Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to Nocturnal Transmissions, the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales both old and new performed by voice artist, Kristen Holland.

It's that wonderful time in our release cycle when we issue forth a Patreon subscriber exclusive episode.

What fun to have a little club, as it were, to share these dark moments together.

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All right, on with the show.

Watching and waiting.

Now, brace yourselves.

Our humble narrator flushed with excitement after the warm response the last time he shared one of his

favourite things with you. I'm speaking of episode 60, the infamous Bengal Ming, has decided he

wants to share another of his little indulgences with you.

Our humble narrator is a little bit obsessed with early 20th century writer,

Hector Hugh Munro, more commonly known by his nom de plume, Sarki.

Well, considering Sarkis' acerbic wit, caustic humour, and positively corrosive cynicism,

what's not to like? Today we'll be sharing one of his briefer morsels of amusement with you.

Brief, but classic. Before we do that, though, we need to welcome our new acolytes, Bobby Corbett and Ari Farsad. Welcome. Now, without further ado, nocturnal transmissions is proud to present

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