Episode 13: "Ancient Lights" by Algernon Blackwood
Once again we start a story with someone who’s on “an adventure”. Unfortunately, it feels as though adventure is a code name for trespassing on private property and getting flipped upside down- literally and figuratively.
Although this story is classified as a gothic, it seems more whimsy than dreadful and scary. The forest is alive and playing small tricks on Mr. Thomas, starting from the crossed out words on the letter, to the people that he swore he could see and hear, and of course, moving the gate over and over again. Is this the kind of punishment you wish on your neighbors who go onto…
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