Round the Fire Stories Chapter 17 - B.24
In which a condemned man beseeches a just official to investigate the true circumstances surrounding a lord’s untimely death, revealing a tale of temptation, betrayal, and desperate resolve. The narra...
19 Aug 33min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 16 - Jelland's Voyage
In which two young clerks ensnared by the follies of gambling devise a desperate plan to escape scrutiny and reclaim their lost fortunes on a perilous sea voyage; their story unfolds amid the tense ba...
19 Aug 15min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 14 - The Brown Hand
In which a devoted nephew recounts his visit to the Wiltshire estate of his enigmatic Indian uncle, Sir Dominick Holden, whose life is haunted by a supernatural visitation involving a severed hand fro...
18 Aug 36min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 15 - The Fiend Of The Cooperage
In which a lepidopterist arrives at a fever-stricken isle on the selvage of the unknown, where strange nocturnal vanishings at a cooperage stir whispers of supernatural menace amongst the island's bel...
18 Aug 28min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 13 - The Usher Of Lea House School
In which a hopeful young schoolmaster takes up a position at a country academy only to find himself embroiled in a disturbing domestic mystery involving his colleagues and a principal who bears the we...
17 Aug 35min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 12 - The Brazilian Cat
In which a young gentleman of noble birth but impecunious circumstances visits a wealthy and enigmatic cousin in the Suffolk countryside, only to find himself ensnared in a most perilous and peculiar ...
17 Aug 48min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 11 - The Sealed Room
In which an evening stroll introduces a lawyer to the solitary and mysterious Felix Stanniford, who inhabits a vast, neglected house overshadowed by a sealed door that harbours a poignant family secre...
16 Aug 29min
Round the Fire Stories Chapter 10 - The Club-Footed Grocer
In which a young man reluctantly journeys to a remote farmhouse to aid his enigmatic and beleaguered uncle, surrounded by an atmosphere of foreboding and suspicious locals. The tale unfolds against th...
16 Aug 41min
