One of M. R. James' most celebrated tales, in which an unfortunate academic falls foul of an aggrieved occultist. As his sense of dread grows, he discovers that he is the not the first person to have fallen victim to the man's evil spell... Story starts at 00:01:25 Narrated/performed by Simon Stanhope, aka Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, there are a few ways you can support me (and get access to exclusive content): * Occasional/one-off support via Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesizedaudio * Monthly support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bitesizedaudio * Visit my Bandcamp page to hear more of my performances of classic stories, and you can purchase and download high quality audio files to listen offline: bitesizedaudio.bandcamp.com/ * Become a Bitesized Audio Classics member on TH-cam, from $1 / £1 / €1 per month: th-cam.com/users/BitesizedAudioClassicsjoin
Happy Halloween, Patricia, don't know where you are and don't know if it's still Halloween there, (here in Twilighty coastal Connecticut,, trick-or-treaters just starting to arrive! 🧙🏼♀️👻🎃 My favorite holiday next to Christmas, we will both have Simon keep us company on this All Hallows Eve Autumnal blessings to you!
One of my all time favourite stories from the entire "Ghost" and "Horror" genre. Without a shadow of doubt one of MR James's greatest stories. In my humble opinion one of his masterpieces. Unlike other MR James classics there is an an up tempo and quick pace to the tale. Simon has applied his usual top rate talents to the proceedings. By pure coincidence there was a very loose adaptation shown last night(30th October) on the TV channel "Talking Pictures". This loose adaptation stars Dana Andrews and is set in more contemporary times and is called "Night of the Demon". Worth watching and by it's own merit has become a cult classic in it's own right.
Love love love Night of the Demon. One of my all time favourite "scary" films. The great Jacques Tourneur directed. And Casting the Runes is one of James' very best, surely.
@@LisaCarso Totay agree Lisa.. No doubt you have seen the great late Sir Christopher Lee play MR James in a wonderful series by the BBC in the early 2000's. Sir Christopher Lee as MR James tells the stories to his audience which are his students. Great series and very atmospheric. "Casting The Runes" is one of MR James"s masterpieces. The BBC from the 1970's to just a few years ago have adapted many MR James stories. Mark Gatiss is an English actor and huge fan of MR James and he has adapted some.
@johnroche7541 Hello John, how lovely to hear from you, I hope you're keeping well? I remember this story was one of your requests, so I do hope you enjoyed it - apologies it's taken me a while, I was actually a little bit uncertain about doing it because it's such a well-known piece and there seem to be an awful lot of readings of it available already, but then I thought Halloween was a sufficient excuse for me to have my stab at it. It's many years since I saw 'Night of the Demon', but it's certainly a horror classic! Best wishes, Simon
@@BitesizedAudio Absolutely great as always to hear from you Simon. It is great to see that the channel is going from success to success and strength to strength.. So richly deserved. What a way to spend Halloween night with you giving the Stanhope magic to one of my all time favourite MR James classics. I am in my sitting room in the dark with a roaring fire giving the only light,it is cold and there is frequent showers. I am just going to lie back and close my eyes and really enjoy this. I also have my favourite tipple in my hand. I think I speak for all your devotees Simon that no matter how well acquainted we are with a ghost,mystery,detective,horror story we still want to hear that golden velvet Simon Stanhope voice and top acting skills injected into the narrative. The Stanhope magic has alway's elevated these tales to another level. Hope you enjoy this Halloween evening Simon. Thank you so much for remembering this request and replying as I know how busy you are. By the way great to hear that you have so many acting performances coming up. As always wishing you health and happiness and continued success in all your endeavours.
Glad to know that, Stephanie, thank you! Yes, I was actually part way through the run of my last play when I recorded this one, and the moustache was for that particular role... but I thought it suits the period!
Ah! I loved the movie 'Night of the Demon' and had forgotten what the original story was called, but after only ten minutes or so I could sense this was it. It was such a great work and I'm glad I was finally able to experience it. Thank you so much for reading it!
There is nothing that compares to your content. Thank you for the exquisite All Hallow's Eve story. Every year we read Classic Ghost Stories by Vintage that include our favorite Dicken's chilling tale of The Signalman. Maybe we will get the good graces of hosting you for a discussion!
Fine work with this, arguably one of MRJ’s best. Your renditions of the railwaymen’s dialects were deftly chosen. Every working fellow need not sound like Bert the Chimneysweep🎩
I recently saw the classic "Night of the Demon" movie filmed in 1957! I noticed that the film was based on "Casting the Runes" hence the antagonist being the man Karswell & the first victim being Professor Harrington!
Mr Stanhope, your voice is like a voice from the past, quite literally like a ghost from the Victorian Edwardian era. Your voice is absolutely made for these types of stories, a perfect compliment a perfect fit. Nobody reads stories of this genre like you do. Others have tried and failed. Crashed and burnt.
Beautifully read and acted...unable to become distracted for a second... like watching an audio movie. Has to be one the greatest stories of suspense ever written. Thanks a million Simon!
Excellent work. So happy to finally hear your rendition of this classic James tale. Also, i appreciate your work on the subtitles\closed captions. I am in a sometimes loud environment, so it is always a blessing to have accurately written captions. Excellent character voice work here, as well. 👍👍
Simon your creations are a godsend, thank-you so much! your gentle, entertaining tones have long been appreciated and enjoyed and particularly during times of being 'under the weather' ( or as they say in Scotland 'sick in bed under the Doctor'!). May you and yours be very blessed.
Your intro makes me think of those apartment buildings where a visitor hits the buzzer in the lobby and the person visited can see who it is by a camera. "Oh, everyone, it's Simon Stanhope! Simon, I'll buzz you through!"
@@BitesizedAudio yea its rainy and cold on the east coast in Connecticut. The sun popped out so i took advantage while i could. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. On day i hope we share a beer and sit at a campfire and tell stories. Thats just the best escape from this crazy mess or government call a country. There really fucking up over here.
Another sublime rendition of an old favourite - pure delight. I listened this afternoon with a cup of cocoa and the rain lashing down outside and it was heavenly! Thank you as always, Simon.
How cosy! So glad to know you enjoyed it Yvonne, I hope you stay warm and dry (we're just catching the edges of the storm where I am, but I'm staying in by the fire!)
As a fellow MR James devotee I would highly recommend a series made in the early 2000's by the BBC. It stars the late great Sir Christopher Lee as MR James and he is telling students these tales. Great concept. From the 1970's to just a number of years ago the BBC have adapted some of the stories of MR James and they are very good. Mark Gatiss is an English actor and huge MR James fan and he has adapted some. Obviously reading them first time is the real treasure but listening to a top rate actor and narrator like Simon reading them is an audio treat and pleasure. Remember folks the origins of Halloween can be traced back to our Celtic cousins in the Emerald Isle.
@@johnroche7541 Yes! I have seen one of them but I wasn’t aware there was more! I am going to have a blast watching these! Much appreciated! Blessings galore!🙏
@@johnroche7541 tonight I am renting the haunting on TH-cam so I love older ghost movies! I recommend “the innocent’s” also and hell house movie is 1970s version!
@@BitesizedAudioCheck out the documentary called the ‘haunting of MR James’ here on TH-cam Simon, another one I came across…. Just now actually! Have a blessed week and a happy New Years! 🌟
And of course happy Samhain/hallowe’en Simon and everyone else! Blessings from your so called deceased loved ones and tonight is a great time to be still and see if you can sense them or see hear feel smell etc it’s a beautiful spiritual experience!
Just caught up on this years ghost stories and once again thank you Simon, great stuff. Casting the Runes classic story that is slightly different that makes it refreshing.
This is one of my very favorites, among MR James's stories. I think you for your excellent reading. But... it just occurred to me, there's no actual ghost in this story.
Most enjoyable listening; so pleased to have found the site. Since prolonged screen time on the job causes eye srain that makes evening book reading difficult, thank you for presenting my favorite genre via audio.
Thank you dear Simon for another wonderful performance, a superb tale from a wonderful author, where suspense can be created from the powerful use of language without the need for special effects etc. As always I enjoyed your profile, so interesting to know more about these celebrated authors.
You are 100% correct. The movie adaptation is set in more contemporary times and stars Dana Andrews. By pure coincidence it was on British TV last night on the TV channel "Talking Pictures". This movie has become a cult classic in it's own right.
Yes, directed by the great Jacques Tourneur. You may also enjoy the three earlier films he made with Val Lewton: Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, and The Leopard Man. Despite their sensational titles, all three are masterful works with a subtlety that is very Jamesian.
Simon - I really enjoyed when you added details about the authors into the audio itself. I understand that might have been inconvenient for your channel but perhaps you would consider making videos specifically about individual authors like the history of M.R. James, and then link to all of your narrations of his works. I think it makes the stories we listen to much more interesting when we know a little bit about who wrote them. I know you put the details in the descriptions but I'd just love to listen to them
Thanks for your comment. I have thought about doing some more intros, not for every video but perhaps for a collection (e.g. an anthology of M. R. James or similar). I received mixed feedback about those intros, with some quite trenchant views expressed telling me I "ruined" the stories, "get on with it" etc etc. Only a minority, admittedly, but it was a bit annoying to be criticised for putting in the extra work... Also, I worried they would become repetitive, e.g. when doing multiple stories by the same author and featuring the same characters. Anyway, I do have it in mind and will try to incorporate some more notes in future recordings next year.
Another classic thankyou.. i was wondering if you ever run out of books. If you'd give this one a go as of now know one else has read it on YT or anywhere else the book is Called Terrifying transformations its a werewolf anthology of sorts with some dark old tales by some of the masters Conan Doyle has a story in it.Just a suggestion that im sure alot of your listeners will enjoy .And most won't know it even exists. Thankyou again Sir..
What a delight to be notified on All Hallows that one of the internet's finest audiobook narrators is reading one of Monty's finest stories again. I see that this year's BBC "Ghost Story for Christmas" is going to be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot No. 249". Do you know what I think you should do?
Thanks Simon. Ah yes, I was interested to see that too. I have had 'Lot No.249' on my to-do list for ages now, and in fact had it marked as a possible for this Christmas, but alas I've run out of time now... starting rehearsals for 'A Christmas Carol'. I have a few stories "in the can" which I'm hoping to find time to edit and upload over the coming weeks while I'm busy in the theatre, but didn't get around to that one. (I do have a Christmas-themed Doyle story recorded though...) Anyway I do hope to get around to 249 before too long, hopefully sometime in 2024!
I just came across a guy trying to read The haunted and haunter I told them you gotta go check out bite size audio its top notch the guy butchered the hell out of the story. Im so against that emotionless AI shit I dropped a few channels for using it. Thanks for keeping it real Simon your work is outstanding 😂
I listened to Simon's excellent reading of Casting the Runes whilst eating custard and prunes. Spooky coincidence, eh? [Also a great big lie, but never mind...] 😁
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One of M. R. James' most celebrated tales, in which an unfortunate academic falls foul of an aggrieved occultist. As his sense of dread grows, he discovers that he is the not the first person to have fallen victim to the man's evil spell... Story starts at 00:01:25
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Me too- brilliant story!!!!!!-they made an old black and white movie called The Night of the Demon based on this which I saw when I was a kid
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You calm me down and make my world a not-so-lonely place.
Thank you for that. Bless you.
What a lovely comment, Patricia, I'm glad to know that. Best wishes to you
Happy Halloween, Patricia, don't know where you are and don't know if it's still Halloween there, (here in Twilighty coastal Connecticut,, trick-or-treaters just starting to arrive! 🧙🏼♀️👻🎃
My favorite holiday next to Christmas, we will both have Simon keep us company on this All Hallows Eve
Autumnal blessings to you!
@@Frenchblue8 Thank Mr. Connie, cut. Ha. Happy halloween and yes TN is still on the same date as long as it's not after midnight hour.
One of my all time favourite stories from the entire "Ghost" and "Horror" genre. Without a shadow of doubt one of MR James's greatest stories. In my humble opinion one of his masterpieces. Unlike other MR James classics there is an an up tempo and quick pace to the tale. Simon has applied his usual top rate talents to the proceedings. By pure coincidence there was a very loose adaptation shown last night(30th October) on the TV channel "Talking Pictures". This loose adaptation stars Dana Andrews and is set in more contemporary times and is called "Night of the Demon". Worth watching and by it's own merit has become a cult classic in it's own right.
Sam Raimi’s - Drag Me to Hell
Love love love Night of the Demon. One of my all time favourite "scary" films. The great Jacques Tourneur directed. And Casting the Runes is one of James' very best, surely.
@@LisaCarso Totay agree Lisa.. No doubt you have seen the great late Sir Christopher Lee play MR James in a wonderful series by the BBC in the early 2000's. Sir Christopher Lee as MR James tells the stories to his audience which are his students. Great series and very atmospheric. "Casting The Runes" is one of MR James"s masterpieces. The BBC from the 1970's to just a few years ago have adapted many MR James stories. Mark Gatiss is an English actor and huge fan of MR James and he has adapted some.
@johnroche7541 Hello John, how lovely to hear from you, I hope you're keeping well? I remember this story was one of your requests, so I do hope you enjoyed it - apologies it's taken me a while, I was actually a little bit uncertain about doing it because it's such a well-known piece and there seem to be an awful lot of readings of it available already, but then I thought Halloween was a sufficient excuse for me to have my stab at it. It's many years since I saw 'Night of the Demon', but it's certainly a horror classic! Best wishes, Simon
@@BitesizedAudio Absolutely great as always to hear from you Simon. It is great to see that the channel is going from success to success and strength to strength.. So richly deserved. What a way to spend Halloween night with you giving the Stanhope magic to one of my all time favourite MR James classics. I am in my sitting room in the dark with a roaring fire giving the only light,it is cold and there is frequent showers. I am just going to lie back and close my eyes and really enjoy this. I also have my favourite tipple in my hand. I think I speak for all your devotees Simon that no matter how well acquainted we are with a ghost,mystery,detective,horror story we still want to hear that golden velvet Simon Stanhope voice and top acting skills injected into the narrative. The Stanhope magic has alway's elevated these tales to another level. Hope you enjoy this Halloween evening Simon. Thank you so much for remembering this request and replying as I know how busy you are. By the way great to hear that you have so many acting performances coming up. As always wishing you health and happiness and continued success in all your endeavours.
Nothing like an aggrieved occultist on a bleak late autumn 🍂 evening! And loved the short glimpse of you in character mustache and all!💚👨🏽
Glad to know that, Stephanie, thank you! Yes, I was actually part way through the run of my last play when I recorded this one, and the moustache was for that particular role... but I thought it suits the period!
Indeed!
I can’t tell you how grateful I am for these.
Glad to know you enjoy them, thanks for listening
Ah! I loved the movie 'Night of the Demon' and had forgotten what the original story was called, but after only ten minutes or so I could sense this was it.
It was such a great work and I'm glad I was finally able to experience it. Thank you so much for reading it!
*' lots of hobbies, & a comfortable home & all his time to himself'* 🤔 that sounds nice
My favourite MR James, beautifully read. Pouring rain here, baking brownies and wrapping presents. Thank you Revd Stanhope.
You're most welcome, thanks for your kind comments!
I am very fond of this classic ghost story. Thank you for telling it!
Night of the Demon. Wonderful film adaption.
There is nothing that compares to your content. Thank you for the exquisite All Hallow's Eve story. Every year we read Classic Ghost Stories by Vintage that include our favorite Dicken's chilling tale of The Signalman. Maybe we will get the good graces of hosting you for a discussion!
Wonderful, thank you. Funnily enough I have another Dickens story in the pipeline... later this month all being well
A new reading by the master himself, our gentleman host, Mr. Simon Stanhope. What a delicious treat for Hallowe'en night!
I'm at the end of the "children's party.: It's probably my warped sense of humor, but I found it rather funny,
Fine work with this, arguably one of MRJ’s best. Your renditions of the railwaymen’s dialects were deftly chosen. Every working fellow need not sound like Bert the Chimneysweep🎩
Couldn't ask for a more perfect story to listen to late on Halloween night, thank you Simon! (The accompanying "short" is tantalising!!!) 👌🎃
I recently saw the classic "Night of the Demon" movie filmed in 1957! I noticed that the film was based on "Casting the Runes" hence the antagonist being the man Karswell & the first victim being Professor Harrington!
Simon hits the top notch yet again. Thankyou 😊
Mr Stanhope, your voice is like a voice from the past, quite literally like a ghost from the Victorian Edwardian era. Your voice is absolutely made for these types of stories, a perfect compliment a perfect fit. Nobody reads stories of this genre like you do. Others have tried and failed. Crashed and burnt.
Very kind of you to say so, AOB, thank you!
Beautifully read and acted...unable to become distracted for a second... like watching an audio movie. Has to be one the greatest stories of suspense ever written. Thanks a million Simon!
One of my favourite stories and inspiration for "night of the demon" the classic b/w movie
Also the Sam Raimi film "Drag me to Hell".
Oh this is one of my absolute favourites Simon. Thankyou! It's wonderful! As always. Happy Halloween! ❤🎃👻
Thanks Anna, and the same to you
Beautifully done Simon! I simply adore your narrations! Have a wonderful All Hallows Eve. ❤
You too, Susan, thank you
Excellent work. So happy to finally hear your rendition of this classic James tale.
Also, i appreciate your work on the subtitles\closed captions. I am in a sometimes loud environment, so it is always a blessing to have accurately written captions.
Excellent character voice work here, as well. 👍👍
Glad to know they help, thanks Kitty
Been waiting for this! Perfect for Halloween 🎃. Very well done Simon.
Thank you Debbie, glad to know you enjoyed it
This is a favorite MRJ tale, well done!
Excellent again. Thank you.
Thanks Sonja, much appreciated
Adore and Thank You ! ❤
Another brilliant story narrated perfectly, what an amazing collection of stories your channel now has✊♥️
Simon your creations are a godsend, thank-you so much! your gentle, entertaining tones have long been appreciated and enjoyed and particularly during times of being 'under the weather' ( or as they say in Scotland 'sick in bed under the Doctor'!). May you and yours be very blessed.
I do so love all your narrations, Simon. Thank you for providing such wonderful content. ❤
Your intro makes me think of those apartment buildings where a visitor hits the buzzer in the lobby and the person visited can see who it is by a camera. "Oh, everyone, it's Simon Stanhope! Simon, I'll buzz you through!"
That's a lovely thought!
One of my favourites! Wonderfully read as always. Happy Halloween, Simon 🎃
Happy (Belated) Halloween to you too Jasper. I enjoyed hearing your 'Strange Bedfellows' earlier while catching up on my admin, very well done.
Akways a real pleasure to listen to anything you choose to narrate. Thank you.
Perfect for my bike ride thanks Simon
Excellent, I love a bike ride. The weather's been a bit horrible down my way recently but I hope to get out again soon!
@@BitesizedAudio yea its rainy and cold on the east coast in Connecticut. The sun popped out so i took advantage while i could. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. On day i hope we share a beer and sit at a campfire and tell stories. Thats just the best escape from this crazy mess or government call a country. There really fucking up over here.
Fantastic! A great story by James, beautifully narrated. Thank you Simon!
So glad to know you enjoyed it, thanks @GradKat
Great story, and yes I remember the scary film as a child. They done make em like that any more.
Another sublime rendition of an old favourite - pure delight. I listened this afternoon with a cup of cocoa and the rain lashing down outside and it was heavenly! Thank you as always, Simon.
How cosy! So glad to know you enjoyed it Yvonne, I hope you stay warm and dry (we're just catching the edges of the storm where I am, but I'm staying in by the fire!)
What a treat, thank you !
That was great! I love M R James. You are brilliant
Thank you kindly, much appreciated
Yay love rune’s! And mr MR James‼️Thank you so much ♥️🫶♥️
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As a fellow MR James devotee I would highly recommend a series made in the early 2000's by the BBC. It stars the late great Sir Christopher Lee as MR James and he is telling students these tales. Great concept. From the 1970's to just a number of years ago the BBC have adapted some of the stories of MR James and they are very good. Mark Gatiss is an English actor and huge MR James fan and he has adapted some. Obviously reading them first time is the real treasure but listening to a top rate actor and narrator like Simon reading them is an audio treat and pleasure. Remember folks the origins of Halloween can be traced back to our Celtic cousins in the Emerald Isle.
@@johnroche7541 Yes! I have seen one of them but I wasn’t aware there was more! I am going to have a blast watching these! Much appreciated! Blessings galore!🙏
@@johnroche7541 tonight I am renting the haunting on TH-cam so I love older ghost movies! I recommend “the innocent’s” also and hell house movie is 1970s version!
You're most welcome Maria. Sounds like you have some appropriately spooky Halloween entertainment lined up, I hope you enjoy!
@@BitesizedAudioCheck out the documentary called the ‘haunting of MR James’ here on TH-cam Simon, another one I came across…. Just now actually! Have a blessed week and a happy New Years! 🌟
Wonderful story, beautifully narrated. Thank you
A great telling of what has to be one of the best supernatural stories of all time, top marks to you sir
I'd really loved to have seen the magic lantern show that Karswell terrified the kids and local clergyman with. They sound great.
And of course happy Samhain/hallowe’en Simon and everyone else!
Blessings from your so called deceased loved ones and tonight is a great time to be still and see if you can sense them or see hear feel smell etc it’s a beautiful spiritual experience!
Thank you Simon- you cheer up a dull evening !
Just caught up on this years ghost stories and once again thank you Simon, great stuff. Casting the Runes classic story that is slightly different that makes it refreshing.
Wonderful! I must have read the abridged version, and I'm glad you found the original story to read
Glad to know you enjoyed it. Also I see you've recently joined as a channel member, thanks so much for your support
Excellent! Very eerie and perfectly read... Thank you!
Perfect story for Halloween. 🎃
You real excel reading M. R. James. Your voice and style of narration is perfect for it.
I love these stories. Thank you.
One of my favorites perfectly read!
Thank you
Another marvelous and timely production. Thank you!
This is one of my very favorites, among MR James's stories. I think you for your excellent reading.
But... it just occurred to me, there's no actual ghost in this story.
@baruchben-david4196 You're quite right, the same thought had occurred to me. Still a creepy enough tale though!
Excellent version of an old favourite…thank you 😀♥️
Most enjoyable listening; so pleased to have found the site. Since prolonged screen time on the job causes eye srain that makes evening book reading difficult, thank you for presenting my favorite genre via audio.
Thank you. Love your readings.
Kind of you to say so, thank you
Thank you dear Simon for another wonderful performance, a superb tale from a wonderful author, where suspense can be created from the powerful use of language without the need for special effects etc.
As always I enjoyed your profile, so interesting to know more about these celebrated authors.
Thank you Kay, appreciated
Great choice 👍
Thank you. Very enjoyable listening.
Great choice for Halloween!
Night of the demon, the film adaptation of this wonderful tale has been compulsive Halloween viewing for many years.-3
I think it was a movie, Night of the Daemon inspired by this
You are 100% correct. The movie adaptation is set in more contemporary times and stars Dana Andrews. By pure coincidence it was on British TV last night on the TV channel "Talking Pictures". This movie has become a cult classic in it's own right.
Sam Raimi’s horror movie "Drag Me to Hell" is also based on ‘*Runes’
Yes, directed by the great Jacques Tourneur. You may also enjoy the three earlier films he made with Val Lewton: Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, and The Leopard Man. Despite their sensational titles, all three are masterful works with a subtlety that is very Jamesian.
@@andrewbeale6072 "Cat People" was absolutely brilliant and very atmospheric. Goodness me there was a remake which was awful.
Love your reading voice, love the language.
Thank you for the wonderful and beautiful stories.
Hello from Manitoba, Canada
Thank you, and hello from the UK!
improving my listening skills with your soothing voice
Thank you for this channel.
Thank you for your wonderful readings and choices. I do believe that the Dana Andrews movie “Curse of the Demon” is loosely based on this one.
It is indeed
I really enjoyed the film NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1958) which was loosely based on this M.R. James story.
Your reading is one of two or three best readings of this story. Easily equal with David Suchet and Michael Hordern.
Simon - I really enjoyed when you added details about the authors into the audio itself. I understand that might have been inconvenient for your channel but perhaps you would consider making videos specifically about individual authors like the history of M.R. James, and then link to all of your narrations of his works. I think it makes the stories we listen to much more interesting when we know a little bit about who wrote them. I know you put the details in the descriptions but I'd just love to listen to them
Thanks for your comment. I have thought about doing some more intros, not for every video but perhaps for a collection (e.g. an anthology of M. R. James or similar). I received mixed feedback about those intros, with some quite trenchant views expressed telling me I "ruined" the stories, "get on with it" etc etc. Only a minority, admittedly, but it was a bit annoying to be criticised for putting in the extra work... Also, I worried they would become repetitive, e.g. when doing multiple stories by the same author and featuring the same characters. Anyway, I do have it in mind and will try to incorporate some more notes in future recordings next year.
Very interesting story and as always, superbly read!
Been waiting for this particular treat. Totally worth it 👌 👏 🙌 ❤️ 👍
So glad to know you enjoyed it, Nancy, thank you!
I'm using this to help me improve my English. I appreciate the subtitles.
Glad to know they're helpful! Thanks for listening
Thoroughly enjoyed.
Exelent choice for Halloween mr Simon 🎃 thanks for the chills 👹
Another classic thankyou.. i was wondering if you ever run out of books. If you'd give this one a go as of now know one else has read it on YT or anywhere else the book is Called Terrifying transformations its a werewolf anthology of sorts with some dark old tales by some of the masters Conan Doyle has a story in it.Just a suggestion that im sure alot of your listeners will enjoy .And most won't know it even exists. Thankyou again
Sir..
Thank You much *Simon*
You're most welcome!
Happy Halloween, Simon. Thanks for the story. How's it going with A Christmas Carol? Break a leg, if that's a tradition in England?
Thanks Tammy, very early days on ACC as yet, but all good so far. Will try to post an update when I'm further into it...
Always good Simon!
What a delight to be notified on All Hallows that one of the internet's finest audiobook narrators is reading one of Monty's finest stories again. I see that this year's BBC "Ghost Story for Christmas" is going to be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot No. 249". Do you know what I think you should do?
Thanks Simon. Ah yes, I was interested to see that too. I have had 'Lot No.249' on my to-do list for ages now, and in fact had it marked as a possible for this Christmas, but alas I've run out of time now... starting rehearsals for 'A Christmas Carol'. I have a few stories "in the can" which I'm hoping to find time to edit and upload over the coming weeks while I'm busy in the theatre, but didn't get around to that one. (I do have a Christmas-themed Doyle story recorded though...) Anyway I do hope to get around to 249 before too long, hopefully sometime in 2024!
@@BitesizedAudio Thanks for the reply. Well, there's a few things to look forward to there. And break a leg!
btw *Simon* that's a wicked cool thumbnail image ...those rune marking overlays ...cool👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you like it, thank you!
Thanks!
Thanks so much 🙏
Great ghost story!😮😮
Ahhh - thank you :)
relaxing as always 😊😊
Beautiful narration ❤
Thank you! 🙂
Great story!
Hi I LOVE YOUR VOICE. Thank you
Thank you 😊
I just came across a guy trying to read The haunted and haunter I told them you gotta go check out bite size audio its top notch the guy butchered the hell out of the story. Im so against that emotionless AI shit I dropped a few channels for using it. Thanks for keeping it real Simon your work is outstanding 😂
Thanks Page Burner, appreciated. Yes, I concur - I can't stand AI recordings, and I deplore the increasing use of them!
I listened to Simon's excellent reading of Casting the Runes whilst eating custard and prunes. Spooky coincidence, eh?
[Also a great big lie, but never mind...] 😁
Enttertaining.
Thank you
As after a Sunday Roast, I feel sated. ❤
Nothing like a Sunday roast! The smell of home-made gravy! Takes me back to my childhood... Thanks as ever Bob, I hope all's well at Spuktastic Towers
Great performance. New subscribed.
Thanks for listening, and subscribing!
Oh Simon you're a wonderful overseas friend who gives story presents
Quite a drop off wat to end it. I just couldn't keep in this one today.
Revisiting because 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Oiche shamhna shona daoibh, Simon, agus slainte!😅
Go raibh míle maith agat! (I hope I got that right...?)
@@BitesizedAudioBuiochas, Simon. My wife often wishes goodness upon me, but, so far, to no avail.😅 go n-éirí an bóthar chun bualadh leat.
So very happy to see this today. I love going to bed with you!😁😂🤣🤣🤣❤