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The Pale Ones
- Author
- Bartholomew Bennett
- Narrator
- Homer Todiwala
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 18 August 2022
- Run Time
- 3 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic horror & ghost stories, Modern & contemporary fiction, Contemporary horror, Short stories
- Rating
- 2.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Few books ever become loved. Most linger on undead, their sallow pages labyrinths of old, brittle stories and screeds of forgotten knowledge... And other things, besides:
Paper-pale forms rustle softly through their leaves. Ink-dark shapes swarming in shadow beneath faded type. And an invitation...
Harris delights in collecting the unloved. He wonders if you’d care to donate. A small something for the odd, pale children no-one has seen. An old book, perchance? Neat is sweet; battered is better. Broken spine or torn binding, stained or scarred - ugly doesn’t matter. Not a jot. And if you’ve left a little of yourself between the pages – a receipt or ticket, a mislaid letter, a scrawled note or number – that’s just perfect. He might call on you again.
Hangover Square meets Naked Lunch through the lens of a classic M. R. James ghost story. To hell and back again (and again) through Whitby, Scarborough and the Yorkshire Moors. Enjoy your Mobius-trip.
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Details
- Author
- Bartholomew Bennett
- Narrator
- Homer Todiwala
- Duration
- 3 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 August 2022
- ISBN
- 9788728334713
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Classic horror & ghost stories, Modern & contemporary fiction, Contemporary horror, Short stories
- Rating
- 2.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Pulp fiction just got a whole lot scarier... Few books ever become loved. Most linger on undead, their sallow pages labyrinths of old, brittle stories and screeds of forgotten knowledge... And other things, besides:Paper-pale forms rustle softly through their leaves. Ink-dark shapes swarming in shadow beneath faded type. And an invitation...Harris delights in collecting the unloved. He wonders if you’d care to donate. A small something for the odd, pale children no-one has seen. An old book, perchance? Neat is sweet; battered is better. Broken spine or torn binding, stained or scarred - ugly doesn’t matter. Not a jot. And if you’ve left a little of yourself between the pages – a receipt or ticket, a mislaid letter, a scrawled note or number – that’s just perfect. He might call on you again.Hangover Square meets Naked Lunch through the lens of a classic M. R. James ghost story. To hell and back again (and again) through Whitby, Scarborough and the Yorkshire Moors. Enjoy your Mobius-trip.-
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