THURSDAY July 30th at 7pm: Philip Marlowe - THE FINGER MAN pt1

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts"

Philip Marlowe
THE FINGER MAN pt1

Marlowe is subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating the mob murder of a district attorney he was hired to bodyguard. Throw in a femme fatale and Marlowe has his hands full trying to shake himself loose from the murder rap of a former client killed with his gun. The pressure is on and the fix is in as the mob tries to force him to change his testimony.

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Book: The Finger Man

Author: Raymond Chandler

READ ABOUT 'The Modern Day Knight'
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at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy with Finn Zeddmore featuring stories from sources including Escape Pod, Light Speed, and Clarkesworld online magazines.

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WEDNESDAY, July 29th at 7pm: WHITTINGTON Continues

Caledonia Skytower continues Alan Armstrong’s 2006  Newbery-Honor winning tale.

Whittington is a roughneck tom cat who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. Present at the barn is a menagerie of animals and young Ben and Abby, whose grandfather owns the barn and does the rescuing.

To earn his place, Whittington tells the tale of his famous ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century England. In telling his story of how his ancestors saved and elevated Whittington, this tom-with-a-chip, elevates another little boy above his fear of learning to read.

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TUESDAY, July 28th at 7pm: Selections from THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN

The Golden Apples of the Sun is an anthology of 22 short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was published by Doubleday & Company in 1953.

The book's title is also the title of the final story in the collection. The words "the golden apples of the sun" are from the last line of the final stanza of W. B. Yeats' poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" (1899):

Though I am old with wandering

Through hollow lands and hilly lands,

I will find out where she has gone

And kiss her lips and take her hands;

And walk among long dappled grass,

And pluck till time and times are done

The silver apples of the moon,

The golden apples of the sun.

Bradbury prefaces his book with the last three lines of this poem. When asked what attracted him to the line "the golden apples of the sun", he said, "[My wife] Maggie introduced me to Romantic poetry when we were dating, and I loved it. I love that line in the poem, and it was a metaphor for my story, about taking a cup full of fire from the sun."

Willow Moonfire presents live, on stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

TUESDAY, July 28th at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live at The Glen!

Join Russell's weekly performance at our beautiful outdoor gathering space for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond.

Presented on Stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

MONDAY July 27th at 7pm: COLOSSUS by D.F. Jones

- by D.F. Jones -

COLOSSUS 

In a grandiose measure to end the cold war, the USA turns over its entire defense to a super-computer codenamed Colossus.

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 SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________ 

All times slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*MONDAY - July 27th, at 7pm:  D.F. Jones' COLOSSUS continues with Gyro Muggins.

 *TUESDAY, July 28th: 

both events today, in The Glen  

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

    ~ at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in the Glen with music, and poetry in Ceiluradh Glen, live on stream. 

    ~ at 7pm: Selections from Ray Bradbury's THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN with Willow Moonfire

*WEDNESDAY, July 29th, at 7pm: Alan Armstrong's WHITTINGTON, continues with Caledonia, live on stream.

 *THURSDAY, July 30th, 

   ~ at 7pm:  Phillip Marlowe's THE FINGER MAN Part 1 presented by Shandon  (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

   ~ at 9pm:  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Finn Zeddmore presents contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy from such online sources as Escape Pod, Light Speed, and Clarkesworld magazines, and more!

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 July 23rd at 7pm: Adventures of BATMAN! - "Justice is always Darkest before the Dawn"

"Justice is always Darkest before the Dawn"

Adventures of BATMAN!

MASKS

As if in a dream only one man can know, he tastes the dirt of the alley he crawls through, the cold taste of his own defeat. Laughter, mad and maniacal, peals from the dark brick walls. In this place, at this time, the Batman's reign is ending. And the Joker laughs.

DADDY'S GIRL

It was a solo night job. Bruce had gone to Washington to deliver a lecture and had asked me to stay here in Gotham. My job was nailing the Tomcat, a very sharp jewel thief who was hitting all the wealthy West Side mansions.

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Book: ADVENTURES OF BATMAN
Editor: Martin Greenberg
Authors: Garfield Reeves-Stephens - Masks
William F. Nolan - Daddy's Girl
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WEDNESDAY, July 22nd at 7pm: WHITTINGTON Continues

Caledonia Skytower continues Alan Armstrong’s 2006  Newbery-Honor winning tale.

Whittington is a roughneck tom cat who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. Present at the barn is a menagerie of animals and young Ben and Abby, whose grandfather owns the barn and does the rescuing.

To earn his place, Whittington tells the tale of his famous ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century England. In telling his story of how his ancestors saved and elevated Whittington, this tom-with-a-chip, elevates another little boy above his fear of learning to read.

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

TUESDAY, July 21st: Tuesdays in the Glen - Russell Eponym & Poetry

@ NOON: Russell Eponym, Live in The Glen!

Please join us for Russell's weekly performance at our beautiful outdoor gathering space for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond.

Presented on Stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

@ 7pm: Poetry by Request

Seanchai Staff share poems in a round robin, round the bonfire in The Glen.  Marshmallows on sticks, and lemonade, provided.

Presented in Voice.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

MONDAY July 20th at 7pm: COLOSSUS by D.F. Jones

- by D.F. Jones -

COLOSSUS 

In a grandiose measure to end the cold war, the USA turns over its entire defense to a super-computer codenamed Colossus.

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, July 19th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Miss Marple - Finale

Episode 5, the conclusion of "The Murder at The Vicarage" 

Aoife Lorefield, Da5id Abbot, Caledonia Skytower, Corwyn Allen, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, Willow Moonfire, live.

The Murder at the Vicarage is the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple and her village of St Mary Mead. This first look at St Mary Mead led a reviewer in 1990 to ask why these are called cosy mysteries: "Our first glimpse of St Mary Mead, a hotbed of burglary, impersonation, adultery and ultimately murder. What is it precisely that people find so cosy about such stories?"

Presented on Stream.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Island%20Of%20Joy/199/94/22

NOTE: This is also the final day to explore the virtual slice if St Mary Mead, created for this series.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

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

_____________________________________ 

All times slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

 *SUNDAY - July 19th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Miss Marple. "The Murder at The Vicarage" continues with Episode 5 - The Finale!  Join the cast as the mystery contcludes, live on stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Island%20Of%20Joy/194/87/22 

*MONDAY - July 20th, at 7pm:  D.F. Jones' COLOSSUS continues with Gyro Muggins.

 *TUESDAY, July 21st 

both events today, in The Glen  

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

    ~ at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in the Glen with music, and poetry in Ceiluradh Glen, live on stream. 

    ~ at 7pm: POETRY BY REQUEST Caledonia Skytower hosts around the bonfire.

*WEDNESDAY, July 22nd, at 7pm: Alan Armstrong's WHITTINGTON, continues with Caledonia, live on stream.

 *THURSDAY, July 23rd, at 7pm:  BATMAN! Shandon presents  - he's back!  (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

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

WEDNESDAY, July 15th at 7pm: WHITTINGTON Begins

Caledonia Skytower reads Alan Armstrong’s 2006  Newbery-Honor winning tale.

Whittington is a roughneck tom cat who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. Present at the barn is a menagerie of animals and young Ben and Abby, whose grandfather owns the barn and does the rescuing.

To earn his place, Whittington tells the tale of his famous ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century England. In telling his story of how his ancestors saved and elevated Whittington, this tom-with-a-chip, elevates another little boy above his fear of learning to read.

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

TUESDAY, July 14th at 7pm: Selections from Ray Bradbury's THE ILLUSTRATED MAN

Willow Moonfire reads Ray Bradbury’s 1951 classic that has never been out of print, live on stream.

A magnificent tapestry of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, The Illustrated Man offers 18 stories that have been built around the recurring theme of the conflict between the cold mechanics of technology and the variable psychology of humans.

An unnamed narrator meets a vagrant wanderer, a former member of a freak show known as The Illustrated Man on account of his entire body being covered in exotic tattoos. But these are not ordinary tattoos: each is imbued with a magical life of its own, allowing Bradbury to use them as a device to draw his readers into the 18 unique tales within the book.

Included are tales like The Veldt, a chilling tale of what happens when children are left within a VR environment without context or parental supervision; or  Kaleidoscope, the story of how astronauts trapped in orbit chose to face a return to Earth without the benefit of a space craft; or  – particularly poignant for our time: how does a black society that has removed itself from the racism of Earth by moving to Mars handle the arrival of a white group of colonists from their former home planet?

Live in The Glen.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

TUESDAY, July 14th at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live at The Glen

Please join us for Russell's weekly performance at our beautiful outdoor gathering space for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond.

Presented on Stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

MONDAY July 13th at 7pm: COLOSSUS by D.F. Jones

- by D.F. Jones -

COLOSSUS 

In a grandiose measure to end the cold war, the USA turns over its entire defense to a super-computer codenamed Colossus.

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, July 12th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Miss Marple Continues

The Murder at the Vicarage - Episode 4 today. 

Aoife Lorefield, Da5id Abbot, Caledonia Skytower, Corwyn Allen, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, Willow Moonfire, live.

The Murder at the Vicarage is the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple and her village of St Mary Mead. This first look at St Mary Mead led a reviewer in 1990 to ask why these are called cosy mysteries: "Our first glimpse of St Mary Mead, a hotbed of burglary, impersonation, adultery and ultimately murder. What is it precisely that people find so cosy about such stories?"

Presented on Stream.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Island%20Of%20Joy/199/94/22

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

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

_____________________________________ 

All times slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

 *SUNDAY - July 12th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Miss Marple. "The Murder at The Vicarage" continues with Episode 4 - More suspects. More motives. More alibis.  Join the cast as the mystery continues, live on stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Island%20Of%20Joy/194/87/22 

*MONDAY - July 13th, at 7pm:  D.F. Jones' COLOSSUS continues with Gyro Muggins.

 *TUESDAY, July 14th 

    ~ at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in the Glen with music, and poetry in Ceiluradh Glen, live on stream. 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

    ~ at 7pm: Selections from Ray Bradbury's THE ILLUSTRATED MAN with Willow Moonfire

*WEDNESDAY, July 15th, at 7pm: Alan Armstrong's WHITTINGTON, begins with Caledonia, live on stream.

 *THURSDAY, July 16th 

   ~ at 7pm:  POETRY BY REQUEST Caledonia Skytower hosts in The Glen

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

   ~ at 9pm:  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT: Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy from such online sources as Light Speed, Escape Pod, Clarkesworld, and more with Finn Zeddmore.

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, July 9th at 7pm: WHAT WE WANTED TO DO & Other Diversions

Gather 'round the campfire with Caledonia Skytower, grab a s'more, and enjoy an hour of short tales that range from weird to hysterical.  Cale will be reading from the works of Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry, and Ron Carlson. 

Included will be Carlson's What We Wanted to Do, involving a medieval village, a 1900-pound brass kettle, marauding visigoths, and a plan to drench invaders with boiling oil that goes (somehow) awry.

Live on Stream, in Ceiliuradh Glen:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223

WEDNESDAY, July 8th at 7pm: THE PHRYNE FISHER MYSTERIES Conclude .... (for now)

Corwyn Allen concludes the first in author Kerry Greenwood's series of mystery adventures by Australian "Lady Detective" Phryne Fisher in the years after World War I. 

Novel 1 "Cocaine Blues":Phryne has left the tedium of English high society for Melbourne, Australia, and never looks back. 

Now, an abandoned young woman, a handsome Russian Dancer, a suspicious Turkish Bath, and a mystery begging to be revealed.

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

Presented live, in Voice.

TUESDAY. July 7th at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM Live in The Glen

at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in the Glen 

. . . with an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond.

Live on stream ...

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223

MONDAY July 6th at 7pm: COLOSSUS by D.F. Jones

- by D.F. Jones -

COLOSSUS 

In a grandiose measure to end the cold war, the USA turns over its entire defense to a super-computer codenamed Colossus.

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, July 5th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Miss Marple

"The Murder at the Vicarage" continues, with Episode 3!

Who could possibly have killed Colonel Protheroe?  Colonel Melchett and Inspector Slack begin the investigation in earnest - weighing evidence (what little there is) and interviewing residents of quiet little St. Mary Mead. Meanwhile, from her garden Miss Marple sees much and deduces event more, and "The Murder at The Vicarage" continues.

Aoife Lorefield, Da5id Abbot, Caledonia Skytower, Corwyn Allen, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, Willow Moonfire, live.

Presented on Stream.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Island%20Of%20Joy/199/94/22

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

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

_____________________________________ 

Seanchai Late Night - 7.2.20

All times slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

 *SUNDAY - July 5th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME with Miss Marple. "The Murder at The Vicarage" continues with Episode 3 - Colonel Protheroe has been murdered in the Vicar's study. Who had the motive to kill him?  more like, who didn't!  Join the cast as the mystery continues, live on stream.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Island%20Of%20Joy/194/87/22 

*MONDAY - July 6th, at 7pm:  D.F. Jones' COLOSSUS begins with Gyro Muggins.

 *TUESDAY, July 7th at Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in the Glen with music, and poetry in Ceiluradh Glen, live on stream. 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

*WEDNESDAY, July 8th, at 7pm: Kerry Greenwood's THE PHRYNE FISHER MYSTERIES, concludes with Corwyn Allen, live on stream.

 *THURSDAY, July 9th at 7pm:  "WHAT WE WANTED TO DO" & Other Short Diversions, Caledonia Skytower presents live on stream, in The Glen

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

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"The Murder at The Vicarage" continues

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 July 2nd at 7pm: Kolchak: THE NIGHT STALKER - Barrens

THE NIGHT STALKER

Barrens

"Don't take MY word for it"

Chicago wire service reporter, Carl Kolchak, investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities won't follow up. These often involve the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures. 

This one’s happened to us all.

You’re driving late at night on some long distance trip. Maybe you’re alone. Maybe the wife and kids are asleep in the other seats. You’ve driven a couple hours past where you should have turned into that motel. Your back’s sore and eyes are itching from sitting and staring–from watching the lines on the road roll under your hood. 

There.

What was that?

Something in your peripheral. Something on the shoulder of the road. There, just at the limit of your headlight beam. Just for a flash of a second. Something moving. Running. Matching speed with you for just a fraction of a fraction of a second. Were those eyes glowing in your brights? Was that a glimpse of spiky fur? And feet paddling like a blur and kicking up dust by your spinning tires? Did you see a flash of teeth? Then it’s gone.

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Book: Kolchak: the Night Stalker Chronicles
Author: Chuck Dixon

at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy with Finn Zeddmore featuring stories from sources including Escape Pod, Light Speed, and Clarkesworld online magazines.