Classic Tales of Horror

Written by Ambrose Bierce, E Nesbitt, Amelia B Edwards and 11 more

Narrated by Sarah Douglas, John Waite, Ben Onwukwe and Michael Fenton-Stevens

Classic Tales Of Horror offers up fifteen slices of powerful story-telling from the world’s great authors. From Henry James and Ambrose Bierce to Bram Stoker and Charles Dickens. Read by John Waite (BBC Radio 4), Sarah Douglas (Superman I & II), Michael Fenton-Stevens (Spitting Image, KYTV, Hitch-hiker’s Guide) and Ben Onwukwe (London’s Burning, Othello).

The Man & The Snake by Ambrose Bierce – Read by Sarah Douglas

Man-Size In Marble by E Nesbitt – Read by John Waite

The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

The Mysterious Mansion by Honore De Balzac – Read by Ben Onwukwe

The Judge’s House by Bram Stoker – Read by Sarah Douglas

Lost Face by Jack London – Read by John Waite

A Confession Found In A Prison by Charles Dickens – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

The Ghostly Rental by Henry James – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards – Read by John Waite

The Picture In The House by HP Lovecraft – Read by Ben Onwukwe

True Relation Of The Apparition Of One Mrs Veal by Daniel Defoe – Read by Sarah Douglas

Transformation by Mary Shelley – Read by Michael Fenton-Stevens

The Monkey’s Paw by WW Jacobs – Read by John Waite

William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe – Read by Ben Onwukwe

Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook by M.R. James – Read by John Waite

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spokenworld Audio/Ladbroke Audio Ltd
• Release date: Jun 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781669673514

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Meigs County, Ohio, Bierce was raised Indiana in a poor family who treasured literature and extolled the value of education. Despite this, he left school at 15 to work as a printer’s apprentice, otherwise known as a “devil”, for the Northern Indianan, an abolitionist newspaper. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union infantry and was present at some of the conflict’s most harrowing events, including the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. During the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in 1864, Bierce—by then a lieutenant—suffered a serious brain injury and was discharged the following year. After a brief re-enlistment, he resigned from the Army and settled in San Francisco, where he worked for years as a newspaper editor and crime reporter. In addition to his career in journalism, Bierce wrote a series of realist stories including “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and “Chickamauga,” which depict the brutalities of warfare while emphasizing the psychological implications of violence. In 1906, he published The Devil’s Dictionary, a satirical dictionary compiled from numerous installments written over several decades for newspapers and magazines. In 1913, he accompanied Pancho Villa’s army as an observer of the Mexican Revolution and disappeared without a trace at the age of 71.