Maurice Baring (1874-1945) was an English short story writer, novelist, and travel writer and war correspondent during the First World War.

This audiobook presents four varied examples of Baring's inventive storytelling, ranging from classic horror, to a ghost story with a twist, to classic literary fiction, to classic sci-fi. Includes 'The Island', 'The Shadow of a Midnight', 'Dr. Faust's Last Day' and 'Venus'.