Ghosts at the Old Library

Trespassers by David Gaffney


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A ghost story for Christmas.

When a train stalls on a bridge in Levenshulme in Manchester, three regular commuters pass the time by sharing ghost stories. But when one passenger recounts a recent unsettling encounter under the very bridge they’re now stranded on, the silence around them begins to feel anything but empty.




David Gaffney is the author of the novels Never Never, All The Places I’ve Ever Lived and Out Of The Dark, and the flash fiction and short story collections Sawn-Off Tales Aromabingo. The Half-Life of Songs and More Sawn-Off Tales. He has published two graphic novels with Dan Berry – The Three Rooms In Valerie’s Head and Rivers – and is working on a third. His chapbook, The Country Pub, was published on Nightjar Press in 2022, his short story collection Concrete Fields was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and his latest collection, Whale, is published by Osmosis.




  • Trespassers written and read by David Gaffney
  • Music and production: Oscilloscope
  • Artwork: Zoe McLean
  • Series editor: Richard V. Hirst




For more information visit: levenshulmeoldlibrary.org.uk

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