WEDNESDAY, November 1st at 7pm: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ~ "Day of the Dead"

Día de los Muertos is a time-honored holiday with deep cultural roots. The traditional Mexico and in many places throughout the United States, Día de los Muertos and its rituals date back thousands of years, where it was celebrated by the Olmec, Toltex, Mexika, and Maya. Poets and authors have commemorated Día de los Muertos by writing about childhood memories, their families - living and dead, and the foods and traditions associated with the holiday.

commemoration, celebrated in

“Terra-cotta shrines for loved ones

Who died to hurt us. We rehearse

Their tunes & display their favorite

Colors in a labyrinth of unwinding rooms…”
see more at http://ucipoets.blogspot.com/2005/09/dia-de-los-muertos.html

~ Poet, Yusef Komunyakaa

Caledonia shares some selected stories and poetry tonight, live in voice.

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In Kitely at 

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TUESDAY, October 31st: TRICKS? OR TREATS? Happy Halloween!

Are you ready?  It is THE DAY!  The spooky culmination of the entire month.

Join us for two session for All Hallows:

@ 7PM - HALLOWEEN AT HOGWARTS

What could be more normal than Halloween night at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?  Well, if you are Harry Potter and a fully grown mountain troll is involved, there might be a whole lot more than butter beer in the cards.  Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

@ 9PM - HALLOWEEN LATE NIGHT - Ghost Stories 

Seanchai Library Chief Storyteller, Shandon Loring, with Kayden Oconnell bring masterful tales of haunts and spooks to Haunted Holly Kai, in a special late night session, live in voice.

Both sessions will take place in the special Haunted Holly Kai, high above Art Hill.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/168/111/2015

MONDAY October 30th at 7pm: RECKONING INFINITY

RECKONING INFINITY

- by John E. Stith  -

An accident on a routine orbital shuttle flight entertwines the lives of people.  The results are discoveries not only astronomical, but also very personal.

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!

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Let the MAD RUMPUS Begin!

All times Pacific Time, all events in Voice.

*Saturday, October 28th:
        ~ at Noon: TALES & TUNES OF THE HAUNTING SEASON ~ Scary stories for H.P. Lovecraft! Are you mad?!  If you know your Lovecraft, then you know that madness might very well be involved.  What better time of year to share Lovecraft and Lovecraftian tales.  Seanchai Library and Friends bring selected works to the Innsmouth Opera House, live in voice. BYOS = Bring your own Scream.  The amazing Wald Schridde follows with haunting music at 2pm. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Innsmouth/87/82/47



        ~ at 3:30pm: VICTORIAN GHOST STORIES at The Time Portal Victorian Zone. Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - so many great works of gothic fiction penned and popular during the Victorian era.  Seanchai Library and Friends bring selections from these, and similar works, to the Time Portal in the spirit of the season, live in voice. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/201/223/1927

*Sunday, October 29th:
 ~ at NOON: THE GREAT BOO! at Holly Kai - Seanchai Library and Friends gather round the autumnal fire to share ghostly adventures -  tales of the weird and unexplained.

@ 2pm - DJ Joy Canadeo rocks the terrestrial plain, and the "beyond" with great tunes among the spirits.  Grab a ghostly friend and join in the dance! Both events benefit Feed-a-Smile, Kenya and will be held in the specially rezzed "Haunted Holly Kai" courtesy of Pandemonium.

Stories in voice, music on stream, at Haunted Holly Kai

 ~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME - Caledonia with Selections from "The Graveyard Book" live at the Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*Monday, October 30th, at 7 pm:  John E. Stith's RECKONING ETERNITY   with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, October 31st:
~  at 7 pm: HALLOWEEN AT HOGWARTS with Caledonia Skytower

~  at 8:30 pm: HALLOWEEN LATE NIGHT , spooky tales with Shandon and Kayden, including a special presentation of The Fall of the House of Usher.

*Wednesday, November 1st, at 7 pm: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS with Caledonia Skytower - tales of celebration and family. (also presented in Kitely hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Thursday, November 2nd: 
    ~ at 7pm:  Ellen Glasgow's THE SHADOWY THIRD with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

    ~ at 9pm:  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn Zeddmore

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 (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity for October - December,  Habitat for Humanity - bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY October 26th at 7pm: TRUE LIFE GHOST STORIES

"strange happenings and ghostly 'stay-behinds'"

TRUE LIFE GHOST STORIES

What exactly is a ghost? Something people dream up in their cups or on a sickbed? Far from it. Ghosts - apparitions of "dead" people or sound associated with invisible human beings - are the surviving memories of people. They are people who have not been able to make the transition from their physical state into the world of spirits. They are the souls we will visit with tonight at the Seanchai Library.

Book: True Ghost Stories Author: Hans Holzer

At Octoberville in SL http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Topaz/194/90/35 

and in Kitely at hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/149/129/29

WEDNESDAY, October 25th at 7pm: SOMEWHERE IN MY MIND THERE IS A PAINTING BOX

Aoife Lorefield reads Charles de Lint’s 2002 short story spin-off from his The Cats of Tanglewood series, and first published as a part of The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

In this tale, Lillian, the protagonist from Cats is now in her mid-teens and hungry for her life to broaden; she longs to be an artists, but has neither the money nor training to achieve her desire. Then, whilst wandering in the forest one day, she discovers a paint box, long abandoned. Examining it, she recognizes the name on one of the panels with the box as that of  an artist famed for his pieces depicting the forest, but who disappeared years earlier, along with his apprentice.

Later, Lillian encounters the artist’s apprentice, looking not a day older than when he and the artists vanished. He tells her a tale of their having crossed into another realm, and her past experiences with magic allow her to accept the story. That world, the apprentice explains, is so beautiful neither he nor the artist wanted to return – and Lillian finds herself on the tip of a bittersweet voyage of discovery.

Aoife Lorefield, live in voice.

In Second Life at 

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In Kitely at 

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TUESDAY, October 23rd at 7pm: The Exciting Conclusion of THE WATER MIRROR

Two apprentices, Merle and Serafin, overheard a plot to capture the Flowing Queen and render the city of Venice defenseless. And while no-one actually knows what the Queen looks like, they set out to protect and / or rescue her. In doing so, they must ally themselves with the Ancient Traitor and journey into the realm of Dark Reflections…

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents the exciting conclusion of Kai Meyer's unique adventure, live in voice.

In Second Life at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

In Kitely at hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/104/640/1521

MONDAY October 23rd at 7pm: RECKONING INFINITY

RECKONING INFINITY

- by John E. Stith  -

An accident on a routine orbital shuttle flight entertwines the lives of people.  The results are discoveries not only astronomical, but also very personal.

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, all events in Voice.

*Sunday, October 22nd from 1-3pm: THE STORIES AT "SCARE ME SILLY" Kultivate Magazine's Fundraiser for Team Diabetes at Water Haven.  Seanchai Library and Friends share tales of ghosts, haunts, and things that go SPOOK in the night.  Join Aoife Lorefield, Dubhna Rhiadra, Caledonia Skytower, Corwyn Allen, and VT Torvalar.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Water%20Haven/184/135/22

*Monday, October 23rd, at 7 pm:  John E. Stith's RECKONING ETERNITY   continues with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, October 24th, at 7 pm: Kai Meyer's THE WATER MIRROR continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Wednesday, October 25th, at 7 pm: SOMEWHERE IN MY MIND, THERE IS A PAINTING BOX with Aoife Lorefield (TBA in Kitely)

*Thursday, October 26th, at 7pm: TRUE LIFE GHOST STORIES with Shandon Loring in a special session at Octoberville in SL http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Topaz/194/90/35 (also presented Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/145/129/29)

*Saturday, October 28th: 
        ~ at Noon: TALES OF THE HAUNTING SEASON at Innsmouth Opera House.   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Innsmouth/87/82/47
        ~ at 3:30pm: VICTORIAN GHOST STORIES at The Time Portal Victorian Zone.    

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/201/223/1927

COMING NEXT SUNDAY:

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 (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity for October - December,  Habitat for Humanity - bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY October 19th at 7pm: THE HAUNTERS and the HAUNTED

"JOIN US AT OCTOBERVILLE!"

THE HAUNTERS and the HAUNTED

No one would stay in this London house more than a few hours. Each one who would talk about what had happened had experienced something different. Disembodied hands and feet and footsteps and all shapes and colors and sizes of presences seek to terrify anyone who stays in this house. The malignant spirit of a wronged husband wreaking vengeance against the house and all who dwell within it - even from beyond the grave!

An 1843 story that is the archetype for all Haunted House stories to follow, from the author who gave us the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night.."

Book: THE HAUNTERS and the HAUNTED Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

                                                                    

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AND DON'T FORGET!  @9PM - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore!

WEDNESDAY, October 18th at 7pm: More MONSTERS OF THE MIDWEST

. . . More True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures

Ripped from the headlines!  Ok, not actually from the headlines, but True Stories!  Well, mostly true, anyway, except for the parts that aren't.  Spooky eye-witness accounts of monster sightings across the Midwest.  Listen with your ears wide open for "Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures", by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler.

Kayden Oconnell continues to search for the truth - it's in there somewhere - Live in voice.

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In Kitely:

 hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

TUESDAY, October 17th at 7pm: THE WATER MIRROR Continues

"Kai Meyer's engaging fantasy portrays Venice as a city alive with wonder--stone lions pad with heavy paws on the canal banks and sometimes fly (as steeds for the Venetian Guard); the canals are full of mermaids with wide shark jaws, and the island city has been under siege by Egypt for 36 years. Only the power of The Flowing Queen, the mysterious spirit of the waters, has kept the city safe. But now the essence of the Queen has been stolen by traitors within the government, and the powers of Hell are offering a blood treaty. 

"... American readers of this German bestseller will be reminded of Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord, by the intriguing mix of actual Venetian locations and a fantasy underworld, and also Neil Gaiman's Coraline, by the matter-of-fact acceptance of grotesqueries. In this unusually short (for fantasy) initial volume, Kai Meyer has planted enough backstory, hints, foreshadowings, and unanswered questions to fuel several sequels. -- Amazon Review - Patty Campbell

Join Faerie Maven-Pralou as the adventure continues, live in voice.

In Second Life at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

In Kitely at hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/104/640/1521

MONDAY October 16th at 7pm: RECKONING INFINITY

RECKONING INFINITY

- by John E. Stith  -

An accident on a routine orbital shuttle flight entertwines the lives of people.  The results are discoveries not only astronomical, but also very personal.

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, all events in Voice.

*Sunday, October 15th:
   ~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME AT BAKER STREET continues THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES with "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place."
   ~ at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME - Caledonia concludes "The Black Cauldron" live at the Golden Horseshoe in Magicland Park.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*Monday, October 16th, at 7 pm:  John E. Stith's RECKONING ETERNITY   with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, October 17th, at 7 pm: Kai Meyer's THE WATER MIRROR continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Wednesday, October 18th, at 7 pm: MONSTERS OF THE MIDWEST: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves and Other Legendary Creatures with Kayden Oconnell (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Thursday, October 19th: 
    ~ at 7pm:  THE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS with Shandon Loring in a special session at Octoberville in SL http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Topaz/194/90/35 (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

    ~ at 9pm:  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn Zeddmore

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 (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity for August and October, Little Kids Rock, transforming lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. 

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY October 12th at 7pm: ZOMBIES!! The Grave Gives Up

"a voice from the dead"

ZOMBIES!! The Grave Gives Up

IT WAS A melancholy night. Dampness impregnated the sultry autumn air. The light of the moon filtered faintly through a huge black cloud that hung over the face of the heavens. Somewhere from the great swamp near the graveyard a whippoor-will sobbed; and the throbbing sound echoed the anguish in the heart of Gordon Lane.

Book: Zombies, Zombies, Zombies Author: Jack D'Arcy

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WEDNESDAY, October 11th at 7pm: THE WATER MIRROR Continues

Faerie Maven-Pralou continuesKai Meyer’s tale of magic.

Merle is apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors. She even has one of her own, with a surface of water into which she can reach without ever getting wet – magic being a relatively common thing in Venice. Meanwhile, her friend Serafin, once a master thief, now works for a weaver of magic cloth.

Both Merle and Serafin accept the wonders of the city, from the mermaids in the canal to the stone lions on which the city guards ride on their patrols. But all is not well; beyond the walls of the city, the Egyptian Empire is laying siege, an army of mummy warriors and flying sunbarks held at bay by the power of the Flowing Queen, which runs through the city’s canals and hold the enemy forces at bay.

Then Merle and Serafin overhear a plot to capture the Flowing Queen and render the city defenseless. And while no-one actually knows what the Queen looks like, they set out to protect and / or rescue her. In doing so, they must ally themselves with the Ancient Traitor and journey into the realm of Dark Reflections…

Live in voice.

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TUESDAY, October 10th at 7pm: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

"In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, there lies a small market town known by the name of Tarry Town."

From this tranquil beginning, Washington Irving spins a tale of ambition, rivalry, vanity, and of  legendary haunt which comes to life.  And amongst the weaving of dreamy language and exquisite atmosphere, Irving spins the tale of one of his most memorable characters - Ichabod Crane.

Caledonia shares the legend tonight, Live in voice.

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MONDAY October 9th at 7pm: RECKONING INFINITY

RECKONING INFINITY

- by John E. Stith  -

An accident on a routine orbital shuttle flight intertwines the lives of people.  The results are discoveries not only astronomical, but also very personal.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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

SUNDAY, October 8th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street

Seanchai Library continues to share tales from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927.

This week: The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated. This woman, formerly very quiet, has recently taken to cursing in the night, shouting "Murder, murder!" and "You cruel beast! You monster!" Also, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and she is wasting away. Mrs. Merrilow has brought this case to Holmes’s attention as her tenant, Mrs. Ronder, will not involve the clergy or the police in something that she would like to say. She has told her landlady to mention Abbas Parva, knowing that Holmes would understand the reference. 

Unique among the canon, this story does not involve an eminent crime, but one that has occurred long since, whose sinister details are revealed as part of a confession.

BONUS:

The Case of Lady Sannox is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle (non-Holmesian) that features an arrogant surgeon, Douglas Stone, who is in love with the married Lady Sannox, one of the most beautiful women in London. On his way to a rendezvous with her, the surgeon is asked by a Turkish man to operate on the latter's wife, who has cut her lip with a poison envenomed scimitar. The doctor is informed the woman will die if the poison is not cut out.

Live in voice in the Seanchai Fireside room, downstairs.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

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, all events in Voice.

*Sunday, October 8th:
   ~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME AT BAKER STREET continues THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES with "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger," plus "The Case of Lady Sannox"

*Monday, October 9th, at 7 pm:  John E. Stith's RECKONING ETERNITY  with Gyro Muggins

*Tuesday, October 10th, at 7pm: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW: A Washington Irving Classic with Caledonia Skytower (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Wednesday, October 11th, at 7 pm: Kai Meyer's THE WATER MIRROR continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

*Thursday, October 12th, at 7pm: ZOMBIES!!!! with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitely  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/108/609/1528)

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
GHOSTLY TALES ~ Sunday, October 22nd from 1-3 PM: Seanchai Library and friends gather at Kultivate Magazine's SCARE ME SILLY FUNDRAISER for Team Diabetes Sl, for spooky, chilling tales of the season.

The 2nd Annual Holly Kai GREAT BOO! ~ Sunday, October 29th:  Stories from 1-3 PM, followed by music and dancing. Possibly more!  Stay Tuned!

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 (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity for August and September, Little Kids Rock, transforming lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools. 

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower