Pseudopod 272: The Dark And What It Said
The Dark And What It Said
by Rick Kennett
The light touched on a bulky, indefinite shape, hard by a tree, obscured by a low branch across the top of it.
‘What’s that?’ whispered Andrew.
‘That old car body I told you about,’ Rudy whispered back. He moved the light along, then swept it all around to catch whatever might be creeping up from behind. Nothing was creeping up from behind.
‘Maybe it was a night bird like you said before,’ said Andrew, not at all sounding like he believed it. ‘I’ve sometimes heard a bird call that sounds like ‘Whatcha reading.’ Maybe there’s something out here that hoots ‘Hey you there’ at night.’
About the Author
Rick Kennett
Rick Kennett lives in Melbourne, Australia where his day job is in the transport industry. His stories have appeared in Andromeda Spaceways, Aurealis, Weird Tales, the Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows anthologies and several podcasts including Pseudopod and Dunesteef. His novel The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was published by Cooperative Press in 2013 and is available on Amazon.
In addition to a slew of Australian publishing awards for his horror fiction, Rick has two Parsec Awards to his credit, including Cast of Wonders episode Now Cydonia which won in the short story category in 2014. And in a lovely coincidence, he’s recently become the podcast correspondent for the magazine Ghosts & Scholars, which specializes in the antiquarian ghost stories of author M. R. James.
About the Narrator
Graeme Dunlop
Graeme has been involved with Escape Artists for many years, producing audio, hosting shows, narrating stories and keeping the websites going. He was born in Australia, although people have identified him as English, American and South African, amongst other nationalities.
He loves the spoken word and is lucky enough to have narrated for all the EA podcasts. Well, not CatsCast.
Graeme lives in Melbourne, Australia with his girl dog Zoë, a lovely and lively Husky mix.
