Cole Burkhardt
speaker
840 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Sep
Cole Burkhardt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was a strange compulsion even for him, but the pressure had been building steadily ever since the doorbell chimed a few hours ago.
The question of who had left it still nagged at him, but nowhere near as forcefully as the urge to light the goddamn thing.
Here and there, the thick black candle had bits of some milky substance in it.
The three demons surrounding it stood no taller than eight inches.
Bulbs of wax concealed what Josh imagined were linked, claw-tipped fingers connecting the demons to the candle.
The detail on the faces and legs and feet and sharply taloned toes was astounding.
He had the suspicion that removing a few layers of dust might reveal the creepy little burgers were separate pieces altogether, not simply part of the single mold.
At that thought, the hair on the nape of his neck stirred.
It looked old.
Real old.
But the top of the candle was smooth and flat, and the wick, yellowed and unraveling, had never been lit.
Not a hint of char crusted its fibers.
Beads of wax clung near the tiny feet, and the whole thing seemed to slant towards what Josh now realized was the smallest of the nasty boogers.
He figured it must have been stored near a fireplace or in someone's basement a bit too close to the furnace.
Ring around the rosy, Josh sang under his breath.
He set the candle on a square of soft leather on the desk, crammed in between the wall and one arm of the couch, then opened his laptop.
He swiveled his ergonomic office chair, grabbed the remote off the coffee table just behind him, and shut off the television.
He opened the browser, typed three demons around a candle, and glanced at the handful of unhelpful results.
Concentrating wasn't easy.
He wanted to light it.
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