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek
The Story of a Conscience
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
"Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio.When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio. Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14 to take a number of jobs to help with the family finances. These were difficult years.He moved to Chicago in search of opportunities before joining the Army for the US-Spanish War of 1898. He then entered Wittenberg Academy in Springfield, Ohio to complete his education before moving back to Chicago to take up a writing job.In 1904 he married Cornelia Lane, her family had resources and Anderson was keen, with this family backing, to run a business.The early years of their marriage produced 3 children but a nervous breakdown in 1907 and another in 1912, despite his success as a business entrepreneur, resulted in him abandoning his family and deciding that a literary career would be best for him. A move back to Chicago resulted in a job in advertising, a divorce from Cornelia and marriage to Tennessee Mitchell. That same year his first book ‘Windy McPherson’s Son’ was released and in 1919, his most famous book, ‘Winesburg, Ohio’, a collection of short stories about life in an Ohio town was released.Anderson continued to write short stories, novels and non-fiction but his only true bestseller came with ‘Dark Laughter’. His influence on writers that followed, from Faulkner to Hemingway, was immense. He also married a further two times. Sherwood Anderson died in in Colón, Panama, on the 8th March, 1941. He was 64. An autopsy revealed that a swallowed toothpick had resulted in peritonitis.His headstone epitaph reads ‘Life, Not Death is the Great Adventure.’"
Sherwood Anderson (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
Discovery of a Father
The Gift of the Magi
"William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him.He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881. A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby.He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married.Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good.But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year. His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement.Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write. Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897. Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days. Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist. His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry. He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh. He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines. Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published.Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing. O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910."
O Henry (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
Springtime a la Carte
The Unknown Quantity
The Ransom of Red Chief
A Retrieved Reformation
3 Stories - American Dream
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - American Dream02 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather03 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald04 - The Egg by Sherwood Anderson01 - 3 Stories About - Appearance Versus Reality02 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman03 - The Looking Glass by Anton Chekhov04 - The Art of Book-Making by Washington Irving"
F Scott Fitzgerald , Sherwood Anderson , Willa Cather (Author), Christopher Ragland , Eric Meyers , Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 27 mins
3 Stories - Native American Characters
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Native American Characters02 - The Great Slave by Zane Grey03 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald04 - Running Wolf by Algernon Blackwood"
Algernon Blackwood , F Scott Fitzgerald , Zane Grey (Author), Christopher Ragland , Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 45 mins
3 Stories - Stream of Consciousness
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Stream of Consciousness02 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe03 - The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf04 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce"
Ambrose Bierce , Edgar Allan Poe , Virginia Woolf (Author), Bill Wallis , Christopher Ragland , Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 5 mins
3 Stories - Set During Pandemics
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Set During Pandemics02 - The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe03 - The Dust of Death by Fred M White04 - The Unparallelled Invasion by Jack London"
Edgar Allan Poe , Fred M White , Jack London (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker , William Dufris (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 42 mins
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Irony02 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant03 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry04 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs"
Guy De Maupassant , O Henry , W W Jacobs (Author), Christopher Ragland , Jake Urry , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 3 mins
3 Stories - Mind Playing Tricks
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Mind Playing Tricks02 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards03 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne04 - Whittington's Cat by Lady Eleanor Smith"
Amelia B. Edwards , Lady Eleanor Smith , Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), Christopher Ragland , Elliot Fitzpatrick (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 17 mins
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Fantasy02 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H G Wells03 - When I Was a Witch by Charlotte Perkins Gilman04 - The Clock That Went Backward by Edward Page Mitchell"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Edward Page Mitchell , H.G. Wells (Author), Christopher Ragland , Laurel Lefkow , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 47 mins
3 Stories About - Human Connection
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories About - Human Connections02 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson03 - Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf04 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov"
Anton Chekhov , Sherwood Anderson , Virginia Woolf (Author), Christopher Ragland , Eve Karpf , Tom McLean (Narrator)
3 Stories About - Identity
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories About - Identity02 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson03 - My First Goose by Isaac Babel04 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry"
Isaac Babel , O Henry , Sherwood Anderson (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker (Narrator)
3 Stories About - Poverty & Struggle
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories About - Poverty & Struggle02 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry03 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov04 - The Hired Baby, A Romance of the London Streets by Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli"
Anton Chekhov , Mary Mackay , O Henry (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker , Tom McLean (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 22 mins
3 Stories About - Thieving for the Greater Good
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears."
Alexander Kuprin , Vincent Blasco Inanez , Willa Cather (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 34 mins
3 Stories About - Gothic seduction
F Marion Crawford , Marjorie Bowen , Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Christopher Ragland , Elliot Fitzpatrick , Robbie McNab (Narrator)
Audiobook · 3 hrs 24 mins
3 Stories About - Charity
May Sinclair , T S Arthur , Zona Gale (Author), Christopher Ragland , Ghizela Rowe , Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 2 mins
3 Stories About - Ambition
Arnold Bennett , Herman Melville , Paul Laurence Dunbar (Author), Christopher Ragland , Darrell Joe , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 59 mins
3 Stories About - Cruel Tyrants
Edgar Allan Poe , Gustav Meyrink , W C Morrow (Author), Bill Wallis , Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 10 mins
3 Stories - Set On Ships
Ambrose Bierce , F Marion Crawford , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Christopher Ragland , John-Michael MacDonald , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 39 mins
3 Stories - Dark Romanticism
E T A Hoffman , Edgar Allan Poe , Washington Irving (Author), Christopher Ragland , Elliot Fitzpatrick , William Dufris (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 37 mins
3 Stories - Set in Puritan New England
Nathaniel Hawthorne , Washington Irving (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)
3 Stories - With Religious Critiques
Anton Chekhov , Leonid Andreyev , Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
3 Sad Stories - About People Desperate for Companionship
Katherine Mansfield , Maxim Gorky , Sherwood Anderson (Author), Christopher Ragland , Eve Karpf , Tom McLean (Narrator)
3 Christmas Stories - Set on Christmas Eve
Louisa May Alcott , O Henry , Willa Cather (Author), Christopher Ragland , Patricia Rodriguez (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 11 mins
3 Christmas Stories - Heartwarming
Lucy Ward Montgomery , Willa Cather , William Dean Howells (Author), Christopher Ragland , Michael Carleton , Michael Lyons (Narrator)
3 Christmas Stories - About Crime
Ralph Plummer , Robert Louis Stevenson , Willa Cather (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker , Robert Maskell (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 41 mins
3 Christmas Stories - With a Positive Message
O Henry , Willa Cather , William Dean Howells (Author), Christopher Ragland , Michael Carleton (Narrator)
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