In his deathbed confessions, a dying policeman recalls a gruesome murder which changed his life . . .

It is summer, and as tourists, drawn by the legend of a priceless missing artefact, disembark on the sun-drenched quay of Mithros, the languid calm of the island is broken by the unorthodox...

John Bodman and his wife are polar opposites who have grown to hate each other. But without grounds for divorce, they are tied together till death. So, in a state of despair, Bodman sets his mind...

Karnstein Castle stands like a bird of prey on the highest point of the hills that surround the village below. A monolithic reminder to all those who see it of the power of the family who have...

This is the story of three brothers and of their great rivalry that creates the great temple we know as Stonehenge... One summer’s day, a stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the...

The Restoration is over and Robert Merivel, renowned physician and courtier to Charles II, now faces the anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his mind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair...

In a certain portion of a certain Australian Colony two miners, when out prospecting in what was then, as now, one of the dreariest parts of the Island Continent, chanced upon a rich find. But...

One of the most popular sitcoms of the 60s, All Gas and Gaiters successfully brought its good-natured satire of ecclesiastical life to radio in 1970. So here again, once more up to their clerical...

Hermes Diaktoros visits a remote island which is home to an ancient icon famed for its miraculous powers. But something about the Virgin troubles him, and Hermes calls on an old friend to confirm...

16 classic stories from masters of the genre: The Judge's House by Bram Stoker; A Jug of Sirup by Ambrose Bierce; The Reconciliation by Lafcadio Hearn; The Woman With a Candle by W. Bourne Cooke;...

‘Hellequin’ is what the French called the English archers who came across the Channel to lay waste the towns and countryside. Thomas of Hookton is one of those archers. When raiders sack his...