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Abbot's Keep

A Ghost Story

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Abbot's Keep

By: Benedict Ashforth
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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"Brother, do not try to follow me once you have read this. No good can come of it..." When Clifford Fox QC receives a desperate letter from his estranged younger brother, Simon, he departs his comfortable Yorkshire home to locate him. The letter outlines the harrowing events that have led Simon to the very edge of sanity.

Following a stint at the Brentwell Rehabilitation Unit, failed architect and recovering alcoholic Simon is invited by an old school-friend to Abbot's Keep - a Tudor residence, nestled deep in remote Berkshire countryside. Soon after arriving, he is left to explore the neighboring monastery ruins and discover the house's dark history. But the more he learns, the more certain he becomes that he is not alone at Abbot's Keep, and that nothing is as it seems. But can he stop the house's medieval past repeating itself one final time? And can his brother find him before it's too late?

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Critic reviews

"Abbot’s Keep is refreshing a hell. Finally, a ghost story that reminds you why the basement is so terrifying!" (Brett McNeill of Rue Morgue Magazine)
"Ashforth does Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker proud delivering a solid contribution to the literary movement. It is time that the ghost story made a comeback. With writers like Benedict Ashforth writing Abbot’s Keep, a revival just might be at hand." (Matthew J. Barbour of Horror Novel Reviews)
"A really entertaining read with a delightful frisson of fear." (Simon Ball of Horror Hothouse)
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The story is good and sticks with you whilst listening to it.
I would recommend this to anyone wanting to anyone

Letters of a story

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I didn't want this story to end. Riveting story line, exciting and well narated.

Brilliant

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A very spooky story which was also well read! Highly recommended for lovers of a good ghost story!

Excellent!

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Not your "run of the mill" ghost story. 😱 Well written, with a perfect narration. Excellent story for these dark autumn nights.

YIKES!

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Old school mystery ghost story with modern horror. Reninscent of M.R. James' stories and storytelling qualities of a 100 years ago, with a far more modern backdrop and modern explicit body horror, but not too much of the latter.

Old school mystery ghost story with modern horror.

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Harrowing story well told and wonderfully narrated. It stayed with me for a while after I had finished it, as a good story should. I thoroughly recommend it...but not at night.

Scary

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Short and sweet with a satisfying pace and ending, I'm a big fan of quietly chilling British ghost stories and it's probably one for those who enjoy the same, great narration and very spooky conclusion, happy to have stumbled across this!

Loved it! For fans of M R James / quiet horror

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normally I listen to long ghost story's based in old house's, this was a nice change, well worth your time, give it a listen

Great little horror story, different, try it

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Brilliant short horror story. Superbly read by Ric Jerrom. Didn't want the story to end.

Eerie

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When a man has hit rock bottom, his friend offers him a place to stay and a task to help him out of his spiralling depression. But will he make the necessary changes, or will he continue his descent? What will be the outcome? A ghost story mixed in with a man's personal struggle, its an interesting story told through letters and characters that are likeable and understandable

Good story

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