Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts

Thursday June 12th at 7:00pm: THURTEENSDAY! Poetry & Stories for F13

Not all curses arrive with fire and thunder

Poetry & Stories for F13

Some dates are just numbers. Others are invitations.
Tonight, we gather under the long shadow of one such number—Thirteen.
A number that, when it falls on a Friday, carries with it
a legacy of caution, of mystery, and of dread.
Superstition? Perhaps...
Or perhaps.. a whisper from something older than reason?

Tonight we begin with a special original poem (by Mago y Loring) - an Invocation if you will.
Followed by two haunting tales of mystery from John Connolly's series 'Nocturnes'


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*Thematic Elements for tonight's story may include:
supernatural, mystery, superstition, ghosts


*Notes re: Read-a-Long & Thematic Elements
We ourselves do not provide or post text for non-Public Domain stories or books, on this blog, on our websites, YouTube channels, or other repository, except when given explicit permission from the rights holder. Read-a-Long links on this page are publicly available on the internet. Typically this information be found by a simple Google search for the title of the story. This text is in no way hosted by Storylink Radio or Seanchai Library. Please note that your storyteller may adapt the story for the intended audience, time allotted, dramatic purposes, etc. Efforts are made to remove or adapt instances of foul language from these stories before presenting. However, you may encounter such language as well as potentially disturbing thematic elements in the original text of the story if you choose to follow along with the read-a-long links. Any thematic elements in tonight's telling that we believe some audience members may find concerning are noted above under "Thematic Elements". It is our hope that audience members will find such elements to be neither extreme nor gratuitous, but rather enhancing to the story overall. We do understand that people's views and values may vary, and so while it is not our intent to provide an exhaustive nor industry compliant list of Thematic Elements of this story, we are attempting to provide a guide that we hope you may find useful if you have such concerns.

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Thursday March 20th at 7:00pm: SHADOW OVER RATHCARN: Darby O'Gill and The Undead Chieftain

     

Dare ye walk the misted roads and hear the tale?
Shadow Over Rathcarn
Original Story by Oz, Ossian Grey & Shandon Loring

There are dangers aplenty in the mist—but none so fearsome as
the ancient chieftain who refuses to stay buried.

When a reckless lad disturbs the cursed mound of Abhartach, an undying terror rises, demanding his rightful tribute in blood. The people of Rathcarn grow powerless beneath the shadow of the neamh-mairbh, and the land itself begins to wither.

But if there’s one man who knows how to parley with the dead, outwit the fae, and walk the fine line between courage and calamity, it’s Darby O’Gill.

Armed with nothing but his sharp tongue, quick wit, and a desperate plan, Darby must face an unholy horror, bargain with a tricksy fae lord, and call upon the oldest magic in Ireland to seal the nightmare away—before Rathcarn is drained dry.

A tale of cunning over cruelty, words over weapons, and a legend not soon forgotten...

Based on the Irish Legend of Abhartach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhartach


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Characters Inspired by
Darby O'Gill Tales from Herminie Kavanagh and
Ghost and the Bonesetter by J.S. Le Fanu
Authors: Oz, Ossian Grey, & Shandon Loring
Artwork by AI Artist IGgy

*Thematic Elements for tonight's story may include:
supernatural, monsters, mystery, irish mythology


*Notes re: Read-a-Long & Thematic Elements
We ourselves do not provide or post text for non-Public Domain stories or books, on this blog, on our websites, YouTube channels, or other repository, except when given explicit permission from the rights holder. Read-a-Long links on this page are publicly available on the internet. Typically this information be found by a simple Google search for the title of the story. This text is in no way hosted by Storylink Radio or Seanchai Library. Please note that your storyteller may adapt the story for the intended audience, time allotted, dramatic purposes, etc. Efforts are made to remove or adapt instances of foul language from these stories before presenting. However, you may encounter such language as well as potentially disturbing thematic elements in the original text of the story if you choose to follow along with the read-a-long links. Any thematic elements in tonight's telling that we believe some audience members may find concerning are noted above under "Thematic Elements". It is our hope that audience members will find such elements to be neither extreme nor gratuitous, but rather enhancing to the story overall. We do understand that people's views and values may vary, and so while it is not our intent to provide an exhaustive nor industry compliant list of Thematic Elements of this story, we are attempting to provide a guide that we hope you may find useful if you have such concerns.

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THURSDAY January 16th at 7-8:30pm: THE THULE STOWAWAY

  

“I have reached these lands but newly.. From an ultimate dim Thule—”
THE THULE STOWAWAY
If a man makes a monster, he wonders, is he responsible for it? If one is the master of the monster, what happens when the monster is left alone? Does it wander in wrath? Does it rage? The poet does not consider his monster’s future. He makes it and sets it free in his kingdom.

PLEASE NOTE: Tonight's story will run approximately 90 minutes

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Book: Uncanny Magazine: Jan/Feb 2017
Authors: Maria Dahvana Headley
Artwork by AI Artist IGgy

*Thematic Elements for tonight's story may include:
supernatural, monsters, psychological distress, mystery


*Notes re: Read-a-Long & Thematic Elements
We ourselves do not provide or post text for non-Public Domain stories or books, on this blog, on our websites, YouTube channels, or other repository, except when given explicit permission from the rights holder. The Read-a-Long link on this page is publicly available on the internet. Typically this information be found by a simple Google search for the title of the story. This text is in no way hosted by Storylink Radio or Seanchai Library. Please note that your storyteller may adapt the story for the intended audience, time allotted, dramatic purposes, etc. Efforts are made to remove or adapt instances of foul language from these stories before presenting, certainly no "F-bombs" will be present. However, you may encounter such language as well as potentially disturbing thematic elements in the original text of the story if you choose to follow along with the read-a-long links. Any thematic elements in tonight's telling that we believe some audience members could find concerning are noted above under "Thematic Elements". It is our hope that audience members will find such elements to be neither extreme nor gratuitous, but rather enhancing to the story overall. We do understand that people's views and values may vary, and so while it is not our intent to provide an exhaustive nor industry compliant list of Thematic Elements of this story, we are attempting to provide a guide that we hope you may find useful if you have such concerns.

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THURSDAY January 25th at 7pm: BEDTIME STORIES WITH UNCLE EDGAR

      

"Quoth the Kitten, Get Some More!"
BEDTIME STORIES
WITH UNCLE EDGAR
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) is an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Join us for a special celebration in story of his 215th birthday.



Book: Various
Author: Edgar Allan Poe

The Kitten - Lenore - Ulalume
Cask of Amontillado - Morella
The Assignation





THURSDAY October 6th at 7-8:30pm: Writer's Bloch

  


      "His words crashed against my consciousness"
WRITER'S BLOCH

Tonight is a selection of stories from Robert Bloch.
Each of these three stories tonight is a nod to two of Bloch’s favorite authors.. Poe and Lovecraft.

Robert Bloch wrote a fan letter to HP Lovecraft at the age of 16. Lovecraft encouraged the young boy to begin writing fiction and to submit his stories to Weird Tales magazine. Thus began a 60-year writing career that is one of the most distinguished in the horror and mystery field.
Bloch is today, of course, most famous as the author of Psycho.

He is also well-known for having said,
"Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy.
I keep it in a jar on my desk."


The Man Who Collected Poe
Our narrator is a bibliophile going to meet the world's foremost collector of everything related to Edgar Allan Poe. Launcelot Canning is a third generation Poe collector, both his father and grandfather were obsessed with the writer. In fact, the grandfather built a Poesque mansion in the 1870s that Launcelot lives in now. The present Canning, though, crossed over into unhealthy monomania long ago.

The Secret in the Tomb
A man's quest for arcane knowledge and immortal life in a dank, dark, haunted tomb. Placing it easily with some of the best of Lovecraft’s works. Written when Bloch was just 17 years old.

The Suicide in the Study
A young wizard plans to hypnotize himself into two personalities, the good and the evil, with disastrous consequences for both, of course.

Book: Selected tales from 'Weird Tales' magazine, c.1930's
Author: Robert Bloch

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THURSDAY February 17th at 7:00pm - 8:30pm: ROGER + JESSICA

       


"I love him because he makes me laugh"
ROGER & JESSICA
Truly one of Hollywood's greatest love stories - the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon to investigate scandal involving Jessica Rabbit, the sultry wife of Maroon's biggest star, Roger Rabbit. But when Marvin Acme, Jessica's alleged paramour and the owner of Toontown, is found murdered, the villainous Judge Doom vows to catch and destroy Roger.

Tonight's Story will be 90 minutes

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Book: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Movie Novelization
Author: Justine Korman

Watch the full movie now:
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THURSDAY October 15th at 7pm: THE BOOK OF KINDLY DEATHS

 

"A worn and cracked black cover"
THE BOOK OF KINDLY DEATHS
When Eliza Winter finds a hidden room in her missing grandfather’s Gothic house, her world is turned upside down. Inside, below a stained glass window where moonlight shines no matter the hour, awaits The Book of Kindly Deaths

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Book: THE BOOK OF KINDLY DEATHS
Author: Eldritch Black

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THURSDAY October 8th at 7pm: Kolchak: THE NIGHT STALKER - Interview With A Vampire?

 

"Enter freely of your own will"
THE NIGHT STALKER
Interview With A Vampire?
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 time Kolchak investigates the dark shadows of Collinsport, Maine.

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Book: Kolchak: the Night Stalker Chronicles
Author: Mark Dawidziak

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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THURSDAY August 20th at 7pm: THE WEEKENDER - American Noir

"Oh, a real tough guy eh?"
THE WEEKENDER
I LOOKED IN the rearview mirror and didn’t see any lights, but I knew they were after us and it was only a matter of time till I’d see the cops. Toth started to talk, but I told him to shut up and got the Buick up to eighty.

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Book: The Best American Noir of the Century
Story: The Weekender
Author: Jefferey Deaver



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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.

THURSDAY June 25th at 7pm: COLUMBO - A Killer's Tale

COLUMBO
A Killer's Tale
"Oh, uh.. just one more thing"
Columbo is a shrewd but inelegant blue-collar homicide detective whose trademarks include his rumpled beige raincoat, unassuming demeanor, frequent cigar smoking, an old Peugeot 403, an unseen wife (whom he mentions regularly), and the catchphrase "Just one more thing". His suspects are often affluent members of high society who try to carefully cover their tracks. Initially dismissive of Columbo's circumstantial speech and apparent ineptitude, they become increasingly unsettled as his pestering behavior leads him to tease out incriminating evidence. His relentless approach often leads to self-incrimination or an outright confession by the suspect.

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Source: fanfiction.net
Story: A Killer's Tale
Author: TJCluedo

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THURSDAY April 19th at 7pm: X-FILES: Paranormal Quest


"The truth is still out there"
X-FILES: Paranormal Quest

We all want to believe. The truth is still out there. The X-Files have been reopened. Join us tonight for all-new case files from the X-Files. Scully and Mulder continue their journey into darkness as they face aliens, monsters, shadow governments, and twisted conspiracies.

TONIGHT: Paranormal Quest
presented in duet by Caledonia and Shandon
At Fantasy Faire!
Death on a reality paranormal television show
needing the involvement of the F.B.I. to solve.


Book: X-Files: Trust No One
ISBN-13: 978-1631402784


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SUNDAY, May 28th at 1:30pm : TEA TIME MYSTERIES "The Thin Man" Continues

Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man continues!

This week we have a full house as the stakes get higher, and more confusing in pursuit of Julia Wolf's killer.  Sometimes, it's hard to remember what crime is which.  Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, John Morland, and Caledonia Skytower present.

Having trouble following the characters various?  Use this list as a handy guide:
Nick Charles: the narrator, a onetime detective, now a lumberman. Humorous, self-possessed, tough, and intelligent, he discovers clues, arranges them, makes deductions, and solves the murders. He then summarizes the whole solution for his admiring wife, Nora.
Nora Charles: Nick’s wife, a woman with a well-developed sense of humor, who finds him fascinating.
Clyde Wynant, the Thin Man: a wealthy, eccentric inventor, once a client of Nick.
Mimi Jorgenson: Clyde’s former wife, a showy blond.
Julia Wolf: Clyde Wynant’s secretary, who is murdered.
Dorothy Wynant: Mimi and Clyde’s daughter, a small, attractive blonde who dislikes her family and who asks Nick to locate her missing father.
Gilbert Wynant: Dorothy’s brother, an odd, extremely inquisitive young man.
Christian Jorgenson, formerly called Kelterman: Wynant’s former associate who, feeling unfairly treated, breaks with him. Although he already has a wife in Boston, Jorgenson bigamously marries Mimi to get his hands on the large divorce settlement Wynant provides for her. Temporarily suspected of Julia’s murder, he finally returns to his legal wife in Boston.
Herbert Macaulay: Clyde’s thieving attorney.
Shep Morelli: a gangster and former friend of Julia who thinks Nick knows what happened to her.
Arthur Nunheim: a former convict who identified Julia’s body.
Guild: a detective.
Harrison Quinn: Nick’s friend.

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SUNDAY, May 21st at 1:30pm: TEA TIME MYSTERIES: "The Thin Man" Continues

Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man continues!

This week Corwyn and Caledonia present Nick, Nora, and a whole colorful cast of characters as the the mystery continues: who killed Julia Wolf?  Has Clyde Wynant committed suicide?  Where's my drink? (pour me another one darling)

OF INTEREST: Following the success of the movie version of The Thin Man in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to work on screenplays for sequels. During the course of this work, he wrote After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man, which, discovered amongst Hammett's papers in 2011, together with instructions by Hammett for incorporation of additional elements written by screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, were edited by Hammett's biographer Richard Layman in collaboration with Hammett's granddaughter Julie M. Rivett and published as novellas in Return of the Thin Man in 2012

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THURSDAY May 11th at 7pm: HITCHCOCK - Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine


"...chilling excitement from the master of suspense"
HITCHCOCK
Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine

Do you like to be agitated? Shocked? Jarred? Do you like your stories disquieting, turbulent, icy? Do you like it to shake you up? To pack a wallop? To fill you with fear and trembling? Tonight at the Seanchai Library, stories from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine providing the kind of chill-causing excitement you've come to expect from the Master of Suspense.
Book: Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine Editor: Alfred Hitchcock


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THURSDAY April 13th at 7pm: THE TWILIGHT ZONE

"There's A Signpost Up Ahead, Next Stop The..."
TWILIGHT ZONE
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone. 


Tonight:
Nightmare at 20,000 feet
Brothers Beyond The Void

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THURSDAY April 6th at 7pm: X-FILES: Trust No One


"The truth is still out there"
X-FILES: Trust No One

We all want to believe. The truth is still out there. The X-Files have been reopened. Join us tonight for all-new case files from the X-Files. Scully and Mulder continue their journey into darkness as they face aliens, monsters, shadow governments, and twisted conspiracies. TONIGHT:
presented in duet by Caledonia & Shandon1995 Little Hill, Missouri. Mulder decides to stop over after an assignment to the town of Little Hill the sight of an alleged UFO crash back in 1969. Two farmers have tourist trap exhibits of captured aliens that look very fake. A feud between the two farmers results in one of the exhibits actually coming to life and terrorizing the town.


Book: X-Files: Trust No One
ISBN-13: 978-1631402784


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SUNDAY, March 5th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Mysteries!

THIS WEEK: featuring Dame Agatha Christie

Four and Twenty Black Birds: Poirot is eating out with a friend, Henry, and the conversation turns to people's habits. Henry eats regularly in the restaurant that they are in and he points out a white-bearded man as evidence of his theories. This bearded man eats the same meal there on Wednesday and Saturday and always orders much the same items as part of his three-course meal. The waitress brings their meals and sees Henry staring at the bearded man. She tells him that except the previous week he also came in on Monday and ordered things he'd never ordered before. Poirot's curiosity is piqued.


Wasps' Nest: Poirot visits an old friend, this time in the hopes of preventing a murder. But whose?

Live in voice, with Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, John Morland and Caledonia Skytower.


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SUNDAY, February 19th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Mysteries Continues

Humphrey Bogart as Raymond Chandler's signature detective, Phillip Marlowe
"There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge."       ~ RED WIND, by Raymond Chandler

Possessing one of the most lauded and beloved opening paragraphs in noir-detective fiction, Raymond Chandler introduces Phillip Marlowe, who would become his signature detective.

Chandler's RED WIND continues today, with Part 2 of 3, live in voice, with Kayden Oconnell, John Morland and Caledonia Skytower.

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SUNDAY, February 12th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME MYSTERIES!

A new iteration of Tea Time begins: 
TEA TIME MYSTERIES!
Everything non-Holmesian from Christie to Hamett, classic sleuthing to hard boiled detectives of the noir-ish hue.

THIS WEEK FEATURING: Raymond Chandler
One short story and the beginning of a longer adventure:

I'll Be Waiting.  The shortest of Chandler’s stories; it is also the first—and only—one published in a “slick” magazine. Nearly all his previous works of short fiction had been published in the pulps Black Mask and Dime Detective, but Chandler wrote one for the Saturday Evening Post at the behest of his agent and was motivated primarily by the money such magazines paid. 

Red Wind - (begins, to be continued next week)A favorite of many Raymond Chandler fans, Red Wind sports a memorable first paragraph the set the evocative worlds of the noir tale. Chandler maintains the wind motif throughout the story. Throughout the mayhem Philip Marlowe solves a murder and tries to track down some missing pearls.

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