Andy X
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Happy 2019 and a fabulous Jan, fellow Fort fans...
I am hoping that at least one of you well-read clever buggers will have come across this memorable short story written in English - which I shall now attempt to describe:
I came across the story in audiobook form possibly on YouTube, though I'm not at all certain of even that. It was certainly some time in the last twelve months that I listened to it when laid up in me bed with a heavy cold ( hence my memory re. details may be a bit hazy ). I've been unable to find it again.
It's driving me up the wall, so it is :-(
Thanking you in advance for any info you might be able to offer.
I am hoping that at least one of you well-read clever buggers will have come across this memorable short story written in English - which I shall now attempt to describe:
Basically, youngish American couple move into a new house. A 'secret' door is discovered and turns out to lead to pitch black corridors that go on and on...
The man in the couple tries his hand at exploring these spaces and eventually discovers vast lightless chambers that turn out (with the help of some very powerful torches) to be hundreds, even thousands of feet in extent. At one point there is a 200 foot-wide spiral staircase structure leading down...
With a few pals proper expeditions are set up with sleeping bags and supplies and everything, as one might explore a cave system - and yet this is definitely somehow a part of the house. They head further down and further on (armed) making maps as they go and some bad stuff happens with guns (IIRC).
Does this ring any bells with anyone? It's a very peculiar little tale...I was thinking it might be a Thomas Ligotti, but it doesn't seem to be.I came across the story in audiobook form possibly on YouTube, though I'm not at all certain of even that. It was certainly some time in the last twelve months that I listened to it when laid up in me bed with a heavy cold ( hence my memory re. details may be a bit hazy ). I've been unable to find it again.
It's driving me up the wall, so it is :-(
Thanking you in advance for any info you might be able to offer.