Listen To The Dark David Blackwell

Listen To The Dark presents Edgar Allan Poe's disturbing tale of perverseness, murder, guilt, and the haunting spectre of a black cat.

Where does good end, and evil begin? Where does the 'normal' end and the 'supernatural' begin? A classic tale of horror by a giant of the genre, The Black Cat will take you on a journey into the dark heart of perverseness.

Listen to Lord Dunsany's story about the commiserations of lost things, discarded by the world, with sound effects and music for your enjoyment.

Liner Notes:
Etna and Stromboli refer to volcanoes, specifically mount Etna and the island of Stromboli in Italy.

Bucephalus was Alexander the Great's horse.

Rosinante/Rocinante was the horse of Don Quixote.

Coeur de Lion (French for Lionheart) is a title used to describe several medieval monarchs: Richard I of England.

Andalusia is a large autonomous region of hills, rivers and farmland bordering Spain’s southern coast. With regards to this story, it is where the wood for corks come from.

Join me as I read The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, Prince Prospero barricades himself in his castle and holds sumptuous parties while the countryside is ravaged by a plague called The Red Death.

After that is Rain, an original story: during a week long rainstorm, a young boy looks for his friend who has disappeared.

LINER NOTES:
Hernani refers to the town of the same name in Navarra, Spain. It is famous for its colourful festivals, which include costumed dancers.

Mummer is a word used to refer to someone who dons a mask.

Improvisatori refers to Italian improvisational poets, from around the 14th century to the mid 19th.