"There is no friend as loyal as a book." -Ernest Hemingway

This episode, get ready to welcome some unexpected visitors to the podcast. But will they be a welcome addition to our little party? Listen along and find out!

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'The Real Thing' by Deborah Hughill

'The Body in the Basement' by B. D. Bradshaw, first published for a Reedsy weekly contest. For more information, visit https://blog.reedsy.com/

Additional SFX:

20 May 2017 thunderstorm part 2 by csengeri -- https://freesound.org/s/393618/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

AMBIENT - Rain - Near Pavement (LOOP).mp3 by Arctura -- https://freesound.org/s/34068/ -- License: Attribution 3.0 Changes made: shortened clip/add fade

suburban garden spring sounds birds atmo by Garuda1982 -- https://freesound.org/s/562777/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Changes made: looped

ClockTicking1.mp3 by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/673790/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

turn the newspaper page sound effect by Garuda1982 -- https://freesound.org/s/543949/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Changes made: shortened clip

storm wind room-tone 4.19PM 231102_0633 by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/708744/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Changes made: shortened clip

Distant Car Pass.wav by Geoff-Bremner-Audio -- https://freesound.org/s/669729/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Church Bells and Seagull.wav by hudson_swan -- https://freesound.org/s/640205/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Radio_noise_2014-09-06T23-13.wav by AlienXXX -- https://freesound.org/s/259966/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Door Squeak, Normal, A.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/342241/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Changes made: shortened clip

Footsteps Walking Down Stairs by deleted_user_7146007 -- https://freesound.org/s/383661/ -- License: Creative Commons 0