{"id":5713,"date":"2025-01-08T21:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/trespassers-a-ghost-story-for-christmas-salt\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T21:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T21:56:43","slug":"trespassers-a-ghost-story-for-christmas-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=5713","title":{"rendered":"Trespassers \u2013 A ghost story for Christmas \u2013 Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-template__hero-container scroll-trigger animate--fade-in\">\n<div class=\"article-template__hero-medium media\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"&#10;                  https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/img-1733.jpg?v=1735494705&amp;width=350 350w,&#10;                  https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/img-1733.jpg?v=1735494705&amp;width=750 750w,&#10;                  https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/img-1733.jpg?v=1735494705&amp;width=1100 1100w,&#10;                  &#10;                  &#10;                  &#10;                  https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/img-1733.jpg?v=1735494705 1200w&#10;                \" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 1100px, (min-width: 750px) calc(100vw - 10rem), 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/img-1733.jpg?v=1735494705&amp;width=1100\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Trespassers \u2013 A ghost story for Christmas\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<header class=\"page-width page-width--narrow scroll-trigger animate--fade-in\">\n          <span class=\"circle-divider caption-with-letter-spacing\"><time datetime=\"2024-12-29T17:51:43Z\">December 29, 2024<\/time><\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"article-template__content page-width page-width--narrow rte scroll-trigger animate--slide-in\">\n<h4>By David Gaffney<\/h4>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0Jrg5sMlifciyMS0PPkNdQ?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When a train stalls on a bridge in Levenshulme in Manchester, three regular commuters pass the time by sharing ghost stories. But when one passenger recounts a recent unsettling encounter under the very bridge they\u2019re now stranded on, the silence around them begins to feel anything but empty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Gaffney<\/strong> is the author of the novels <em>Never Never<\/em>, <em>All The Places I\u2019ve Ever Lived<\/em> and <em>Out Of The Dark<\/em>, and the flash fiction and short story collections <em>Sawn-Off Tales,\u00a0Aromabingo<\/em>, <em>The Half-Life of Songs<\/em> and <em>More Sawn-Off Tales<\/em>. He has published two graphic novels with Dan Berry \u2013 <em>The Three Rooms In Valerie\u2019s Head<\/em> and <em>Rivers<\/em> \u2013 and is working on a third. His chapbook, <em>The Country Pub<\/em>, was published on Nightjar Press in 2022, his short story collection <em>Concrete Fields<\/em> was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and his latest collection, <em>Whale<\/em>, is published by Osmosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Trespassers\u2019 written and read by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/collections\/vendors?q=David%20Gaffney\">David Gaffney<\/a><br \/>Music and production: <strong>Oscilloscope<\/strong><br \/>Artwork: <strong>Zoe McLean<\/strong><br \/>Series editor: <strong>Richard V. Hirst<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/levenshulmeoldlibrary.org.uk\">levenshulmeoldlibrary.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 29, 2024 By David Gaffney When a train stalls on a bridge in Levenshulme in Manchester, three regular commuters pass the time by sharing ghost stories. 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