User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/Check out this wonderful reading of Nightingale by Joel and Dalton at Let's Read/@comment-25170312-20150622192802/@comment-26030957-20150622200027

It weirded me out a bit, too. His voice is pretty creepy as well. Reminded me of a character from Deliverence.

Umby, do me a favor, I value your opinion as both a writer and a reviewer, read the story and don't just listen to it. I'd love to hear what you think of it. I put a lot of research and love into it. Also, it doesn't say it in the reading, but it is based on the old Hans Christian Anderson story of the Emperor who had a nightingale that sang so sweet it made him cry, yet replaced it with a mechanical bird, only to have the original bird come back at the end and save him from death.

Thanks so much, man.