Nearly three decades ago, folklorist
Alvin Schwartz published
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the first of three horror anthologies that would go on to become
the single most challenged book series of the 1990s. But most of the
backlash was against not the stories themselves (which were fairly tame), but rather the illustrations of artist
Stephen Gammell. His bizarre, grotesque, nightmarish black-and-white inkscapes suffused every page with an eerie, unsettling menace. Sadly, the series has since been
re-issued with
new illustrations by Brett Helquist, of
A Series of Unfortunate Events fame. Luckily for fans of Gammell's dark vision, copies of the old artwork abound online, including in these three image galleries:
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones. Interested in revisiting the stories themselves? Then don't miss
the virtual re-enactments of YouTube user MoonRaven09, or
the dramatic readings of fellow YouTuber daMeatHook.
posted by Rhaomi
on Oct 29, 2010 -
48 comments
Thought Audio is a small, simple and likable
free library of classic literature and philosophy MP3 audio downloads.
posted by nickyskye
on Sep 27, 2010 -
21 comments
To The Best Of Our Knowledge is one of the most wide-ranging and literate public radio shows in the US, a two-hour "radio salon" featuring leisurely exploration of weekly themes like
No Smoking,
Identity Crisis,
Weekend, and
The Mind, Music, and Math. Host
Jim Fleming approaches these big ideas through the works of authors - journalists of all stripes, memoirists, poets, fiction writers, essayists.
Five years' worth of shows are available on audio archives; you can also search the impressive list of
authors by name, or
subscribe to the podcast.
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posted by Miko
on Feb 27, 2008 -
17 comments
The popularity of
podcasting has grown by leaps and bounds in the past year.
Evan Williams, co-founder and former CEO of
Pyra Labs, the makers of Blogger, is a co-founder of
Odeo, a resource for podcast listeners and
podcasters.
More info here. Odeo is
just one of many podcast directories; personally, my favorite is
Podcast Pickle. Another great resource
for audio content is
PodioBooks.com,
founded by
Evo Terra.
PodioBooks are serialized
audio books which are made available in podcast format, many read by their
authors. [more inside]
posted by eclectica
on Sep 24, 2006 -
29 comments
Wow, a killer new site:
mp3lit.com. Listen to books in mp3 format. Wouldn't it be great if this was
Shoutcasted and a global wireless broadband network was in place so you could hear it in your car or walking around? Another cool thing would be if they hooked up with
The Gutenburg Project and had audio versions of all those free texts.
posted by mathowie
on Sep 21, 1999 -
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