Cole Burkhardt
speaker
1,091 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 2d ago
Cole Burkhardt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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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.
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.
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