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Here there be monsters of all shapes and sizes! The darkest imaginings that the human mind is capable of conjuring.
Fear and trepidation await within, so viewer discretion is advised before entering this portal...just sayin'.
Our aim is to create top-quality tales of terror, some true and some fictitious.
We will play upon your darkest psychological fears with paranormal and supernatural stories.
There will be gore! There will also be monsters, slashers, zombies, vampires, and witchcraft.
Some of our offerings will be True Crime Documentaries. I find that there is nothing more fearful than a tale of real-life murder committed by the most frightening of monsters; a human being.
Your mind can become a cinema screen, so sit back, relax and imagine as we project our dark creations upon it.
Fear and trepidation await within, so viewer discretion is advised before entering this portal...just sayin'.
Our aim is to create top-quality tales of terror, some true and some fictitious.
We will play upon your darkest psychological fears with paranormal and supernatural stories.
There will be gore! There will also be monsters, slashers, zombies, vampires, and witchcraft.
Some of our offerings will be True Crime Documentaries. I find that there is nothing more fearful than a tale of real-life murder committed by the most frightening of monsters; a human being.
Your mind can become a cinema screen, so sit back, relax and imagine as we project our dark creations upon it.
Between the Lights by E F Benson | Supernatural Horror Short Audiobook for a Sleepless Night
Welcome back to the fireside, where we endeavor to bring weird literature back to life through (hopefully) captivating audiobook presentations. In this latest installment, we continue our odyssey through E F Benson's The Room in the Tower and other stories with "Between the Lights."
This story was first published in this collection in 1912. I have already uploaded three other tales from the anthology; "The Dust Cloud," "Caterpillars," and "The Bus-Conductor." Still to come are the following:
"Gavon's Eve," "The Confession of Charles Linkworth," "At Abdul Ali's Grave," "The Shootings of Achnaleish," "How Fear Departed From the Long Gallery," "The Cat," "The Man Who Went Too Far," "Outside the Door," "The Terror by Night," "The Other Bed," "The Thing in the Hall," and "The House with the Brick-Kiln."
In "Between the Lights," a Christmas gathering of old friends culminates in an exchange of ghost stories, in which some of the tales told prove as weird as they are horrifying. The host of this party tells his own true story.
This is a rather unusual and subtle gothic horror yarn and a prime example of the British tradition of Christmas ghost stories. Although it can be enjoyed at any time of the year for sure. It is a creepy, atmospheric tale of terror in the vein of Lovecraft.
I've heard it said that the story is somewhat dated and doesn't translate well into modern horror fiction. But I like the bizarre creepiness of the setup and the weird and subtle (possibly anti) climax.
To paraphrase the great man:
"These stories have been narrated in the hopes of giving some pleasant qualms to the listener or viewer. If, by chance, anyone is occupying a leisure half-hour before they go to bed when the night and the house are still, they may, by some chance, cast a wary glance into the corners and dark places of the room where they sit to make sure that nothing unusual lurks in the shadows. This is the object of horror stories and tales that deal with dim, unseen forces that sometimes disturbingly manifest themselves. The narrator, therefore, fervently wishes his listeners a few uncomfortable moments."
I hope you enjoy this presentation, and thank you, as always, for watching/listening.
We'll catch up soon on the next one.
This story was first published in this collection in 1912. I have already uploaded three other tales from the anthology; "The Dust Cloud," "Caterpillars," and "The Bus-Conductor." Still to come are the following:
"Gavon's Eve," "The Confession of Charles Linkworth," "At Abdul Ali's Grave," "The Shootings of Achnaleish," "How Fear Departed From the Long Gallery," "The Cat," "The Man Who Went Too Far," "Outside the Door," "The Terror by Night," "The Other Bed," "The Thing in the Hall," and "The House with the Brick-Kiln."
In "Between the Lights," a Christmas gathering of old friends culminates in an exchange of ghost stories, in which some of the tales told prove as weird as they are horrifying. The host of this party tells his own true story.
This is a rather unusual and subtle gothic horror yarn and a prime example of the British tradition of Christmas ghost stories. Although it can be enjoyed at any time of the year for sure. It is a creepy, atmospheric tale of terror in the vein of Lovecraft.
I've heard it said that the story is somewhat dated and doesn't translate well into modern horror fiction. But I like the bizarre creepiness of the setup and the weird and subtle (possibly anti) climax.
To paraphrase the great man:
"These stories have been narrated in the hopes of giving some pleasant qualms to the listener or viewer. If, by chance, anyone is occupying a leisure half-hour before they go to bed when the night and the house are still, they may, by some chance, cast a wary glance into the corners and dark places of the room where they sit to make sure that nothing unusual lurks in the shadows. This is the object of horror stories and tales that deal with dim, unseen forces that sometimes disturbingly manifest themselves. The narrator, therefore, fervently wishes his listeners a few uncomfortable moments."
I hope you enjoy this presentation, and thank you, as always, for watching/listening.
We'll catch up soon on the next one.
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The Shadow by E Nesbit | Classic Edwardian Weird Tale for a Sleepless Night | Mini Audiobook
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E Nesbit ghost stories, like E Nesbit books for children, still captivate their readers over a century after they first flew off the printing presses. Her output continues to enjoy an enduring appeal. The narrative drive of her work, exemplified in "The Railway Children" and "The Phoenix and the Carpet," is infinitely adaptable for both the big and small screen. And I fondly remember watching J...
The Bus Conductor by E F Benson | Classic Ghost Story for a Winter Night | Audiobook | 👻
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'The Bus Conductor' is one of E. F. Benson's early tales of the supernatural. It first appeared in December 1906 in the Pall Mall Magazine. It is one of his most famous stories and featured in the excellent portmanteau horror film 'Dead of Night.' Benson died five years before the movie was released, which is a shame. I think he would have been amused by Ealing Studios recreation of this piece....
Lovecraft | The Hound | Gothic Horror Story of The Occult for a Winter Night | Mini Audiobook
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Welcome to another mini audiobook of horror. Thank you for watching and/or listening. The Hound by H P Lovecraft is a short story written in 1922 and published in the February 1924 edition of Weird Tales. Its narrative contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text, the "Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead." "What thing might not come out of the centuried earth to exact vengeance for h...
A Victorian Ghost Story for a Sleepless Night | A Ghost's Revenge by Lettice Galbraith | Audiobook
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We wish you good fear and present this swashbuckling ghost story from the late Victorian age. Our "Fiendishly Forgotten Female Frighteners" series continues, albeit belatedly (apologies), with "A Ghost's Revenge" by Lettice Galbraith. Now, Lettice Galbraith is a writer who is increasingly becoming a channel favourite! Her obscure accounts of paranormal activity set down in the late Victorian er...
Caterpillars by E F Benson | Classic Horror Story For a Sleepless Winter Night | Audiobook | ASMR
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Welcome back to the fireside, where we endeavour to bring weird literature back to life through (hopefully) captivating audiobook presentations. In this installment, we present "Caterpillars" by the renowned author E.F. Benson. Join us as we journey back to the Edwardian era, a time of societal upheaval and hidden mysteries, through the enthralling narrative of this classic tale. 🦋 "Caterpillar...
The Open Window by Saki (Audiobook) | Immerse Yourself in a Classic Short Story Narration
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📚 Welcome to our literary bolt hole, where the pages of classic spooky fiction come alive! Join us on an enthralling journey as we present the timeless short story "The Open Window" by the literary maestro, Saki. Hector Hugh Munro, better known as Saki, was a British author and satirist who enchanted readers with his unique blend of humour and irony. His works, such as "The Open Window," "The I...
Spinach by E F Benson | Classic Ghost Story for a Winter Night | Audiobook | Spook Stories 👻
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00:00:00 Introductory Preamble. 00:02:50 Spinach begins. 00:51:29 Summary and Thank You! Did Edward Frederick Benson (MBE, JP), or Fred, as he was called by those who knew him well, believe in ghosts? Well, yes, it appears he did. He believed in the paranormal and supernatural. In fact, he claimed to have experienced a couple of ghostly visitations. One occurred at his home, Lamb House, in the ...
"There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard" by M R James / Very Short Ghost Story #audiobook
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Chapters: 00:00:00 Introductory Preamble 00:02:50 The Story Begins 00:08:54 Wrap Up and Thank you Here is an exceptionally brief ghost story from the pen of Montague Rhodes James. It was first published in December 1924 and later appeared in "The Collected Stories of 1931." Its title is lifted from the tale nearly told by poor prince Mamilius in Shakespeare's Romantic play The Winter's Tale. Ma...
In The Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith | A Victorian Ghost Story for a Sleepless Night | Audiobook
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00:00:00 Introductory Preamble 00:02:50 In the Séance Room begins 00:51:29 Wrap up and thank you What do we know about the late Victorian writer who went by the glorious pseudonym Lettice Galbraith? Not very much at all! In fact, we can't even be sure whether Lettice Galbraith is a pen name or her real name. Although, in the preface to the collection of supernatural tales, New Ghost Stories, it...
Scary Story For A Cold And Creepy Night / A Retelling of a Dark Urban Legend for an Autumn Night
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An urban legend is often a widely circulated piece of folklore, sometimes horrific and fallacious but nevertheless passed off as a true story. Historically these urban myths would have been circulated orally, but nowadays, they can be spread via the various media available. This platform is a particular culprit. 😃 Reference to the term "urban legend" dates all the way back to 1968. Its continui...
Under the Cloak by Rhoda Broughton | a Victorian tale of mystery and suspense | Audiobook
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Under the Cloak is a short suspense story by the Welsh-born Victorian writer Rhoda Broughton. It first appeared in a collection entitled Tales for Christmas Eve in 1873 and was republished as Twilight Stories in 1879. Rhoda earned a reputation as one of the Queens of the Circulating Libraries during her lifetime. Her output was prolific for the age, but her early novels earned her a reputation ...
The Dust Cloud by E F Benson | Classic scary story to fall asleep to | Tales of the Supernatural
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So here is our first offering at last. The Dust-Cloud is one of E F Benson’s less well-known ghost stories and was first published in January 1906 in the Pall Mall Gazette. It then featured in “The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories,” a collection of eerie supernatural tales printed in 1912. Many of these “classic” scary stories of yesteryear would be considered relatively tame compared to to...
Scary Stories: Mission Statement and Trailer
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A brief introduction to Scary Stories by the Fireside 🔥🎬 !
The narrator is fantastic!
Thank you ever so much @sealskin2001 😊 Very kind of you to say so and I appreciate your support.
Lettice was, indeed, inordinately talented….How sad to both know so little about her-and to “lose” her talents so soon
Yes indeed, it is a shame that she didn't write more supernatural tales. However, since I made this video more has been discovered about Lettice Galbraith and a mini biography has been written detailing her life. There still remains an intriguing bit of mystery surrounding her though.
good story read by a very talented narrator ! is there a touch of NW England in your accent sir ? regards from Cumbria. Subbed !
Thank you very much @stewartlancaster6155 from Cumbria 😊. Very kind of you to say so. I am from Yorkshire (on the the borders of West and North of the county) so that may account for my Northern accent. Thank you for your support and kind words.
Thank you for your excellent reading which my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed. You conveyed the characters personalities and E F Benson's humour perfectly. Thank you again.🌞
You are are most welcome and thank you so much for your kind comment😊. I'm so glad you and your wife enjoyed it. I really like the way Benson twists the comedy around the macabre in some of his tales. He was a masterful writer.
@@scarystoriesbythefireside He was indeed.😊🌞
😊👍
I love this author! More, please!
Thank you. I have another Lettice Galbraith on the way very soon. Just finishing up on some editing. I intend to upload more of her stories. I love her too! 😊
This one was particularly awful. Warning needed.
My apologies. This one was a bit of an experiment.
@scarystoriesbythefireside No worries, it's just most of us can stand almost anything in a story, but never hurt a dog!
Oh yes, you are so right @carolrios9216. I found it excruciatingly hard to write that part. I love dogs and it is awful to even imagine such cruelty. I should have put a warning in there for sure.
I love the illustrations. Florence is my favourite city. The grand lady reminds me of Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell in 'The Importance of Being Ernest'! 'A haaandbaaag'?
Thank you @KayBacci. Florence is my favourite city too (it even beats Leeds! 😁) Yes, it is Dame Edith from The Importance of being Ernest! I tried to turn the photograph into an illustration. When Mrs Sapson appears in the story I instantly thought of her. I even attempted to do her voice. 'A haaandbaaag'...I can hear saying it as I read that.
Your channel has just popped up on TH-cam. I love E.F. Benson, both his ghost stories and the Mapp and Lucia stories set in Tilling, the fictionalised Rye. Lucia buys 'Mallards', otherwise Benson's own house, Lamb House, from Miss Mapp. Henry James also lived in Lamb House, at one time, as did Rumer Godden. Rye is a picturesque historic town. However, this story, 'Spinach,' is new to me. I really enjoyed it and I love your rich fruity voice and your accent. Where are you from? Thank you!
Thank so very much for your kind comments. I’m from West Yorkshire and I think that is responsible for my accent😁. I’m a huge Benson fan too. I became familiar with him through the Miss Mapp and Lucia tales as well. At first via the T.V. series and then from the novels. I planned to spend a long weekend in Rye last summer but unfortunately had to cancel. The main reason was to visit Lamb House. It has such history and so many great writers have occupied it. And, as you say, Rye and that part of East Sussex is so beautiful. Many great gardens to visit, including Great Dixter. Spinach is a little-known Benson story, which surprised me when I first read it because I think it's one of his best. It is very much in the Lucia and Miss Mapp vein. I’m going to try and cover all his ghost stories eventually. I’m a little slow in production right now so I need to improve and get a move on😀. Thank you once again for your support and for watching and listening.
This is an amazing tale .. had me in the edge of my seat and bitting my nails.. amazing. Thank you for the amazing narrative.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and thank you for saying so! I've always loved this story. There is so much lying beneath the surface in Nesbit's short tales.
Only just found your channel, but I must say it's very enjoyable and quite relaxing. Thankyou. I love listening to new stories from people I am not familiar with.
Thank you so much. That's very kind of you to say so 😊. I'm glad you enjoyed listening. There's more on the way.
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Thank you very much for saying so. 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Would be great if they made a TV series of Benson's stories as they did with M.R.James.
That would be fabulous. I can think of a number that would transfer well to the small screen. There was a version of Mrs Amworth made in the 70's. I believe it can be found on TH-cam. I didn't particularly like it because it was set in the 70's. But I would love to see some new period adaptations. They would be great to settle down and watch at Christmas.
@@scarystoriesbythefireside Yes indeed. Mark Gatiss seems to be re-hashing M.R James stories that to be frank, were not better than the excellent BBC ones in the 70's. A really good adapter like Andrew Davies would do a fine job with Benson. Thank You for sharing.
I agree @vintagebrew1057 I'd love to see an Andrew Davies treatment of a Benson tale or two. He would know just how to transfer the period and the atmosphere of the subject matter to screen. Ah! If only. You are very welcome. Thank you for watching and listening.
Wow how wonderful this is
Thank you so much for saying so. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Excellent reading! I'm thrilled you'll be narrating the whole catalog; but who is the voice behind the screen? I love the illustrations with the smoke and fog! Perfect!
Thank you so much @kimmorgan3122. It's really kind of you to say so. It's my voice 😁 , I'm not a professional voice actor, which is why it takes me so long to complete these readings with all the mistakes I make and retakes I have to do 😂. Thanks for your lovely feedback regarding the imagery too. I do wonder how many people watch the video content rather than just listen to the audio, so it is useful know.
Wonderful!
Thank you! 😁 Glad you liked it.
Superb narration of a superb story. Loved the summing up at the end and loved that, at first, I thought the narrator was William Hague MP. 😃
Thank you for saying so😊. That's very kind of you. I never realised that I sounded like William Hague😃. But now that you mention it🤣. He comes from just a few miles up the road from me which might account for the similarity.
Is that around Doncaster way! I think his folks ran a kennels near me. 😃
Yes indeed😃. I think he's from Wentworth. I live in a small farming village about 9 miles from Doncaster. Small world! Great to have a local lady listening and watching! 😁
Robin reads E. F. Benson! Nohing better.
🤣 Thank you.
Hrumph. Teenagers!
🤣 Yes indeed, tricky critters!
@@scarystoriesbythefireside indeed, this one was quite the nervy and extremely self-possessed trickster. Too bad she didn't have anyone with whom to share the wink, but at this point I think she's quite smug being the lone gunwoman, as it were!
Yes she's certainly a confident young lady with a wicked sense of humour. I get the impression that if her character were to appear in further adventures she would be happy to remain undetected, under the radar, and continue to enjoy her particular brand of entertainment!
Surely, its pronounced, 'let-TEECE" ?? Oh gosh, I hope so
Yes, it could well be. 😊
Great visual artwork, good story and narrator..I am quite fond of the women writers of the 19th century
Thank you very much for saying so 😊 I am fond of them too. I hadn't realised just how many female writers of the age wrote interesting and high quality supernatural fiction. It has become something of a voyage of discovery for me. 😁
One of the great things about the Victorian interest in the paranormal is the demand for the stories was so great, it enabled many woman writers to get their works published. I think many more women writers were allowed to achieve publication due to this high demand. That's just how it seems to me. I could be wrong.
That's an excellent point. The demand for this type of fiction seems to have raced ahead of supply. How many short supernatural tales were written in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods always surprises me. This certainly created opportunities for women writers to get into print, which is great because we can reap the rewards by being able to read their work today, which might not be the case had things been otherwise.
Sorry, but with these women’s voices this is absolutely not scary. It is bland. There is no build up of tension. I have read this work and can say by heart that it is ruined by these narraters. They project no feeling whatsoever, no proper dialogue of tension nor gripping emotion. Totally feelingless.
Hi @beebee8018 , hope all is good with you and yours by the sea🌊😊 My apologies, this one was a bit a bit experimental but it doesn't seem to have worked. I tried narrating it myself but that just didn't seem right either.
peculiar rasping delivery over annoying background music. No thanks
My apologies. This was a bit of an experiment. 😊
Say Berkeley again.
🤣 You got me. Well spotted.😀I agonized over whether to correct the pronunciation or not, wondering if it would be noticed and because I'd heard it pronounced that way in other recordings...I should have done a retake for sure.
@scarystoriesbythefireside I just feel like so many on TH-cam pander to Americans. God forbid they may have to think? Sorry but of it's a British channel, it should be pronounced in the British way. Who's language is it anyway? 😄😄😄
Yes indeed, this is an English story, set in England and told by Edwardian English Ladies. Berkeley Square is and should be pronounced "bɑhrkli"😁. It's my mistake. I should have sought to correct it before uploading. I'm getting a bit lazy in my old age. 😀
Well narrated! I have always loved this tale.
Thank you! 🤗 I've always liked this one too. Most of her stories are intriguing and have hidden depths.
what is the deal with the surnames being vegetables? Originally they were named 'Carrot' and then the ghost calls himself 'Spinach' quite emphatically.
🥦🥬🥕 I know, there is a bit of a “5 a day” theme going on here. The titular Spinach also says that he had planned to bury the body in the garden and cover it with a vegetable bed before things went awry for him! It makes me think that Benson may have been pitching the story to a Gardening publication of the 1920’s 😁.
I love me some e.f. Benson, but his stories (along with 50% of other authors of his day, TBH) would often make the mistake of having the most innocuous title in the world. If I hadn't already read every one of his stories before now, and if I had been flipping through pages, cherry-picking what I wanted to read first... A story called "spinach" would be at the bottom of the list. Don't mistake me, though, I'm not saying all authors should make the opposite mistake, for example, calling "the catcher in the rye" instead: "antisocial teen makes bad decisions".... But please a little in between. There is nothing creepy about spinach except the odor of the gas it produces in a closed environment. Like I said, though, tons of Victorian writers suffered from the blasé naming conventions, like Conan Doyle naming a story Charles Augustus Milverton. Yup, interesting character, but without context, it's just a stuffy-sounding name.
Yes, indeed, @extracurricularkitty3605 , that is an excellent point. They certainly wouldn't be able to get away with that in the 21st century! A more click-alluring title like "antisocial teen makes bad decisions" would probably be what Salinger's publisher should run with today. (When I saw that, my immediate thought was, "I would really like to read about that." If I came across it on a TH-cam thumbnail, I would definitely watch it!)😂 I suppose they were lucky back then in that some held such a captive audience, already waiting eagerly for their next offering. When I first came across this story, though, the title had the opposite effect; I was rather intrigued and curious about what it was about. I'm still working through the Benson cannon, but I love me some Benson too! Conan Doyle should really have come up with a better title than "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"…a title which conveyed just a little insight into what we were getting ourselves into perhaps.😊
@@scarystoriesbythefireside@scarystoriesbythefireside Thank you for your intelligent response. I am subscribed now (I forgot) and will be tuning in to you on a regular basis. It's so hard to find decent spook stories on TH-cam due to the big thing being the (to me) amateurish, formulaic and uninspired 'creepypasta' being the big thing these days. **Yawn** is my response to those types of tales. I'm sure they're not ALL bad, it's just that they all seem to rely on being in the first person (for their supposed spooky flavor), and even the naming conventions they all use bore me. They name their stories like this: "I do freelance work for the government paranormal agency, and here's my scariest case" or: "I am a paranormal investigator, and X (or Y) happened, or: "I hunt cryptids, now X (or Y) is my life" Ugh, just makes me yawn reading the titles. Thank you for providing a more classic spooky experience, and high quality narration. 👍🏽👍🏽 I see what you mean about the title "Spinach" though, because it does make one wonder about the ghostly connection that spinach might have to the story.
Thank you so much! The sub and those very kind words are much appreciated.😊 I know what you mean about those modern creepy stories. Many of them are told in the same, or at least a similar way, and follow a rigid formula. And those types of titles are certainly hackneyed now. I have to admit that in setting up this Chanel, my initial intention was to create similar types of videos. Without copying or following that particular static style, the stories would be my own compositions and (hopefully) be presented in a novel way. Then, I got caught up in narrating these public domain works and found I enjoyed it. I’m still learning (as you can probably tell😂), and at some point, I would like to write some stories and turn them into videos for the Chanel. Just to add a bit more variety. I’m also trying to increase my output, but that’s another story…I’ve been editing the audio file for another E F Benson tale for ages and am still only halfway through! Yes indeed, “Spinach” is intriguing for that very reason. I think some great ghost stories have some terrible titles. “The Phantom Coach,” for instance…it’s almost like a spoiler.😁
I just discovered this channel and I am so addicted.❤❤
❤ Thank you very kindly for saying so. Welcome aboard 😍🧡
Me too 😊
Thank you too and great to have you aboard as well 🧡🤗😊
This had me at the edge of my seat, Well done 👍
Thank you again @zenamorgan1754. Some of these less famous old tales are really compelling. ❤
One of my very favorites...
Mine too. I love the mischievous young niece. 😊
What a crap story! 😂
😂 It's not the greatest that's for sure.😊
Cracking!
Thank you very kindly 😊
Enjoyed very much! Cee from the little haunted cottage in ireland 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀🎄
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and thank you ever so much for saying so. A happy new year to you and yours in your haunted cottage on the emerald isle ☘☘☘☘ ☘💚💚💚
I love your introductions and author biography. Please don't change your excellent style. Many Thanks!
Thank you ever so much for the kind feedback. 😊 I will certainly continue with the introductions.
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That is a shame. My first car was a Corolla 😙
This is an outstanding reading or presentation of this story. You get the feeling and flavor of it to a t. Could not have been done more effectively.
Thank you ever so much for the very kind and encouraging comment. It makes me want to get cracking on another one as soon as possible. 😊
Very professionally done
Thank you. Kind of you to say so😊
Cool that you referenced Wormwood by Poppy....a great tale in its own right.
Yes indeed, I always found that one particularly unnerving...like so much of Poppy's work. Thank you.
Masterfully delivered! First class entertainment! Thank you!
I'm really glad you enjoyed it and thank you ever so much for your kind comment. 😊
Can't go wrong with a story from E F Benson snd then expertly narrated. Thank you 😊
Thank you. You are so kind @jackyhawkins1895😊 Benson tales are classic and timeless. 🤗
Thanks again😊 Of late this one has been cropping up and I meant to read it again, now I can listen to you🗣️. Speak soon. Bee🐝Bee🐝. I replied yesterday to the other one.
You are so welcome😎. Thank you as always for your kind words Bee🐝 bee🐝🤗
Who is the sulky looking man😊? Good voice ….
😁 He does look a bit sulky doesn't he. He is another Intelligently Artificial character 😊. Thank you 🤗
He is a rather good looking sulky looking character… With big hands……🤭🤗.
😁 Yes he is a handsome chap...and his hands are big! ✋🖐😂
It is incredibly surprising that so few have heard of your channel when I think how professional your narration is and how interesting you've made these stories. I'm not on facebook, but hopefully someone will put your channel all over facebook so that people can enjoy the work that you do ! You deserve a really big number of subscribers, for sure.
That is really kind of you to say so, @bluefriend1723 🤗 I'm trying to become more consistent (and frequent) at uploading these stories, which may increase the subscriber count. I love making this content, and it is gratifying to know you enjoy the uploads, too. Thank you so much for watching/listening and for your support. 😊
Thank you, I love a bit of Benson . Excellent sound, and diction, make it all the better.
You can't beat a bit of Benson! Thank you for your kind words and for listening. 🤗
Excellent……..very well done 👍
Hey @tonyeden8381😁. I hope all is good with you...And thank you for the kind comment.
Yeah... excited!
😁 Thank you @ruth_southernstar
Excellent, and the snow scenes are wonderful to look at. Well done, and thankyou .
Thank you @PippaAT Very kind of you to say so and you are most welcome 😊
Oh please, I am so sorry as I get on so well with the male narrator, but this narrator with the high pitch voice just does not work, it is not at all scary. AND I LOVE Scary Stories by the Fire Side.
Yes, I know what you mean, it's certainly not a good story. I wish I'd given the narrator better material to work with. Some of Rhoda Broughton's tales are quite atmospheric but I picked a weak tale here. I made an attempt at reading it myself and you would have laughed at my version of an entitled Victorian aristo😂. The narrator is better suited for general fiction perhaps. 🤗
Only just discovered this channel. Listened to 2 stories. Liked what I heard and subscribed. Looking forward to trawling through past stories. 😀
Thank you so much and Welcome aboard! 🤗 I really appreciate your support. The season of the traditional Christmas Ghost Story is approaching and I'm hoping to increase the upload frequency as we head towards the new year. 😊
This is has to be your deepest into horror. I am an artist, these paintings are amazing and my world is literature. This is pure cold unromantic fear, where life is evil, beastly with no emotion that makes womankind worth living. This is as cold as the earth that keeps the body six feet under for eternity. This is your best for interpreting pure cold dripping evil.
Yes, the creep factor is undoubtedly heightened in Lovecraft shorts compared to the more subtle and cerebral tales of James, Benson, etc. I get the impression that the writer enjoyed himself while writing this. It's very dark, and the teller of the tale is disturbing enough himself!😂 Who in their right mind would choose that "hobby" to alleviate boredom and "devastating ennui"! Thank you once again for your kind comments. I've made a list of stories to work on for the festive season, and another Lovecraft piece is on that list. I love your description; "This is as cold as the earth that keeps the body six feet under for eternity." That is beautifully written😍.
@@scarystoriesbythefiresideThank you. We are so lucky to live in a world of ‘speech sound’ and able to ‘read and write the written word’ of communication. The cu-configuration of perspective. I look forward to your next spooky representation. The film that scared me so much when I was a kid, is the 1963 black & white film starring Julie Christie, “The Haunting”. I do not know where you get your visuals, but this is one of your best so far and your ‘wordiest’
"The Haunting" is still one of my favourite horror films! I can remember staying up to watch it when I was a kid and being so creeped out that I bottled seeing it through to the end😨. I watched it again, years later, as an adult, and found it remained frighteningly powerful and effective. Shirley Jackson's seminal exemplar of the modern horror novel has never been rendered better since. The cinematography is perfect, and the location, Ettington Park, is inspired. I screened "The Innocents" (another favourite) on Saturday night for the first time in years. That was filmed two years earlier, and it is still a beautiful and disturbing example of the genre. The opening credits and song had me shuddering from the get-go! 😬 When I started, I used stock images and footage for the visual content and then converted them using design software. I'm relying more on "text to image" AI tools now. The results seem much better. It feels like "cheating" sometimes, but some skill is involved in describing the image style and effect needed. Another E F Benson is coming sometime this week. I'm still trying to improve my efficiency. I'd love to be able to upload once a week.😊 Thank you as ever for your encouragement and support. 🤗
@@scarystoriesbythefireside Nothing you are doing here is Cheating. We all look for simpler ways to achieve things. It is just unfortunate that AI exists now and its ramifications. As for the film the Haunting, I know I said it scared me as a kid, well for years into my adult life it creeped me out So much I dared not go upstairs on my own after watching it! 😊! That creepy wall paper with the male voice murmuring and the doors BREATHING and Julie dancing around by the statuettes and that door to the child’s nursery when it is OPEN! WoW! what cinematography and sound! I have a problem trying to find your channel. When I type ‘Scary Stories’.. there are many other Scary Stories titles that come up on TH-cam and I think your title is probably preventing you from being seen as much as you deserve. Keep up the good works. 👁️🗣️👤
The Haunting certainly leaves its mark and stays with you and I can empathise because I have similar feelings of unease whenever I watch it again…which is rarely for that reason alone!😨 It is such an atmospheric piece of cinema. It was the film Robert Wise made in between West Side Story and The Sound of Music! You are right, I should have named the channel more imaginatively. Scary Stories is way too generic sounding and I keep wondering about renaming it. Thank you, I’ve been working on a new one and would have had it uploaded last week but I came down with a stinker of a bug/head cold🤧. Hopefully it should be going live by Thursday. Fingers crossed.😊
Nice reading. Subscribed 😊
Thank you @jackyhawkins1895😍 Welcome aboard and I appreciate the encouragement and support. 😊