"Over An Absinthe Bottle" by W.C. Morrow

<p>A starving down-and-out is invited to spend an evening playing dice with a mysterious stranger over a bottle of absinthe. But who is his opponent and will the game bring about a change in his fortunes?</p> <p>This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "Over An Absinthe Bottle" by W.C. Morrow (1893).</p> <p><strong>Please support my work...</strong></p> <p>Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours &nbsp;&nbsp;- possibly more than you'd imagine. &nbsp;You can say thank you in the following ways:</p> <p>Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod</p> <p>YouTube channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join</p> <p>One-off donation: https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast</p> <p>You can now also say THANKS with a SUPER THANKS!</p> <p>Get in touch! &nbsp;I like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the socials. &nbsp;If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me: encryptedpod@gmail.com</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p>About the story:</p> <p>"Over An Absinthe Bottle" by W.C. Morrow (1893).&nbsp; First published in <em>The Argonaut</em>,<em> </em>January 1893.</p> <p>Credit where credit's due:</p> <p>Theme &nbsp;music: &nbsp;The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au &nbsp;Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International &nbsp;(CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p>Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod<br> Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story<br> License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</p> <p>Water Prelude by Kevin MacLeod<br> Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4610-water-prelude<br> License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license</p> <p>Music used : &nbsp;"HE SINGS AT NIGHT" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" Music link : <a href="ht