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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Keeble
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H.P. Lovecraft
About this listen
The Call of Cthulhu is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories.
Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extra terrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance.
It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative. The narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the information he possesses, illustrating the story's first line: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far".
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 186
This volume contains the stories that nearly everyone agrees are the best work of H.P. Lovecraft’s life. Chronologically, it is the second book in a three-volume omnibus set comprising the complete fictional works of Howard Phillips Lovcecraft.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Go to YouTube
- By brian d wilkerson on 08-10-18
By: H. P. Lovecraft, and others
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The End of the Story
- Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Book 1
- By: Clark Ashton Smith
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper, Allan Robertson, Joe Knezevich, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 225
Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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variety is the spice of life
- By Alaskapenny on 12-29-15
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Edgar Allan Poe elevated the gothic story, developed the unreliable narrator, recast psychological terror, and reveled in both the horror and the supernal beauty of death. From Poe's rich, unrivaled imagination comes a collection of his most masterful works, including "The Black Cat", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and, of course, "The Tell-Tale Heart". Each story explores morbid themes of grief, greed, fear, and guilt, and together they embody Poe's grotesque obsessions...even the dread of being buried alive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Didn't fully track it, but still, I enjoyed it!
- By Jennifer Greenlees on 10-02-20
By: Edgar Allan Poe
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: Michael Kitchen
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 166
This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality, and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Dark Human Heart
- By Jefferson on 01-30-11
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E.F. Benson's Ghost Stories
- read by Mark Gatiss
- By: E. F. Benson
- Narrated by: Mark Gatiss
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 177
Mark Gatiss ( Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) reads chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story: E. F. Benson. There's nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy train platform. There's nothing terrifying about a little caterpillar. And a telephone, what could be scary about that? Don't be frightened of the dark corners of your room. Don't be alarmed by a sudden inexplicable chill.
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5 out of 5 stars
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E.F. Benson Classics Excellently Read by Gatiss
- By Robert on 10-28-17
By: E. F. Benson
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The Invisible Man and The Time Machine
- By: H. G. Wells
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
In The Invisible Man, a scientist theorizes that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will not be visible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result. In The Time Machine, we follow the Time Traveller to the year 802,701 A.D.. He finds a golden race of small, soft, innocent people. But what is it that lurks in the dark shadows?
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5 out of 5 stars
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When The Invisible Man ends and The Time Machine begins
- By kíli on 04-08-18
By: H. G. Wells
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The Dracula Tape
- The New Dracula, Book 1
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 193
The never-before-told story behind the legend of Count Dracula! The story of the Count’s greatest love, Mina Harker, and the bloodthirsty vampire hunters whose cruel pursuit drove the master of the night to actions ever more ruthless. The Count Dracula sets the record straight.…
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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY!
- By Amanda Pike on 03-03-13
By: Fred Saberhagen
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The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Unabridged
- H.G. Wells' Classic Collection
- By: H. G. Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin Theis
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Presented is a two-volume collection of Wells' most celebrated classics of science-fiction and horror: The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. This audio-enhanced version - with sound effects and musical soundtrack - combines Wells' groundbreaking exploration of time travel with his "youthful blasphemy" tale of animal and human hybrids.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Stories - Refreshing Narration
- By Daniela Thelen on 12-28-18
By: H. G. Wells
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The Devil Rides Out
- By: Dennis Wheatley
- Narrated by: Christoper Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Many consider it to be Dennis Wheatley's finest work, which is praise indeed for this world beating novelist. It was a best seller in the 1930s when it first came out, full of 1930s atmosphere, skilfully written and well researched, too - although Wheatley never practiced magic himself, he met with many of the most famous occultists of his day to make the book as authentic as possible. In The Devil Rides Out, the Duke de Richleau and a friend find that one of their number is missing from a reunion, and it turns out that he has fallen under the influence of a black magic sect.
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1 out of 5 stars
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story marred by racist nonsense
- By Anonymous User on 10-16-24
By: Dennis Wheatley
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The Body Snatcher [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4 out of 5 stars 84
Two student anatomists purchase the remains of humanity in the small hours of the morning. The shadowy men who bring the bodies seldom speak, and the suspicions of the students are never spoken aloud. Until one morning when the drapery is lifted from the face of a new acquisition, and one student recognizes it as the face of a dear friend, alive and well only yesterday.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classics at thier best
- By Russell Bernard on 05-01-18
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The Great God Pan
- Esoteric Classics: Occult Fiction
- By: Arthur Machen
- Narrated by: Shea Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 147
Machen's novella The Great God Pan is often cited as one of Lovecraft's most notable influences. In it, Dr. Raymond's ultimate goal is to devise a way to open the mind of man so that he may experience all the world has to offer. He calls this "seeing the great god Pan". After much study of the human mind, he devises an experiment that involves minor brain surgery. He performs this experiment on a young woman named Mary, but when she awakens she is terrified and mentally crippled.
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5 out of 5 stars
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classic horror
- By Shantee on 05-04-16
By: Arthur Machen
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The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
- By: Sax Rohmer
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Inspector Nayland Smith has unearthed a plot that could mean the end of civilization as we know it. He's just arrived in London, chasing the greatest criminal mind ever to come from the East. But when he arrives to warn Sir Crichton Davies that he is in danger, he finds he is too late. Sir Crichton has become the first victim of the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pulp Fiction of the day
- By Anniebligh on 12-12-12
By: Sax Rohmer
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Classic Tales Of Horror
- By: Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Fenton Stevens, Sarah Douglas, Ben Onwukwe, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Classic Tales Of Horror offers up fifteen slices of powerful story-telling from the world's great mystery & classic horror 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).
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3 out of 5 stars
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loved how they were read but...
- By Anthony Rebol on 08-15-16
By: Ambrose Bierce, and others
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Reanimators
- By: Pete Rawlik
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4 out of 5 stars 123
Two men, a bitter rivalry, and a quarter-century of unspeakable horrors. Herbert West’s crimes against nature are well-known to those familiar with the darkest secrets of science and resurrection. Obsessed with finding a cure for mankind’s oldest malady, death itself, he has experimented upon the living and dead, leaving behind a trail of monsters, mayhem, and madness. But the story of his greatest rival has never been told until now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful romp through Lovecraft country
- By Elise Givhan Spainhour on 09-02-13
By: Pete Rawlik