Scare Us

I learned something today.  Neil Gaiman, the author, a few years ago, started something really cool.  It is called All Hallows Read.  It's an opportunity for people to be reminded to read.  When he started the program, it was with the hope that people would share scary stories with each other.  He hoped that children would receive appropriately scary stories as well. 

It seems like a great concept and it's something that I would like to try, though it seems a lot of people that I know might not care about scary stories.

Neil Gaiman, for his part, decided that this year, for a change, the scary story that he decided to write, he would actually record.  You see, Neil Gaiman is also a producer of fine audio books for Audible.  His story this year is called Click-Clack the Rattlebag.  It is a short story, just about ten minutes, but in just those few minutes, it manages to be creepy and makes you wonder exactly what could happen next.

While I'm not going to go into any detail, what I am going to do is point you to Audible's website.  The reason I am is because Neil Gaiman has decided to give you his short story for free.  Yes, free.  Naturally, Neil Gaiman doesn't need the money and, in fact, had hoped to allow for a donation to a specific charity.  Unfortunately, Audible is not set up that way.  However, with the help of Audible, Neil still managed to give his book away and agreed that for every download of the book, Audible would donate $1 to a charity of his choice.  There you have it.  You download a free, ten minute story, written and read by Neil Gaiman and in turn donate a dollar to charity.  No extra work on your part.

You have to act quickly, though, because this offer is only good through Halloween. 

Here's the link:  Scare Us

Wake the neighbors and phone the kids.  This is for a good cause.  Listen to the story and be scared by not knowing.


Until tomorrow.