Publisher Description
This anthology of horror and suspense features seven spine-tingling stories to entice your imagination, including Every Now and Then by George Zarr, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, How to Shed 180 Pounds by Pete Lutz, Personal Delivery by George Zarr, A Visitor from Egypt by Frank Belknap Long Jr, Dark Road to Nowhere by Joey Ouellette, and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. Sound effects and music chillingly enhance each story.
Every Now and Then: A sunny day, a quaint antique store, browsing through the artifacts of a bygone time. To some, these are the ingredients for a pleasantly spent afternoon. To Frank, it is the beginning of a journey that will tear his world inside out. Is his puzzling trek down memory lane an actual journey into the past? Or a careening descent into madness?
The Tell-Tale Heart: This classic horror tale by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of a man who murders an older man for his evil eye and is haunted by his guilt. Poe’s narrator reveals his motives, methods, and madness in a chilling confession.
How to Shed 180 Pounds: In this tale of suspense, we meet Audrey and Walt Ellis, an unhappy couple who take a secluded vacation to try and patch their marriage up – but it turns out that neither one really ‘digs’ the idea!
Personal Delivery: A man asks his dying sibling to deliver a personal message to their mother – and receives her absolute and unexpected final answer!
A Visitor from Egypt: A museum guard stands convicted of mass murder, after a mysterious visitor calls upon the curator and asks to see some ancient, Egyptian bones.
Dark Road to Nowhere: A young couple cruising on Halloween night found themselves stranded on a desolate country road when something or someone jumped out in front of their car. Was it a Halloween trick, an illusion, or the beginning of a nightmare?
The Black Cat: This tale by Edgar Allan Poe tells an unforgettable tale of obsession, murder, and revenge! Poe’s narrator, who admits to horribly mistreating the eponymous house pet, is forced to deal with the bizarre and unexplainable repercussions of his vicious cruelty.
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About the Authors
Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994) was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and nonfiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 1977.
George Zarr is an award-winning audio dramatist currently based in Chicago. He is the producer, writer, director, and composer of the Hans Christian Andersen musical The Bell, the four-part comedy Hurry! Hurry! It’s Almost Christmas, the mystery collection Dark of the Moon Inn, and the Western comedy musical serial Hoofbeats in My Heart, all four available from Blackstone Publishing.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1848) transformed the American literary landscape with his innovations in the short story genre and his haunting lyrical poetry, and he is credited with inventing American gothic horror and detective fiction. He was first published in 1827 and then began a career as a magazine writer and editor and a sharp literary critic. In 1845 the publication of his most famous poem, “The Raven,” brought him national fame.
Founded in 1946, Highlights for Children, Inc., is dedicated to the belief that “children are the world’s most important people.” Every Highlights product helps children become their best selves and become curious, creative, caring, and confident individuals. With its flagship magazine’s success, Highlights for Children, Inc., expanded to include other companies.
Pete Lutz founded the Narada Radio Company in 2013 when he began podcasting audio dramas, and since then has written, directed, and produced more than 150 audio productions. His audio drama The Trunk was named the First Prize winner of the 2015 Marion Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Award. Pete lives in South Texas with his wife and son and, by day, wears the secret identity of a civil servant at a Naval Air Station.
About a full cast
Jonathan Davis has been inducted into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. A three-time recipient and fourteen-time nominee of the Audie Award, he has earned accolades for his narration from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the American Library Association, Booklist, the Audio Publishers Association, AudioFile magazine, and USA Today. He has narrated a variety of bestsellers and award-winners for top publishing houses. He also narrated over forty titles of the Star Wars franchise for Lucasfilm Ltd./PRH Audio, including several iconic movie tie-ins, has participated with Star Wars Celebration, and has built a significant fan base. His work as a narrator includes films and programming for National Geographic Television, NOVA, PBS, VH1, and Francis Ford Coppola. He grew up in Puerto Rico and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.