The Damned & Other Stories of the Macabre Lib/E

And the word that rose in my mind was not the gross description of 'impure, ' but the more fundamental qualification--'un-pure.' The Damned & Other Stories of the Macabre is Skyboat Media's second original compilation of stories by Algernon Blackwood, featuring six of his most unique and macabre stories that contemplate the true meaning of reality and nature of the making of the world. In The Damned, a brother and sister visit a recently widowed friend at her massive estate in the countryside, only to discover that there is something corrupted at the heart of this former estate of a dead preacher--something eerily similar to the fire and brimstone in his sermons. A Desert Episode sees an unlikely couple finding solace in each other against the ominous presence waiting for them in the Egyptian desert. Then in First Hate, a man shares a disturbing story about the early years of his engagement with his hunting party. A tenacious little boy ventures into the forbidden parts of his house looking for the mysterious figures of Sleep and the Ruler in The Other Wing. In The Sacrifice, after receiving terrible news, a man leads a last-minute mountain trekking expedition with two men he has never met before. And finally in The Man Whom the Trees Loved, a married couple living on the edge of a forest find themselves on different paths--called to, and warned away from, the trees--and they must decide whether to listen to those calls or to put each other above all else, above their own natures. Full Contents: Introduction by Alison Belle BewsThe DamnedA Desert EpisodeFirst HateThe Other WingThe SacrificeThe Man Whom the Trees Loved

About the Author :
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) led a rich and varied life. Storyteller, mystic, adventurer, and radio and television personality, he is best remembered for his two superlative horror stories, "The Willows" and "The Wendigo." But in his lifetime he wrote over 150 stories, at least a dozen novels, two plays, and quite a few children's books as well. By the time of his death, he had become one of the greatest writers of supernatural fiction in the twentieth century. Paul Boehmer is an American actor best known for his numerous appearances in the Star Trek universe, in addition to Frasier, Judging Amy, Guiding Light, and All My Children. He is a 1992 Masters of Fine Arts graduate of the Professional Theater Training Program at the University of Delaware. As a narrator, Paul has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as an Audie Award. Arthur Morey has recorded countless audiobooks, including titles by such authors as M. Scott Peck, John Updike, Richard Russo, Anne Tyler, and John Irving. He attended Harvard and the University of Chicago and has taught performance and writing at Fordham, Northwestern, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Arthur has appeared in a host of off-Broadway and off-Loop productions. He has won three AudioFile Magazine 'Best Of' Awards: in 2011 for BIOGRAPHY & HISTORY, in for History & Historical Fiction, and in 2009 for Nonfiction & Culture. His work has also garnered multiple AudioFile Earphones awards, and he has been nominated for an Audie Award. Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards and been named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices. Stefan's early singing career included choral and solo concerts at Carnegie Hall, Judson Hall, and Lincoln Center.