"The First Sheaf" by H.R. Wakefield

Old  Porteous tells his friend about his strange experiences as a boy in  Reedley End, an isolated parish plagued by drought and crop failure,  whose denizens may have tried to reverse their fortunes by turning to  "the old ways". This  original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for  EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. "The First Sheaf" by H. Russell Wakefield was first published in 1939. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Please support my work... Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading,   promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours   - possibly more than you'd imagine.   You can say thank you in the  following ways: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod YouTube channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join One-off donation: https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast You can now also say THANKS with a SUPER THANKS! Get in touch!  I like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the   socials.  If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any   ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me:   [email protected] 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 About the story: First published in "The Clock Strikes Twelve" by H.R. Wakefield, 1940, pub. Herbert Jenkins. Credit where credit's due: Theme  music:  The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International  (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music: Pagan Cross by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Music used :  "HE SINGS AT NIGHT" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" Music link : https://youtu.be/A8mDPTdmLcsSUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3qumnPHFollow on Facebook : https://bit.ly/33RWRtPFollow on Instagram : https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV "To Reap The First Sheaf" composed by Jasper L'Estrange Sound effects:  All  sound effects sourced at Freesound. The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀