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'Items'
Ghosts at the Old Library
Levenshulme Old Library
The event: Ghosts at the Old Library
The venue: Levenshulme Old Library
The commission: A new ghost story for Christmas set in Levenshulme. Written for performance and audio podcast. Broadcast on AllFM.
The story: 'Items', a domestic tale of a haunted house and a troubled family centring on a set of disturbing items in a child's letter to Santa
The themes: uncanny, MR James, lantern light, community venue, ghost story traditions, storytelling
With special thanks to: Richard V. Hirst, Jason Cook, and my fellow performers that evening: Marie Crook, Andrew Michael Hurley, and Jenn Ashworth
Listen to the story here: 'Items' by David Hartley, Ghosts at the Old Library Podcast
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