
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1
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Narrated by:
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Ian Gordon
About this listen
This collection comprises 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From Blackwood's The Empty House, through to Philip K. Dick's The Hanging Stranger, Lovecraft's Out of The Aeons, and beyond.
Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable.
Contents:
- The Empty House (A. Blackwood)
- The Glamour of the Snow (A. Blackwood)
- The Wood of the Dead (A. Blackwood)
- The Creeper in the Crypt (R. Bloch)
- Notebook Found in an Abandoned House (R. Bloch)
- The Shambler from the Stars (R. Bloch)
- The Pendulum (R. Bradbury)
- Evening Primrose (J. Collier)
- A Terribly Strange Bed (W. Collins)
- A:B:O. (W. de la Mare)
- The Hanging Stranger (Dick)
- The Phantom Coach (A. B. Edwards)
- The Fear Experiment (I. Gordon)
- That Time of the Night (I. Gordon)
- VANITY LTD. (I. Gordon)
- The Horse of the Invisible (W. H. Hodgson)
- The Searcher of the End House (W. H. Hodgson)
- The Voice in the Night (W. H. Hodgson)
- The Dream Snake (R. E. Howard)
- The Horror from the Mound (R. E. Howard)
- The Thing on the Roof (R. E. Howard)
- The Ash-tree (M. R. James)
- Count Magnus (M. R. James)
- Lost Hearts (M. R. James)
- Number 13 (M. R. James)
- Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (M. R. James)
- In Amundsen's Tent (J. M. Leahy)
- To Build a Fire (J. London)
- The Pale Man (J. Long)
- The Space-Eaters (F. B. Long)
- The Colour Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
- The Music of Erich Zann (H. P. Lovecraft)
- Out of the Aeons (H. P. Lovecraft)
- The White People (A. Machen)
- The Drone (A. Merritt)
- The Black Cat (E. A. Poe)
- Tobermory (Saki)
- 2 B R 0 2 B (K. Vonnegut Jr.)
- The Fire Vampires (D. Wandrei)
- The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells)
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another fantastic anthology
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Only Horrorbabble have managed to capture a fantastic selection of stories, arranged in an order that slowly builds the terror and narrated in such a perfect way as to elicit images of darkened, shadowy studies wreathed in pipe smoke where tales are recounted over glasses of strong whisky.
I own most of what they've made and every single production is wonderfully created and there really is no reason to look elsewhere if you're seeking a reason to leave the light on at night.
Breathing new (un)life into great, classic tales.
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Secondly, credit to the narrator, Ian Gordon. His enthusiasm and style is totally fitting for these tales and make their rendition highly enjoyable. Even for those few who find his style not to their taste, it will still grow on you and is undeniably appropriate to the material.
It is also a great compliment to Ian Gordon that I found his own stories equally enjoyable to the classics included in this collection. He is a good example of how fans of a genre can reproduce its classic tropes in a modern context. This is more than just carrying on a tradition, it's actually very exciting enjoying the new material that is produced as a result.
Horrorbabble are bringing to light for free on the internet many great works of fiction that are otherwise hard to find in print or don't deserve to be forgotten. Yes, M,R. James and some others have always been well-known, H.P Lovecraft is an icon, but masters like Clark Ashton Smith, Algernon Blackwood, and even Robert Bloch and Robert E. Howard are inexpicably little-known, despite being some of the best writers of any genre, not just weird fiction. In a climate where people are hunting to cash in on the recent success of Lord of the Rings, and horror is so huge, it's bizzaree that this material is being overlooked.
I hope Horrorbabble's website and this collection help connect these neglected stories to a new audience. Although many stories included here can be found for free on the Horrorbabble site, they deserve the income from this audible purchase for their work and the convenience of having all these tales collected together on the audible app.
The best source of classic weird fiction audio
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Lots of good stuff
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I'll be rather quick to buy up more from this source.
spooky
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Spooky at its Best
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Amazing
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Great collection; Great reader!
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If it was read with just a little less overemphasis and moody exagerations it would be perfect 👌
Not Disappointed
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Awful narration kills book
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