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This is an extremely clever and entertaining story by H. de Vere Stacpoole of lookalikes and switching of identities! Our protagonist, a very poor American in England, meets his lookalike, the rich Rochester in a fancy hotel. The two get along, but very soon the world announces the suicide of (the real) Rochester. From now on everything gets really complicated, as the new Rochester falls in love with the old/real Rochester's woman... A very funny work but also a very astute social satire.

Along the coast of Maine can be found loads of rugged and starkly beautiful, small islands. "Pocket Island" was no exception. Along with the beauty come secrets and mysteries and, above all, danger. And old ghosts, war, smuggling, barn dances, passions and friendships. Even love. Get ready for an atmospheric and immersive experience by Charles Clark Munn!

Welcome to the life (lives) of George Basine, and those of his family and friends; as legendary author and screenwriter Ben Hecht takes the listener through a maze of ethical conflict and identity related dilemmas involving the eternal questions of perception and self-perception... Ben Hecht (1894-1964), was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist. He is best known for writing the screenplay for "Gone with the Wind", amongst many more.

Welcome to the wonderful warming humor and equally warming wisdom of these nine essay-like tales, all illustrating the old adage of "Where there's a will, the is a way!" Extract: "The boys of Mr. Fountain's school were delighted when he told them he should take them that evening to a lecture in the town; not that they cared a fig for the lecture, but it was a chance to get out, and in place of the quiet study-room there would be the jolly walk by moonlight down the frozen hillside, with slides and snowballing instead of books.

Temptress Desirée Le Mire and brothers Paul and Harry Lamar are searching for a lost treasure in a mysterious cave in the Andes. They encounter Incas deformed by living underground. What ensues is a tornado of an adventure underground by Rex Stout, featuring heroic acts, lucky escapes, battles of will and physical power, feats of daring and strategy; as the heroic trio tangles with the Incas (of which the chief has taken a fancy to the beautiful Desirée).

What's that old saying? Never trust a beautiful woman... perhaps, perhaps not. This is an effective mystery and detective yarn by James Hay that will please fans of the classic genre. A typical set up in the classical Agatha Christie style; a detective visiting a mansion is suddenly forced to investigate the murder of a young woman on the premises and everyone there - including himself - might be up for grabs as potential killer; as alibis start to crumble and lies and silences abound...

A scary story of spiritual reincarnation and transference by Robert Smythe Hichens that grabs the listener from the start and never lets go. The first person narrator writes down his story as if to desperately try to convince both the listener and himself that he is not going crazy. This plays out very much in the style of psychological horror master Edgar Alan Poe: a sinister atmosphere, a character in distress, scary and inexplicable things happening.

Our hero, a Royal Canadian Police Officer stumbles upon mystery, love and adventure during his chase after a giant madman and killer, moving across the snowy wilderness with wolves for sled dogs! This is for pure and unadulterated lovers of rugged action and adventure, with a nice side order of romance.

This story by James Oliver Curwood, published in 1913, possesses all of the great elements that make up a good adventure yarn! Old fashioned sense of nobility, falling in love, losing love, suspense, tragedies and ultimate happiness regained as the listener gets entangled in the story - full of twists and turns - of a Sergeant of the Canadian Northwest Mounted and his partner; chasing an elusive killer and his wife through a wintry and harsh world.

Celia and her husband Seth migrate from Kentucky to the windswept, tornado-filled vastness of Kansas, where Seth might be having a job waiting for him in the soon to be built "Magic City"... but is that the whole truth? This work by Zoe Anderson Norris is filled with wonderful atmosphere; the landscape of Kansas and the omnipresent wind become complete and fascinating characters of their own, in many ways influencing or even dictating the eventual outcome for our protagonists.

A classic and hilarious comedy gem. Filmed many times, with great popular success. The complicated storyline involves a rich businessman's son, Travers, who learns of a planned burglary of his house and decides to dress himself up as a policeman to confront the legendary criminal (and also to alleviate his own boredom)... From here on things get really complicated and funny, as the criminal pretends to be Travers and as the criminal's girlfriend shows up; also believing him to be Travers!

Welcome to the incredible world of Ambrose Bierce! A true master of the weird, eccentric, macabre and even grotesque horror story. The 24 tales in this collection are no exception. They are often deceptively simple, in the end requiring the listener to re-evaluate what has transpired and realizing that the pieces of the puzzle - often quite dreamlike - makes for something bigger and more sinister than just the finished work.

This is a warm and wonderful tale by Sara Ware Bassett of almost a whole coastal community in Cape Cod… The humorous events focus on and around eccentric old "inventor" Willie Spence, his housekeeper Celestine and, most notably, a would-be couple by the name of Robert and Delight. Artist Bio Author: Sara Ware Bassett (1872-1968), was a prolific American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She is most known for her fiction, featuring eccentric and funny characters in fictional towns in Cape Cod.

A gloriously touching romance by Captain Charles de Créspigny, with a nicely nuanced and observed central character that grows to a noble soul. This character, a soldier of WWI; wakes up from injury only to gradually discover through his damaged memory (partly) that his day-bride has remarried (believing him to be dead)... The soldier decides to re-invent himself and his life completely from scratch - this proves to be a tall order indeed.

A nautical mystery by Francis Marion Crawford unfolds for the listener, raising more puzzling questions than immediate answers: a boat crew find themselves minus one crew member (supposedly a twin brother) after a storm. But was it really the twin brother that went overboard? In that case, why is his presence felt so strongly? What actually happened during the fateful night? Who is it that is actually missing?

A deceptively simple, but in fact timeless, universal and profound story by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews about a young man making personal amends for having disappointed everyone around him, from family to school - and, perhaps most importantly, himself. It moves us and makes us think with the simplicity, charm and clarity of an old, fable-like tale.

The Shores brothers were seamen... They were hard working whalers but Mark and Joel had a disagreement about the recovery of a quantity of pearls acquired by Mark. He had buried them on a South Sea island as a toll for future recovery... This is the seed of the major conflict on board the ship. Will the brothers work it out? Or will both brotherly love and the ship sink, so to speak?

This piece by Robert F. Young is all about the fascinating topic of time travel and the possibility of there being many copies of oneself in doing the traveling! The present year is 2178 and time travel has been illegalized. One highly skilled time traveler, Tom Mallory, decides to steal the Holy Grail, so as to be able to see out the rest of his days in prosperity. Of course, things will prove to be not so easy.

Our hero, named Hollister, is an emotionally scarred war veteran returning home, but finding social life very difficult. He migrates to a remote place in British Columbia where he starts to feel he can begin to breathe again. How will the rest of his life now turn out? Will he continue to grow as a human being? Will he find meaning and satisfaction in small things, out here in the hidden places? A wonderfully profound and old-fashioned story by Bertrand W. Sinclair awaits the listener!

Through the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), this series of communications has been made public and available! Most of the names have been left out, but the majority of the sightings in 1947 can be known by listening to the fascinating ongoing correspondence at the time between the FBI and diverse US government and military organizations. Absolutely essential listening for both history buffs and fans of ufology.