Fantasy
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
The novel opens with Carl Foster, a recently qualified doctor, coming to London to try and make his fortune. He meets a famous tenor, Signor…
Heku
Read by T.M. Nielsen
T.M. Nielsen
Chevalier has never been told no. For thousands of years he’s sat on the Equites Council, ruling body of his heku faction, and for thousands…
Falcons of Narabedla
Read by Mark Nelson
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Somewhere on the Time Ellipse, Mike Kenscott became Adric of the Scarlet Tower, and the only way to return to his own identity was to find t…
Through the Looking-Glass (version 3)
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Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson),…
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 2 Flames
Read by Abigail Hilton
Abigail Hilton
He caught the pirate. He did the right thing. He'll regret it. Captain of the Temple Police is not an easy job. Gerard wasn't expecting it …
Earthbound
Read by Artemis Greenleaf
Artemis Greenleaf
“I didn’t believe in ghosts, not until I became one.” Schuyler Ramsey just wants to be like the other kids in school. Too bad she’s dead. Sh…
Time and the Gods
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Lord Dunsany
Lord Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was a London-born Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy. He was inf…
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
Read by Peter Eastman
J. M. Barrie
When he is seven days old, Peter Pan flies away from his mother (forgetting that he is no longer a bird and therefore cannot fly), comes to …
The World Beyond
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Ray Cummings
Lee Anthony finds himself and two of his friends kidnapped and taken on a strange voyage. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)
The Gods of Pegāna
Read by Jason Mills
Lord Dunsany
"The Gods of Pegāna" is the first book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, published on a commission basis in 1905... The …
Six Stories
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George MacDonald
Six short stories from the master of fantasy! George MacDonald was an influence on many famous fantasy writers, including C. S. Lewis, J. R.…
The Revolt of the Angels
Read by Roger Melin
Anatole France
Anatole France, in his satirical and allegorical fashion, weaves a tale of fantasy which finds a mischievous guardian angel stealing books f…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 6)
Read by StudioMike
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dod…
Fifty-one Tales (version 2)
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Lord Dunsany
A multitude of very short stories populated with things that lurk in the dark corners of human imagination. Wonderfully crafted and sometime…
The World Set Free (version 2)
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H. G. Wells
Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay…
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)
A House-Boat on the Styx
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John Kendrick Bangs
The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up until the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of …
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Pr…
Orlando Furioso
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Ludovico Ariosto
Charlemagne's nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica. Angelica's relationship with him and o…
Gulliver's Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Told to the Children
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Jonathan Swift
This is a children's version of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, from the Told to the Children Series (published in 1910). The chi…