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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Appearances
He hefted the candle, thinking again that it was heavier than it looked.
He turned it over and read the words someone had penned on a strap of parchment affixed to the base.
Do not light this candle.
He knew himself well enough to realize that those words were a big part of why he wanted to do exactly that.
Josh had long ago tired of people telling him what to do.
It wasn't his fault people were assholes, that they wouldn't give him enough time to learn a job and do it right.
That's why he liked driving the bus part-time for the schools.
It got him health insurance and, other than his boss and the kids, he hardly interacted with anyone.
Do not light this candle.
The screen's glare became too much.
He closed the laptop with a snap he regretted.
Laptops were not cheap.
He rubbed his eyes and stared at the wall.
A twitch at the edge of his vision dragged his attention back to the tandal.
Had he just seen one of their eyelids closing?
The color beneath it hadn't been black, but a red, so deep and clotted and murky as to appear so.
No, he'd seen no such thing, because that would be scary.
Josh got up, slammed his shins on the coffee table, and windmilled his arms to keep from going down.
He scanned the room and sniffed the air.
He'd better clean up, at least collect the pizza boxes and walk them out to the dumpster.
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