WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY: October 2018

THURSDAY November 1st at 7pm: THE UPPER BERTH

THE UPPER BERTH

"something ghostly moved in my grip"

“I remember that the sensation as I put my hands forward was as though I were plunging them into the air of a damp cellar, and from behind the curtains came a gust of wind that smelled horribly of stagnant sea-water. I laid hold of something that had the shape of a man’s arm, but was smooth, and wet, and icy cold.”

Book: Various Author: F. Marion Crawford

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WEDNESDAY, October 31st: HAPPY ALL HALLOWS! WE HAVE STORIES!

@ 5PM- POETRY OPEN MIC - Stranger Nightfire's Halloween Party

A Second Life holiday tradition is Stranger Nightfire's annual halloween party - a journey as much as it is an event! This year's festivities kick off with a Poetry Open Mic, hosted by Stranger Nightfire, live in voice.

@ 6PM - SCARY STORIES! - Stranger Nightfire's Halloween Party

Caledonia Skytower and Shandon Loring share haunting tales in honor of the day, and Stranger's annual Halloween Celebration.

@ 7 PM - THE JENNIFER MORGUE Continues

The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me... Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, must stop a ruthless billionaire from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue" from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world. Join us as Corwyn Allen continues Book 2 of Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, the Jennifer Morgue, live in voice.

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Attend the 7pm session & teleport to Stranger's Halloween events from Seanchai Library.

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TUESDAY, October 30th: Three Spooky Events in ONE DAY!

@ NOON - POETRY OPEN MIC - Stranger Nightfire's Halloween Party

@ 1PM - SPOOKY STORIES WITH CALEDONIA- Stranger Nightfire's Halloween Party

The amusing and the haunting. Caledonia shares some of her favorite Halloween time stories, live in voice.

@ 7 PM - SPOOOKY! 100 Words at a Time

The Original Prim Reaper shares the wild, the weird, and the frightening, all conveyed in 100 word increments. Long ago, he swore an oath to write a 100 word story every day until the day he died. He's not dead yet. Not really. http://oneadayuntilthedayidie.com/

R. Crap Mariner, live in voice.

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Attend the 7pm session & teleport to Stranger's Halloween events from Seanchai Library.

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MONDAY October 29th at 7pm: THE INFINITIVE OF GO

- by John Brunner -

INFINITIVE OF GO

A different kind of alternative: The Infinitive of Go. ... The Infinitive of Go is set in a near future (of 1980, the Cold War is still going strong) in which there is a secret US research project that's working on teleportation.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SUNDAY, October 28th from 1-3pm slt: SPOOKIN' at OCTOBERVILLE

SPOOKIN' AT OCTOBERVILLE !

Stories and Poems for the season at Octoberville: Shandon Loring, Corwyn Allen, Finn Zeddmore, & Caledonia Skytower, Live in Voice.

If you are not already "Octoberville enabled, then come to the Library where you will be manually teleported to the story camp.
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BE WARNED! Octoberville is a popular destination and fills up very fast, so . . . consider arriving early!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

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All times Pacific Time,

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, October 28th, at 1pm (2 hours): SPOOKIN' IT AT OCTOBERVILLE - Stories and Poems for the season at Octoberville: Shandon Corwyn, Finn & Caledonia, Live. If you are not already "Octoberville enabled, then come to the Library where you will be manually teleported to the story camp - BUT BE WARNED! Octoberville fills up very fast, so . . . consider arriving early!

*MONDAY, October 29th at 7pm: John Brunner's THE INFINITIVE OF GO continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, October 30th
~ at 1pm & throughout the afternoon: Stranger Nightfire's Annual Halloween Party, featuring Stories & Music, up in Haunted Holly Kai
~ at 7pm: SPOOKY, in 100 WORDS with R. Crap Mariner (at the Library)

*WEDNESDAY, October 31st - HALLOWEEN
~ at 5pm & through the evening: Stranger Nightfire's Annual Halloween Party, featuring stories with Cale & Shandon @ 6pm, & Music, up in Haunted Holly Kai
~ at 7pm: Charles Stross' THE JENNIFER MORGUE continues with Corwyn Allen (at the Library)

*THURSDAY, November 1st:
~ at 7pm - CLASSIC VINTAGE SPOOKINESS - Tales of Halloween with Shandon (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI, in Kitely)
~ at 9pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy with Finn Zeddmore.

*HAUNTED HOLLY KAI 2018 - featuring Frankenstein*

Check out the Lab, learn more about Mary Shelley, test your knowledge of "Frankenlore", find your favorite Franken films in links and video clips, and more. There's even a spook of five! Open through November 4th - Teleport from the front door of Seanchai Library

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY October 25th at 7pm: HALLOWEEN RITUALS

"Ghosties and ghoulies on the prowl "

HALLOWE'EN RITUALS

Ghosties and ghoulies on the prowl on All Hallows Eve, ready to steal away the innocent, and punish the guilty. Old scores settled in the dead of night, by demons and lost souls who have slipped through the divide between our world and the mystical.

Books are magical things when you let your imagination run riot, as you take in the sights and sounds, and even the smells of a story. The Halloween season is one of the greatest times of all to make use of all of those senses, and ingest everything a story can bring you.

You don’t need Hollywood’s multi-million-dollar blockbusters to scare you at Halloween. All you need is a well-written story, a storytellers magical voice, and an imagination to go with it, and all your fears will come true

Tonight's stories take place on THE night itself...

RITUAL
Bored one Halloween night, two couples follow a map from an old book of ghost stories to an abandoned nineteenth century church. To their horror, the book left out a few key details.

PUMPKIN REX
The King was dimly aware that he’d once had another name, but that no longer mattered. He’d arrived at last, to rule over his realm with his witch-queen at his side. Starting from tonight, time would be obsolete and useless; it would always be “Midnight on Halloween”, and the world would always belong to the October creatures.

Book: Collected Halloween Horror Shorts Authors: Kevin J. Kennedy Book: Walking After Midnight Author: Evan Camby

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WEDNESDAY, October 24th at 7pm: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Continues

"The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me... "

Corwyn continues Book 2 of Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, the Jennifer Morgue.

Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, must stop a ruthless billionaire from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue" from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world.

Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, October 23rd at 7:00pm: THE HOUSE WITH THE CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Concludes

The world faces certain destruction! Only the Barnavelts can stop it!

Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to live with his Uncle Jonathan and quickly learns that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor are witches on a quest to discover the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Faerie Maven-Pralou concludes the first of John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series.

Presented live in voice.

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MONDAY October 22nd at 7pm: THE INFINITIVE OF GO

- by John Brunner -

INFINITIVE OF GO

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

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Image courtesy of Inara Pey

All times Pacific Time,

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, October 21st, at 2pm: FRANKENSTEIN Live!

Fantasy Faire Radio and Seanchai Library will present Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, specially adapted for radio and live performance in six voices, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the novel's original publication. The two-hour performance will take place live at this year's iteration of "Haunted Holly Kai" high above the Blake Sea based Art Park, and will benefit Relay for Life.

Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Zander Greene, Shandon Loring, Elrik Merlin, and Caledonia Skytower will come together to present the script adapted by Skytower and Abbot from Shelley's original novel. The performance, running just under two hours, will be live on stream at "Haunted Holly Kai: featuring Frankenstein" and simultaneously broadcast on Fantasy Faire Radio. You can teleport to Haunted Holly Kai from Seanchai Library's front door.

Radio listeners can tune in by opening https://radioriel.org in their internet browser and choosing Fantasy Faire Radio in the left hand sidebar, by opening http://fantasy.radioriel.org in a network audio player.

~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Mary Poppins Comes Back - Caledonia Skytower at The Golden Horseshoe, live in voice.

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*MONDAY, October 22nd at 7pm: John Brunner's THE INFINITIVE OF GO continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, October 23rd at 7pm: THE HOUSE WITH THE CLOCK IN ITS WALLS concludes with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*WEDNESDAY, October 24th at 7pm: Charles Stross' THE JENNIFER MORGUE continues with Corwyn Allen

*THURSDAY, October 25th, at 7pm - WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT - Tales of Halloween with Shandon Loring at Octoberville - teleport from the Library (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI, in Kitely)

NEXT SUNDAY - SPOOKY STORIES AT OCTOBERVILLE!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY October 18th at 7pm: DOORBELLS AT DUSK - Halloween Tales

"Carve your pumpkins and turn on the porch light"

DOORBELLS AT DUSK
Halloween Tales

Halloween frights begin with the sound of… Doorbells at Dusk.

Dusk is when trick or treating begins, join us tonight and enter the world of Halloween chills that is "Doorbells at Dusk", watch out for those trick or treaters.....they could just be harmless, innocent children, out for a night of fun and candy, or they could be monsters, intent on possessing you, attacking you, or invading your home, never to leave! As we stroll further along, and notice the neat, lifelike Halloween decorations in the yard of the most enthusiastic Halloween lover, do those decorations look a bit too.....lifelike....or, is the late hour just playing tricks on your mind? Does that wicked carved jack o lantern seem to be speaking to you, putting murderously evil thoughts in your mind, or are you just getting a little TOO much into the spirit of the season? Does that scarecrow on the next porch appear a bit too lifelike, or have you watched one too many horror movies? And what's the matter with that huge mansion at the end of the street, the one with no Halloween decorations whatsoever, that, as a matter of fact, appears completely deserted? Dare you ring the doorbell, or should you be satisfied with your bounty of Halloween goodies? If you want the answers to these, as well as many more, disturbing questions.. Join us at The Seanchai Library!

Tonight's stories take place on THE night itself...

A PLAGUE OF MONSTERS
Gus wonders why no one else sees the monsters coming to his door.

TRICK & TREAT
Halloween enthusiast Shelley decorates and buys candy for the big night, hoping for lots of Trick-or-Treaters, but she quickly learns the meaning of the phrase "Be careful what you wish for."

Book: Doorbells At Dusk Authors: Evans Light, and others Book: Walking After Midnight Author: Evan Camby

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WEDNESDAY, October 16th at 7pm: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Begins

The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me...

Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, must stop a ruthless billionaire from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue" from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world. Join us for Book 2 of Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, the Jennifer Morgue.

Join Corwyn Allen as he begins this new series tonight, Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, October 16th at 7pm: GHOST STORIES FROM HOME

Caledonia shares stories from her home turf by, diligently researched and curated by local journalist Steve Dunkelberger.

Beginning in the 1860s, explore the haunted side of Cale's Pacific Northwest home including: The booze-loving ghost of Old City Hall, A Widow's Tale, A Story About Sour Hearts and Sour Notes, and The Harlot Hauntings. A lucky thirteen tales in all!

Teleport to The Glen from the Library and gather around the fire ...
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MONDAY October 15th at 7pm: THE INFINITIVE OF GO

- by John Brunner -

INFINITIVE OF GO

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time,

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, October 14th, at 3pm: STORIES AT THE PARK, featuring stories and poems inspired by the work of LuAnne Anatine at the Holly Kai Gallery, live in voice.
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*MONDAY, October 15th at 7pm: John Brunner's THE INFINITIVE OF GO begins with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, October 16th at 7pm: GHOST STORIES FROM HOME with Caledonia Skytower

*WEDNESDAY, October 17th at 7pm: Charles Stross' THE JENNIFER MORGUE begins with Corwyn Allen

*THURSDAY, October 18th
~ at 7pm - DOORBELLS AT DUSK - Halloween Tales with Shandon Loring (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI, in Kitely)
~ at 9pm - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, late night contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn Zeddmore

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY October 11th at 7pm: STAIRWAYS - The Strange Stairs at the Aldebourne Estate

"You mustn’t talk about the stairs"

STAIRWAYS
The Strange Stairs at the Aldebourne Estate

There they stand, surrounded by nothing but forest, pristine as the day they were built. No sign remains of any other structure around them, no ruins of long forgotten buildings. They look… wrong. They feel wrong. Bad things happen if you get too close. Horrible things. Never tell anyone about the stairs!

Book: Secret Stairs Editor: Russell Newquist Author: Kristen Brand

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WEDNESDAY, October 10th at 7pm: A HAUNTING WE WILL GO, with E.F. BENSON

“The narrator, I think, must succeed in frightening himself before he can think of frightening his reader…”
~ E.F. Benson

Caledonia presents E.F. Benson’s “How Fear Departed From the Long Gallery.”

In the competition for Britain’s most haunted house, Church-Peveril beats Hogwart’s Shrieking Shack by several lengths of shrouding linen. Master Anthony, for example, still rides his mare up the front staircase many a night, while great-great-grandmama Bridget occasionally conducts “vague business” by a bedroom fireplace. Don’t speak to her, for she led a “sultry” life, cutting relatives’ throats and disemboweling herself with the axe used at Agincourt.

The present day Peverils are more inclined toward country sports and merriment than the nefarious deeds of their ancestors. But there’s one ghost—or rather three—whom even the Peverils fear.

Join us 'round the fire in The Glen and set your time of day to Midnight, as Cale presents this story, first published in the author's 1912 collection, The Room in the Tower and Other Stories.

Teleport to The Glen from the Library
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TUESDAY, October 9th at 7pm: THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Continues

“Then there's no point in our being logical, is there?" said Jonathan...

"What do you mean?" said Lewis and Mrs. Zimmerman at the same time.

"I mean," he said patiently, "that we're no good at that sort of game. Our game is wild swoops, sudden inexplicable discoveries, cloudy thinking. Knights' jumps instead of files of rooks plowing across the board. So we'd better play our way if we expect to win.”

~ John Bellairs, The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to live with his Uncle Jonathan and quickly learns that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor are witches on a quest to discover the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Can the three of them save the world from certain destruction?'

Faerie Maven-Pralou continues the first of John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series.
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MONDAY October 8th at 7pm: MURDER IS BLISS

- by Ellen Anthony -

[aka Gracee Andel in SL]

MURDER IS BLISS

Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger. Set in an underground city of the future this is an excellent SF Detective novel.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time,

story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, October 7th
~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Concludes- Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, David Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Mary Poppins Comes Back - Caledonia Skytower at The Golden Horseshoe, live in voice.

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*MONDAY, October 8th at 7pm: Ellen Anthony's MURDER IS BLISS Concludes with Gyro Muggins. Multiple murders including that of an old friend, entangle policeman Jasper Stone in a web of danger.

*TUESDAY, October 9th at 7pm: John Bellair's THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Concludes with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*WEDNESDAY, October 10th at 7pm: A HAUNTING WE WILL GO, with E.F. BENSON with Caledonia

*THURSDAY, October 11th at 7pm - STAIRWAYS - The Strange Stairs at the Aldebourne Estate with Shandon Loring (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI, in Kitely)

Guess who's coming, Sunday, October 21st?!

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.

_____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

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