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More Tales in the Dark: The Gray Cat and Other Stories
Written by Barry Pain
Narrated by Roy Macready
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About this audiobook
Barry Pain was noted for his humorous tales of “Eliza” and her husband but his tales of the weird and supernatural are equally noteworthy. This volume of More “Tales in the Dark” contains eight of them. They are:
“The Gray Cat”
“Post-Mortem”
“Linda”
“The Unfinished Game”
“The Widower”
“The Unseen Power”
“The End of a Show”
“This is All”
“The Gray Cat”
“Post-Mortem”
“Linda”
“The Unfinished Game”
“The Widower”
“The Unseen Power”
“The End of a Show”
“This is All”
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