I look forward to all your stories, and I like all the accents that you do. Ignore the pathetic busybodies, who are just complaining to get attention. You do fantastic work!

Be aware we see you as an artist There will always be insecure trash out there that have to tear down some one to make them feel better about themselves and their own short comings Thank you Tony for your gift you share

When I was a child & the power would go out on dark, stormy nights- as my mother would light some candles, my father would sit & tell me and my siblings ghost stories. Your narrations always incite those childhood memories of shivering pleasure & anticipating frightfulness. The delightful chats & musings at the end give it a warm, intimate & personal feel that make your story renditions stand out & above all the rest. Thanks for all your work, Tony

Your response to the social justice warriors trying to destroy your work was perfect. Do not give them the slightest recognition going forward!

Never listen or take to heart ANY guff from your detractors❗️I can’t believe you have any detractors❣️To me your content choice and heavenly voice are a gift I cherish and eagerly await opening with every new upload❣️Thank you again❤️

Thank you very much, Tony. Don't let the moaners get to you. You're doing a great job!

I want to thank you. I have had covid for 3weeks. Through this time listening to your amazing voice and stories have brought me comfort. You are a blessing to many sick and alone at this time. God bless you.

I love Le Fanu. "Schalken the Painter" is a personal favorite. I have read and listened to it more times than I can count.

This tale was a conundrum. The mind is such a terrifying landscape, and we know only one iota of its intricacies. All I can say is "God bless us one and all, send your angels to protect us in our times of need".

This one was creepy! And I drink green tea, but I doubt it has much metaphysical abilities since it’s bought from the supermarket. Oh, and I don’t know why people get so puffed up about your reading a woman’s character, Scottish character (even you’re very close to one), or any other. Always love your narration. Do not bother with them and don’t change a thing. Thank you!

I'm Scottish and a woman, plus I'm an old OAP, I think folk today who object to you reading stories by a woman etc; have no imagination. I like you reading all kind of stories by men or woman. Much appreciated and well done, and many thanks to you. xxx

These are my rainy day and goodnight stories. I have been introduced to many stories and authors i have not heard before and enjoyed many i already know but haven't read all the stories of. The narration is easy to understand... English is not my native tongue... even if the sentences are long and winding and some wording is perhaps a little archaic. A good way of expanding the vocabulary. The library of stories are excellent. Both ghost stories and other gothic tales and the folk-horror, mythological flavoured and generally weird tales.. Do keep them coming.!❣️

This is my Top Shelf classic ghost story. The imagery of that horrible little demon has always made me afraid of dark corners. I almost didn’t want to listen to this because I like preserving my own inner voice with my favorite works- Tony you did this story a great Justice- thank you!

"You tried to get into the locked room today didn't you? “😆

“Let go & get off!” I’d say to the rubbish rummagers looking for something to dig up to support their neurotic injustice of the past, to rectify the present, by huge poo-flinging of any future endeavor by others...it seems a kind of jealous envy of others having self confidence to share (however imperfect it may be from current inane politicalCORrEct zealots- no one told them diversity makes the world beautiful & unique!). As a fan of KZfaq storytelling, I LOVE the talent & gifted ability that you bring to the thoughtful writing, speaking, editing, & research you willingly share. I admire your human desire to share & contribute! I realize this is an older program post, since you have moved, etc., but I still wanted to give praise where praise is due. You are an example to follow, journey along with, & admire your being. Your use of the gift of time & energy as a human being in the present world, connects us to the past & leads us forward by design. You example the teacher, the engaged, the assembler, the character creator, the musing observer, the mystic, the practical, the questing, the storyteller. Your hats are many and your face one to be trusted & true to self. How lucky to witness, have access to, & to feel connected with a fellow of such generosity & creative ability. To NOT walk alone in world IS THE GREATEST GIFT your channel shares with those of us out here on this World Wide Web and I think THAT deserves sharing comments of gratitude, celebration, and thoughtful thankfulness. In a way it is like having a 19th century SALON that is open to the everyday human. For it inspires freely & openly. It is a big heart. InMost Sincerity, Thank you. -élan

This is by turns sublime, beautiful, sentimental, and so brilliantly and profoundly morally insightful. Your performance does all of it justice, and more.

Love how Dr hesselius tries to skirt the fact he failed Jennings by saying he hadn't yet started treatment yet.

My sister had schizophrenia and life long profound depression. I could really see the typical attitude of mental health Dr's in this doctor. I really enjoyed the story as I do Sherlock Holmes .

ditto ditto ditto: Elegant narration, Tony. This time appreciating the beautiful, convolutive language. I adore it!!!!!! Who cares what today's editor would think. I, for one am an ever-faithful fan. Thank you, again, again, Tony, for your hard work for us.

That was a fantastic story Tony thank you for reading it for us, and as you know I completely agree with his explanation of how we are physical extinction of the spiritual domain! I love this story so much and I am so grateful and I even listened to it twice!🦉🌟🧚‍♀️

Couldn't click fast enough! 💜

Great story. We would probably call this schizophrenia today. Green tea is one of the most powerful antioxidants/anticancer tonics we have researched these days.

I so enjoy your rambles. Keep reading whatever you please. When you read gender, nationality, accents do not matter. You catch me up in the story. You are a very talented performer. Thanks so much.

Thank you for narrating one of my favorite J. S. Le Fanu stories! I'd say that it's more subtle and philosophical than most classic horror, but that's why I like it. Excellent job!

I love this story! One of my favorites. I read somewhere that excessive drinking of green tea actually does have some odd effects on the brain but probably not the sort in this tale.

Ah 😌 I finally got around to this one, all thanks to Tony’s silver tongue! Been meaning to actually read it for years now, though I doubt I would have enjoyed it quite so much on my own. Tony, I believe you could read statistics on weather to us and I would be content - but, with a writer like yourself or Sheridan LeFanu you create a decadent indulgence!

Luv it! Thank you.

That was a fantastic Tony!!! Every time I get a notification from you I get super excited! I didn’t see this until this morning and I’ve just watched it and I loved it! Thank you so much! Finding good stuff on KZfaq can be difficult and it’s so nice to escape from the mundane Every day for a while!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🌟

Tony you are fantastic! Don’t listen to whiners or complainers! You are truly appreciated! Thank you so much.

I have to admit the concept of a malicious monkey constantly staring at me would be really creepy.......

At last time, to give this marvelous tale the time it deserves. Thank you, Tony, your channel continues to broaden my horizon, introducing writers I otherwise would not have met. Masterful presentation and interesting commentary. You are brilliant in what you do! Again, again, thank you. Please continue.

The scariest part of the story for me was when his companion was first introduced with the brass buttons.

Good to hear this again, for I dont know how many times, with your accents, word-images painted with your vivid, expressive narration. Your entertaining, amusing, informative "ramblings". As always, Thank you, Tony.

Love your Scaries. Superb, narration. There is simply nothing better than a British, Gentleman with a clear crisp, brilliant voice, sharing a great Ghost tale and then having a warm chat, with many friends, after the reading. Removes some of the lingering chill of the Ghostly theme. And my hot cup of Earl Grey/ Your work is EXEMPLARY. Others can prove to be quite Jealous of the Fantastic job you do! After all YOU have EXCELLENCE, on your side. Thank You, I will be awaiting, another narration from you. Even if the waiting is very impatiently done, to say the least. Good day to you and your Loved ones, Dear Sir!

Personally, I love your readings. Please ignore detractors. Here I sit, a snowy morning in Kentucky, USA, enjoying the heck out of this story with a cup of coffee, in my reading chair by the front street window, watching the birds at the feeder. Peace. Crack on, as you say!

🦋I have listened to all of you narratives I find. Your very talented to have trained your voice for all the different styles. I appreciate all the time you take for our pleasure. And enjoy, we many listeners do. You are a talented writer, bringing to your stories the same atmosphere of the writers of long ago. There is the feeling one gets of an old antique well tended. Thanks so very much. Personally your stories are an effective chill pill🦋

Oh, yay! I just listened to the podcast and now I have another! I also love it when you do your American accent in particular, so I’m extra pleased, and yes, quite disappointed that the Australian didn’t have a speaking role. ❤️❤️❤️ I really can’t believe some don’t like it, but I guess there is no accounting for taste.

Thanks Tony. I agree with what you say about the story structure. It's complex enough that I've enjoyed listening to it several times now, focusing on different aspects. Perfect as I'm stuck in side due to still another snowstorm. I guess I get some of my old fashioned taste in stories from my grandparents, born in the 19th century because I love these stories not publishable today. They always gave me books and loved mysteries and spooky stories. Sounds like I will be adding "The Weird and Eerie" to my reading list.

Any plans to do recordings of Algernon Blackwood? "The Man who The Trees Loved" is ripe for a professional recording.

Thanks for extra info on le fánú, interesting stuff loved the story well narrated as always

Tony~~I absolutely love any story you narrate. I get so fed up hearing about 'cultural appropriation' issues where there are NONE! My brain works perfectly fine, and if the person speaking in the story is a woman, then the story goes along in my head in a woman's voice.~~ it's called 'using your imagination'!!! You do a wonderful job bringing these stories to life and people need to get a grip, and stop finding fault where there isn't any. Move along kArEn, give your seat up for someone that knows how to appreciate a good storyteller.

Lovely long ramble on this one! I agree. The story wasn’t my favorite but interesting all the same. I recently watched a movie based on the ideas of Swedenborg that was pretty good! It’s called Things Heard and Seen.

Brilliant story. Love your reading and your late night ramblings. Thank you ❤

I enjoyed this story thank you Tony and also I love your bit of history at the end of each narration.

What a fantastic story. And with your narration, you pulled us slowly and slowly in. What an explanation for the presence of evil in our lives and curable on top of that.

Excellent commentary and narration. A Le Fanu fan from Ireland. Edit : Could you please narrate Sir Domnick's Bargain?

I love your soothing voice it entertwines the twists and and turns of the story and its is a pleasure to listen to you xxxx

Well done, kind sir. An excellent reading and analysis.

Just found your great voice and stories. Am now a fan. Thank you so much and keep up the good work. You are really appreciated 👍

Don’t pay ANY attention to people who criticize. All of us LOVE you. Thank you for everything.

I Love All Your Stories and I Love the sound of your voice. People that comment negatively have NO understanding of British story telling nor Authors of the past. It's your narration that places us deep into the story itself. I guess they believe you should be narrating comic books on high speed and drama.

Regarding the cultural appreciation radicalism... Anyone who says you can't narrate a book because it is written by a woman or written by someone from another country, etc is insane. (1) you aren't appropriating anything. You tell us who the author is so we as listeners can look the author up and read more of their work should we be desirous towards that end. Please keep doing the good work you are doing and ignore the cultural appreciation radicals. I just stumbled upon your KZfaq channel and it is 10 out of 10 in my opinion. Your efforts to provide a quality product for your listeners is apparent.

Deeply historicly stories were told by whomever was good at it. You’re great. To tell the truth, I think I enjoyed the background and ruminations of spirits and psychology even more than story itself.

I like the additional spectral effects. Goes well with the theme of course, the music and your intro words. I am sure I "knew" this once, but it's so "personal" to listen to somebody who can act, make the characters come alive- my mind wanders when I read, so if I listen to you, I can get the story, really enjoy the vocabulary, close my eyes and go into a dream...Namaste

I do hope you’ll share another of your own stories, soon! I know I could read them, but I do love to hear them from you, in your own voice, meter and all the little personal inflections a writer adds to their own readings that one might miss in reading it, alone. Would you perhaps consider doing an audiobook of your own material? I’d love to buy that!

I really enjoyed it just the way it was. He is a very interesting writer! I like green tea a lot! Excellently read !

I thought that was quite a measured, reasonable response Tony, certainly nothing like the rant I’d undertake in your place. As you say, if the self-regarding shrill imbeciles don’t like someone telling stories, perhaps they shouldn’t listen to them. It must be abundantly clear there are many of us who enjoy what you do enormously and are very glad you do it.

Lordy-I’m giving up green tea!!

I have no idea why people get all self-righteous about things they know little or nothing about and, instead of scrolling on, they feel they must send a rant to you. We obviously find much pleasure in your reading and I hope you (and since this was two plus years ago now, you must) discount these naysayers and carry on.

Thank you for the literary education I get from your selections---and thanks for your skillful reading, always intriguing and genuinely wonderful. This story was another massively synchronistic one for me to listen to today---as I have a friend whose husband has been diagnosed with grade 4 brain cancer, and I paid them a visit yesterday. The most hilarious "coincidence" is that I drank a mug of Green Tea yesterday during my visit there---I never have green tea, lol! But for some reason, out of the choices offered, it was the one I took. Hugs and Gratitude, Tony.

Tak!

Never Stop!!!! You are doing wonderful!!! Do female voices or any other voice you choose. Don't let them dictate what you do. Your sharing stories from Authors I've never heard of or read. Plus there from a whole other era. Next they be burning books!!!!

Another great story, thank you Tony. As others have said, never mind the naysayers!

Crack on you marvellous artist, thank you again x

When you read the New Testament, there's plenty of verses dealing with "demons/spirits". It's throughout the New Testament where JESUS and the Disciples/Apostles healed people from or dealing with demons/spirits. The boy with the demon who apparently had seizures but would also throw himself into a fire or water, etc. The Bible states that "JESUS healed him from this spirit of infirmity. The woman with the bleeding problem had a "spirit". Or the man on the road saying his name was Legion because there were many. What's even more interesting is when a demon announced that he knew JESUS as the Son of GOD but didn't recognize the person trying to heal him. Meaning this demon knew of the faith of JESUS but if you aren't deeply involved in your faith and a true believer, the demon will question you.

I believe this theory regarding green tea. I cuddled up with a blanket and my pot of green tea to listen you your beautiful treatment of Le Fanu. Within seconds of my getting comfy, two demons were sitting on top of me. It happens every time I enjoy book time. My cure for these terrors was to name one Jack and the other one Shadow. This poor vicar should have taken the monkey to the vet...it's done world of good for Jack and Shadow. Bless you dear Tony for your beautiful narration. ^·,·^ ^·,·^

Great work! We love your narration. "Malignity" is pronounced "muh-ligg-nih-tea" in both British and American English, but I like the way you pronounced it like "malign". Why not?

Swedenborg must have drank a lot of green tea and or laudanum one crazy so-called theorist.

Hi Tony, what a strange story! Beautifully narrated as usual, but it was your post story ramble that peaked my interest too. As this story is about mental illness it reminded me of one of my own short stories I wrote ages ago (that are still gathering dust on a shelf since I commented last time!)🙃It's about a young girl who perceives colours as sounds and ends up in a psych ward. Anyway, I wondered, since you work in mental health, if you would say she suffered from psychosis or something else? Would you bung her some anti-psychotics like Risperidone or prescribe black tea?😉As a tortured chronic depressive now ex paramedic, I'd love to try the magic mushroom therapy but probably no chance of that. Don't let those people's moaning comments get your goat by the way. Am-dram and in-character historic tour guide experience here if you ever want a female voice! 🤣Love your stuff, keep it coming, Tony.

I’m a yoga teacher, and I can’t stand green tea 🍵…. Earl Grey any day for me 😊

I would love to know a Swedenborgian's take on this "monkey" business.

Are you still on Patreon? I can't find you there.

Hi Tony, I enjoy you =r tellings of these stories. Thank you. This story was written in an odd way though. I didn't like how the author writes. I needed to repeatedly rewind & listen carefully. Eesh. I'm still not sure if I understand. I enjoy your comments at the end of each story. Tracy

Mr. Tony, wonder if this is where the saying "monkey on your back" or "get the monkey off your back", came from??

Okay then stay away from green tea, but if green tea does this and well what would a vegan diet do. Best stay away from it.. 😏💖♀️

Your a bard mate. Tell the idiots to go waste their time else where. 😁

Really enjoy this authors work,always looking for more stories by him, though annoyingly people are able to take his character’s & write new stories! Not a fan of that. But thank you so much for this, you have an amazing knack of finding gems like this.✊♥️

WHAT!! You're NOT a woman and you're NOT Scottish? Well you kept that well hidden! xx

A lot of sibelence on this recording, a bit painful to the ears🫨

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I'm afraid I've no time for all that tosh ! What rubbish! Of course you can read any story you want, any way you want - it's YOUR channel, and anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to listen! I enjoyed this story very much actually.. I was thinking that the monkey must be some kind of 'shadow self', maybe reflecting unconscious doubts the clergyman had about the religious doctrines he was teaching - so got that completely wrong! 🤣 I'd best keep away from making diagnosis! If I drank green tea, I'd be staying clear..but I don't so I won't.. THANKYOU ❤

On no, and me a copious guzzler of green tea. Forget this " healthy" lifestyle. Back to chomping steak,goat meat n maybe lamb chops all fried. Yum 😋

Hey bloke. Listened to the end . Cultural appropriation, what bullshit. So I can't eat pizza, tacos, nachos, Chinese food etc. Is it Cultural appropriation for Asian countries to wear suits or ties. Is it Cultural appropriation or Colonialism that the international language for pilots is English? All 1st World problems. If people want to be hero's and save the world they should become nurses or doctors and work in A & E, join the Military Police Fire or Ambos with they are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for what they believe. Sick of Key board warriors. Empty drums make the loudest noise.

I am in favor of anyone who pronounces dissect properly.