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V Ledové sfinze se Verne pokusil navázat na "Dobrodružství Arthura Gordona Pyma" od Edgara Allana Poea. Poeovo fascinující vyprávění o plavbě do jižních moří končí tajuplnou scénou: uprchlíci se ocitají v oblaku páry, z něhož probleskuje jakási bílá postava... Verna ta…

What does it mean to survive… when survival demands compromise? Coward is a powerful, unsettling story of one man's journey through the shifting moral landscape of 20th century Czechoslovakia a world where every decision carries a cost. Graduating in 1938 on the brink o…

Paní Bovaryová je realistický román z roku 1857 a jedná se o první autorovo dílo. Flaubertovou inspirací k napsání knihy byla zmínka v tehdejších novinách o ženě venkovského lékaře, která se otrávila, a jejímuž skonu předcházelo manželské drama. Hlavní hrdinkou románu j…

Montague Rhodes James makes his second appearance in the series in this, the seventh step into the Darkness. James came from Kent in South East England, and was a renowned scientist focusing on medieval art, literature, and architecture. He wrote short stories just for …

The sixth step into the Darkness is called Longing, and it features a single short story; a very distinctive one indeed. It is a relatively short masterpiece by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the author who is a pillar of our series. The Outsider is one of his most often pu…

The ninth step into the Darkness is called Love from the Dark Side, and it brings us to the climax of the series – the Darkness itself. It features The Tenant of the Cedars by Mary Elizabeth Penn – a story about the vengeance of the dead. Little is known of the author o…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The eighth part takes place in a hotel built by the owner in his hometown. He made his childhood…

November 1944. Hitler vkladá všetku nádej aj finančné prostriedky Tretej ríše do zbrane, ktorá má zmeniť neúspešný priebeh vojny a poraziť Veľkú Britániu. V tajnej podzemnej továrni väzni vyrábajú súčiastky rakety V2, ktorú vyvinuli vedci vo vojenskom výskumnom stredisk…

Vše, co potřebujete vědět o muminech najdete v jejich prvním příběhu. Kniha Velká potopa položila základy muminího světa a vytvořila mnoho témat, která byla dále rozvíjena v pozdějších knihách. Jedním z nich je důležitost rodiny. Velká povodeň je vůbec první muminí příb…

Paedwankové ovládli Gordonovu zemi a zřídili si v ní stálou základnu. Vnikli do Orcigardu, zničili Sršní hnízdo a odvlekli hraničáře z Hořké Vody. Co udělají příště? Obyvatelé Pohraničí už vědí, že jim hrozí smrtelné nebezpečí. Lidé, elfové, skřeti i všemožní míšenci mu…

The third step into the Darkness is called Sounds in the Dark. It begins with a short story written in 1921 by American master horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft called The Music of Erich Zann. The author himself considered the story to be one of his masterpieces, …

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Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The ninth part takes place in a restaurant, leased by a recently divorced businesswoman who want…

The Otis family move into a haunted house, Canterville Chase. The resident ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville killed his wife there in 1575 and his guilt causes him to haunt the house. Sir Simon haunts with different coloured bloodstains, which appear on the floor everyday…

The second step into the Darkness is called Illusion, and the pioneer of modern-era horror stories, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, meets another of his “gurus” – Edgar Allan Poe (Lovecraft himself is sometimes referred to as E. A. Poe’s direct successor). William Wilson is …

The eighth step into the Darkness takes place on the American side of the Atlantic. It features two short stories by a single author – Texas native Robert Ervin Howard. Sadly enough, Howard died at age 30, but he still managed to create several immortal heroes – and was…

V roce 10 191 vládne galaktickému impériu padišáh císař Shaddam Corrino IV. a spolu s ním i vznešené velkorody. Právě vlivu jednoho z nich - rodu Atreidů - se panovník obává a svěří mu tedy správu nad planetou Arrakis a s ní i komplikovanou těžbu neobyčejné látky - zázr…

The fourth step into the Darkness is called Murderers, and it takes the listener into the realm of vampire stories and haunted houses. The first – The Tomb of Sara – was written by English navy officer, and writer, Frederick George Loring. It was one of the very first s…

The fifth step into the Darkness is called Planes of Existence, and it is a solo ride by the feature author of the whole series in three parts. In them, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, practically unread and unknown during his life, but a source of inspiration after his deat…

The very first step into the Darkness is called Death and Other Horrors, and it contains three short stories. The author of the first of these – The Haunted Dolls’ House – is Montague Rhodes James. A scientist at first, James eventually gained success writing Gothic hor…

A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience strange visions, she …