Journey #113 - The Crowning of Charlemagne (You Are There)

Will Charlemagne, King of the Franks, accept a crowning as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III?

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Simon Salt has been a student of history since he had his imagination sparked by a High School history teacher who brought the subject to life for him. Every since he has been an avid reader, amateur historian and consumer of all things historical. He is a professional photographer, an author & Keynote speaker.

He is originally from England and moved to the US 12 years ago. A fan of all things vintage, mechanical and technical he can often be found in his garage making props for photography shoots. He currently lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia, where he is submersing himself in both the colonial and civil war history of the area.

Music used in this production:

"Feelin Good" by Kevin MacLeod

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Journey #112 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (presented by Campbell Playhouse)

Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three Christmas ghosts.

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Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. They include Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, and A Christmas Carol.

The Campbell Playhouse (1938–40) was a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. It was a continuation of The Mercury Theatre on the Air, but now directlysponsored by the Campbell's Soup. The series offered hour-long adaptations of classic plays and novels, as well as adaptations of popular motion pictures.


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Journey #111 - Hunters Unlucky by Abigail Hilton (a preview)

The ferryshafts' last great struggle against the mighty creasia cats sets the stage for the life, challenges, and destiny of the runt ferryshaft, Storm.

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Abigail Hilton to the author of the Prophet of Panamindorah and Guild of the Cowry Cathchers book series, and various other short stories.  She self-publishes all of her books, and also podcasts them for free upon initial release.  Abbie is also a nurse anesthetist (CRNA), which she claims is compatible with writing fiction. She loves science; and she loves stories.  She finished her first novel when she was 15, and never stopped.

Rish Outfield is a writer, podcaster, audiobook narrator, and voice actor.  He is also the co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.  You can also follow Rish on his blog, and read his stories on Smashwords.

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Music used for the story is "Dragon Hunt" by Phil Rey (licensed by Abbie through Magnatune.com)

You can find the complete novel of Hunters Unlucky in print form from Amazon, as an audiobook from Audible.

You can also catch its podcast serialization on Abbie's podcast, The Worlds of Abigail Hilton.

You can find Rish Outfield's reading of his own short story "Birth of a Sidekick" on Audible, as well as on his podcast The Rish Outcast.

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Journey #110 - The Trial of Anne Hutchinson (You Are There)

The Trial of Anne Hutchinson

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Simon Salt has been a student of history since he had his imagination sparked by a High School history teacher who brought the subject to life for him. Every since he has been an avid reader, amateur historian and consumer of all things historical. He is a professional photographer, an author & Keynote speaker.

He is originally from England and moved to the US 12 years ago. A fan of all things vintage, mechanical and technical he can often be found in his garage making props for photography shoots. He currently lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia, where he is submersing himself in both the colonial and civil war history of the area.

Music used in this production:

"Feelin Good" by Kevin MacLeod

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Side Trip #7 - What Are You Afraid Of? - A Conversation

An October drive with my daughter.

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"Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod

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Journey #109 - Double Feature: Ringing the Changes by Robert Aikman & Welcome to Homerville (Nightfall)

Two terrifying tales featuring dangerous destinations.

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Nightfall is the title of a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories.

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The Nightfall Project

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Journey Into... Celebration

The Edgar Allan Poe Meets Ken Scholes Kickstarter has been funded!

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Just the facts, Ma'am: Poe Meets Ken Scholes Kickstarter Promo

Here is the promo for the current Journey Into... Event. - Edgar Allan Poe Meets Ken Scholes Kicksterter:

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Journey #108 - The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart (Academy Award Theater)

Private detective Sam Spade gets caught up in a web of intrigue all in pursuit of the elusive Maltese Falcon

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Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American screen actor who, with performances in films during the 1940s such as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep, became widely regarded as a cultural icon.  In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.

Bogart's breakthrough as a leading man came in 1941, with High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. The next year, his performance in Casablanca raised him to the peak of his profession and, at the same time, cemented his trademark film persona, that of the hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side. During a film career of almost 30 years, he appeared in 75 feature films.

Related Links:

Edgar Allan Poe Meets Ken Scholes Kickstarter

Hidden Harbor Mysteries Audio Drama

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Journey #107 - Of Metal Men and Scarlet Threads and Dancing with the Sunrise by Ken Scholes

The great city of Windwir has been destroyed; and the Androfrancine order wiped out.  The only survivor seems to be a lone mechanical man.

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Episode Art courtesy of Allen Douglas

Ken Scholes grew up in a trailer outside a smallish logging town not far from the base of Mount Rainier in the Pacific Northwest.  Baptized into Story at a young age, he fed himself on Speed Racer, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants and Marine Boy sprinkled with a generous dose of dinosaur picture books.  When he was thirteen, he read Bradbury's essay "How to Keep and Feed a Muse" and knew he had to be a writer. When he was fourteen, he started writing stories of his own and by fifteen, he had started his own Rejection Slip Collection. 

After a long break away from writing, Ken returned to it after logging time as a sailor, soldier, preacher, musician, label gun repairman, retail manager and nonprofit director. He sold his first story to Talebones Magazine in 2000 and won the Writers of the Future contest in 2004. His quirky, offbeat fiction continues to show up in various magazines and anthologies like Polyphony 6, Weird Tales and Clarkesworld Magazine.

In 2006, his short story "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise" appeared in the August issue of Realms of Fantasy. Later that year, inspired and taunted by his friends and family to finally write a novel, Ken extended that story and Lamentation was born. Lamentation is the first in a five book series from Tor Books called The Psalms of Isaak.  He has since also written Canticle, Antiphon, and Requiem in that series.

Ken lives near Portland, Oregon, with his amazing wonder-wife Jen West Scholes and their twin daughters: Elizabeth and Rachel.  If you'd like to know more about Ken, you can  contact him through his website.

Cast of characters:

Wilson Fowlie as Rudolfo
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Isaak
Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Sethbert
Josh Roseman (not the trombonist) as Gregoric
Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as Lady Jin Li Tam
Nathaniel Lee (of Mirrorshards) as Chief Gypsy Scout, and the Armorer
Bryan Lincoln (of Full Cast Podcast) as the programmer
Johnny Feisty (of TV Copilot) as Sethbert's mechoservitor
Marshal Latham as Narrator

Music used in this production:
Original custom compositions of "Bawdy Androfrancine Song" and "Upbeat Number" by Juicy Melon Jim
"Temping Secrets", "Master of the Feast", and "Truth of the Legend" by Kevin MacLeod

Realated Links:

Edgar Allan Poe Meets Ken Scholes Kickstarter

"Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk" by Ken Scholes on Escape Pod
"Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky" by Ken Scholes on Escape Pod
Ken Scholes on Amazon

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Journey #106 - The Secret Diary by Cassie Alexander

A young boy finds himself the target of several attempts on his life.

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If you enjoyed this story, you may enjoy other stories from Flytrap Issue 11.  Please also consider backing the current Flytrap #12 Kickstarter to insure there is more great fiction published.
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Cassie Alexander is an author and a registered nurse and author of the Edie Spence urban fantasy series, beginning with Nightshifted, Moonshifted, Shapeshifted, Deadshifted, and Bloodshifted.  Her books are also available in Germany, the Republic of Czech, and France.  She likes alchemy, blood, and science, in that order, and is your general all around nerd, with an emphasis on medical oddities and horror films.

Rish Outfield is a writer, podcaster, audiobook narrator, and voice actor.  He is also the co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.  You can also follow Rish on his blog, and read his stories on Smashwords.

Music used in this production:

"Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod

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The Trial of Thomas Jefferson by David Barr Kirtley


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Journey #105 - The Nex by Tim Pratt (a preview)

Teenager Miranda Candle finds a mysterious necklace and is suddenly transported to The Nex, the bizarre city at the center of all possible universes, where she falls in with a pair of would-be revolutionaries - the skinshifter Howlaa, and the bodiless Wisp.

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Cast of characters:
Renee Chambliss (author of Dreaming of Deliverance) as Miranda Candle (Randy)
Abigail Hilton (of the Fullcast Podcast and Guild of the Cowry Catchers) as Howlaa Moor
Bryan Lincoln (of the Fullcast Podcast) as Cal Candle, Randy's brother
Marshal Latham as Wisp


Tim Pratt is a science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He grew up in the vicinity of Dudley, North Carolina, and attended Appalachian State University, where he earned a Bachelor's in English. In 1999 he attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop. He moved to Santa Cruz, California in 2000, and currently resides in Oakland with his wife Heather Shaw and son River. He currently works as a senior editor at Locus Magazine.

Tim's work has appeared in a number of markets, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and Strange Horizons. His story "Little Gods" (2002) was nominated for Nebula Award for the Best Short Story. His story "Hart & Boot," first published in Polyphony 4, was reprinted in Best American Short Stories: 2005. His "Impossible Dreams" (Asimov's July 2006) won the Hugo Award in the Best Short Story category. Collection Hart & Boot & Other Stories was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2008.


If you liked this preview of The Nex, you can finish the adventure in the free serialized blog form, as a paperback or Kindle, or as a continuation of the full cast Audible book.

To listen to the first story set in this world, you can listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of "Dream Engine" by Tim Pratt.  Caution: The roles of the cast are shifted around a bit, as explained in the today's discussion after the preview.

To listen to the further adventures of Miranda and Jenny Kay, you can listen to "We Go Back" by Tim Pratt as read by Mur Lafferty on Escape Pod..


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Journey #104 - Shadow of a Doubt - based on an Alfred Hitchcock film (presented by Screen Guild Theater)

Young Charlotte, or "Charlie", is happy to have her namesake uncle come for a visit until he starts acting suspicious.

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Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, and later became an iconic English and American film director and producer. Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style.  Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge from these islands, Hitchcock did more than any director to shape modern cinema, which would be utterly different without him. His flair was for narrative, cruelly withholding crucial information (from his characters and from us) and engaging the emotions of the audience like no one else."

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My slowly progressing live-written story, The Black Cat.

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Announcements from Base Camp: 2014 Parsec Nominations (Take 2)

More of a plug than an announcement, but there you go.

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A list of Parsec eligible stories from Journey Into...
The Parsec Award Nomination page

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Journey #103 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 12 of 12 (presented by BBC)

As the crew of Luna prepares to be guided back to their own time, they begin to wonder about the nature of time, and whether they will even remember their experience.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #102 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 11 of 12 (presented by BBC)

After overcoming their initial shock at seeing the “the Voice”, the crew learn more about the other creatures that live on the Earth.  But will they ever be able to get back to their own time?

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #101 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 10 of 12 (presented by BBC)

After being brought to a city of domed buildings, the crew learn more about "the Voice"and its people, but they have yet to lay eyes on their hosts.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #100 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 9 of 12 (presented by BBC)

A voice hails the crew of Luna from a UFO.  It warns them that they are in great danger, and attempts to persuade them to enter its UFO.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #99 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 8 of 12 (presented by BBC)

Jet realizes that the planet they have landed on is actually Earth, but they've traveled thousands of years through time.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #98 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 7 of 12 (presented by BBC)

Lost in deep space, Luna is approaching an unknown planet.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #97 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 6 of 12 (presented by BBC)

A fleet of UFOs pursues Luna, but what are their intentions?

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #96 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 5 of 12 (presented by BBC)

Just as power is restored to the ship, a UFO has landed outside.  Should they investigate or take off for Earth?

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #95 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 4 of 12 (presented by BBC)

The crew are stuck on the Moon and unable to trace what has caused the power failure.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #94 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 3 of 12 (presented by BBC)

While exploring a crater, Jet Morgan vanished from sight.  And that’s not the only strange thing the crew experience on the Moon.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #93 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 2 of 12 (presented by BBC)

It's October 22, 1965; and Luna is in position for final approach to land on the Moon. What will they find there?

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #92 - Journey Into Space: Operation Luna 1 of 12 (presented by BBC)

The rocket "Luna" sets off for the Moon with Capatin Jet Morgan, Doc, Mitch and Lemmy aboard.

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Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction program written by Charles Chilton.  Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first).  Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series.

Created in 1953, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on the BBC Light Programme.

In 1958, Journey to the Moon was re-recorded for the BBC Transcription Services (retitled as Operation Luna), because the original recordings had been erased. The first four episodes of the original series were omitted, and episodes 12 and 13 were merged into a single episode.


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Journey #91 - The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (presented by NBC Short Story)

The residents of an idyllic small town gather once a year to take part in the lottery.

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Guest Hosts: Big Anklevich and Rish Outfield of Dunesteef.com

Shirley Jackson was a popular and controversial American author, who was born in December 14, 1916. She is best known for the short story The Lottery (1948).  She is also well known for the 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, which was adapted in the 1963 Robert Wise film The Haunting.  She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson.

Jackson's husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, wrote that "she consistently refused to be interviewed, to explain or promote her work in any fashion...She believed that her books would speak for her clearly enough over the years."

NBC Presents: Short Story was a half-hour program offering dramatizations of contemporary American short stories by famed writers such as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, and Ray Bradbury. The series premiered February 21, 1951 on NBC and ran in three different incarnations until May 30, 1952.

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Cenizas and the Ash King by Lizzanne Herd on the Dunesteef

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Journey #90 - The Rocket by Ray Bradbury (presented by NBC Short Story)

Fiorello Bodoni, a poor junkyard owner, dreams of rocketing to the stars. When the opportunity arises, he realizes he can't share it with his family.

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Episode Art courtesy of Brian Burgess

Ray Bradbury is the world’s greatest science fiction writer. Some may argue, including Ray himself, that he writes fantasy rather than science fiction. He once said that Fahrenheit 451 was his only true science fiction work. His stories may tells us very little about science, but a great deal about the netherworld of imagination buried deep within all of us. In addition to over 1000 short stories, several novels and a handful of plays; Ray Bradbury has written poetry and scenarios. He adapted the novel Moby Dick for the movies, and has seen several of his own stroies made into motion pictures, as well as television radio shows. His writing has appeared in nearly every American magazine publishing quality fiction, and in over 100 anthologies of short stories.

NBC Presents: Short Story was a half-hour program offering dramatizations of contemporary American short stories by famed writers such as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, and Ray Bradbury. The series premiered February 21, 1951 on NBC and ran in three different incarnations until May 30, 1952.

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Journey #89 - The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe

William Legrand has found a rare golden beetle, and with it, perhaps the pathway to a buried fortune.

 
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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and became an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as the genre of science fiction.  He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.  Poe died in 1849,  in Baltimore, under mysterious circumstances, but he left us with a legacy of tales of wonder and woe, the marvelous and the macarbe.

Big Anklevich and Rish Outfield are the editors and hosts of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, where they present wonderful full cast stories of speculative fiction.  Their banter could not be contained within a single podcast, and thus it has spilled out into their side conversation podcast That Gets My Goat.  They are both writers themselves, and often feature their own work.

Related Content:
Hear Outtakes from Big and Rish.
See The ABC Saturday Special 1980 adaptation of "The Gold Bug" where Jupiter is a mute, and the narrator is played by a young Anthony Michael Hall.

Music used in this production:

"Folk Round" and "Serpentine Trek" by Kevin MacLeod

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Journey #88 - The Gold Bug by Rish Outfield

A young boy travels with his family to California, but they are not alone.

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Rish Outfield is the co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, which produces full cast short stories and banter with his buddy Big Anklevich. Rish has also lent his voice to many audio dramas, and lent his stories to many podcasts.  He is also an audiobook narrator, some of which are available at Audible.com, You can check out some of his other stories at Smashwords.

Pat Krane is a podcaster, a voiceover professional, an audio editor, a musician, and a nerd for life. You can hear him on his several podcasts: That TV Show, Convert To Raid, and Legendary: Tthe World of Warcraft Podcast.  You can also see him providing useful audio tips on his video series Inside The Studio.  Find out more about Pat's audio adventures over on his website patkrane.com.

Related Links:

Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur Podcast

NMX Panel: Choosing The Right Content For Your Podcast

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"Slow Rock Ballad" by Plastic3
"Long Note 2" by Kevin MacLeod

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Journey #87 - Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe

Can the application of one's strong will overcome even the imposing specter of death?

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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and became an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as the genre of science fiction.  He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.  Poe died in 1849,  in Baltimore, under mysterious circumstances, but he left us with a legacy of tales of wonder and woe, the marvelous and the macarbe.

Dave Robison has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life.  His accomplishments include writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, as well as a theater degree, creating magazine cover art, writing audio scripts, designing websites, creating board games, hosting mythological roundtables and generally savoring the sweet draught of expression in all its forms.  His years of exploration give him a unique, informed, and eloquent perspective on the art of storytelling.

Music used in this production:

"Air Prelude", "Ghostpocalypse - 6 Crossing the Threshold", "Ghostpocalypse - 4 Temptress", "Ghostpocalypse - 3 Road of Trials", "Aftermath", "Halls of the Undead", "Blue Feather" and "It Is Lost" by Kevin MacLeod

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Journey #86 - Ligeia by Bria Burton

Kraykor is driven to the edge of space; and the only way to escape death is by entering into Ligeia.

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Bria Burton writes speculative and other fiction in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her publications are listed on her website: www.briaburton.com.  Three dreams came true for her in 2013. She quit her job in order to write full time, a dream since childhood. She was selected as one of the winners in the Edgar Allen Poe writing contest, a dream since last year when her submission, much like Kraykor in the story, sailed into a deep void in space never to be seen or heard from again. Over at the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, she was selected as one of the winners in the Triple Word Score Contest, fulfilling a dream since 2010 to have a story air on the podcast. She thanks her hubby and her parents for always encouraging her to follow her dreams.

Related Links:
Kid President
Void of Opportunity (you might need to join the Escape Artists forums to see this, but it's not a bad place to hang out.)

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"Sunrise nrg"  by mmb digidesigns

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