The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

First published in Harper’s Weekly November 10, 1894 this novella combines the two poles of Doyle’s personality – the skeptic and the dupe. Playing out like a combination of Guy de Maupassant’s The Horla and The Manchurian Candidate. The protagonist,… Read moreThe Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

LibriVox: The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe

In my reading about The Frozen Pirate, back in 2010, I discovered that Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar was possibly the first account of suspended animation. I normally mention The Case Of M. Valdemar… Read moreLibriVox: The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe