202 | Advanced - Short Story: The Curse of Ma...

Title: Born under a rare celestial eventLevel: Advanced (C1)#Story : Lira, a young woman born under a rare celestial event, is the key to an ancient prophecy that promises either salvation or destruction for the world. Raised in a secluded village, Lira is unaware of her destiny ...  Show more

Story Title: Aurenfall Level: Advanced Genre: Philosophical Fiction / Political AllegoryDescription: Aurenfall tells the story of a wandering city built on a radical principle: stability is never free, and responsibility cannot be deferred indefinitely. For generations, the city ...  Show more

A spectral Black Dog with hellish eyes; a homicidal water spirit who drowns children; a mermaid who takes revenge on a vile cad. Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney on a tour through the dark side of English folklore.

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When Holmes heads to the Cornish countryside seeking respite from his exhausting London practice, he hopes to spend time pursuing his other hobbies. But trouble soon finds the great detective when a woman is found dead in her home, her face contorted in horror. The local vicar be ...  Show more

Hector Hugh Munro, also known as Saki, was born in British Burma, . Saki was the son of Charles Augustus Munro, an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his wife, Mary Frances Mercer,, the daughter of Rear Admiral Samuel Mercer. After his wife's early death Charle ...  Show more

From the spookiest corner of the British isles, comes two stories of witches. Stories of fairies and magical powers, of skeletons and haunted history. Our guest is the manager of Bodmin Jail in Cornwall - Jess Marlton - https://www.bodminjail.org/.This episode was edited by Tom D ...  Show more