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Six of the Best by Frederick Cowles

by Frederick Cowles ...

Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their ... Read more

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Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their
... Read more
The Night Winds Howl

by Frederick Cowles ...

I have, as you well know, always had a sincere admiration for your work and consider you to be a great literary craftsman. These facts alone would make your name at the head of this dedicatory letter appropriate. But it is as a token of our friendship I ask you to accept this book which, with all its failings, may amuse you.The late Dr Montague Rhodes James once told me that his ghost stories—in ... Read more

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I have, as you well know, always had a sincere admiration for your work and consider you to be a great literary craftsman. These facts alone would make your name at the head of this dedicatory letter appropriate. But it is as a token of our friendship I ask you to accept this book which, with all its failings, may amuse you.The late Dr Montague Rhodes James once told me that his ghost stories—in
... Read more
The Neglected Authors - The Men: Volume 1 (of 4) - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa to Frederick Cowles

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Bernard Capes, Frederick Cowles ...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
The Top 10 Short Stories - The Antiquarian

by Sheridan Le Fanu, M R James, Frederick Cowles ...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
3 Stories About Ghosts Solving Their Own Murders

by Lettice Galbraith, Frederick Cowles, Arabella Kenealy ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
3 Horror Stories with Priests As Main Characters

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Machen, Frederick Cowles ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
3 Ghost Stories Set in Churches

by Edith Nesbit, Frederick Cowles, Mary Cholmondeley ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says
... Read more
The Horror of Abbot's Grange and Other Stories

by Frederick Cowles ...

Series series Black Heath Gothic, Sensation and Supernatural
Ruined churches, cursed rings, haunted houses and the mysterious terrors of the British countryside and beyond - all are to be found within the pages of this bumper volume. Containing more than forty stories, this ebook collects all of the ghostly tales published by Frederick Cowles during his lifetime. Greatly influenced by the likes of E.F. Benson and M.R. James, they are perfect reading for all ... Read more

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Ruined churches, cursed rings, haunted houses and the mysterious terrors of the British countryside and beyond - all are to be found within the pages of this bumper volume. Containing more than forty stories, this ebook collects all of the ghostly tales published by Frederick Cowles during his lifetime. Greatly influenced by the likes of E.F. Benson and M.R. James, they are perfect reading for all
... Read more
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Frederick Cowles - A Short Story Collection

This sadly almost forgotten gem of an author brings us tales of supernatural tension.

by Frederick Cowles ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Frederick Ignatius Cowles was born in 1900 in Cambridge, England.This unfamiliar name is one of the gems of English supernatural fiction as well as several other works of travelogues, history, folklore, and children's books.When his supernatural short stories, and some are very short indeed, were first published they were compared to the works of M R James and EF Benson, yet unlike those two ... Read more

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Frederick Ignatius Cowles was born in 1900 in Cambridge, England.This unfamiliar name is one of the gems of English supernatural fiction as well as several other works of travelogues, history, folklore, and children's books.When his supernatural short stories, and some are very short indeed, were first published they were compared to the works of M R James and EF Benson, yet unlike those two
... Read more
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Neglected Authors, The - Volume 2

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by William E Burton, Mary Butts, Bernard Capes, Charles W Chesnutt, Mary Cholmondeley, Frederick Cowles, Mrs Craik, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Bithia Mary Croker, Ella D'Arcy, Uriah Derick D'Arcy, Ulric Daubeny, Alphonse Daudet, E M Delafield, Maria Edgeworth, Dorothy Edwards, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Rudolph Fisher, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Lettice Galbraith, Zona Gale ...

Narrated by Lisa Bowerman, Darrell Joe, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
Audiobook

Frederick Cowles - Six of the Best

Their legacy in 6 classic stories

by Frederick Cowles ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their
... Read more
Audiobook

Foundations of Fiction, The - Vampires

Hear the stories that gave birth to the modern genre craze

by Robert Louis Stevenson, M R James, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, F Marion Crawford, Frederick Cowles, Hume Nisbet, Jan Neruda, John William Polidori, Uriah Derick D'Arcy ...

Narrated by Robbie McNab ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Indisputably the most famous Vampire story is Dracula. But how did we get to that point?In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, M R James, E F Benson, John William Polidori, Uriah Derrick D’Arcy and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Indisputably the most famous Vampire story is Dracula. But how did we get to that point?In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, M R James, E F Benson, John William Polidori, Uriah Derrick D’Arcy and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and
... Read more

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3 Ghost Stories Set in Churches

The Horror of Abbot's Grange and Other Stories

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