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'Uncle' Lias

In Humorous Poems

Read by Terry Murtha


Ignatius Brennan


This is a collection of fun poems by West Virginia poet M. Ignatius Brennan. In his poems, the poet makes fun of the people in his surroundi…

The Blazing World

Read by Sarah Terry


Margaret Cavendish, Duchess Of Newcastle and Margaret Lucas Cavendish


The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a …

Lucian's True History

Read by Terry Kroenung


Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata


One of the earliest works of science-fiction (nearly 2,000 years old). It has space travel (including war in space), lunar civilization, and…

The Best Laid Plans

Read by Terry Fallis


Terry Fallis


"The Best Laid Plans" is a satirical novel of Canadian politics written by Terry Fallis. It recounts the unlikely and amusing alli…

A Princess of Mars (Version 4)

Read by Terry Kroenung


Edgar Rice Burroughs


A Confederate soldier travels to Mars and is embroiled in its politics and wars, becoming a great swordsman and hero. - Summary by Terry Kro…

His Wisdom, the Defender: A Story

Read by Terry Kroenung


Simon Newcomb


A millionaire genius invents a flying armored suit, a la Iron Man. - Summary by Terry Kroenung

Seven Hundred and Thirty-sixth Night to Seven Hundred and Thirty-eighth Night

In The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 07

Read by Terry Torres


Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton


This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

18 - Chapter XVIII: ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE

In The Marble Faun

Read by Terry Goodyer


Nathaniel Hawthorne


The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical …

The Magical Bond of the Sea

In Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903

Read by Terry Goodyer


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fa…

15 - Crippen's Callous Crime

In Survivors' Tales of Famous Crimes

Read by Terry Goodyer


Walter Wood


In this anthology of true crime tales, editor Walter Wood interviews those who were touched by the crimes recounted, sometimes as an acquain…

13 - FEMALE FRIENDSHIP.

In Sketches Of The Fair Sex

Read by Terry Goodyer


Anonymous


Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the …

20 - The Day of the Betrothal

In Romola

Read by Terry Goodyer


George Eliot


George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is fall…