Book Information
- Story rating: G for family travel, fairy stories, Europe, and a yellow camper.
- Heidi's Alp is under copyright. Our sincere thanks to author Christina Hardyment for her gracious permission to read this aloud.
12.16.2014
Episode 273: Heidi's Alp, chapter 2
Book Information
11.29.2014
Episode 272: Heidi's Alp, chapter 1
caravaning around Europe searching for fairy tale origins.
Book Information
- Story rating: G for family travel, fairy stories, Europe, and a yellow camper.
- Heidi's Alp is under copyright. Our sincere thanks to author Christina Hardyment for her gracious permission to read this aloud.
Christmas Podcasts
11.18.2014
Episode 271: The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England Sampler
Book Information
- Story rating: G for bathing, bridges, the Great Plague, visiting yeomen and much more.
- Uncle Orson Reviews Everything: Trick or Treat, Real Education
10.28.2014
Episode 270 - The Judge's House
we are very glad that Scott Danielson read us this story for Halloween.
Book Information
- Story rating: G for terrifying encounters with an evil painting, gamboling rats, strong tea, and fainting women.
- The Judge's House by Bram Stoker is in the public domain.
10.23.2014
Episode 269: Wailing Well
Book Information
- Story rating: G for hilarity and a terrifying encounter with ghosts, all suitable to be heard by a Boy Scout troop.
- Wailing Well by M.R. James is in the public domain.
Halloween Highlight
Extra Links
10.14.2014
Episode 268: The Night Wire and The Toll-House
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for ghastly fog and ghostly footsteps.
- The Night Wire is shared under the Fair Use Act as a sample of the stories in The Big Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Otto Penzler. I strongly encourage you to purchase the book and enjoy all the stories in their entirety. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
Halloween Highlights
10.07.2014
Episode 267: Another Place
in our latest sampling of "tall tales told in taverns."
Book Information
- Story rating: G for weird tales with no violence.
- This story is from Binscombe Tales by John Whitbourn. It is under copyright. This story is shared under the Fair Use Act as a sample of the stories in the collection. I strongly encourage you to purchas the book and enjoy all the stories in their entirety. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
9.26.2014
Episode 266: The Sea King
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for monstrous gods and death by terror.
- This story is from The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes by Sterling Lanier. It is under copyright. This story is shared under the Fair Use Act as a sample of the stories in the collection. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
9.17.2014
Episode 265: The People of the Mist, Finale
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
9.09.2014
Episode 264: The People of the Mist, chapters 38-39
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
8.28.2014
Episode 263: The People of the Mist, chapters 36-37
As usual. While on the lam. Will our adventurers escape?
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
8.20.2014
Episode 262: The People of the Mist, chapters 34-35
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
8.08.2014
Episode 261: The People of the Mist, chapters 32-33
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Other Highlights
7.22.2014
Episode 260: The People of the Mist, chapters 30-31
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
7.09.2014
Episode 259: The People of the Mist, chapters 28-29
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
6.18.2014
Episode 258: The People of the Mist, chapters 26-27
And things go from bad to worse. Again.
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Additional Info
6.11.2014
Episode 257: The People of the Mist, chapters 24-25
And things go from bad to worse.
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Additional Info
5.28.2014
Episode 256: People of the Mist, chapters 22-23
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Additional Info
5.17.2014
Episode 255: The People of the Mist, chapters 20-21
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Additional Info
5.06.2014
Episode 254: The People of the Mist, chapters 18-19
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
4.25.2014
Episode 253: The People of the Mist, chapters 16-17
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
4.15.2014
Episode 252: The People of the Mist, chapters 14-15
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
4.04.2014
Episode 251: The People of the Mist, chapters 12-13
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Other Highlight
- Good Omens discussion at A Good Story is Hard to Find
3.22.2014
Episode 250: The People of the Mist, chapters 10-11
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
- White Cat - Holly Black
- Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- Sherlock Holmes - read by Derek Jacobi
3.08.2014
Episode 249: The People of the Mist, chapters 7-9
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
Other Highlights
- The Untold Podcast - Soft and Chewy
- Reading Envy
- Michael Drout - From Here to Infinity
2.25.2014
Episode 248: The People of the Mist, chapters 5-6
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
2.17.2014
Episode 247: The People of the Mist, chapters 3-4
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
2.13.2014
Lagniappe 62: The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion
by Graeme Simsion
(listen or download from link above)
According to Webster
la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\
Function: noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
Function: noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
2.06.2014
Episode 246: The People of the Mist, ch. 1-2
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, monstrous gods, rampant adventure, and an almost complete lack of sensitivity or multiculturalism.
- Caveat emptor (buyer beware): I'm reading this story uncensored. As with many tales from the "golden age" of adventure literature, it is impossible to avoid insensitivity. Political correctness wasn't in existence in 1894, at least in the way we think of it. Our takeaway message: aren't we glad that was then and this is now?
- South African slang
- This story is in the public domain.
1.31.2014
Episode 245: Warrior Queen of Mars, Finale
In which all is revealed. Well, not "all" (get your minds out of the gutter)
but everything we need to finish our "half-clad Martian warrior maids invading Earth" adventure.
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, a terrifying beard, and gunplay
- This story is in the public domain.
1.22.2014
Episode 244: Warrior Queen of Mars, part 2
In which we track a semi-naked woman through the snow, dodge nefarious Russians,
and make a surprising discovery.
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, a terrifying beard, and gunplay
- This story is in the public domain.
1.15.2014
Lagniappe 61: A Shepherd I Will Remain
(listen or download from link above)
According to Webster
la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\
Function: noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
Function: noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
1.10.2014
Episode 243: Warrior Queen of Mars, part 1
In which we encounter Iceland, an immortal doctor,
a 6'4" frozen female, and mysterious memory loss.
Book Information
- Story rating: PG for scanty clothing, a terrifying beard, and gunplay
- This story is in the public domain.
Other Info