One, Two Buckle my Shoe by Nugent Barker

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This story by Nugent Barker comes from his anthology Written By My Left Hand, which I guess is a pointer to the fact that they deal with things that emerge from the night side of the mind, the subconscious. It is a story about the Devouring Mother told in a dream-like way. It's horror for sure. It's short and leaves you scratching your head, yet it is told in a familiar way from ghost stories where gentlemen are sitting in their study around a blazing fire sipping whiskey toddies while they swap scary stories. The content of the story is less than straightforward though. You have the benefit of my thoughts afterwards. Just for you, here's a link to this whole book online as a PDFhttps://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/B/Barker%20-%20Written%20With%20My%20Left%20Hand.pdf## Get All Episodes Ad Free!$1 a month for the whole back catalog of episodes on Patreon. Download at your leisure. https://www.patreon.com/barcud## Buy Dracula Audiobook for DownloadBuy it directly from me at a knockdown price £4.99. https://ko-fi.com/s/a7a5c648b8## If You Appreciate The Work I’ve Put In Here You could buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker or join as a Patron for members only stories for $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/barcud)## Late Night Talk RadioListen to my other podcast! Here [Classic Ghost Stories Episodes – The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast](https://link.chtbl.com/late_night)#audiobook #horroraudiobook #freeaudiobook #horror #classicghoststoriesThe story is reminiscent of Robert Aickman or Bruno Schulz for its uncanny unnerving weirdness.#freeaudiobooks #weirdtales #horror Support the showVisit us here: www.ghostpod.orgBuy me a coffee if you're glad I do this: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerIf you really want to help me, become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barcudMusic by The Heartwood Institute: https://bit.ly/somecomeback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody dies, don't think?
0:10.0	Everybody come back, isn't that so?
0:14.0	You tried to get into the locked drawer today, didn't you?
0:17.0	How do the dead comeback, mother?
0:20.0	What's the secrets of dead comeback?
0:22.6	One, two, buckle my shoe by Nugent Barker.
0:28.0	It was open, and I had seen it all the time, seen it without realizing exactly what it was.
0:33.5	I mean, seen just its existence and not its purpose.
0:38.1	But who would expect a box like that to contain chalks all of the same colour?
0:42.8	After tinkling my bell for some time, I dropped it on the table and sat there facing the open cupboard and toying with my chokes,
0:49.6	and presently I wanted a sheet of paper to write on.
0:53.2	I found it in a drawer beside me, an exercise book.
0:57.2	I pulled up my chair, spread my elbows, and wrote it once in Veridian green on a new page.
1:03.6	One, two, buckle my shoe.
1:06.5	Three, four, knock at the door.
1:09.5	Five, six, pick up sticks. Seven, eight, lay them straight. Nine, ten, a fine
1:16.5	fat hen. Eleven, twelve, dig and delve. You remember that nursery rhyme? Until then, I'd forgotten it.
1:25.5	I used to think it was full of sense, even when taken in a lump,
1:29.3	and while I was sitting at the table, looking across it into the open-lighted cupboard
1:33.5	and thinking over the words that I had just written down, I saw the mouse.
1:38.7	At the back of the cupboard, against the wall, I saw a mouse-hole, clearly the source of the tinkling.
1:44.9	While I watched, two black, shiny eyes appeared,
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