A down-on-his-luck young man accepts the curious proposition of a  stranger who asks him to recover a stolen artifact.   This is an audio presentation of "Midnight in Suburbia" by Thomas Burke  (1935). 

This story features in the anthology "And Midnight Never Come"  edited by Hugh Lamb & Richard Lamb. For more information, visit: http://hughlamb.com/bibliography/and-midnight-never-come/

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About the story:  "Miracle in Suburbia" by Thomas Burke. First published in "Night-Pieces:  Eighteen Tales" by Thomas Burke. Published by Constable & Co.,  1935.   

Credit where credit's due:   

Theme music:  The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Ominous by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4162-ominous License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

Very Low Note by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4581-very-low-note License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

Ghost Dance by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3802-ghost-dance License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  

Labyrinth of Lost Dreams by Darren Curtis | https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/ Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   

Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound.   

The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.