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When invalid barrister Phillip LeFrank visits his cousin's farm in America, he's hoping for a quiet convalescence. He is to be seriously disappointed, finding the farm to be a hotbed of jealousy, spite, hidden passions...and apparently murder. Is his cousin, Ambrose, as innocent as his betrothed claims? Is she?

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol and one year before The Cricket on the Hearth. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books": five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s. Narrated by Michael Ward.

A classic comedy by the great Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is his short farce consisting of numerous noms de plume, a case of mistaken identity, an identity left in a case by mistake, and the mistake of revealing ones identity in the presence of a previous employer, which may result post-script in a case for Scotland Yard. Or to put much more simply, of Jack and his attempts to woo Gwendolyn, his would-be bride... even if she does seem to think his name is Earnest.

From the creator of the Wizard of Oz comes this short festive tale of Santa Claus and how, on one snowy Christmas eve, he runs afoul of four daemons. This story is narrated by Michael Ward and is a companion piece to the illustrated Kindle edition.

This quintessential classic: the famous tale by Washington Irving of Ichabod Crane, schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow and his chance encounter with the spectral fiend, the Headless Horseman!

In this groundbreaking tale by H. G. Wells, a Victorian-era time traveller explores a distant and dystopian future populated by fragile Eloi and bestial Morlocks underground....

This spine chilling tale by HP Lovecraft, depicts an unimaginable horror arising in the isolated village of Dunwich, which poses a threat to the whole world.

This short story of Francis Scott Fitzgerald depicts the strange and curious life of Benjamin Button, born an old man and aging backwards. Narrated by Michael Ward

This famous classic of Jules Verne details the grand adventure of the French valet Passpartout and his unflappable master, one Phileas Fogg, in their journey around the world in 80 days, with Mr. Fogg's whole fortune at stake.

Rudyard Kipling's classic fables, from the story of how the whale got his throat, to the tale of the butterfly that stamped. Narrated by Michael Ward.

This is the classic adventure of Richard Hannay, who upon being buttonholed at his door by a mysterious stranger called Franklin P. Scudder, finds himself drawn into adventure and international intrigue with Europe on the brink of war, and the fate of England at stake.

The timeless Dickens classic, narrated by Michael Ward.

The continued adventures of Sherlock Holmes, covering such classics as: "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor", "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet", and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches". This is an HCR104fm audiobook.

Every Halloween the town of Deadsville holds their annual "Circus of Horrors" that brings in tourists from all over the world. This was the only real money maker for the town of Deadsville. Deadsville had one post office, one church, one store, etc., so there wasn't very much excitement in this little town. Though the town of Deadsville wasn't totally dead, hence the name. Just like everything this world has to offer in everyday life. Things can get rather boring unless you can think up new ideas that will stand out.

On a bright sunny day in a public park two security officers encounter problems, tragedy and someone with psychic abilities.

It all began around the 15th century when a man by the name of Henry Von Schmidt's obsession for grave robbing got out of control. Henry stumbled onto a grave with a pentagram etched into the tombstone and noticed writing on the tombstone. It read: "Whosoever desecrates Richard Valence III's final resting place will surely die!" Henry laughed it off, "Hogwash! Some children probably wrote those words and made up a story so the townspeople would think the cemetery was haunted.

Just off in the distance stood a little town called Killington - a town so small that was hard to locate on a map. In fact, this town only had a population of about 50 people, which could explain why nobody knew about it. That was all about to change with the arrival of Jason. Jason would end up turning the town upside down, making Killington a famous tourist attraction for all the wrong reasons.

Selected adventures of Sherlocks Holmes as collected by his resolute companion Dr. Watson, as narrated by Michael Ward.

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life with 5 Short Stories from 31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead by Drac Von Stoller. Immerse yourself in some of the best horrifying short stories ever told, including "Guillotine", "Killington Axe Murders", "Scared to Death", "Vampinstein", and "Witch Finder General's Curse". Read by Michael Ward.

Johnny the embalmer loved his job and loved to let the towns people know he did. When Johnny was a little boy, he would hang out with his father in their morgue which had been in the family for many generations. Johnny's father never let little Johnny in on the family's dirty little secret. Johnny's father felt that now was as good of a time as any to let Johnny in on the family's dark past since he had reached the age where his father told him.