The Sound Machine is a perturbing short story written by author Roald Dahl. It was featured and is often read published within the collection Skin and Other Stories (2000).

Here, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favorite authors, tells a disturbing tale about what one man finds when he seeks to peek behind the curtain of the unheard, and what may lie behind.

Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been turned into hit films, and even today, Roald Dahl's stories continue to make millions of readers shiver with his brilliant prose.