Length2h 58m
About this audiobook
In the quiet town of Blackthorn, one house holds a secret older than memory. Beneath its walls lies a prison—ancient, malevolent, and hungry. When Evelyn is drawn to Number 17, she becomes the newest keeper of a candle that binds a darkness no one dares name.
But as the creature beneath the house awakens, the candle flickers… and the town’s fear feeds the shadows. Now, Evelyn must confront a force that knows her bloodline, a darkness that remembers, and a choice that could cost everything.
One candle. One guardian. One night to hold back a darkness that refuses to stay buried.
The Dimly Lit Candle is a chilling tale of sacrifice, terror, and the thin line between light and shadow.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreHorror, Fantasy
Length2 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CORREY MURRAY
113Chapter 23
2Copyright © 2026 by correy murray
114InsideNumber17,thecandlepulsedfaintly,asteadyheartbeat
3Chapter 1
115CHAPTER 23
4Blackthorn Road
116Chapter 24
5“Still… burning…”
117Echoes of Fear
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6candle
118CHAPTER 24
7Chapter 2
119mean not just her own destruction but the spreading of the
8The morning after her encounter at Number 17, Evelyn could
120THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
9trembling.
121Chapter 25
10CHAPTER 2
122candle’s pulse steady.
11hunger, patience, and an inevitable return.
123CHAPTER 25
12Chapter 3
124to itself and the town.
13The candle.
125Chapter 26
14walls.
126itself.
15CHAPTER 3
127CHAPTER 26
16Chapter 4
128withdrew,andthewhispersfadedtoahauntingmurmur. Evelyn
17The morning after her second visit to Number 17, Evelyn could
129Chapter 27
18THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
130The House Awakens
19CHAPTER 4
131THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
20Chapter 5
132smoke.
21Silence, then another whisper, this time clearer and closer:
133“…guardian…Doyoufeel ourreach? … weremember…we wait…”
22THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
134wax, every whispered word, every careful trace of the carvings
23Herpulseslowedonlyslightlywhensheremindedherself: the
135CHAPTER 27
24CHAPTER 5
136at every moment.
25Chapter 6
137Chapter 28
26THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
138a frightened heart.
27world and the darkness beneath.
139CHAPTER 28
28CHAPTER 6
140THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
29Chapter 7
141Chapter 29
30The Historian
142The Breaking Point
31the floor.
143freedom.
32THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
144Atendrilstrucktheedgeofthecandle’sglow. Evelynslammed
33something ancient and terrible lay just inches beneath her feet
145CHAPTER 29
34CHAPTER 7
146unnaturally, the town eerily silent, and every whisper a warning
35and the danger.”
147Chapter 30
36faintest echo of a whisper:
148The Candle Flickers
37Chapter 8
149CHAPTER 30
38the floorboards, the steady candle flame, and Thomas Hale’s
150THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
39Around the circle, a group of figures—servants and
151Chapter 31
40ritual symbol.
152A blinding flash burst outward from the candle like a shock-
41this flame, I chain you to the earth!”
153Waiting.
42with rage.
154Chapter 32
43CHAPTER 8
155and again—the tendrils, the violent attack, the moment the
44Chapter 9
156Cold.
45Dr. Elias Vern
157Much older.
46CHAPTER 9
158THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
47THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
159A deep rumble echoed through the chamber.
48Chapter 10
160CHAPTER 32
49carryingwithitthefaintesthintofdampearthandsmoke. Sleep
161Chapter 33
50THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
162Evelyn burst back into the main room of Number 17, her lungs
51ritual?”
163feet.
52CHAPTER 10
164“Older than the roads, the buildings, and the church.”
53free?”
165weight.
54to the creature, and to the shadowed history of Number 17.
166THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
55Chapter 11
167CHAPTER 33
56The Candle Weakens
168“…we remember… guardian…”
57signs of weakness.
169The prison wouldn’t just break.
58CHAPTER 11
170“…soon… guardian…”
59insistent:
171The house shook again.
60the darkness completely.
172Chapter 34
61before.
173houses like a living tide, thicker than ever before.
62Chapter 12
174Like sleepwalkers.
63heartpounded—notjustfromfear, butfromtheknowledgethat
175CHAPTER 34
64THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
176Panic.
65short gasps.
177Then another.
66CHAPTER 12
178And now that prison…
67mind.
179Chapter 35
68Andsheknew,withchillingcertainty,thatthewhisperswould
180The Candle’s Secret
69Chapter 13
181through the pages.
70The Symbols React
182Her.
71agobyDr. VernandstabilizedbyDanielRourke, seemedtopulse
183Feed the flame?
72CHAPTER 13
184THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
73“…guardian… chosen… keeper…”
185Waiting.
74THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
186CHAPTER 35
75Chapter 14
187Chapter 36
76familiar scent of damp wood and faint smoke clung to her
188The Keeper’s Burden
77presence.
189before.
78“…guardian… fragile… untested…”
190Bloodline?
79CHAPTER 14
191over her.
80Chapter 15
192reading.
81Shadows in the Halls
193A loud crack echoed from the underground chamber.
82THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
194CHAPTER 36
83CHAPTER 15
195knife again.
84Chapter 16
196“…blood of the keeper…”
85The Creature Learns
197Chapter 37
86CHAPTER 16
198heartbeat.
87ing.
199“…yes… keeper…”
88thingterrifying: thechainwasnolongerjustapassiveward. Her
200CHAPTER 37
89Chapter 17
201Darker than the shadows around it.
90Chapter 18
202Chapter 38
91instinctively, aware of the pulse radiating from the fragile flame.
203The Shadow Breaks Through
92CHAPTER 18
204darkness.
93“…guardian… pulse with us… the balance holds… for now…”
205Another crack split through the floor.
94THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
206CHAPTER 38
95carvings, and the fragile chain of light.
207More solid.
96Chapter 19
208Learning.
97The First Night of Screams
209Chapter 39
98CHAPTER 19
210The Last Night
99Chapter 20
211Fought.
100The Shadows Stir
212CHAPTER 39
101CHAPTER 20
213now.
102Chapter 21
214Chapter 40
103The Creature’s Reach
215Chapter 40 — The Dimly Lit Candle
104of the room, its fragile glow a heartbeat in the darkness. The
216shadow—dozensofthem—screamingsilentlybeforedissolving
105THE DIMLY LIT CANDLE
217against the boundary of light.
106outward.
218The room shook violently.
107CHAPTER 21
219Hungry.
108Chapter 22
220days.
109The Streets Whisper
221A candle.
110CHAPTER 22
222CHAPTER 40
111under duress.
223In the quiet town of Blackthorn, one house
112outside:
224dares name.
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