Reading Gothic

Due to a bout of poor mental health I've been unable to get this week's episode ready in time. Huge apologies but I have to take care of myself :( I'm doing better now and am still working on the next episode which should be out next week. In the meantime take care of each other and remember to reach out if you need help. It's ok to not be ok. Much love!

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Jonathan continues his stay at Castle Dracula, meets some more of the locals, and discovers that his situation is much more dire than he could ever have imagined ....

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

_lefthandwinnie: horsewagon-horse-walking-slowly-ext

16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind

180007: key

Adriann: door-slam-no-reverb

Altfuture: door-knocking

Arithni: heavy-thud

Arnaud-coutancier: church-door-bolt-2

Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2

Bevibeldesign: succubus-laughter-raw

Cameronmusic: digging1

Cgeffex: whip-crack-01

Foxboyprower: feeding1

Inspectorj: rooster-calling-close-a

Jpnien: wind-strong-jpn

Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2

Mariiao2: baby-cry

Markadirector: monastery-footsteps

Mc-minnaar: pusing-old-wooden-crate

Paresh: wolves

Pnthr: growling-beast

Rutgermuller: wooden-door-squeaking-opened-slowly-2

Speedenza: spooky-bells-ambiance

Szegvari: big-temlpe-cave-soundscape-fantasy-201117-0067

Tweedledee3: woman-keening-and-sobbing-in-grief

User-7146007: construction-sounds-hammer-hammering-sound-effect-free-high-quality-sound-fx

Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage

Yap-audio-production: doorlocked

Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping

Zat-dude: ominous-background

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Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified solicitor, travels to a remote castle in Transylvania to finalise the sale of an English abbey to a reclusive and mysterious Count. But things are not what they appear to be ... or rather, they are exactly what they appear to be ...

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:

Hungarian Dance no. 3 - Allegretto in F major by Brahms

Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, S. 244-2 by Franz Liszt

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

Arnaud-coutancier: church-door-bolt-2

Arnaud-coutancier: nervous-horses

Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2

Betchkal: 080809-dogs

Cgeffex: whip-crack-01

Czarcazas: shattering-glass-small

Dblover: howling-wind-ambience

Giovannitp: horse-and-chariot-30-sec

Inchadney: distant-thunderstorm

Inspectorj: rooster-calling-close-a

Khenshom: keys-in-wooden-door-trying-to-open-door-with-keys-2

Mags-007: opening-door-003

Markadirector: monastery-footsteps

Paresh: wolves

Seachangeau: teatime-serving-tea-carolyn

Taira-komori: howl

Vero-marengere: canadian-horse-carriage

Ylearkisto: sudet-ulvovat-wolves-howling-small-pack-frost-snapping

Zat-dude: ominous-background

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A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe; She Walks in Beauty by George Gordon, Lord Byron; La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats; and The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:

Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1 by Chopin

Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd by Mozart

Sicilienne in E-flat major  by Maria Theresia von Paradis

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

13fpanska-cerny-jan: crack-glass

Baumstumpf: forest-meadow-on-a-summer-morning

Cueckermann: by-a-pond-ambience

Mrfossy: outdoors-day-lightrain-01

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After suffering from recurring nightmares for years, a man visits a house in the country and suddenly finds his nightmares coming true ...

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:

Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto by Beethoven

Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

Aquillx: scared-breathing

Audio-dread: very-creepy-horror-music-2

Blouhond: sfx-person-falling-on-wooden-floor

Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching

Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience

Khenshom: fabric-rustle-and-shuffle-foley-various-sounds

Nikorn69: dog-growl

Peridactyloptrix: 1950-ford-mercury-interior-ignition-and-slow-cruise

Rambler52: rain-storm

Sagetyrtle: 1103octobernight

Stevious42: cat-purring-3

Taira-komori: howl

Zabuhailo: cathisses

Zat-dude: ominous-background

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A lonely signalman stationed in an eerie location along the train tracks tells of an unsettling series of ghostly encounters ...

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

7z7__steam-train-molli-passes-through-without-whistle

Cchondon: bell

Jarredgibb: church-clock-strikes-11

Kyles: wind-light-calm-soft-breeze-deep-big-gusty

Markdmurray: wind-howling-and-whistling-and-banging-louder

Theboatman: fire

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Three original creepy short stories from unpublished writers, check out their work at the following links! 

Scott Hamilton: https://www.wattpad.com/user/Noverogi

Fen Winters: https://ko-fi.com/fenwinterstales

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

Bruno-auzet: dive

Inchadney: catterline-harbour

Rebekahday: lowwhalesong

Scratchikken: wendywater2minheel

Trezz77: soft-waves

Yap-audio-production: britishpubambience

Zat-dude: ominous-background

Be-steele: ocean-surf-along-the-coast-of-maine

Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching

Geoneo0: four-voices-whispering-4-wecho

Rambler52: rain-storm

Gkillhour: war-noises-distance-explosions

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A learned man and self-declared sceptic goes to the seaside for a golfing holiday, and finds a strange artifact that brings him cause to reconsider his stance on the paranormal ... 

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:

Sergio DuBois - Piano sonata 13, 2nd (solemn) Mozart

Beethoven, Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3--2nd Movement--Adagio

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

16gpanskasibinska-n: burning-candle-in-the-wind

Beeproductive: underneath-the-floorboards

Benboncan: pub-ambience

Eelke: seagulls

Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience

Jpnien: wind-strong-jpn

Katzeo: beach-denmark-2014

Miekyj: lighting-a-match-owi

Mikaf: banging-window-wooden-frame

Nbild: whistle

Soundsexciting: clatter

Soundsforhim: slam-door

Theshaggyfreak: metal-bottle

Turchinoa: restaurant-ambience

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Two short stories written by yours truly! A spooky tale about a lighthouse, and a sad story about a married couple who experience tragic loss.

Content warning: please be advised that the second story deals with strong themes of bereavement and the death of children.

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used Sicilienne in E-flat major  by Maria Theresia von Paradis.

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

Be-steele: ocean-surf-along-the-coast-of-maine

Eelke: seagulls

Gowlermusic: summer-outside-ambience

Hdfreema: night-crickets-back-porch

Littlerobotsoundfactory: gate-open-00

Otakua: girlsigh01

Tetrisrocker: clock

Theboatman: fire

Ambientsoundapp: wind-morning

Cognito-perceptu: thunder-sharp-crack-approaching

Craigsmith: r29-04-crashing-collapse-of-wood-building

Inspectorj: splash-jumping-f

Rambler52: rain-storm

Robinhood76: 05460-little-baby-bad-cough

Scratchikken: wendywater2minheel

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Two classic poems: a tale of an epic journey through a bleak wilderness, and a tale of grief and growing madness in the solitude of a storm ...

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

Adharca: war-horn

Copper13: creek

Iwanplays: croworraven1

Kickhat:war-horm-horror

Proxima4: desert-monolith

Dblover: howling-wind-ambience

Elfman-rox: bird-flapping-wings

Giddster: fireplace-burning

Pikachu09: finger-tap

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