Neil Gaiman's spooky tale Click-Clack the Rattlebag has been released as a free download from Audible's US and UK websites, with Audible pledging a charity donation to reflect its popularity.

Neil Gaiman ©Kimberly Butler

The release is part of Gaiman's now-annual All Hallow's Read bookswap initiative, while the Amazon-owned Audible is promising $1 per download to educational charity DonorsChoose.org (capping out at $100,000), and 50p will go to Booktrust from the UK site.

Meanwhile, this month's free audiobook from Tantor Audio just so happens to be the spine-chilling Phantom of the Opera, and Librivox remains a go-to for readings of classic horror works by Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe et al.

Click-Clack... on Audible and Audible UK: audible.com/ScareUs and audible.co.uk/ScareUs