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Un uomo ossessionato dal mistero incontra un vecchio enigmatico che sostiene di possedere la testa di Medusa e promette di mostrargliela se lo seguirà. Spinto dalla curiosità, l'uomo accetta e si ritrova coinvolto in una vicenda dove l'incubo diventa realtà. Un'esperienza audio mozzafiato, arricchita da musiche e sound design, che trascineranno l'ascoltatore nel cuore del racconto.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. On the dying world of Zothique, a young goatherd named Xeethra strays through a hidden cave into a forbidden garden and tastes a single blood-dark fruit – and with it, the memories of another life come flooding in. He is no longer a poor shepherd...

Collected here are all of Clark Aston Smith's writings he submitted to The Fantasy Fan Magazine. The Fantasy Fan Magazine was a periodical dedicated to people professing their love of and celebrating fantasy and weird fiction. In addition to the opinion pieces and non-fiction articles, The Fantasy Fan also included many short stories and poems by some of the authors it celebrated such as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith, a personal favorite of editor Charles D. Hornig. Smith contributed quite a variety of stories, poems and articles to The Fantasy Fan over its two-year ...

Clark Ashton Smith, nicknamed one of the "big three" of Weird Tales (the famous pulp fiction magazine), was also a romantic-style poet, contributor to the Cthulhu Mythos and a literary friend of H.P Lovecraft. As a poet, he was considered one of the last great West Coast Romantics. Published in 1918, prefaced by his mentor George Sterling and illustrated with Decadent movement-inspired embellishments by Florence Lundborg, this volume contains material republished from his 1912 collection and later included in his 1922 poetry compilation. (Summary by Mary Kay)

As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-registers, Freudian complexes and Binet-Simon tests, for realms of exalted and iridescent strangeness beyond space and time yet real as any reality because dreams have made them so. Mr. Smith has escaped the fetish of life and the world, and glimpsed the perverse, titanic beauty of death and the universe; taking infinity as his canvas and recording in awe the vagaries of suns and planets, gods, and daemons, and blind amorphous horrors that haunt gardens of ...

Clark Ashton Smith, referred to as one of the big three of Weird Tales, was a romantic-style poet, a Lovecraftian-style writer and a literary friend of H.P Lovecraft. As a poet, he was considered one of the last great West Coast Romantics. The Star-Treader and Other Poems, published at the age of 19, was his first volume of poetry and his breakout hit. Summary by Mary Kay. Cast List for The Masque of the Forsaken Gods: Narrator and Aphrodite: Mary KayThe Poet: Lucretia B.The Philosopher, Apollo and Another Nymph: Rosslyn CarlyleJove and Pan: JamieArtemis: Jennifer DallmanA Nymph: Greg ...

When three men are cast away on a hostile planet, every moment becomes a fight for survival. After a failed mutiny, they face not only their own fears but also the terrifying inhabitants of this uncharted world. Vicious, flesh-eating plants, grotesque reptilian pygmies, and enormous, predatory birds lurk at every corner, ready to strike. As the trio grapples with the dangers around them, they must also confront their own tensions and alliances. Will they learn to work together, or will their differences lead to their demise? This gripping story by Clark Ashton Smith takes listeners on a ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. On the dying world of Zothique, King Euvoran's whole sovereignty rests on a single relic: the fabled gazolba bird, slain ages past and set in gold atop his crown. When a condemned sorcerer breathes unnatural life back into the creature and it soars...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the sinister city of Mirouane, a sorcerer’s apprentice is thrust into a perilous pursuit alongside his enigmatic master, Mior Lumivix. Their quarry: a legendary map leading to the cursed treasure of Omvor, an ancient pirate whose exploits defied...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. On the continent of Zothique, beneath the dying sun of a withering Earth, the sorcerer Namirrha devises a scheme of revenge powerful enough to shatter an entire empire. His reputation is dark, his allies fearsome beings from hell, but his goal is...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. "The Satyr" is a mystical tale of love, betrayal, and the secrets of the Averoigne forests. When Count Raoul de la Frenaie discovers his wife's affair with a young poet, he is drawn into a whirlwind of supernatural events. Will love withstand the test...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the heart of medieval Averoigne, Brother Ambrose, a young Benedictine monk, is sent on a secret mission to uncover the truth about the enigmatic Bishop Azédarac. What begins as a journey of faith quickly turns into a descent into the unknown, as...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the haunting tale of "A Night in Malnéant," a nameless wanderer stumbles upon a city shrouded in mist and mystery. As he navigates its shadowy streets and encounters its solemn inhabitants, he discovers that the entire town is eerily preoccupied...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “Mother of Toads” is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith, originally published in the July issue of Weird Tales in 1938. The plot revolves around a young apothecary’s assistant who encounters an extraordinary witch deep in the forest. Readers are...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the dark recesses of the province of Averoigne, where mists intertwine with legends, and night conceals secrets, vampires, witches, and ancient powers meet. In this tale full of intrigue and danger, heroes face a choice between light and darkness...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1369, the appearance of a red comet heralds a bloody visitation from beyond human time and space. "The Beast of Averoigne" by Clark Ashton Smith is a classic horror tale that will transport you to medieval France, where a mysterious beast sows terror...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the medieval town of Vyones, master stone-carver Blaise Reynard creates two grotesque gargoyles for the newly built cathedral. Little does he know that his creations will unleash a reign of terror upon the city. As night falls, demonic forces...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In a world where the sun dims over the last continent, Zothique, two exiled necromancers—Mmatmuor and Sodosma—seek to create their empire in a kingdom of the dead. Driven from Tinarath, they journey to the deserted land of Cincor, where plague has...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the desolate forest of Averoigne, resides Anselme, a young romantic who became a recluse after being rejected by his beloved Dorothée. After 13 months of solitude, Anselme stumbles upon a beautiful woman bathing in a forest pond, accompanied by a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the deep forests of Averoigne, where magic weaves through everyday life, the mysterious sorcerer Gilles Grenier and his wife Sabine lead a life shrouded in secrets. Their renowned love potions, brewed from rare mandrakes growing in the nearby marshes...