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

Theme music by Man In Space


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Journey #85 - The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe

A man facing the gallows describes what led him to this fate.

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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.

Norm Sherman is a writer, humorist and musician based out of Baltimore Maryland.  He is the charismatic founder and host of the 3-time Parsec Award winning podcast phenomenon ‘The Drabblecast.'  Norm is also the chief editor of the long-running science fiction podcast Escape Pod.  Let's face it: he is the God of Podcasting.  Not only can he narrate the pants off a rowdy chicken, he also writes and performs his own music.  You can check out his CD's here.

Music used in this production:

"Evening of Chaos", "Oppressive Gloom", "The Dread" and "Martian Cowboy" by Kevin MacLeod

Theme music by Man In Space


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Journey #84 - The Imp of the Perverse by Richard Freeman

Tanaka Sakura is beginning to realize she is not alone in her newly inherited house.

 
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Richard Freeman lives in Exeter in the county of Devon in England  He isone of the few full time working cryptozoologists in the world. Richard is Zoological Director at The Centre for Fortean Zoology the world's only full time mystery animal research organization. www.cfz.org.uk

Richard has mounted expeditions in search of many cryptids (mystery animals) including the yeti (a huge, black furred, bipedal ape) in India, the Mongolian deathworm (a much feared burrowing reptile) in the Gobi, the giant anaconda (a titanic snake) in Guyana, the orang-pendek (an upright walking ape) in Sumatra, the almasty (a relic hominin) in Russia, the naga (a huge, crested serpent) in Thailand and the ninki-nanka (a dragon-like beast) in West Africa. He is currently on an expedition in search of the Tasmanian wolf (a flesh eating marsupial).

He has lectured on the subject of mystery animals all over the country including at the Natural History Museum, The Grant Museum of Zoology, the Last Tuesday Society and Queen Mary University of London.

Richard has written a number of books of monsters and folklore including Dragons: More Than a Myth?, Explore Dragons, The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia: An A to z of Japanese Monsters and Orang-Pendek:  Sumatra’s Forgotten Ape.  He has branched into horror fiction with two collections of short stories published, Green Unpleasant Land: 18 tales of British Horror and Hyakumonogatari: Stories of Japanese Horror Book One. He isalso editing Tales of the Damned an anthology of fortean horror stories written by some of the world’s most prominent researchers.

Julie Hoverson is a tremendous writer, voice actor, and audio producer.  Check out many of her creations at www.19nocturneboulevard.net/

Music used in this production:

"Opium" and "Asian Drums" by Kevin MacLeod

Theme music by Man In Space


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Journey #83 - The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Jim and Della have great love for each other but very little money.  How can they hope to get each other a gift for Christmas?

 
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William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. He wrote and published several stories through his life.  O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings.

However, Porter was found guilty of embezzlement in February 1898, sentenced to five years in prison. While in prison, as a licensed pharmacist, he worked in the prison hospital as the night druggist. Porter was given his own room in the hospital wing, and there is no record that he actually spent time in the cell block of the prison. He had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms while he was in prison, but was becoming best known as "O. Henry". A friend of his in New Orleans would forward his stories to publishers, so they had no idea the writer was imprisoned.

Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) lives in Georgia (the state, not the country). His writing has appeared in Asimov’s, Escape Pod, and the Crossed Genres anthology Fat Girl in a Strange Land. His fiction has been reprinted by the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and StarShipSofa, and his voice has been heard on two Escape Artists and all four District of Wonders podcasts. He is a 2013 graduate of the Taos Toolbox writing workshop. When not writing, he mostly complains about the fact that he’s not writing.

Check out Josh's very cool short story "Secret Santa" on Kindle or in audio

Other related links:
New Media Expo - January 4-6 Las Vegas
My Panel - Choosing the Right Content For Your Show

Music used for this production:
Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Winter)
We Three Kings by The Paradise Room


Theme music by Man In Space and the Vince Guaraldi Trio


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Journey #82 - Miracle on 34th Street starring Edmund Gwenn (presented by Lux Radio Theater)

A department store Santa Clause must go to court to prove that his is the real deal.

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Lux Radio Theater was  a long-running classic radio anthology series. Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. It became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.

Other related links:
New Media Expo - January 4-6 Las Vegas
My Panel - Choosing the Right Content For Your Show
Book:  The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa by Bill Wallace


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Superhero Marathon Spectacular - Day 30: Superhero Movie Lightning Round, Part 2

Discussing superhero movies from Fantastic Four to Man of Steel

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"Take A Chance" by Kevin MacLeod

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Superhero Marathon Spectacular - Day 29: Superhero Movie Lightning Round, Part 1

Discussing superhero movies from Superman to Fantastic Four

 
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Music used in this production:

"Take A Chance" by Kevin MacLeod

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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