Two free Halloween audiobook downloads for you at Tantor Audio; both include an ebook edition with the download. I recommend you go ahead and log in at Tantor before adding them to your cart, as I had a bit of an issue with the 'temporary cart' transferring over after I logged in. Once you have both in your cart, confirm that your order total is $0.00 before clicking to place the order (only the audio downloads are free, not the CD or Audible versions). They are doing things a bit differently with the free download at Tantor this time around - you place a regular order and it ends up on your bookshelf. That way, you can grab it now and download it later if you have any issues (or want to listen to it again next year).
I've included a Kindle link for a free edition, as well, for those that prefer to have the ebook in your library there (but these are most likely scanned editions and may contain formatting or OCR errors).
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (
$20.99 $10.49 Audible;
free download at Tantor;
free on Kindle), by Mary Shelley, narrated by Simon Vance
Book Description
Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering "the cause of generation and life" and "bestowing animation upon lifeless matter," Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts. However, upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? And how far can we go in tampering with Nature?
Dracula (
$25.19 $12.59 Audible;
free download at Tantor;
free on Kindle), by Bram Stoker, narrated by John Lee
Book Description
First published in 1897, Dracula by Bram Stoker has become the standard against which all other vampire stories are compared and the inspiration for countless film and stage adaptations. Indeed, the name "Dracula" has been synonymous with the undead for at least a century, and the original novel still has the power to chill.
Come then to Castle Dracula, hidden in the forbidding peaks of the Carpathian Mountains, where an undying creature of evil casts his sights on unsuspecting England. Voyage on the doomed ship Demeter as it carries a monster out of ancient superstition in search of new life and new blood. Tremble as first one woman, then another succumbs to the unholy thirst of the nosferatu, and as a small band of men and women, horrified by the supernatural forces arrayed against them, risk their lives and their very souls to oppose the evil known only as...Dracula.
Write That Book Already!: The Tough Love You Need To Get Published Now, by Sam Barry, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store. It is likely to be free in the US by morning.
