Tales for a Stormy Night: a Pandora's Box of Classic Chillers.TALES FOR A STORMY NIGHT: A PANDORA'S BOX Pandora’s box contained all evils; opened up, evils escape to afflict world. [Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 799] See : Evil OF CLASSIC CHILLERS. Compiled by Yuri Rasovky. 2003. Various readers. 6 tapes. 8 hrs. Blackstone Audio-books. #3159. 0-7861-2552-7. $44.95. Vinyl; content notes. SA While this collection of spooky stories from Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, H.H. Monroe and Ambrose Bierce may not give you nightmares, it will most certainly provide wickedly good listening. Poe's classics "The Fall Of The House Of Usher House of Usher eerie, decayed mansion collapses as master dies. [Am. Lit.: “Fall of the House of Usher” in Tales of Terror] See : Decadence " and "The Cask Of Amontillado amontillado (əmŏn'tĭlä`dō), dry sherry noted for its delicate bouquet, resembling the wine of Montilla, Spain, from which it derives its name. A blend of pale, dry sherries of the palma type, it assumes in aging a darker color. " may raise a hackle hack·le 1 n. 1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male domestic fowl. 2. or two. Other stories have musical backgrounds, sound effects and an ensemble of readers. In "Tobermori," for example, a cat learns to speak; and what comes out of his mouth is embarrassingly shocking to the guests at a dinner party. "The Terrible Old Man," read by James otis in a deliberate and slow manner, tells of the attempted robbery of a seemingly helpless old man by three inept criminals. For them, crime does not pay in the worst way! There's a wonderful story told in a series of letters about a scheming fortune hunter and the apparently naive heiress he's targeted. For pure whimsy whim·sy also whim·sey n. pl. whim·sies also whim·seys 1. An odd or fanciful idea; a whim. 2. A quaint or fanciful quality: stories full of whimsy. with a heavy dose of grisly on the side, try "Dog Oil." Every reader is excellent; and many are unique in both their technique and the quality of their voices. One in particular has a voice so dark and deep that it sounds like it originates from the grave itself. Good fun. Miles Klein, Frisco, TX |
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