Fantasy
The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 1, March 1, 1919
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Greye La Spina
Thrill Book was a short-lived genre fiction precursor to Weird Tales featuring some of the same talent like Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn, C…
The Radium Pool
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edward Earl Repp
Deep beneath the many-hued, volcanic sands of the Manalava Plains is an eerie world. And in this world, in a gem-encrusted cavern, is a pool…
The Weird Fiction of Fantasy Fan Magazine
Read by Ben Tucker
Various
The Fantasy Fan was a fanzine edited by Charles D. Hornig that featured exclusive works by many seminal figures from the golden period of we…
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III
Read by Jim Locke
François Rabelais
The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel is a vehicle for Rabelais' satire of sixteenth-centur…
"Christmas Every Day"
William Dean Howells
A little girl wishes for it to be Christmas every day -- and gets her wish -- in this 1892 story. Much imitated and adapted!
Limanora, The Island Of Progress
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Godfrey Sweven
Our ethereal man with wings, whom we met in Riallaro, continues his tale about Limanora which is a Utopian Island created as an experiment i…
Beyond the Vanishing Point
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Ray Cummings
When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and stream…
Gulliver's Travels (Version 3)
Read by Peter Dann
Jonathan Swift
First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" presents, as a mock travel tale, a series of thought experiments mi…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 04 January 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Little Novels
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Wilkie Collins
Master Victorian storyteller Wilkie Collins, author of classics such as The Woman in White and The Moonstone, brings us a collection of nove…
Fuel of Fire
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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
"Then was there war in the house of Baxendale. Guy had made up his mind to wed the fair daughter of the forester; while Sir Stephen and…
The Beckoning Fair One (Version 2)
Read by Louise J. Belle
Oliver Onions
"The Beckoning Fair One" is the most famous, and most widely anthologized, work by British author Oliver Onions. This novella, alo…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 09 June 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
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Edward Bellamy
Henry Burr's fiance, Madeline, is seduced by another man. The guilt and painful memories she has as a result cause him to refer her to Dr. H…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 08 May 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
The Great Return
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Machen
The small Welsh town of Llantrisant has experienced something unusual... Something wonderful... Something even miraculous. It only lasted a …
Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams
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Annie Denton Cridge
"Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams" is the first known feminist utopian novel written by a woman. The te…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 10 July 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
The Soul Stealers
Read by Ben Tucker
Chester S. Geier
Wraithlike, they came out of the darkness—deadmen who walked among the living. What grim secret layin their sightless eyes—a warning to all …
Piggy Moto - All Star Boar Band
Read by Nicholas McRae
Nicholas McRae
A band of porcine musicians have entered an international competition with the hopes of changing the world's unflattering prejudices concern…