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    On the Brighton Road
    On the Brighton Road
    On the Brighton Road
    Audiobook8 minutes

    On the Brighton Road

    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 short ghost stories, in particular 'The Ghost Ship', 'The Conjurer' and 'On the Brighton Road'.

    'On the Brighton Road' is a strange tale of a homeless man who is trudging between London and Brighton when he meets a fragile-looking young boy, also homeless, who offers to walk with him for a while.

    The conversation between the two causes the tramp to question his own existence...in a highly creepy way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateSep 9, 2015
    ISBN9781467699723
    On the Brighton Road
    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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