Keyboard Music

The radio was jealous of the computer keyboard, the writer could see that now. He had written his radio scripts with the keyboard, and they had been played on radios across the world. Except his own. He didn’t want to hear his own plays; they were so much better in his imagination. But, the radio was fed up at not even being able to be a part of its master’s success. The writer realized that as soon as the keyboard started playing music.

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Closer inspection reveals that there is a crack in the cellar wall, and the snail has come through from next door. The neighbouring house is owned by Sebastian Crease, a thin gentleman in his late-fifties, who lives alone.

Possibilities

1 The writer has been doing a lot of work recently, and is just tired. What actually happened was that he left the keyboard by the radio, and due to a trick of acoustics the music seemed to originate from the keyboard.

2 It’s true. The radio has developed an evil intelligence.

3 The writer recently was asked to write a censored, non-sanity threatening version of The King in Yellow. This is Hastur’s vengance. It is just part of a long campaign to drive the writer insane.

© Arthur Boff