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May 19, 2008 12:00 ET  

AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers Announces New Release:
Narrator Wayne June is back with Edgar Allan Poe Volume 2

SHELTON, CT--(AudioBookCase.com. – May 19, 2008) – AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers is pleased to announce the release of:  “Into That Darkness Peering: Nightmarish Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan Poe – Volume Two”, read by Wayne June. Volume Two includes the Poe classics “The Conqueror Worm", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Imp of the Perverse", and "Hop-Frog".

In their review of Volume One of AudioBookCase’s first Poe release, “The Southern Literary Messenger” stated: “Wayne June’s reading… is excellent... a fitting complement for the works… it is worth hoping that recordings such as this by June continue to be made.”

AudioBookCase plans the regular release of subsequent volumes over the course of 2008, culminating in a specially packaged limited edition of the entire series to appear next January to coincide with the Poe’s Bicentennial birthday commemoration. 

“Into That Darkness Peering: Nightmarish Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan Poe – Volume Two”, read by Wayne June is currently available on the AudioBookCase site (http://www.audiobookcase.com), and soon by digital download online from The Listening Zone: (http://www.thelisteningzone.com)

About The Southern Literary Messenger:
The Southern Literary Messenger, “Devoted to Every Department of Literature and the Fine Arts”, is a revival of a 19th century magazine, published 1834-1864, (Poe's first place of employment). Visit: http://www.southernliterarymessenger.com/  

About Narrator Wayne June:
Known as "the Voice of Lovecraft" in reference to acclaim garnered by his definitive readings of H. P. Lovecraft, Wayne's audiography also includes a recent production of "Hide & Seek" by horror-master Jack Ketchum. June brings his deep, sepulchral voice and skillfully nuanced inflections to bear in AudioBookCase's Into That Darkness Peering: Vol. 2, leading the listener through the dank catacombs of Poe's imagination in four more morbid masterpieces from Edgar Allan Poe.

About AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers:
Headquartered in Shelton, CT, AudioBookCase publishes full length, definitive unabridged recordings of the time-honored classics of literature.

SOURCE: AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers
Apr 7, 2008 12:00 ET  

AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers Launches Website and First Release.

SHELTON, CT--(AudioBookCase.com. – April 7, 2008) – AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers is pleased to announce that the Company has officially launched its new website and has made available its first release:

 “Into That Darkness Peering: Nightmarish Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan Poe – Volume One”, read by Wayne June.

Volume One, which includes the Poe classics “The Raven” The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado” is the first in a six volume series to be read by narrator Wayne June, whose narration of works by H.P. Lovecraft has garnered high praise from Lovecraft aficionados. World-recognized leading Lovecraft expert S.T. Joshi, whose assessment of the productions as “splendid” credits June’s “deep, cavernous, almost sepulchral voice” as “…an ideal vehicle for Lovecraft's richly textured prose.” 

In reviewing Volume One of AudioBookCase’s first Poe release, John Wright of “The Southern Literary Messenger” states:

“Wayne June’s reading… is excellent and bodes well for what may follow. June’s voice is deep, reminding me much of Orson Welles’, and is a fitting complement for the works…”

AudioBookCase plans the release of subsequent volumes over the course of the coming year, culminating in a specially packaged limited edition of the entire series to appear in January 2009 to coincide with the Bicentennial of Poe’s birth. 

“Into That Darkness Peering: Nightmarish Tales of the Macabre by Edgar Allan Poe – Volume One”, read by Wayne June is currently available on the AudioBookCase site (http://www.audiobookcase.com), as well as from The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, VA (http://www.poemuseum.org) and by digital download online from The Listening Zone: (http://www.thelisteningzone.com)

About The Edgar Allan Poe Museum:
Richmond's Poe Museum boasts the world's finest collection of Edgar Allan Poe's manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings,  providing a retreat into early 19th century Richmond where Poe lived and worked. The museum documents Poe’s life, career and accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, focusing on his many years in Richmond. Opened in 1922, in The Old Stone House, the museum is only blocks away from Poe's first Richmond home and his first place of employment, the Southern Literary Messenger. 

About The Southern Literary Messenger:
The Southern Literary Messenger, “Devoted to Every Department of Literature and the Fine Arts”, is a revival of a 19th century magazine, published 1834-1864, and publishes lively and informative articles on all subjects and welcomes the contributions of lively and particular readers. Visit: http://www.southernliterarymessenger.com/  

About AudioBookCase Audiobook Publishers:
Headquartered in Shelton, CT, AudioBookCase publishes full length, definitive unabridged recordings of the time-honored classics of literature.