{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65e7546116384600169b1466/6a39348d3a88be86fe03834b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ancient Lights - Lonely Ghost II","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65e7546116384600169b1466/1782133941039-a83acd48-6cca-4c7f-bff9-f092f7446108.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Algernon Blackwood is considered one of the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre—he apparently wrote so many stories at the 11th hour for newspaper publication that no one has been able to put an accurate count on the total. No shortage of weird fiction authors consider him an influence, including Lovecraft, but unlike the latter we don't have to squint quite so hard to look past the bigotry when we read his work. Today we bring you \"Ancient Lights,\" a delightful tale of land surveying gone awry.</p><p><em>&nbsp;.&nbsp;</em></p><p>Later, Tim's been following up on his plans to start a dating service for the deceased, and so he'll be sharing a piece especially attuned to just that...something he calls Lonely Ghost II. Do visit Tim for more excellent musical interludes on <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Sswk2l3M9zQNhgkT8SU2G\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a> and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgCMiuU63hzYgtLn0yuaRFg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">youTube</a> under T. Virgil Parker.</p><p><br></p><p>Image by <a href=\"https://pixabay.com/users/betidraws-23986844/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=9820638\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Betidraws</a> from <a href=\"https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=9820638\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pixabay</a></p>","author_name":"Kurt Hohmann & Tim Parker"}