"With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts | Classic horror stories | Audiobook

Two sisters play a spooky prank on their rationalist male neighbour...but in the process have they awakened something more sinister?

This is an audio presentation of "With and Without Buttons" (1938) by Mary Butts. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. I hope you enjoy this "weird" creepy/funny, mildly subversive and magical story.

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About the episode:

"With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts. First published in Last Stories, 1938.


Chapters:
0:00 The beginning
8:21 The first glove
13:23 The story of Miss Blacken
18:50 Bad skins
21:00 The birthday party
24:40 Up in smoke
33:18 Outro

Credit where credit's due:

Incidental music:

Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod
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Sound effects:

All sound effects sourced at Freesound.org

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


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