Edgar Allen Poe The Tell Tale Heart
September 17, 2009
“The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a “vulture eye”.
Edgar Allen Poe’s classic horror short story.
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Telltale Heart”
Sarah Jane Adventures: The Thirteenth Stone
July 13, 2008
A stone circle spells danger for Sarah Jane Smith and friends, in a thrilling new adventure read by Elisabeth Sladen.
Sarah Jane is helping out on a school trip with Luke, Maria and Clyde’s class. On the way home, the group stop off at The Stone Whisperers, a dozen standing stones enclosed by a dome. Set apart from the circle is a thirteenth stone: the King Stone.
Legend has it that this is an evil king who was captured in battle by twelve knights, and turned to stone. To keep him imprisoned, the knights too turned to stone, holding him forever in their power. Nice story, but it’s just a myth – isn’t it?
Luke finds himself strangely drawn to the King Stone. Over two metres high, and covered in moss, it glows with a strange, unearthly light. But when the secret of the stones is finally revealed, the school party’s enthusiasm turns to terror…
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How dangerous is your cell?
November 3, 2007
Mobile phones are now so involved in our daily lives that the thought of living without them is impossible. You agree that, commercially and personally, mobile technology has revolutionised the way in which we live.
So what would happen if, say in 20 years time, the link between the electromagnetic fields (EMF) generated by mobiles is proven to be linked with a higher susceptibility to illness?
The number of reports on mobile telecommunications and its impact on health is immense, and the findings are often conflicting. With the technology still relatively new, measuring the effects of long term use of a mobile is complex and the results are never certain.
According to several reports mobile phones cannot be linked to any biological or adverse health effects. However, there is also other reports, which compares the mobile phone use of people with tumours, has suggested there is a link. (The report is expected to be published by the Lyon-based International Research on Cancer next year).
There is a lot of debate about the effect which electromagnetic fields can have. Essentially it is the same premise there has been with tobacco - nowadays few people doubt the health risks of smoking.
Now imagine …
In a single moment, a pulse sent out through cell phones around the world turns every phone user into a crazed, murderous zombie.When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures.
A group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos.
King’s novel is a throwback to his early apocalyptic horror novels.
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There are one hundred and ninety-three million cell phones in the United States alone. Who doesn’t have one? Stephen King’s utterly gripp, and fascinating novel doesn’t just ask the question “Can you hear me now?” It answers it with a vengeance.
On Audado: The Cell
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Could Stephen King make a living as storyteller?
October 2, 2007
After the sudden death of his wife Jo, successful author Mike Noonan is plagued by writer’s block. Tyrannized with his dreams haunted by the summer house he shared with her, and questions about the last months before her death, he reluctantly decides to return to the isolated lakeside retreat.
There he finds his town in the hold of the powerful tycoon Devore, who takes advantage of this small community to his own purpose.
Mike gets involuntarily involved in a family conflict, in which Devore attempts to take his young granddaughter away from her widowed young mother.
Mike falls in love with both of them and is further drawn into the mystery of this ghost-like town.
Listen to Stephen King how he uses careful scene-setting to lead us into the sensible, rational world of Mike’s home and family. Then, he slowly moves into an unreal world. Where good and evil spirits emerge and situations become spooky events. The crawling revelation gets under your skin and drives the story.
Noonan’s efforts to help a young woman and her child reveals a dark secrets in their lakeside borough.
Stephen King’s audiobook is enriched with great blues music, and King even sings a few bars without overshadowing or diverting at all.
This is a treat for fans and for listeners who haven’t read his work.
King’s magnificence at storytelling has never been better.
On Audado: Bag of Bones
Hurry up, Steph, think of a monster!
September 30, 2007
Listen to Stephen King how his idea to “Carrie” was born.
Heartbreaking story narrated by Sissy Spacek. She made a lasting impact as Carrie White, an awkward and ostracized teenager whose classmates couldn’t stand her merely because she was shy and “different”.
But Carrie had a secret: she possessed terrifying telekinetic powers that could make things move.Carrie could make all kinds of amazing bizarre, and awful things happen. And so she did one night, when feeling scorned and humiliated… She is finally pushed over the edge at the school prom, unleashing her telekinetic abilities in revenge…growing angrier and angrier…she became the malicious evil spirit who let the whole town feel her power.
For many “Carrie” is one of Stephen King’s best books.
