Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely - look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being . . .
These eight stories offer horror in many shapes and forms, in worlds full of monsters and evil spirits, where terror lies waiting in the shadows, and where the living and the dead dance hand in hand.
The wall between our world and that of vengeful spirits has protected humanity for more than 400 years. It’s about to come crashing down. Ellie Lancaster has lived her whole life by the site of the mysterious Lost Colony of Roanoke, the Virginia settlement that vanished without a trace around 1590. Only the descendants of the two men who banished the spirits of an enemy tribe from the material realm know what really happened to the colony. Ellie is one of those descendants—a Curse Keeper. Her father took pains to teach her what he knew of the curse and the responsibilities of its guardians.
60 ëó÷øèõ ðàäèîïîñòàíîâîê â æàíðå íàó÷íîé ôàíòàñòèêè ïî ìíåíèþ Ðýÿ Áðýäáåðè. Radio Spirits proudly presents The 60 Greatest Radio Shows from Science Fiction Selected by Ray Bradbury, one of the greatest fantesy writers of the 20th Century. Rocket into the future with "adventures in time and space, told in future tense" by Issac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, Gordon R. Dickson, H.G. Wells, and other top Science Fictions authors. Also features are Orson Welles'landmark "War of the Worlds" broadcast, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Curt Siodmak's unforgettable "donovan's Brain" and a terrifying tale by Arch Oboler.
Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated feature, Spirited Away tells the story of 10-year-old Chihiro, a girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs who wanders into a strange town and finds a world of spirits ruled over by the mysterious Yubaba.
While the other field mice work to gather grain and nuts for winter, Frederick sits on a sunny rock by himself. “I gather sun rays for the cold dark winter days,” he tells them. Another day he gathers “colors,” and then “words.” And when the food runs out, it is Frederick, the dreamer and poet, whose endless store of supplies warms the hearts of his fellow mice, and feeds their spirits during the darkest winter days. Frederick’s story will warm readers as well in this Caldecott Honor winning fable.
