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On the Embankment

Written by: Hugh E. Wright
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Glimpses of the Unknown.

One of the author’s earliest pieces of short horror fiction, ‘On the Embankment’ introduces us to London’s homeless population as they fight for space on seats to sleep each night. However, no matter how busy it is or desperate the sleepers are, there’s always one seat that is mysteriously left empty....

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