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THURSDAY October 31st at 7pm: A HANDFUL FOR HALLOWE'EN - Short Ghost Stories


"Things that go bump in the night"
A HANDFUL FOR HALLOWE'EN
Short Ghost Stories

Description:"Tiptoeing forward, he placed his hand on the doorknob.
As he turned it, slowly and silently, a strange fear gripped him." Fear, also, may come in small packages, and although these ghosts be small, they will loom large in your memory.The short ghost story uses a minimum of elements to captivate us, evoking a powerful response before the tenuous air of suspense has a chance to dissipate. Book: 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Authors: Various


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FOLLOWED BY...
  • @ 8PM - The Dread DJ Caledonia will spin an hour of Halloween Rock 'n Roll (with a few other things thrown in)
  • @9PM - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Shandon and Caledonia return to the X-Files for: "It's All in the Eyes"

WEDNESDAY, October 30th at 7pm: STORIES ON THE EVE OF ALL HALLOWS EVE


Oooooooo! The wait is almost over, and we can barely contain ourselves.  Halloween is just a day away, and we cannot resist gathering 'round the roaring bonfire to share chilling tales and happy haunts of the season.

Join the Seanchai Staff tonight for some Halloween fun, presented live in Voice from the campfire at Pixeltrix.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pixeltrix/162/127/21

TUESDAY, October 29th at 7PM; THE SPOOKY CLASSICS ~ Neil Gaiman

Caledonia presents ghostly stories from some of the classics of the genre.  Each week features a different author associated with tales of the macabre, or plain old spooky.

Portrait of Neil Gaiman by Amanda Boucher

THIS WEEK: 
Neil Gaiman

He can equally tickle your funny bone and frighten the "bejeezus" out of you.  There are certainly many contemporary authors in this genre from Steven King to Anne Rice with a bit of Clive Barker in between.  But we have a special place in our hearts at Seanchai Library for the tousle-haired Mr. Gaiman. So that's what we are sharing tonight - Caledonia is joined by Kayden Oconnell.

Presented live from the campfire at Pixeltrix.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pixeltrix/162/127/21

MONDAY October 28th at 7pm: VARIABLE STAR

by Spider Robinson -
and posthumously by Robert Heinlein
VARIABLE STAR

Escaping the preplanned "destiny" envisioned by an extraordinarily rich almost-father-in-law, a young man encounters situations that speed him on the way to maturity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Star


PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINSat 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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All times Pacific Time, 
story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.
Da5id Abbot & Kayden Oconnell as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
*SUNDAY, October 27th:

   ~ at 2pm (90 minutes):  Seanchai Library and Fantasy Faire Radio Present THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE  Broadcast live from Pixeltrix in Second Life
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pixeltrix/162/127/21

 ~ at 6:30pm : MAGICLAND STORYTIME - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Caledonia Skytower, live on stream at The Golden Horseshoe at Magicland Park. 


*MONDAY - October 28th, at 7pm:  Spider Robinson and Robert Heinlein's VARIABLE STAR continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, October 29th, at 7pm:  THE SPOOKY CLASSICS: Neil Gaiman with Caledonia Skytower, live on stream. 

*WEDNESDAY, October 30th, at 7pm: ON THE EVE OF ALL HALLOWS, the Seanchai Staff share stories and poems of the season on the night before Halloween!

*THURSDAY, 
October 31st HALLOWEEN!

   ~ a7pm: A HANDFUL FOR HALLOWE'EN - Short Ghost Stories round the Campfire at Pixeltrix https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pixeltrix/162/127/21 (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

   
~ at 8pm: The Party Continues as The Dread DJ Caledonia spins some Spooky Rock'nRoll to get your bones dancing in celebration.

  ~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - from The X Files "It's All In The Eyes" with Shandon Loring & Caledonia Skytower at Pixeltrix 

WAIT!  THERE'S MORE . . .



Seanchai Library is offering TWO (count'em, two) listening rooms featuring seasonal literature. Created by Shandon Loring, these are available for resident enjoyment 24/7.

Check the post for more info.

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. 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

THURSDAY October 24th at 7pm: ONE DARK HALLOWS EVE

"soon it will be the hour of the Pumpkin Men"
ONE DARK HALLOWS EVE 

Something stirs in the lake by his house, the dead leaves beneath this shoes crunch like bones, and even the Blackberry Brambles seem to twitch when he's not looking. Owen begins to wonder if perhaps Gorak is lurking somewhere nearby, but things get a lot worse as Owen discovers a terrifying stranger hiding in an abandoned farmhouse. A dark spell is invoked. Old magic, magic that raises a terrifying horde of nightmarish creatures. Book: One Dark Hallow's Eve Author: Eldritch Black

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WEDNESDAY, October 24th at 7pm: THE MYSTERIOUS WOODS OF WHISTLEROOT Concludes

Step into the mysterious woods of Whistle Root and feel the magic. A little girl who can only sleep during the day grows from something of an isolated town oddity to the heiress of an ancient legacy of magic and music.


This gentle, satisfying young fantasy is filled with unforgettable, quirky characters  and imagery. A perfect read-aloud, it shows how one can find friends in the unlikeliest of places—windowsills, rabbit burrows, the library.

Join Faerie Maven-Pralou tonight as she concludes Pennell’s 2010 debut novel, live in voice.

TUESDAY, October 22nd at 7pm: THE SPOOKY CLASSICS - E.F. Benson

Caledonia presents ghostly stories from some of the classics of the genre.  Each week features a different author associated with tales of the macabre, Gothic, or plain old spooky.

THIS WEEK: 
E.F. Benson

Best known for his "Mapp & Lucia" series of tales, Edward Frederic Benson was a prodigious and productive English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. He also was a keen hand with ghost story.

Caledonia presents Benson's THE FACE and more,  live on Stream.

MONDAY October 21st at 7pm: VARIABLE STAR

by Spider Robinson -
and posthumously by Robert Heinlein
VARIABLE STAR

Escaping the preplanned "destiny" envisioned by an extraordinarily rich almost-father-in-law, a young man encounters situations that speed him on the way to maturity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Star


PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINSat SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

SUNDAY, October 20th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME HAUNTS Final Episode

THIS WEEK: a 90 minute cavalcade!

Load up your refreshment plate with chocolate spiders and plenty of green frosted monster cake! Have a full cuppa, and be ready. Kayden Oconnell, Elrik Merlin, Da5id Abbot, Caledonia Skytower and VT Torvalar will share these adventures:

Waiting for Mr. Mershing, by Kevin Kling
The Man With The Dagger, by Russell Hoban
Don't Ask Jack, and The Sea Change, by Neil Gaiman
Turntables of the Night, by Terry Pratchett

LIVE on stream in the Fireside Room, Downstairs. 
https://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, 
story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, October 20th:

   ~ at 11am (130 minutes):  Seanchai Library & Fantasy Faire Radio Present FRANKENSTEIN!  Join the listening party at the CocoaJava Cafe in Babbage Canals, New Babbage, hosted by Ceejay Writer
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondli…/Babbage%20Canals/…/106
(Psssst!  Fantasy Faire Radio is usually playing on the Seanchai Library parcel.  So come and hang out in the Fireside room, or on the grounds, in the Glen, and listen)

   ~ at 1:30pm (90 minutes):  TEA TIME Haunts This Week -  It's a cavalcade!  With Kayden Oconnell, Elrik Merlin, Da5id Abbot, Caledonia Skytower and VT Torvalar - stories by Russell Hoban, Terry Pratchett, and more!  Live on stream.

*MONDAY - October 21st, at 7pm:  Spider Robinson and Robert Heinlein's VARIABLE STAR continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, October 22nd, at 7pm:  THE SPOOKY CLASSICS: E.F. Benson with Caledonia Skytower, live on stream. 

*WEDNESDAY, October 23rd, at 7pm: THE MYSTERIOUS WOODS OF WHISTLEROOT concludes with Fairie Maven-Pralou.

*THURSDAY, 
October 24th, a7pm: Eldritch Black's ONE DARK HALLOWS EVE.  Shandon Loring presents live in stream (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)


The Glen as it was for Saturday's FRANKENSTEIN Listening Party
WAIT!  THERE'S MORE . . .



Seanchai Library is offering TWO (count'em, two) listening rooms featuring seasonal literature. Created by Shandon Loring, these are available for resident enjoyment 24/7.

Check the post for more info.

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. 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

THURSDAY October 17th at 7pm: THE SEALED BOOK

"tales of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief"
THE SEALED BOOK

Description:The sound of the great gong heralds another strange and exciting tale from... The Sealed Book.Tonight the mysteriously keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great Sealed Book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages... Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief.

THE HANDS OF DEATH A dark story of two brothers, one of them killed because he could not help himself. The other one was interested in murder too… but in a very different way. THE GHOST MAKERS The strange story of two scoundrels who would stop at nothing for money. DEATH AT STORM HOUSE The strange story of a beautiful woman. Whose jealousy was so great that even the grave could not give her peace. Based on Radio Plays from the show "The Sealed Book", c. 1945

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WEDNESDAY, October 16th at 7pm: THE MYSTERIOUS WOODS OF WHISTLE ROOT Continues

Who knew there was such a thing as a "whistleroot"?  But there is, in author Christopher Pennell's world where rats and owls play music and dance together.  Or, at least, they did.

Last week we met 11-year-old Carly Bean Bitters, who suffers a peculiar malady: she can only sleep by the light of day, and is awake through the night, spending her time up in the attic of her aunt’s house, awaiting the arrival of the dawn.

Kidnapped by an owl, Carly find herself dropped into the woods where she meets the once happy community of rats, now gravely threatened by the hostile owls. At school, and struggling to stay awake, she also finds a strange note warning that the “Moon Child” is in danger.

Join Faerie Maven-Pralou as she continues Pennell’s 2010 debut novel, live in voice.

TUESDAY, October 15th at 7pm: THE SPOOKY CLASSICS ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Caledonia presents ghostly stories from some of the classics of the genre.  Each week features a
different author associated with tales of the macabre, Gothic, or outright spooky.

THIS WEEK: Edgar Allan Poe. We are are guests of the Ravenheart Museum, which currently features a new exhibition "A Conspiracy of Ravens" - there to share some of the works of the "Master of the Macabre" - Mrs. Poe's bouncing baby boy, little Edgar.

Live in Stream.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosehaven%20Laudanum/137/158/22

MONDAY October 14th at 7pm: VARIABLE STAR

by Spider Robinson -
and posthumously by Robert Heinlein
VARIABLE STAR

Escaping the preplanned "destiny" envisioned by an extraordinarily rich almost-father-in-law, a young man encounters situations that speed him on the way to maturity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Star


PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINSat SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

SUNDAY, October 13th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Haunts - Episode 2!

This Week: 
Dubhna & Corwyn!

Dubhna Rhiadra with a seasonally spooky story by author Mary Molesworth, and Corwyn Allen with The Japanned Box by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

LIVE in the Fireside Room, Downstairs. 

NOTE: Today's session will be slightly longer than 60 minutes ... because these are just those kind of stories!

Live in Voice.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries (and MORE!)

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

_____________________________________

Faerie Maven-Pralou begins a mysterious new series (10.9.19)
All times Pacific Time, 
story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY, October 13th:
   ~ at 1:30pm:  TEA TIME Haunts This Week -  Dubhna Rhiadra with a seasonally spooky story by author Mary Molesworth, and Corwyn Allen with "The Japanned Box" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle LIVE in the Fireside Room, Downstairs. NOTE: Today's session will be slightly longer than 60 minutes ... because these are just that kind of stories!
  
    ~ at 6:30pm:  MAGICLAND STORYTIME: Tilly and The Bookwanderers - Cale concludes the debut book in author Anna James' new series. Caledonia Skytower, live on stream!

*MONDAY - October 14th, at 7pm:  Spider Robinson and Robert Heinlein's VARIABLE STAR begins with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, October 15th, at 7pm:  THE SPOOKY CLASSICS: Edgar Allen Poe with Caledonia Skytower at the Ravenheart Museum's A CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS exhibit (field trip!), live on stream. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosehaven%20Laudanum/137/158/2

*WEDNESDAY, October 16th, at 7pm: THE MYSTERIOUS WOODS OF WHISTLEROOT continues with Fairie Maven-Pralou.

*THURSDAY, 
October 17th

   ~ a7pm: Stories from THE SEALED BOOK based on the 1945 radio plays of the same name, Shandon Loring presents live in stream (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

   ~ a9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy from online sources such as LightspeedEscape Pod, and Clarkesworld with Finn Zeddmore

An eager audience gathered for THE CLAY SHUTTERED DOOR 10.10.19
presented by Shandon Loring
WAIT!  THERE'S MORE . . .



Seanchai Library is offering TWO (count'em, two) listening rooms featuring seasonal literature. Created by Shandon Loring, these are available for resident enjoyment 24/7.

Check the post for more info.

AND . . .


** Frankenstein is back! Last year Seanchai Library partnered with Fantasy Faire Radio for a live broadcast of a radio drama adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic. Did we record it and produce it? You BET we did! We will be airing this 2-hour presentation twice, and you won't want to miss it.  The cast features Zander Greene, Elrik Merlin, David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Caledonia Skytower, with Shandon Loring as Frankenstein's Creation.

FRANKENSTEIN on Fantasy Faire Radio

Saturday, October 19th beginning at 2pm slt

Sunday, October 20th beginning at 11am

(Pssssst!  There might be a listening party in The Glen for the Saturday broadcast, and maybe even a bit of music and dancing - Stay Tuned!)

Tune in fantasy.radioriel.org, OR  http://streams.radioriel.org:8070/stream

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. 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