“The Flowering of the Strange Orchid” by H.G. Wells (first published in the Pall Mall Budget, August 2nd, 1894).

Narrated by William R. Coughlan, with Brooks Tegler as Winter-Wedderburn and Anna Coughlan as his housekeeper.

Edited, mixed and mastered by William R. Coughlan.

Post-production services supplied by Tohubohu Productions, LLC.

Rated AD-G. Contains bloodsucking, botany, and an idle British gentleman.

“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe (first published in the Saturday Evening Post, August 19th, 1843).

Performed by Tal Aviezer, who appears courtesy of Red Monkey Theater Group.

Edited, mixed and mastered by William R. Coughlan.

Post-production services supplied by Tohubohu Productions, LLC.

Rated AD-PG, parental guidance suggested. Contains the torture and killing of an animal as well as a human murder.

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe (first published in James Russel Lowell's The Pioneer, January 1843).

Performed by Tegan Cohan, who appears courtesy of Howl at the Moon Audio.

Edited, mixed and mastered by William R. Coughlan.

Rated AD-PG, parental guidance suggested. Contains murder, dismemberment, and someone who insists they are not mad a bit too much.

“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe (originally published 1845)

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe (originally published 1842)

Both performed by William R. Coughlan 

Rated AD-PG, parental guidance suggested. “The Raven” is essentially typical Poe existential dread which, unless you’ve recently seen Hitchcock’s “The Birds” should be fine. “The Masque of the Red Death,” however, may be upsetting to people hit hard by the global pandemic due to its depiction of the titular disease.

"The Old Nurse's Story" (Part 2 of 2) by Elizabeth Gaskell, performed by Carol McCaffrey

"The Old Nurse's Story" (Part 1 of 2) by Elizabeth Gaskell, performed by Carol McCaffrey

"The Rats in the Walls" (Part 2 of 2) performed by William R. Coughlan

"The Rats in the Walls" (Part 1 of 2) performed by William R. Coughlan

"Tailypo" performed by Brooks Tegler & "The Open Window" performed by Bjorn Munson