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  • Audiobook

    Mystery of Chenholt, The

    Edwardian era mystery story written jointly by a couple

    by Alice and Claude Askew ...
    Narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley ...

    Unabridged

    27 min

    The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them are the family writing team of Alice and Claude Askew. ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Stricken Land

    by Claude Askew, Alice Askew ...
    Alice (b. 1874) and Claude (b. 1865) Askew were a husband and wife team of British authors who working together wrote more than ninety novels, published between 1904 and 1918, and died together in 1917, when their ship was sunk by torpedoes from a German submarine, just south of Corfu in Italy. During World War I they had traveled on the continent of Europe writing books and articles about the war ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The sporting chance

    Exploring Fate and Resilience Through Sport and Literature

    by Claude Askew, Alice Askew ...
    In "The Sporting Chance," readers are invited to explore a meticulously curated anthology that navigates the exhilarating theme of risk and the human spirit's quest for triumph against the odds. This collection embraces a diverse range of literary styles, from vivid narratives and thrilling escapades to poignant reflections on the sporting life, capturing the essence of adventure and resilience. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aylmer Vance and the Vampire

    by Alice and Claude Askew ...
    Short story by Alice and Claude Askew.Aylmer Vance had rooms in Dover Street, Piccadilly, and now that I had decided to follow in his footsteps and to accept him as my instructor in matters psychic, I found it convenient to lodge in the same house. Aylmer and I quickly became close friends, and he showed me how to develop that faculty of clairvoyance which I had possessed without being aware of it ... Read more

    $1.14 CAD

  • The Adventures of Aylmer Vance

    by Alice Askew, Claude Askew ...
    Series series Black Heath Gothic, Sensation and Supernatural
    Whilst staying at a country inn, a solicitor named Dexter meets Aylmer Vance, a consulting expert in all things supernatural. The two men strike up an instant friendship, and Vance regales Dexter with haunting tales of his ghostly encounters - some beguiling, some tragic and some truly terrifying...Originally published in The Weekly Tale Teller in 1914, these eight stories represent the complete ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • 3 Detective Stories - About Poison

    by Alice & Claude Askew, Arthur Gask, Christopher St John Sprigg ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more mode ... Read more

    $6.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sporting Chance

    by Alice Askew & Claude Askew ...
    "The Sporting Chance" likely falls within the genre of adventure or suspense fiction, possibly incorporating elements of mystery, intrigue, or thrilling escapades. The plot might revolve around characters facing challenges, unexpected circumstances, or embarking on exciting adventures that involve risk or danger.As collaborative authors, Alice and Claude Askew were known for their ability to ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creatures of the Night (Boxed Set Edition)

    Classic Vampire, Werewolf, and Gothic Horror Tales from Medieval Folklore to Pulp Fiction

    by Robert E. Howard, Bram Stoker, E. F. Benson, John William Polidori, Richard Francis Burton, Jan Neruda, Sheridan Le Fanu, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, Alice and Claude Askew, Hume Nisbet, Dudley Wright, Marie de France, Alexandre Dumas Père, George W. M. Reynolds, Eugene Field, Émile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, Rudyard Kipling, Gladys Gordon Trenery, Clifford Ball ...
    Creatures of the Night (Boxed Set Edition) surveys the nocturnal imagination across centuries, gathering Gothic terror, supernatural romance, adventure fantasy, folklore, and fin-de-siècle sensation. Its range extends from medieval lays and early vampire lore to Victorian penny dreadfuls, colonial uncanny tales, and twentieth-century weird fiction. Vampires, spectres, shape-shifters, and morally ... Read more

    Was $2.99 CAD Now $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vampire Tales: The Big Collection (80+ stories in one volume: The Viy, The Fate of Madame Cabanel, The Parasite, Good Lady Ducayne, Count Magnus, For the Blood Is the Life, Dracula’s Guest, The Broken Fang, Blood Lust, Four Wooden Stakes...)

    by Leonid Andreyev, Nikolai Gogol, M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Walter De La Mare, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, D. H. Lawrence, H. P. Lovecraft, Vernon Lee, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Nesbit, Vincent O’Sullivan, Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Victor Roman, Pu Songling, Johann Ludwig Tieck, John William Polidori, Alexei Tolstoy, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Gilbert, Jan Neruda, A. B. Mitford, Eliza Lynn Linton, Phil Robinson, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Julian Hawthorne, Mary Cholmondeley, Anne Crawford, Marsh Richard, Eric Stenbock, Mary E. Braddon, Fred M. White, H. B. Marriott-Watson, Hume Nisbet, F. G. Loring, Augustus Hare, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Frank Norris, Louise J. Strong, Luigi Capuana, Théophile Gaultier, E. G. Swain, Claude Askew, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Horacio Quiroga, Ulric Daubeny, Uel Key, Dion Fortune, Everil Worrell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hesketh V. Pritchard, Cynthia Asquith ...
    The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Forgotten Authors - Women - Volume 1: Alice Askew to Ethel Dell

    by Alice and Claude Askew, Colette, Ethel Dell ...
    Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Writing Teams - A Short Story Collection

    Two is better than one

    by H P Lovecraft, Harry Houdini, Hesketh Pritchard, Kate Pritchard, Claude Askew, Alice Askew, Alexandre Chatrian, Emile Erckmann, L T Meade, Robert Eustace ...
    Narrated by Michael Lyons, Stephen Hogan, Robert Maskell ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 43 min

    Writing can be a lonely art. Distractions and writers block are just two of the many impediments to a burnished stream of prose. But sometimes two heads really can be better than one. When one author decides to team up with another, either occasionally or full time, their new creations seem to amplify and encourage the words and ideas of each writer, helping to create narratives that are both new, ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fantastic Stories Presents The Vampire Super Pack

    Over 225,000 words of startling Vampire fiction by writers such as Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O'Connell, John William Polidori, and many, many more!

    by Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O’Connell, John William Polidori, Lord Byron, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanislaus Eric, Count Stenbock, Eric Stenbock, E. F. Benson, Darrell Schweitzer, Warren Lapine, Alledria Hurt, Lillian Csernica, J. A. Campbell, Darin Kennedy, Joann Verostko, Alice Askew, Claude Askew, Melanie Tem, F. G. Loring, Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg, Hume Nisbet, Stephen Woodworth, Gerri Leen, Charles S. Ramsburg, Jr., Linda Tiernan Kepner, Stephen Antczak, Mary E. Braddon, Victoria Glad, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Jan Neruda, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Augustus Hare, T. F. Ridgwell, Théophile Gautier ...
    Series Book 35 - Positronic Super Pack Series
    Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting for. Included herein are: • ‘Lipstick on a Business Card’ by Alledria Hurt • ‘The Vampyre’ by John ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus