"With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts

Two sisters decide to play a spooky prank on their rationalist male neighbour - but what strange and malevolent entity has their scheming woken up?

This is an audio presentation of "With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts, first published (posthumously) in 1938.

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About the episode:

"With and Without Buttons" by Mary Butts. First published in Last Stories, 1938.

Credit where credit's due:

Incidental music:

Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3615-darkest-child
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Nervous by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4118-nervous
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.