Neil Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald” MP3

Neil Gaiman fans, you can download a free, nearly-50-minute mp3 of the author reading his story “A Study in Emerald“. We like Neil Gaiman. We like free.

Alluding to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, this Hugo Award winning short story will delight fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and of course, Neil Gaiman. A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn’t reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.

Via Boing Boing

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