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Episode 45: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
Mar 7, 2023
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Episode 44: Midsummer by Arthur Machen
Apr 5, 2022
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Episode 43: Terra Incognita by Vladimir Nabokov
Jan 10, 2022
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Episode 42: The Beautiful Suit by H.G. Wells
Oct 29, 2021
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| 3/7/23 | Episode 45: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs | First published in 1902 by Harper's Monthly and reprinted in his third collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge (also, 1902). The Monkey's Paw is one of the most well-known, adapted, and influential horror short stories ever written. An old war acquaintance brings a furry talisman in the shape of a monkey's paw, which promises to grant three wishes to whomever wishes upon it. Sergeant-Major Morris: Nik Marvin (shamanagans@globular.org) Mrs. White: Miranda Friel Herbert White: Jim Tobe Mr. White, Stranger, Narration, Music and Sound Design: Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 4/5/22 | Episode 44: Midsummer by Arthur Machen | Arthur Machen, the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He has garnered a reputation as one most influential classic horror story authors to have ever written. Summary: Leonard, a farm hand, after a day in the city retires to his small house for the evening and, restless, decides to take his wandering thoughts out into the surrounding woods. What he comes across during his walk is perhaps the best kept secret in the village. Narration, Sound, and Music by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 1/10/22 | Episode 43: Terra Incognita by Vladimir Nabokov | First published in the émigré journal Posledniya Novosti in Paris in 1931. Translated by the author and his son, the story was published in English in The New Yorker in May, 1963, and later added to A Russian Beauty and Other Stories.Three men traverse an area of unknown country, the tropical hell of Badonia, in hopes of reaching the Gurano Hills and escaping Zonraki. Gregson, Cook by Nik Marvin Valiere, Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 10/29/21 | Episode 42: The Beautiful Suit by H.G. Wells | Originally published under the title "A Moonlight Fable" in the April 10, 1909, number of Collier's Weekly. A young man acquires a hand-woven suit from his mother, and, becoming obsessed with its beauty over a period of days, he flees into the night with it. Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/21 | Episode 41: The Awakening by Arthur C. Clarke | First published in Zenith in February 1942 and later revised and published in Future in January of 1952. Collected in The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937-1955. Upon discovering a terminal illness that will kill him within a year, an influential cult leader known only as "The Master" enters deep cryosleep for a century in hopes of awakening once a cure has been discovered. Narration, Music, and Sound Design by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 9/6/21 | Episode 40: The Guide by Ellis Peters | Ellis Peters (nom de plume of Edith Pargeter) was an English writer, and the short story (originally titled Guide to Doom) was first published in Alfred Hitchcocks: Stories that Scared Even Me in 1967. As a tour guide of an old fortified mansion finishes his last tour of the day, he is approached by a mysterious man who asks if he can see an infamous well within the manor. Guide: Jon FredetteMusic and Sound Design by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 7/18/21 | Episode 39: Gateway of the Mind by Anonymous | Originally posted on Creepypasta on November 23, 2009 by an anonymous author. An experiment in the early 80s attempts to establish contact with God by depriving a test subject of all senses. Narration and Sound Design by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 5/13/21 | Episode 38: The Writing of the God by Jorge Luis Borges | Original Spanish title: "La escritura del dios"First published in the literary magazine Sur in 1949, and later reprinted in The Aleph. An incarcerated magician seeks a divine script that will allow him the omnipotence to free himself and avenge the destruction of his pyramid at Qaholom. Voice: Nik Marvin Narration, Music, Sound Design by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 4/1/21 | Episode 37: They're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson | Originally published in 1991 through OMNI magazine. Two multidimensional aliens deliberate over contacting the human race once they realize their entirely made out of meat. Aliens: Mats Bennett and Jon FredetteSound Design by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 2/20/21 | Episode 36: An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce | First published in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Can Such Things Be?A man from the ancient city of Carcosa awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness.Music, Sound Design, and Narration by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
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| 12/31/20 | Episode 35: 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | Published in the January 1962 in the Worlds of "If" Science Fiction magazine. A painter in the Chicago Lying-In Hospital witnesses an absurd scene in the lobby while he creates a mural immortalizing VIPs in a time of overpopulation. Cast (Instagram Handles): Painter - Gabriel Clausen (@g_period)Orderly - Jim Tobe (@jimtobe)Leora Duncan - Miranda Friel (@miranda.friel)Dr. Hitz - Mats BennettWheling/Narration - Jon Fredette (@glib_reaper)Hostess - Rebecca Bishop (@rebeccabishopartistry)Contributors from Fiverr: Voice for song: stuckonapuzzleVoiceover Artists: voxpopuli_gbhopevoiceoversathiraanand13perbatgigmeister1Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette"America the Beautiful" by Samuel A. Ward and the Victor recording label, provided by the Library of Congress. | — | ||||||
| 12/6/20 | Episode 34: Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson | Originally published in the December 1938 edition of Esquire. It is a translation, probably by Stephenson himself, of "Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen" which was originally published in German in 1938.Summary: A Brazilian plantation owner and his 400 workers brave an onslaught of millions of merciless and ravenous ants. Narration, Music, and Sound Design by Jon Fredette.District Commissioner played by Pedro Daher: https://www.fiverr.com/pedrodaher?source=order_page_summary_seller_linkAdditional Sounds by FreeSound Forum Users:briankennemar and RTB45 | — | ||||||
| 11/1/20 | Episode 33: Darkness by Lord Byron | Written in July of 1816 and inspired by "The Year Without Summer", the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies the previous year, in which enough sulphur was cast into the atmosphere to change global temperatures and weather patterns. A post-apocalyptic "last man" poem. Sound Design and Narration by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 10/24/20 | Episode 32: In the Court of the Dragon by Robert W. Chambers | First published in his collection The King in Yellow in 1895. An unnamed narrator attends an afternoon mass at the church St. Barnabe and has several frightful encounters with a menacing organ player. Sound Design, Music, and Narration by Jon FredetteMonseigneur C - Nik Marvin | — | ||||||
| 9/24/20 | Episode 31: The Black Meat by Eric Dean | Published on Monologging.org, on S.H. Roddey’s Haunted Head, and in Literati Presents #5 by Literati Press. The original audio version, hosted on youtube.com/ericdean, was Recorded by Rish Outfield and released on his fiction podcast The Dunesteef (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dunesteef-audio-fiction-magazine/id284671097).Follow Eric on Instagram at /ericidean or at his website www.ericwrites.comSummary: A journalist ruminates on the cultural impact of a new delicacy as he is invited to taste it for the first time. Narrated, Sound Design, and Music Composition by Jon Fredette. Additional Voices by Nik Marvin, Rish Outfield, and Miranda Friel. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/20 | Episode 30: The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce | First published in the San Francisco Examiner on April 12, 1891 and reprinted in Bierce's collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians the same year. A narrator recounts what he knows of an old woodsman who lived in a mysteriously boarded up cabin for several years before his death. Music, Narration, and Sound Design by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 6/13/20 | Episode 29: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin | Originally published in the October edition of New Dimensions 3 in 1973. The story was nominated for the Locust Award for Best Short Fiction in 1974 and won the Hugo Award for Best Short story in the same year.The utopian Omelas enjoys its annual summer festival amid the dark secret that is kept within a broom closet of a cellar beneath one of the richest buildings of the city.Narration, Music, Sound Design by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 4/9/20 | Episode 27: The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon | Originally published in the anthology "Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact" (June, 1977) the novelette went on to win the Nebula Award that year under the pen name James Tiptree Jr.As an unprecedented sickness spreads around the globe, a scientist hurries home to be with his wife and daughter. Alan - Jon Fredette Anne - Miranda FrielAmy - Megan McIver Barney - Mats Bennett Prof. Ian McIntyre - Jim Tobe Willard Mews - Tony WolfSound File Credits (Free Sound Forum): TheScarlettWitch89azimuth413uair01Narration by Jon Fredette and Miranda Friel Sound Design and Music by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
| 2/28/20 | Episode 26: Orientation by Daniel Orozco | Originally published in The Seattle Review and subsequently in The Best American Short Stories 1995.A new office employee is given orientation on the first day of work by a detached, yet knowledgable, veteran of the job.Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 1/17/20 | Episode 25: The Mirror by Haruki Murakami | Written in 1981/2 and published in 1983 in an undisclosed Japanese periodical. Later added to his short story collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman which was published in 2006. A man recalls a frightening experience he had in his brief time as a night watchman at a school in the Niigata Prefecture. Translated by Philip Gabriel. Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 12/16/19 | Episode 24: The Secret Miracle by Jorge Luis Borges | First published in the magazine Sur in 1943. Failed playwrite Jaromir Hladik is captured during the Nazi occupation of Prague in the early stages of World War II. Awaiting his execution in prison, he seeks redemption for a wasted life through contemplating his unfinished work, The Enemies. Narration, "Hladik", Music, Sound Design by Jon Fredette. Additional Voices by Mats Bennett and Miranda Friel. | — | ||||||
| 11/1/19 | Episode 23: The Kraken by Alfred, Lord Tennyson | First published in Tennyson's first solo collection, "Poems, Chiefly Lyrical" (1830) when he was around 20 years old. One of the few sonnets Tennyson penned and with this one specifically he grossly distorts the sonnet form to better fit the horrendous mythical sea creature he describes. Narration, Sound Design and Music by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 10/14/19 | Episode 22: The Daughters of the Moon by Italo Calvino | A modern folktale which takes place in a parallel-universe New York City; mysterious lunar women are hypnotized by the moon's influence and converge at the edge of the city to undertake a clandestine task for the satellite. First written in 1968 and originally published with the rest of his cosmic tales in Le cosmicomiche (The Cosmicomics); it was translated much later in 2009 and republished in The New Yorker. Sound design, music, narration and "Qfwfq" by Jon Fredette"Diana" by Miranda FrielTranslated by Martin Mclaughlin | — | ||||||
| 7/12/19 | Episode 21: The Continuity of Parks by Julio Cortazar | "Continuidad de los parques" was originally written in Spanish and first published within the Editorial Sudamericana in 1964. Summary: A man settles down to finish reading an immersive novel and suffers the consequences of doing so. Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette. | — | ||||||
| 5/15/19 | Episode 20: The Sect of the Idiot by Thomas Ligotti | First published in Crypt of Cthulhu in 1988. A man visits a nameless town and questions his existence as reality transforms into nightmare around him, leading him to a clandestine sect of dreams and dark dimensions. Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette | — | ||||||
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