Fantasy
The Five Jars
Read by Peter Yearsley
M. R. James
The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently wri…
Doctor Ox's Experiment
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Jules Verne
An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves a…
Peter Pan (version 2)
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J. M. Barrie
In both the play and the novel, Peter often visits the "real world" of London to listen in on bedtime stories told by Mary Darling…
Ancient Prophecy
Read by Richard S. Tuttle
Richard S. Tuttle
Ages ago, elves and dwarves unknowingly migrated between Universes via a Junction. Jenneva and Egam believe they have found a Junction and p…
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Read by Kristin LeMoine
L. Frank Baum
This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …
The Enchanted Island of Yew
Read by Ted Delorme
L. Frank Baum
A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures. The ad…
Deadly Games
Read by Lindsay Buroker
Lindsay Buroker
When you’ve been accused of kidnapping an emperor, and every enforcer in the city wants your head, it’s hard to prove yourself an honorable …
The Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road Unto Love
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William Morris
The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced la…
After London, or Wild England
Read by Ruth Golding
Richard Jefferies
Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has …
Dark Quest
Read by Richard S. Tuttle
Richard S. Tuttle
Dark Quest is the second volume of the Targa Trilogy, which is the cornerstone of the epic fantasy Alcea Collection which spans seventeen vo…
Dark Currents
Read by Lindsay Buroker
Lindsay Buroker
It’s been three months since former enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon and the notorious assassin Sicarius thwarted kidnappers and saved the emperor’…
Anthem (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Ayn Rand
This Novella by Ayn Rand was first published in England in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered an…
T'Aragam: the Max Ransome Chronicles, Book One
Read by Jack W. Regan
Jack W. Regan
Young Max Ransome watched his father die, killed by marauding phantors as they swept through T'Aragam at the bidding of the evil wizard Zado…
Rastignac The Devil
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Philip Jose Farmer and Philip José Farmer
French colonists on a planet ruled by reptiles and amphibians are forced to wear living “skins” that subdue aggression and enforce vegetaria…
The Portent
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George MacDonald
Overshadowed by the dark legend of the murderous rider of the horse with the loose shoe, Duncan Campbell sets out from his home in the Highl…
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
H. P. Lovecraft
Considered by writers as diverse as Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen King to be a masterpiece of the American horror/fantasy genre, “The Dream …
Short Science Fiction Collection 048
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Various
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Alice's Adventures Underground
Read by Phil Chenevert
Lewis Carroll
This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was gene…
Digital Magic
Read by Philippa Ballantine
Philippa Ballantine
Penherem is a quaint, sleepy English village where people go to escape the 21st Century. Hiding from the world of laptop computers, the Inte…