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Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare, in which he is sentenced to death and executed. He tries to convince the people around him that they are imaginary and that they will cease to exist if the execution is carried out.

A young, handsome columnist is startled to learn that famous movie star Pamela Morris is just as lovely and young looking today as when she starred in the film Queen of the Nile, made decades ago. Intrigued, he investigates - and by doing so, learns a terrifying secret.

This collection of 40 fairy tales contains well-known favorites from authors like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Oscar Wilde, Charles Perrault, Madame de Beaumont, and Joseph Jacobs.

"La Belle et la Bête" : Belle, pour sauver son père de la menace de la Bête, accepte de quitter sa famille en devenant prisonnière du monstre. "Le petit Poucet" : Le petit Poucet et ses frères, abandonnés par leurs parents en plein forêt, devront ruser pour échapper à l'Ogre, amateur de chair fraîche. "Cendrillon" : La pauvre Cendrillon esclave de sa belle-mère et de ses demi-soeurs ne peut se rendre au bal donné par le Prince, c'est sans compter sur sa Marraine, la fée.

Alan Talbot doesn't understand why his hometown seems so unfamiliar; why is he driven to kill - and what are those strange noises in his head? He's about to get some answers when he comes face to face with his double.

A father forbids a history professor from marrying his daughter when he discovers that the captivating lecturer is actually an immortal who has lived for thousands of years.

The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone writer. It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for The Twilight Zone - for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension. Perchance to Dream contains a selection of Beaumont's finest stories, including five that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes.

A reporter comes upon a peaceful village that guards the secret of creating and obliterating matter. Once he learns the secret, it takes another miracle to release him from the responsibility of the knowledge.

Three astronauts land on a remote asteroid where everyone is frozen in place in the midst of their activities. The only one that moves reveals himself as the caretaker who explains that they are in an exclusive cemetery where the deads' greatest wishes can come true.

During a walking trip of Central Europe following World War II, a man loses his way and winds up in a monastery where the monks believe they have imprisoned the Devil himself!

Experience one of television’s greatest science-fiction series, The Twilight Zone - fully dramatized for audio. In this episode, Talky Tina, the doll that does everything, is a lifelike creation of plastic and springs, with a painted smile. To Erich Streator, she is a most unwelcome addition to his household. But without her, he'd never enter the Twilight Zone....

A wax museum's custodian takes home the wax figures of some of the most infamous murderers of the past, with chilling results.

David Gurney wakes up to another ordinary day. Except today, nobody knows who he is.

A newspaper editor facing bankruptcy hires a man with uncanny abilities to predict the news. His newfound employee gets the newspaper back in the black, but at a devil of a price.

Before Grandma died, she gave her grandson, Billy, a toy telephone. When he uses it to talk to her, his parents dismiss it as overactive imagination - until Billy decides its time to join Grandma.

A terrified man believes if he falls asleep a woman in his dream will murder him, so he seeks the help of a psychiatrist.

Descubre con tus hijos los cuentos clásicos de siempre... ¡como nunca! Estos mágicos audiocuentos están locutados por reconocidos actores de doblaje en España, acompañados de una impresionante banda sonora y ¡con efectos binaurales! Son perfectos tanto para escuchar en casa antes de dormir como en el coche. La editorial VOCA y su colección Colorín colorado te ofrecen más de 2 horas de diversión en las que se incluyen 15 cuentos.

Le monde fourmille d'histoires, de contes, de légendes. PatonJean a voyagé du nord au sud, d'est en ouest pour recueillir ces récits pour toi.

Certaines petites histoires pleines de magie sont à l'origine de notre culture, de nos expressions ou même de grand film. Retrouvez la sélection de contes à l'origine de toutes les belles histoires, comme Aladdin, la belle et la bête, la reine des neiges,...

Mary looked at the moving wall. It was a film of a terrible, terrible disaster. "Does it have to be on, Mother?" "Well, nobody seems to be watching. I don't think the doctor would mind if I switched it off." Mrs. Cuberle rose from the couch and walked to the wall. She depressed a little button, and the life went from the wall, flickering and glowing.