The favour was simple enough: Head to the house, and pick up the bedside table clock. But when she went there, the clock - which should have long-stopped working - was still ticking. Who had wound it up? And that other sound: Were they still in the house...?

A simple, yet chilling little tale from W. F. Harvey. Narrated by Andy David Jones.

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We've all been mistaken for someone else. In this story, H. P. Lovecraft taps into a real terror: being mistaken for death.

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A terrifying unabridged short story by Algernon Blackwood. A student, cramming before his exams, had a clear message to his friends: No interruptions. But one old 'friend' clearly didn't get the message...

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