The Signalman: A visitor comes to a signal-box next to a railway tunnel. The Signalman tells the visitor about his important work. But the signalman also tells him a frightening story. Is the story…
'Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman. 'I have come to ask for your help because it is Christmas. I want money to help the poor people who have no money and no homes.'rn'Aren't there any prisons?' asked…
'Sir Charles dies of a heart attack,' said Dr Mortimer. 'He was running away from something when he dies.'rn'What was he running away from?' asked Holmes.rn'I looked at the ground where Sir Charles…
A very old man was standing near the fire. He turned quickly as the two boys came into the room.rn'Fagin, this is my new friend, Oliver Twist,' the Dodger said.rnThe old man smiled at Oliver. 'Very…
Allie Fox hates America and everything about the 20th century, so he decides to take his wife and two sons to live a better and simpler life in the Honduran jungle. However, when he starts to go ma…
A tree full of enormous spiders; curtains like a dead man's hair; a man with no eyes and a boy with no heart. These are some of the things in these stories by M.R. James, one of the greatest horror…