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    The Coffin Merchant
    The Coffin Merchant
    The Coffin Merchant
    Audiobook15 minutes

    The Coffin Merchant

    Written by Richard Middleton

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Richard Barham Middleton (1882-1911) was an English poet and author who is remembered mostly for his supernatural tales and ghost stories, in particular 'The Ghost Ship', 'The Coffin Merchant' and 'On the Brighton Road'.

    'The Coffin Merchant' is the peculiar tale of Eustace Reynolds, who is handed a handbill by a stranger one day. The flyer reads: "You will soon be wanting a coffin! At 606 Gray's Inn Road, your order will be attended to with civility and despatch. Call and see us!"

    Eustace is curious enough to go to see the coffin merchant, and what happens next is unexpected, to say the least.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateOct 10, 2015
    ISBN9781509495467
    The Coffin Merchant
    Author

    Richard Middleton

    Born in the colonies, educated in England, Richard Middleton is a member of the Society of Archer Antiquaries and now lives in the Colonies again. His wife, who edited out all the vainglorious bits of this biography (which is why it is now so short), has declined (refused point-blank) to have The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Bullets dedicated to her, and only wishes it recorded that she is a saint for putting up with all Richard's experimental weapon-making activities. Though Richard's interest always returns to the simple catapult, over the last 30 years he has made countless bows, crossbows, and even airguns to study the velocity and trajectory patterns of their missiles. He likes to test things for himself rather than to believe handed-down orthodoxies - an attitude not without its costs, some might add.

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