A lonely magazine illustrator is haunted by dreams of a beautiful  woman - but is she real or merely a product of his imagination?

This is an audio presentation (with music and sound effects) of "Proxy" by John Metcalfe (1925).

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About the episode:

"Proxy" by John Metcalfe. First published in "The Smoking Leg  and Other Stories" by John Metcalfe (pub. Jarrolds, 1925).

Credit where credit's due:

Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod

The House of Leaves by Kevin MacLeod

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/

Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound.

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

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