Calder's Room - Audiobook version (Patreon)

A while ago, I publicly released one of the many ghost stories I've written.  Quite a few people seemed to like it, and I'm very proud of it.  I recently asked my dear friend Elliot Chapman - one of my co-hosts on the It *IS* The Same Log series of podcasts, as everyone here will know - to record an audiobook version for me.  I thought I'd get a kick out of hearing my story read by a professional and very skilled actor who specialises in reading and producing audiobooks.  Seriously, Elliot's dulcet tones are all over Audible!  Elliot did a predictably lovely job and I - deciding that I might as well do the thing properly - added some atmosphere to the recording.  And here it is, just for you, my highly-valued Patreon subscribers... at least for now.  I'll probably eventually put the recording on YouTube, a la Horrobabble (one of my favourite channels).  I Hope you enjoy it.  This will probably sound a bit naff but I recommend listening at night, in the dark.  I love ghost stories, the wonderful somatic effect a good one can have on you.  I always try to cultivate the right atmosphere for reading or listening to them, chasing that prickle at the back of the neck or creep of the flesh.  I sometimes think the ghost story is the ultimate expression of short fiction.  A good ghost story should be an engine designed to provoke an emotional reaction so intense it becomes physical.  I hope this story gives you such a reaction.  If it does, tell me - because there can be no higher praise.