"William Mudford ws born in 1782. He was a writer, essayist, translator and journalist.This short story was first published in 1830 and, it is claimed, influenced Edgar Allan Poe. Such was its impact that it was reprinted many times over the succeeding decades.He died in 1848."
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears."
"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - Gothic Revenge Stories Not by Edgar Allan Poe - An Introduction2 - The Music on the Hill by Saki3 - The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James4 - The Ash Tree by M R James5 - The Squaw by Bram Stoker6 - The Spectre Bridegroom by William Hunt7 - Captain Rogers by W W Jacobs8 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon9 - The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce10 - The Beast With Five Fingers by W F Harvey11 - The Man in the Bottle by Gustav Meyrink12 - The Iron Shroud by William Mudford13 - The Miniature by J Y Ackerman"
"Deep within us is the dread of dying of moving on from life to another state of being. We assume it comes about through accident, perhaps even murder or disease that can be sudden or can take years to pull us into oblivion. But perhaps trumping all of these is the fear of being buried alive. The sheer terror of being totally trapped, unable to summon help and escape, fills one and all with a deeply unique terror.
In this volume such icons as Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce and Honoré de Balzac take us on a journey that will do our helpless fear of this no good at all.
Buried Alive - Short Stories - An Introduction
- The Fall of the House of Usher Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Fall of the House of Usher Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Iron Shroud by William Mudford
- The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe
- La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac
- One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce
- The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe
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1 - Inside the Mind of Madness - An Introduction
2 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy
4 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
5 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol
6 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne
7 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall
8 - The Red Egg by Anatole France
9 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain
10 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin
11 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne"
