The Radio in the Empty Room

Original fictional sample for the AudioAvenue Halloween audio-story walkthrough.
You may adapt and narrate this sample in your own episodes.

At 11:59, the radio in the empty room switched itself on.

It had no batteries. I had checked twice.

A voice read tomorrow's weather, then tomorrow's date. Then it said my name.

I reached for the dial. The voice told me not to touch it.

It sounded like me, only older.

"There are three knocks coming," it said. "Whatever you do, don't answer the third."

The first knock came from the front door.

The second came from the window behind me.

I held my breath and watched the handle. Nothing moved.

Then the radio clicked, and I heard myself whisper one more sentence.

"I wish I'd told you where the third one comes from."

Someone knocked from inside my chest.