Journey #17 - Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe

Hop Frog is often the butt of the King's jokes and cruelty, along with the Royal Council, but Hop Frog still agrees to help them with a masterful ruse at the masquerade.


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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. 

Cast of characters:
John "Widgett" Robinson (of Need Coffee Dot Com) as Narrator

Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Hop Frog
Marshal Latham as the King, and his ministers

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Music used in this production:

Jig by Valerie Thompson  of ARTSomerville

Theme music by Man In Space and Soundtrax for the Non-Existing Movies

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Journey #7 - The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (part 2)

Kuno tries to escape the Machine, and then, the Machine stops.


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Cast of characters:
B.J. Harrison (of the Classic Tales Podcast) as Narator, and various voices
Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as Vashti
Marshal Latham as Kuno, and Vashti's friend
Alasdair Stuart (of Pseudopod) as Lecturer
Kelley Latham as Vashti's friend

Episode art from the Freise Brothers movie of "The Machine Stops"

Music used in this production:
Be Polite and Say Hello by Bone
End of the Era, Majestic Hills, and Lamentation by Kevin MacLeod

Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #6 - The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (part 1)

Vashti begrudgingly leaves her safe home underground to visit her son, Kuno, who has wild notions of acting independent of The Machine.

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Cast of characters:

B.J. Harrison (of the Classic Tales Podcast) as Narator, and airship passengers

Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as Vashti

Marshal Latham as Kuno, and an airship passenger

Renee Chambliss as the Airship Attendant

Episode art from the Freise Brothers movie of "The Machine Stops"

Music used in this production:

Continental Explorer by Pal Zoltan Illes

Be Polite and Say Hello by Bone

Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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