Cast Macabre

CM45 - From Around Here by Tim Pratt (pt 3)

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:15:31 PDT

Read by Graeme Dunlop

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Show Notes

This is part three.Thanks to Tim Pratt for selling us the rights to produce this fabulous long story for Cast Macabre.

Thanks to Graeme for narrating, producing, and guest hosting this week's episode, and a special thanks to all the fantastic narrators he lined up for us.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

CM44 - From Around Here by Tim Pratt (pt 2)

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:16:02 PDT

Read by Graeme Dunlop

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Show Notes

This is part two. Listen to part one here. Part three will be episode 45.Thanks to Tim Pratt for selling us the rights to produce this fabulous long story for Cast Macabre.

Thanks to Graeme for narrating, producing, and guest hosting this week's episode.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

CM43 - From Around Here by Tim Pratt (pt 1)

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:33:52 PDT

Read by Graeme Dunlop

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Show Notes

Thanks to Tim Pratt for selling us the rights to produce this fabulous long story for Cast Macabre.

Thanks to Graeme for narrating, producing, and guest hosting this week's episode.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

CM42 -Big Inches by Ralph Robert Moore

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:00:51 PDT

Read by Alasdair Stuart

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Show Notes

Visit Ralph Robert Moore's website. There really is a lot of good stuff there.

Also, many thanks to Alasdair and the guys at Pseudopod towers for showing me the way out of their labyrinthine passageways.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Church Outing 20060312 by Spainful Films Soundtrack Dept.

41 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Edward Morris

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:41:40 PDT

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

For Neil Gaiman and Mike Carlos

Edward Morris is a 2005 British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, also nominated for the 2009 Rhysling Award. To date, he has sold 74 short stories worldwide, including sales to Interzone(#200, 'Imagine'), Pseudopod (#106, 'Jihad Over Innsmouth') , and most recently Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year #2 ("Lotophagi.")

He's a three-year veteran panelist at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and the Oregon Science Fiction Convention.

"Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God" is a story-poem after the style of many of the poems in Neil Gaiman's SMOKE & MIRRORS. John Shirley gave him the idea when he mentioned British Petroleum and a certain Elder God in the same Facebook post. He called this one "a good idea" when he read it. I hope you agree.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Idunn - 14 - Crystal Sea - Lull by Ambient Light
Sea of Blood by A Dying Ember

Sound effects from bashing my microphone against my hand and applying effects in Audacity.

CM40 - Blue and Gray & Black and Green by Alethea Kontis

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:55:09 PDT

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Find out more about Alethea Kontis and her work at http://aletheakontis.com
Blue and Gray & Black and Green was first published in the Legends of the Mountain State 4 anthology from Woodland Press.
Cast Macabre fans might also like:

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

All incidental music this week was by Frank Rosiak

Jameela
Sad Song
The Old Kentucky Hoedown

Sog9 : The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:25:50 PDT

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Song for Lost Things by In the Hands

CM39 - Going West by Elizabeth Creith

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:01:56 PDT

Read by the authour

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Show Notes

This week's story is written and read by Elizabeth Creith.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Background music, The Green In The Ash pt I by Reflectiv
Closing song, Chameleon by Pixikill

CM38 - All in the Family by Sheldon Higdon

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:14:08 PDT

Read by R. E. Chambliss

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Show Notes

“Have you ever heard of the Turner Beast?” My grandpa asked while sitting in his wooden rocker by the fireplace. Jane shook her head from side to side as I took a sip of Moxie. Anna released a groan . . .

Find out more about authour Sheldon Higdon and narrator R. E. Chambliss.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Werewolf Girlfriend by Aliens & Strangers

Sound effects from the Freesound Project

By vibe_crc
piece_of_wood_thrown_or_dropped.wav
By digifishmusic
Popcorn_revisited_munching.wav
By lgarrett
lg fire3.wav
By offthesky
chair squeek.wav
By Batuhan
Fire.flac

CM37 - The Sparrow by Patrick Hurley

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:30:09 PDT

Read by Graeme Dunlop

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Show Notes

Another great horror short story, this week, from Patrick Hurley.

This week's story contains strong profanity and explicit violence.

In late spring of 1794, villagers along the Gold Coast of Ghana discovered an abandoned merchant ship run aground on their shore. The proper authorities were notified and the local British magistrate dispatched a military escort to investigate. The ship was identified as the Sparrow, which port records showed had departed from Cape Coast, Ghana only 16 days before.

Click above to listen to the rest of the short story. It's like Rites of Passage with zombies -- only kidding.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

dysphor: Sigma Frequencies
Sonic Mystery: Great Moves & Deep Ocean
Great Big Sea: Excursion Around The Bay

CM36 - The Night Stalker by Raymond Gates

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:15:38 PDT

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Click here to visit Raymond Gates' website
Renee Chambliss blogs about her experiences narrating for Cast Macabre.
Read Unblinking's comments on the High Priest here.
Click here to sign up to the Cast Macabre newsletter.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Suite Gothique - Toccata by Cambridge Guitar Orchestra

Sound effects from the Freesound Project

sound-meow1.wav by zippi1.

Sof8 Two in the Morning by Kella Hanna-Wayne

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:13:12 PDT

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Kella Hanna-Wayne is a new poet from Eugene, Oregon.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Nightfall by Buskalaska

CM35 - The High Priest by C Deskin Rink

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:48:20 PDT

Read by R. E. Chambliss

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Show Notes

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Find out more about Ankor Sabat.
Narrated by R. E. Chambliss.
Voices by Abigail Hilton, Bob Eccles, and a mystery guest!

Incidental Fusion provided by Mevio at Music Alley, and also from Venus Vulture, and Nox Arcana

CM34 - The Path That Does Not Stray by Christopher Ryan

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:25:18 PST

Read by Graeme Dunlop

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Show Notes

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Find out more about Christopher Ryan at his blog, PrehistoryRanch.com.
The text of this week's story is published online at Pulp Metal Magazine
Find out more about Dante's Inferno

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Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

In Between by Kirsty Hawkshaw
INFERNO by I Awake

Sound effects from the Freesound Project

By harri, hhh7.mp3 and hhh1.mp3
By acclivity, CircularSaw.mp3
By JFBSAUVE, musical box.wav

CM33 - I Wait by Larry C. Kerr

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:43:06 PST

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

This week's authour is Larry C. Kerr, and you can find out all about him and his works at his rather good website, www.larrykerrauthor.com

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Orchestral music by Rob van den Berg

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SymphonicTheme7721
Symphonictheme2407
PsychoticSymphonicTheme

Closing Track

Vampire by Pixikill

CM32 Beneath the Red City by Matthew Bey

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:12:01 PST

Read by Norm Sherman

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Show Notes

Zombie Lapdance
Space Squid
Read Matt's first published story at Revolution SF here
The Drabblecast

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

space filmscore Guardian Mind Mix
Caissa 1 - sad and lonely & Olivia - Piano 1st Movement by Film Composer - David Beard

CM Sof7 An Antiquary's Ghost Story by Augustus Jessopp

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:00:43 PST

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

This is our first classic stab of fear.
Read the story here, and find out more about Augustus Jessopp.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Arise--for chamber ensemble--2nd movement Jeff Vidov

CM31 - Ashputtle by Peter Straub

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:15:33 PST

Read by Christiana Ellis

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Show Notes

Visit Peter Straub's website at PeterStraub.net

Ashputtle has appeared in the anthology BLACK THORN, WHITE ROSE in 1994 edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling, in the Peter Straub collection Magic Terror, from Random House in 2000, and in audio form, read by Peter himself in Dark Voices Vol 4 from Borderlands Press.

Visit Christiana Ellis' website

Read the original Ashputtel by the Brothers Grimm

Music taken from the album
Phantom Shadows
by Venus Vulture.

CM30 - While Gabriel Slept by Matt Moore

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:56:23 PST

Read by Marshal Latham

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Show Notes

Find out more about Marshal Latham over at Swamp Stories, Julie Hoverson at 19 Nocturne Boulevard, and Pamila Payne at Bella Vista.

Barry also talks about his story Dark Secrets, which appears in a new anthology called Their Dark Masters, from Red Skies Press.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Dream of Freedom by 2012
Ethereal by 1

CM29 - A Tale of Cain by Drew Arrants

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:03:11 PST

Read by Robert C. Eccles

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Show Notes

It's a shorty but a goody this week from Drew Arrants, whose short stories have been published in various U.K. and American print magazines, anthologies, and online venues, including Champagne Shivers, Ray Gun Revival, Drabblecast, and Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Magazine.

A Tale of Cain is read by Bob Eccles, a Pushcart Prize nominated writer of short horror and sci-fi. Bob is also a submissions editor for Flashes in the Dark. You can find his authours page, Robert C. Eccles on facebook, and his blog, Tiny Terrors at shortandscary.blogspot.com

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Interstitials 1, 4, & 18 by Al Phlipp and The Woo Team

CM28 - A Kristine Ong Muslim Collection

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:24:25 PST

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Kristine authored the full-length poetry collection, A Roomful of Machines (Searle Publishing, 2010). Her work has appeared in over four hundred publications including Aberrant Dreams, Abyss & Apex, Alternative Coordinates, Expanded Horizons, Space & Time, and Tales of the Talisman. She's received several Honorable Mentions in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror as well as five nominations for the Pushcart Prize and four for the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Rhysling Award.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Hollow Sun by 1000psi

You might also be interested in an authour interview with Richard Godwin, which you'll find here

CM27 - Metastasis by Nathaniel Lee

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:25:42 PST

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Nathaniel's work has appeared recently in PodCastle episode 132, where his story, "Fetch", won first prize in their Flash Fiction Contest Extravaganza, and he has had featured no less than six 100-word drabbles at the Drabblecast, making him their most-drabbled author!

For help or advice about dealing with cancer, or to donate to a much more worthy cause than this podcast, visit Cancer Research UK.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

All background music this week is by 1000psi, tracks Death, Decay, and Background.

CM Sof6 Recipes by Lavie Tidhar

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:50:04 PST

Read by Graeme Dunlop

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Show Notes

During World War II, 1939 to 1945, following a programme of systematic state-sponsored extermination by Nazi Germany, two-thirds of the population of nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust were killed.

I know of no greater horror.

Music this week by Laeto, from their album, Laeto III, free to download from their website, laeto.co.uk/.
The first album track, Dead Planets, plays behind the story, and we play out with the last, Mount Black Prince.

CM26 - The Gravedigger by Stephen Owen

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:57:04 PST

Read by Barry J. Northern

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Show Notes

Warning: This week's story is especially explicit.

Stephen lives and works as a sign maker in the UK. His interest in writing stories began in the late nineties when he started writing for the school nursery his children attended. When teachers advised him to think seriously about taking it further, he took a crash course in
evening classes to find out what he really wanted to write about. He hasn't written a child's story since. Previous works have been published in Thirteen, Dark of Night, Albedo One, Doorways, Demon Minds, the Wicked Stories website, Pseudopod, Necrography, Nossa Morte and Necrotic Tissue.

Music provided by Mevio at Music Alley

Empty Box by Al Phlipp and The Woo Team
Calculated Emptyness by compl33t

CM25 - Lovecraftiness

barryjnorthern@googlemail.com (Barry J. Northern) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:12:06 PST

Read & Hosted by Paul Newman

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Two classic stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Ex Oblivione and Nyarathlotep.

Show Notes

Many, many thanks to Paul Newman for stepping in this week and allowing us to bring you an episode when Barry's voice wasn't up to the job. He's done a sterling job, and we just know you're all going to enjoy this one.

This week we're teaming up with Reading Libraries and their H. P. Lovecraft event, Weird Winter Tales.

Background music, The Spirit of Saint Mary by Chris Lambert of Music for Zombies, a musician from Reading who has written music specifically for the event.

Also features Portico, Paul Newman's track from Passing Fayre -- see you knew you'd heard him before -- he provided the poem "Death Is Before Me Now" at the start of Episode 19a

Closing track, Isis Unveiled by Damh the Bard.