"With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts
Two sisters decide to play a spooky prank on their rationalist male neighbour - but what strange and malevolent entity has their scheming woken up?
This is an audio presentation of "With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts, first published (posthumously) in 1938.
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About the episode:
"With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts. First published in Last Stories, 1938.
Credit where credit's due:
Incidental music:
Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3615-darkest-child
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real
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Nervous by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4118-nervous
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.