WEDNESDAY, February 20th at 7PM: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Concludes ... REALLY!

. . . We really mean it this time! No more teases!

Join us and enjoy this continuing adventure of Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire.  Saving the world from evil is a 24/7 job—No overtime pay included. Ruthless software billionaire Ellis Billington has unearthed a device that will enable him to raise an eldritch horror, codenamed “JENNIFER MORGUE,” from the ocean’s depth for the purpose of ruling the world. 

Corwyn Allen will finish the second book in Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, February 13th at 7pm: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Concludes

“Britain is relying on you, Bob, so try not to make your usual hash of things.” 

Can he do it?  Saving the world from evil is a 24/7 job—No overtime pay included. Ruthless software billionaire Ellis Billington has unearthed a device that will enable him to raise an eldritch horror, codenamed “JENNIFER MORGUE,” from the ocean’s depth for the purpose of ruling the world. 

Corwyn Allen concludes selections from the adventures of Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire, from Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, February 6th at 7pm: More from THE JENNIFER MORGUE

Saving the world from evil is a 24/7 job—No overtime pay included. Ruthless software billionaire Ellis Billington has unearthed a device that will enable him to raise an eldritch horror, codenamed “JENNIFER MORGUE,” from the ocean’s depth for the purpose of ruling the world. 

THE JENNIFER MORGUE offers a wonderful pastiche on both the world of James Bond and a

wonderful mimicking of Ian Fleming’s style of writing, Stross produces a novel that also evokes Lovecraftian overtones that is delightfully entertaining to read. 

Corwyn Allen continues selections from the adventures of Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire, from Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 23rd at 7PM: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Continues

THE JENNIFER MORGUE offers a wonderful pastiche on both the world of James Bond and a

wonderful mimicking of Ian Fleming’s style of writing, Stross produces a novel that also evokes Lovecraftian overtones that is delightfully entertaining to read. 

In true Bond style, Bob is (reluctantly) partnered with an American agent – in this case a stunningly beautiful woman who also just happens to be a soul-sucking succubus from another dimension. Which, being the case, marks Bob’s mission somewhat differently to those of Bond: not only must he stop the bad guys and come through this at best shaken, he must totally avoid being stirred towards getting the girl…

Corwyn Allen continues selections from the adventures of Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire, from Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 16th at 7PM: THE JENNIFER MORGUE CONTINUES

Saving the world from evil is a 24/7 job—No overtime pay included. 

"In this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, Bob Howard is a computer übergeek employed by the Laundry, a secret British agency assigned to clean up incursions from other realities caused by the inadvertent manipulation of complex mathematical equations: in other words, magic."  ~ Publishers Weekly

Corwyn Allen continues the adventures of Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire, from Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 9th at 7pm: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Resumes

Saving the world from evil is a 24/7 job—No overtime pay included. 

Ruthless software billionaire Ellis Billington has unearthed a device that will enable him to raise an eldritch horror, codenamed “JENNIFER MORGUE,” from the ocean’s depth for the purpose of ruling the world.

Corwyn Allen continues the adventures of Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire, from Charles Stross' Laundry Files series, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, November 14th at 7pm: THE JENNIFER MORGUE Concludes

. . . for now. Do not despair!  Bob will be back! It's just a pause.

After this session Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, will return later in the season to continue to pursue a ruthless billionaire to stop him from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue" from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world. 

Corwyn brings Book 2 of Charles Stross' Laundry Files series to a pause point: The Jennifer Morgue.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, November 7th 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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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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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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WEDNESDAY, May 17th @ 7PM: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES Concludes - NO, Really! We Mean It!

 We are not making it up ... Seriously!  This is the REAL Conclusion, the thrilling conclusion to last week's exciting conclusion.  What happens to Bob?  Join Corwyn Allen and find out as he presetned the authentic-real-we-mean-it conclusion of The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, April 10th at 7PM: The Exciting Conclusion of THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES

"...With often hilarious results, the author mixes the occult and the mundane, the truly weird and the petty. In "Atrocity," Bob, a low-level computer fix-it guy for the Laundry, a supersecret British agency that defends the world from occult happenings, finds himself promoted to fieldwork after he bravely saves the day during a routine demonstration gone awry. With his Palm, aka his Hand of Glory (a severed hand that, when ignited, renders the holder invisible), and his smarts, he saves the world from a powerful external force seeking to enter our universe to suck it dry. In "Jungle," Bob teams up with a cop, Josephine, to save the Laundry from a powermonger who seeks to stage an internal coup by using zombies as her minions."

~  Publisher's Weekly

Join Corwyn Allen presents the exciting conclusion of The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, May 3rd at 7PM: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES Resume

"Lovecraft's Cthulhu meets Len Deighton's spies in Stross's latest, as the Scottish author explains in his afterword to this offbeat book offering two related long novellas, "The Atrocity Archive" and "The Concrete Jungle" (the latter previously unpublished). With often hilarious results, the author mixes the occult and the mundane, the truly weird and the petty..."
~ Agent, Caitlin Blasdell at Liza Dawson Associates for Publisher's Weekly

Join Corwyn Allen as he resumes The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, April 19th at 7pm: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES Continues

"Lovecraft's Cthulhu meets Len Deighton's spies in Stross's latest, as the Scottish author explains in his afterword to this offbeat book offering two related long novellas, "The Atrocity Archive" and "The Concrete Jungle" (the latter previously unpublished). With often hilarious results, the author mixes the occult and the mundane, the truly weird and the petty..."
~ Agent, Caitlin Blasdell at Liza Dawson Associates for Publisher's Weekly

Join Corwyn Allen as he continues The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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and in Kitely
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WEDNESDAY, April 12th at 7PM: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES Continues

"Stross has gene-spliced H. P. Lovecraft and Len Deighton to produce a SF thriller that is both witty and unsettling."

Join Corwyn Allen as he continues The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, April 5th at 7pm: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES Returns

Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for The Laundry, a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob’s under a desk restoring lost data. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn’t risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. Bob’s world is dull but safe, and that’s the way it should have stayed; but then he went and got Noticed.

Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping Nazis, Middle Eastern terrorists, damsels in distress, ancient Lovecraftian horror and the end of the world.

Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control-alt-delete to sort this mess out…

Join Corwyn Allen as he resumes The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 25th at 7pm: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVE ~ Part 1 Continues

"Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for The Laundry, a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob’s under a desk restoring lost data. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn’t risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. Bob’s world is dull but safe, and that’s the way it should have stayed; but then he went and got Noticed.

“Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping Nazis, Middle Eastern terrorists, damsels in distress, ancient Lovecraftian horror and the end of the world.

“Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control-alt-delete to sort this mess out…”

Corwyn Allen continues The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 18th at 7:00pm: More from THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES

We are thinking that "Bob Howard", former IT guy turned secret operative for "The Laundry" is thinking that it was much safer underneath desks, tinkering ports and drives.

Join Corwyn Allen as he continues in The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 11th at 7 pm: More from THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES ~ Part 1

The Laundry Files is a Lovecraftian series of novels by Charles Stross. They mix the genres of spy thriller, science fiction, and Lovecraftian horror. Their main character for the first five novels is "Bob Howard" (a pseudonym taken for security purposes), a one-time I.T. consultant turned field agent. Howard is recruited to work for the British government agency "the Laundry", which deals with occult threats. In this world, computers and mathematical equations are just as useful, and perhaps more potent, than classic spellbooks, pentagrams, and sigils for influencing unseen ancient powers and opening gates to other dimensions. These occult struggles happen largely out of view of the public, as the Laundry seeks to keep the methods for contacting such powers under wraps. There are also elements of dry humor and satirisation of bureaucracy.

While the stories are partially inspired by the Cthulhu mythos universe created by H. P. Lovecraft and others, they are not set in Lovecraft's universe. Stross also decides that in a world where "magic" works, surely the greatest magicians would be scientists who closely study the phenomena; thus his work is replete with a secret history of how various acclaimed researchers of the past also dabbled or stumbled upon occult uses of their work.

Join Corwyn Allen as he continues in The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, January 4th at 7 PM: THE ATROCITY ARCHIVE ~ Part 1

Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for The Laundry, a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob’s under a desk restoring lost data. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn’t risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. Bob’s world is dull but safe, and that’s the way it should have stayed; but then he went and got Noticed.

Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping Nazis, Middle Eastern terrorists, damsels in distress, ancient Lovecraftian horror and the end of the world.

Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control-alt-delete to sort this mess out…

Join Corwyn Allen as he delves in The Atrocity Archives, the first volume of the Laundry Files, by Charles Stross.  Live in voice.

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