Cast Macabre

So, I made a new website, which I couldn't afford to maintain, and I have only just managed to get around to getting the old website back and remove the redirect! I only managed to put out one episode on the new site, and here it is. The date of this post doesn't match when this episode was originally put out. I'll look into making sure the iTunes feed is functional. While I have no plans to resurrect this podcast from the dead, at least now the archives are reopened! I am due to discuss future plans soon with my crew over at Cast of Wonders.Narrated by Bob EcclesClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesMusic provided by Mevio at Music AlleySound effects from the Freesound Project

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesThis 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

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesThis 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

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesThanks 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

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesFor Neil Gaiman and Mike CarlosEdward 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 AlleyIdunn - 14 - Crystal Sea - Lull by Ambient Light Sea of Blood by A Dying EmberSound effects from bashing my microphone against my hand and applying effects in Audacity.

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesFind out more about Alethea Kontis and her work at http://aletheakontis.comBlue 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 AlleyAll incidental music this week was by Frank RosiakJameelaSad SongThe Old Kentucky Hoedown

Read by the authourClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesThis week's story is written and read by Elizabeth Creith.Music provided by Mevio at Music AlleyBackground music, The Green In The Ash pt I by ReflectivClosing song, Chameleon by Pixikill

Read by R. E. ChamblissClick to play or download the MP3.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 AlleyWerewolf Girlfriend by Aliens & StrangersSound effects from the Freesound ProjectBy vibe_crcpiece_of_wood_thrown_or_dropped.wavBy digifishmusicPopcorn_revisited_munching.wav By lgarrettlg fire3.wav By offtheskychair squeek.wav By BatuhanFire.flac

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesAnother 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 Alleydysphor: Sigma FrequenciesSonic Mystery: Great Moves & Deep OceanGreat Big Sea: Excursion Around The Bay

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesClick here to visit Raymond Gates' websiteRenee 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 AlleySuite Gothique - Toccata by Cambridge Guitar OrchestraSound effects from the Freesound Projectsound-meow1.wav by zippi1.

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesKella Hanna-Wayne is a new poet from Eugene, Oregon.Music provided by Mevio at Music AlleyNightfall by Buskalaska

Read by R. E. ChamblissClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesSign up for more news and content.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

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesSign up for our new horror community.Find out more about Christopher Ryan at his blog, PrehistoryRanch.com.The text of this week's story is published online at Pulp Metal MagazineFind out more about Dante's InfernoExtra Content and Secret Stuff!Sign up for our new horror community. Have you got the Cast Macabre wallpaper yet? If not, sign-up, because that's just one of the things we'll be giving away. Sign-up soon, as within the next week or so, we'll be sending out a survey to find out more about what you want from the show. It's your chance to shape, not only this podcast, but future podcasts as well, and also a chance to get more hints and previews about what's coming up. We'll be continually sending out extra content to the community.As a big-thank you for filling out the short survey, there'll be a bonus episode for you to enjoy. This episode will never be released in the feed, so sign-up soon.Music provided by Mevio at Music AlleyIn Between by Kirsty Hawkshaw INFERNO by I AwakeSound effects from the Freesound ProjectBy harri, hhh7.mp3 and hhh1.mp3By acclivity, CircularSaw.mp3By JFBSAUVE, musical box.wav

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesThis 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.comMusic provided by Mevio at Music AlleyOrchestral music by Rob van den Bergmagisticalsymphonic SymphonicTheme7721 Symphonictheme2407 PsychoticSymphonicTheme Closing TrackVampire by Pixikill

Read by Norm ShermanClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesZombie LapdanceSpace SquidRead Matt's first published story at Revolution SF hereThe DrabblecastMusic provided by Mevio at Music Alleyspace filmscore Guardian Mind MixCaissa 1 - sad and lonely & Olivia - Piano 1st Movement by Film Composer - David Beard

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesThis is our first classic stab of fear.Read the story here, and find out more about Augustus Jessopp.Music provided by Mevio at Music AlleyArise--for chamber ensemble--2nd movement Jeff Vidov

Read by Christiana EllisClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesVisit Peter Straub's website at PeterStraub.netAshputtle 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' websiteRead the original Ashputtel by the Brothers Grimm Music taken from the albumPhantom Shadows by Venus Vulture.

Read by Marshal LathamClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesFind 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 AlleyDream of Freedom by 2012Ethereal by 1

Read by Robert C. EcclesClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesIt'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.comMusic provided by Mevio at Music AlleyInterstitials 1, 4, & 18 by Al Phlipp and The Woo Team

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesKristine 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 AlleyHollow Sun by 1000psiYou might also be interested in an authour interview with Richard Godwin, which you'll find here

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesNathaniel'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 AlleyAll background music this week is by 1000psi, tracks Death, Decay, and Background.

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesDuring 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.

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesWarning: 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 inevening 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 AlleyEmpty Box by Al Phlipp and The Woo TeamCalculated Emptyness by compl33t