Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet, and journalist. Crane is noted for his early employment of naturalism, a literary style in which characters face realistically portrayed and often bleak circumstances, but Crane added impressionistic imagery and biblical symbolism to the austere realism. Here are two of his most famous stories: "The Open Boat", and "An Episode of War",

Richard Rohan is a stage and film actor, as well as an award-winning narrator. He has recorded over 100 audiobooks and has received critical acclaim for many of his performances. Christopher Graybill has performed numerous audiobooks, ranging from classic Westerns to science fiction, as well as hundreds of commericals and corporate audio narrations.