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Episode 9 - A Strange Christmas Game

Back of the Bookshelf by C.J. Carter-Stephenson

Dec 25, 201827:04Arts

Some people say Christmas is over-commercialised, but for us, it never loses its sheen, so for our ninth episode, released at midnight on 25th December 2018, we have embraced the tradition of the Christmas ghost story. T...

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Episode 9 - A Strange Christmas Game is an episode from Back of the Bookshelf by C.J. Carter-Stephenson. Some people say Christmas is over-commercialised, but for us, it never loses its sheen, so for our ninth episode, released at midnight...

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Published Dec 25, 2018, 27:04 long, audio available.

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Some people say Christmas is over-commercialised, but for us, it never loses its sheen, so for our ninth episode, released at midnight on 25th December 2018, we have embraced the tradition of the Christmas ghost story. The story we've chosen is A Strange Christmas Game by Charlotte Riddell, which was first published in The Broadway Annual at the close of 1867. It's set at Christmas, was published around Christmas and is steeped in Victorian atmosphere, so fits the bill perfectly. As for Riddell, she was a prolific Irish author, who had written her first full-length novel by the age of 15. Now sadly, she has faded into relative obscurity, but as A Strange Christmas Game shows, she was a prodigious talent, and we hope you will consider seeking out more of her work. Narration of the episode is by C.J. Carter-Stephenson and music by Kevin MacLeod as per usual. Now without further ado, it's time to turn down the lights and journey back to an iPhoneless age...

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Published Dec 25, 2018 and 27:04 long