Famous horror authors, living and dead, tell stories around the campfire. A comedy-horror anthology based on Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction
We've opened crowdfunding for Season 2 of Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-midnight-pals-podcast-season-2/x/20621044#/ Based on our experiences of Season 1, we've set a flexible goal of $6,000 to cover paying our actors, cast and crew at bare-minimum indie rates; if we outdo that goal, we'll increase everyone's pay proportionately. Perks range from a credit in the show notes or on air, to a pretty PDF containing all the Season 1 scripts with commentary and annotations from the writers and cast, to commissioning an episode based on an author or work of your choice! We've got some bangers of scripts lined up for this season and we're excited to be making them. For full details, including the titles of the eight episodes we've got lined up (with two more if we reach our stretch goal of $12,000), see our indiegogo page. That link again is https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-midnight-pals-podcast-season-2/x/20621044#/ Share and enjoy! Trailer written, produced and performed Robin Johnson. The Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella.
Low-budget movie mogul Roger Corman sets out to produce a papier maché blockbuster adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of psychological suspense. Loosely following the plot of the original, Poe is tasked with taking care of a Scottish castle belonging to a certain formerly popular children's author. But uh oh! His wacky pal Stephen King arrives... with his all-amateur band, the Rock Bottom Remainders, in tow! When an electrical blackout results in the Pals smashing a priceless collection of literary awards, it's a race to get the castle presentable again before the gender-critical reptilian returns!Content notes: swearing, raised voices, sexual references, loud noises, discussion of transphobia, death including drowning.CAST: Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON HP Lovecraft — ROBIN JOHNSON with Roger Corman — BITTER KARELLA Neil Gaiman/Dario Argento — DEXTER HOWARD David DeCoteau — BRAD BARNES Patricia Highsmith — KATE DAVOLI Lord Byron — JOEL A.S. BUTLER Percy Shelley — LOU SUTCLIFFE Secretary — MARNIE WARNER and special guest star HAILEY PIPER as She Who Must Not Be Named Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, The Worm and His Kings series, and other books of dark fiction. She is also the author of over one hundred short stories appearing in Pseudopod, Vastarien, Cast of Wonders, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and various other publications. She lives with her wife in Maryland, where their occult rituals are secret. Find Hailey at haileypiper.com. Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart is available in Volume 2 of his collected works on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2148/pg2148-images.htmlA transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e08-the-tale-of-the-tell-tale-heart/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, Goodpods or wherever you find podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please consider leaving us a rating or review. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
It's winter at the campfire, and that means one thing—snow-themed holiday special! The Midnight Pals are visited by Junji Ito, adorable catboy and terrifying master of fucked-up-face-filled manga horror, accompanied by original weeaboo Lafcadio Hearn. The pair narrate an ancient Japanese folktale of ripped samurai, distressed noblewomen, and seasonal ice-demons. Lafcadio helps Junji out by using his insightful perspective as a Greek-Irish academic to explain Japanese tradition and culture. HP Lovecraft nearly has an aneurysm.Content notes: swearing, raised voices, sexual references, discussion of racism and appropriation, violence, death, references to guns.CAST: Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON HP Lovecraft/Lafcadio Hearn — ROBIN JOHNSON with Junji Ito/Osamu Tezuka — TENEST TANG Lord Fujiwara — JON GUITERREZ Lady Minamoto — NICOLETTA GIUSEFFI Snow-child — CHIBI Naoko Takeuchi — LORETTA CHANG Kouta Hirano — JOHN SERRANO Script by Lou Sutcliffe, edited by Bitter Karella and Robin Johnson. The Japanese sensitivity reader was Minaro Kato-Hopkins, and the Irish accent and swearing coach was Liselle Nic Giollabháin. Lafcadio Hearn's translation of the Japanese folktale "Yuki-Onna" (The Snow Woman) is included in his collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, which is available from Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1210A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e07-the-tale-of-the-snow-woman/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, Goodpods or wherever you find podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please consider leaving us a rating or review. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
Clive Barker takes the stage and relates his cult classic of an eternal battle—gay monsters versus redneck cops. Cabal has always had unsettling dreams of becoming a gay monster, but his personal journey to gay monsterhood is obstructed by queer-gatekeeping monsters, Nazi sheriffs' departments, and unconvincing gimp-mask serial killer David Cronenberg. Frank Belknap Long teaches Dean Koontz to be a furry. Content notes: swearing, raised voices, sexual content, violence, discussion of homophobic and transphobic propaganda techniques, homophobic and transphobic state violence, riots, guns and military weapons, death and killing, attempted genocide. CAST: Clive Barker—SISTER INDICA Edgar Allan Poe—RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley—REBECCA D'SOUZA Dean Koontz—WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King—JASON ROBINSON HP Lovecraft—ROBIN JOHNSON with Cabal—JOHN SERRANO Lori—LORETTA CHANG Sheriff—DEXTER HOWARD Deputy/David Cronenberg—JOEL A.S. BUTLER Governor/Monster Gatekeeper—CASSIE VULPINE Frank Belknap Long—DAVID COURT Script by Bitter Karella, edited by Robin Johnson, inspired by Clive Barker's 1990 cult film Nightbreed, an adaptation of his novella Cabal. Elements of copyrighted works are used for purposes of parody and comment.A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e06-the-tale-of-the-nightbreed/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, Goodpods or wherever you find podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please consider leaving us a rating or review. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
Patricia Highsmith, crime writer, snail friend, and lovable weirdo known for her shabby trenchcoat, eccentric habits, and possibly imaginary wife, investigates a bizarre double murder. Two people who don't know each other, or if you will, "strangers", meet on a rail vehicle, or as it were, "train", and plan the perfect crime. What really happened with Mary Shelley and her polycule at Lake Geneva last summer?Content notes: swearing, violence, murder, death including by train and drowning.CAST: Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA HP Lovecraft/Arthur Conan Doyle — ROBIN JOHNSON Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON with Patricia Highsmith — KATE DAVOLI Jane Williams — HANNAH BROWN Percy Shelley — LOU SUTCLIFFE Mrs Cleveland — JULIA DRAKE Edward Ellerker Williams — DAVID COURT Train engineer — CANAVAN CONNOLLY Human Guy — DEXTER HOWARD Human Bruno — BRAD BARNES plus special guest stars HELEN ARNEY as Mary Wollstonecraft's ghost MIKE McSHANE as William Huskisson MP Helen Arney is a science presenter and musical comedienne who has appeared in TV, radio and theatre across the world with her unique mix of stand-up, songs and science. For more information, see helenarney.com.Mike McShane, veteran of Whose Line is it Anyway?, kindly agreed to record a cameo scream in support of Waverley Care, who provide help to people living with HIV and hepatitis in Scotland. Donations can be made at https://waverleycare.orgScript by Robin Johnson, edited by Bitter Karella, inspired by Patricia Highsmith's novel Strangers on a Train and its film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock. Elements from copyrighted works are used for purposes of parody and comment. A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e05-the-tale-of-the-strangers-on-a-train/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please consider leaving us a rating or review. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
Arthur Conan Doyle stumbles upon the Midnight Pals' storytelling circle and reluctantly agrees to bring beloved supersleuth Sherlock Holmes back for one last, final, final case. A locked-room murder mystery turns to metafictional highjinks as the Pals are embroiled in the world of Holmes's adventures, sort of like when the holodeck malfunctions on Star Trek.Content notes: swearing, raised voices, drug references, portrayal of psychologically abusive relationships, threats of violence, guns, discussion of death, loss, grieving and murder.CAST Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA HP Lovecraft/Arthur Conan Doyle — ROBIN JOHNSON Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON with Sherlock Holmes — LOU SUTCLIFFE Dr Watson — CANAVAN CONNOLLY Professor Moriarty/Ian Fleming — JOEL A.S. BUTLER Inspector Lestrade — LISELLE NIC GIOLLABHÁIN Old-timey radio announcer — NOMI IBSEN Raymond Chandler — DEXTER HOWARD Script by Robin Johnson, edited by Bitter Karella, based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. Production and music by Robin Johnson. Daisy McNamara was an audio consultant.Most of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories (as well as his Professor Challenger ones) are in the public domain and can be found on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e04-the-tale-of-sherlock-holmes/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please consider leaving us a rating or review. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
Neurotic closet-dweller Bram Stoker visits the campfire to tell his iconic vampire story. In Transylvania, hot twink Jon "Jonathan" Harker shacks up with a rich older man who wants to consume his bodily fluids. Meanwhile in England, notorious strumpet Lucy Westenra attempts to ensnare her innocent friend Mina into the dangerous and disgusting world of sex. A cautionary tale about the perils of horniness, as Bram attempts to prove once and for all that vampires are in no way sexy. Mary Shelley invites Anne Rice and Stephenie Meyer just to stir the pot.Content notes: swearing, raised voices, violence, death, guns, gory sounds, Victorian institutionalisation of mental health patients, strong sexual content. CAST Edgar Allan Poe/Dracula — RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley/Mina Murray — REBECCA D'SOUZA Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA HP Lovecraft — ROBIN JOHNSON Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON with Bram Stoker/Quincey Morris — JOEL A.S. BUTLER Jonathan Harker — THADDEUS STRANGE Lucy Westenra — MARNIE WARNER Dr Van Helsing/Dr Seward — CASSIE VULPINE Renfield — JOHN SERRANO Anne Rice — JESSICA BERSON Stephenie Meyer — NOMI IBSEN Additional voices — EMILY HANNAK, LOU SUTCLIFFE, DAVID COURT Script by Bitter Karella, edited by Robin Johnson, based loosely on Dracula by Bram Stoker. Production by Robin Johnson. Music by Alex Rancourt, Robin Johnson and Lou Sutcliffe.Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula is the codifying example of the vampire story in popular culture. The book is in the public domain and can be found on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/345Stoker's completely normal letter to Walt Whitman, written on Valentine's Day of 1876, can be read at https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/01/09/bram-stoker-walt-whitman-letter/A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e03-the-tale-of-dracula/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
A new candidate for the Midnight Society, insufferable San Francisco hipster Robert Louis Stevenson, attempts to impress the Pals with the story of Henry Jekyll, a Victorian psychiatrist. On the steamship home from a business trip, Jekyll's seemingly chance meeting with a certain Edward Hyde will change his perception of reality forever. In a twist so unexpected that nobody even knows it's a twist, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde turn out to be the same person! An adrenaline-fueled social satire of mischief, mayhem and soup.Content notes: swearing, discussion of colonialism and colonial violence, mention of death, murder and cannibalism, guns, explosions, themes of mental illness and dissociative identity. CAST Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA HP Lovecraft — ROBIN JOHNSON Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON with Robert Louis Stevenson — DEXTER HOWARD Dr Jekyll — KARIM KRONFLI Mr Hyde — SEAN BABAPULLE The Major — DAVID COURT Poole — DAISY MCNAMARA Constable — CANAVAN CONNOLLY Resurrection Man — BRAD BARNES Fanny Osbourne — SENI RIVERA Script by Robin Johnson, edited by Bitter Karella, based (very) loosely on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Production and music by Robin Johnson. The sensitivity reader was Rebecca D'Souza, and Daisy McNamara was an audio consultant.Stevenson's original novella is in the public domain, and can be found on Project Gutenberg at https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/43A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e02-the-tale-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
Mary Shelley tells her Midnight Pals a chilling tale about a brilliant young researcher, Victor, whose arrogance leads him to pursue a deadly ambition. The experiment has been attempted by generations of mad scientists, but never successfully accomplished: the creation of a Frankenstein! Stephen King gets pedantic about terminology. Content notes: swearing, raised voices, violence, gore, death including the murder of a child, mention of strangulation. CAST Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Edgar Allan Poe/De Lacey — RODRIGO BORGES Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY HP Lovecraft — ROBIN JOHNSON with Victor Frankenstein — DOMINIC RYE The Monster — CANAVAN CONNOLLY The Bride — BETH LINDLY Professor Griffin — ANNA LAZAREV Professor Waldman — BRAD BARNES Dr Krempe — DAVID COURT Agatha — LIETTHYS Captain Walton — LOU SUTCLIFFE Olaf — DEXTER HOWARD additional voices — LORETTA CHANG, MERCEDES HESSELROTH, EVE MORRIS, ADAM ROBINSON Episode written and produced by Robin Johnson, loosely based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and its various adaptations. Script edited by Bitter Karella. Music by Robin Johnson. Daisy McNamara was an audio consultant. Material based on existing works is used for parody and comment. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is often cited as the first science fiction novel and is certainly one of the most important and influential horror novels ever written. Shelley wrote it at the age of 18 (THAT'S LESS THAN 19) as part of a ghost-story writing competition with her pals. It has been adapted to stage and screen countless times, perhaps most notably in James Whale's 1931 film adaptation starring Boris Karloff as the trope-codifying flat-headed monster. The original novel is in the public domain and can be found on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e01-the-tale-of-the-frankenstein/transcriptThe Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts. For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
It's neurotic closet-hog Bram Stoker's turn at the campfire and he's brought a new story, "The Tale of The—" oh dear, we might have to do something about that title. This is the last of our teaser mini-episodes before the launch of season 1! Content notes: Discussion of racism; human and animal death; discussion of violence and torture. Season 1 Premiere: Our first full episode, The Tale of the Frankenstein, will release on our podcast feed on Tuesday 31st October— but there will also be a special early streamed premiere and open hangout with the cast and crew on Sunday 29th October at 5PM GMT / 1PM Eastern / 10AM Pacific. Join us on Rodrigo "Poe" Borges's twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/TheCommanderRodCAST: BRAM STOKER – Joel A.S. Butler EDGAR ALLAN POE — Rodrigo Borges CLIVE BARKER — Sister Indica HP LOVECRAFT – Robin Johnson MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza STEPHEN KING – Jason Robinson DEAN KOONTZ — Wren Montgomery Script, production and music by Robin Johnson, loosely adapted from The Sq**w by Bram Stoker. The Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones. About the story: Bram Stoker's unfortunately named short story The Sq**w was included in his posthumously published short story collection Dracula's Guest, which can be found on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10150 (CN for explicit racism, torture, gore, and killing of humans and animals.) In adaptations it has been variously renamed Dungeon of Horror, Cat's Cradle and The Torture Tower.HP Lovecraft's childhood cat was named either what you're thinking, or something worse.Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com on bluesky at @midnightpals.bsky.social or on twitter at @midnight_pals. Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals now at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this teaser is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-12-bram-stoker/transcript
The main characters of Midnight Pals, plus a few regular visitors to the campfire, introduce themselves with a series of short skits based on their most popular works. A medley of midnight-snack size tales from Stephen King, Mary Shelley, HP Lovecraft, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Edgar Allan Poe and more.This is a consolidation of the first eleven short ‘teaser' mini-episodes that were released prior to season 1. We've done this to clean up our feed and make it easier for new listeners to navigate to the full episodes, which will continue to be released weekly on Tuesdays throughout the season. Content notes: swearing, sexual references, raised voices, threats of violence, animal death, gory noises, discussion of racismCAST Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA HP Lovecraft/Arthur Conan Doyle — ROBIN JOHNSON Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERRY Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES with Anne Rice — JESSICA BERSON Roger Corman — BITTER KARELLA Robert Louis Stevenson — DEXTER HOWARD Shirley Jackson — RAYNA MONTGOMERY The script was written by Robin Johnson, based on tweets by Bitter Karella. Production and music by Robin Johnson. Daisy McNamara was an audio consultant. Liselle Nic Giollabháin was a production assistant. TIME STAMPS 00:00 — Stephen King (The Tale of the Small Town with a Spooky Secret) 00:55 — Mary Shelley (The Tale of the Hot Monster) Inspired by Frankenstein, available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445; also see our full episode The Tale of the Frankenstein 01:45 — HP Lovecraft (The Tale of the Indescribable Eldritch Abomination) Lovecraft's works are available at https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/ 02:30 — Dean Koontz 03:10 — Clive Barker (The Tale of the Horny Ghost) 03:55 — Edgar Allan Poe (The Tale of the Black Cat) Poe's The Black Cat is included in his collected works at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148 05:00 — Anne Rice (The Tale of the Sad Vampire and the Devil) Inspired by Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series 06:15 — Roger Corman Read about Roger Corman's “Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace” (1961) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunted_Palace 08:05 — Robert Louis Stevenson (The Tale of the Bottle Imp) The Bottle Imp is included in Stevenson's collection Island Nights' Entertainments, available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/329 09:35 — Arthur Conan Doyle (The Tale of Sherlock Holmes) Doyle's works, including many stories of Sherlock Holmes stories as well as those of Professor Challenger, are available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69 11:00 — Shirley Jackson (The Tale of the Haunted House) Inspired by Jackson's The House on Haunted Hill (1959) Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella © All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones. Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Cast or wherever you find podcasts. If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a rating or a review. Find us at midnightpals.com
Mary Shelley brings Shirley Jackson to the campfire to tell her iconic spooky mansion story, The Tale of the Haunting of the Haunted House on Haunted House Hill. This is the second-last of our mini-episodes leading to the launch of our first season on Halloween. Our first full episode, The Tale of the Frankenstein, will also be streamed on Twitch in a special premiere and cast hangout on Sunday 29th! See our social media for details. CAST: SHIRLEY JACKSON — Rayna Montgomery MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza DEAN KOONTZ — Wren Montgomery CLIVE BARKER — Sister Indica STEPHEN KING — Jason Robinson HP LOVECRAFT – Robin Johnson EDGAR ALLAN POE — Rodrigo Borges Script by Robin Johnson, adapted from tweets by Bitter Karella. Production and music by Robin Johnson. The Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones. Elements of existing works are used for purposes of parody and comment. Shirley Jackson was a prolific author of horror and mystery novels and short stories. Her breakout piece, The Lottery, a short story about the violence lurking behind the facade of small-town American life, resulted in reams of hate mail being sent to Jackson and her publisher from exactly the sort of people it was about. Her novel The Haunting of Hill House substantially defined the modern haunted house subgenre, and has been described by (the real) Stephen King as one of the most important horror novels of the twentieth century. Jackson's work is still in copyright; some can be read or listened to online at https://www.freesfonline.net/authors/Shirley_Jackson.htmlFind the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com, on twitter at @midnight_pals, or on bluesky at @midnightpals.bsky.social. Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals now at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this teaser is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-11-shirley-jackson/transcript
In our antepenultimate mini-episode, Arthur Conan Doyle visits the Midnight Pals' campfire and reluctantly begins a Sherlock Holmes story. CAST: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE — Robin Johnson EDGAR ALLAN POE — Rodrigo Borges STEPHEN KING — Jason Robinson DEAN KOONTZ — Wren Montgomery CLIVE BARKER — Sister Indica MARY SHELLEY — Rebecca D'Souza Script and production by Robin Johnson. The Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones. Elements of existing works by other authors are used for purposes of parody and comment.Many of Arthur Conan Doyle's works are available on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69 – including stories of both Sherlock Holmes and Doyle's later character Professor Challenger, a hot-headed spiritualist academic written as an antithesis to Holmes, whom Doyle had tired of in his later years, much to the chagrin of his fans and publishers.Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com, on twitter at @midnight_pals, or on bluesky at @midnightpals.bsky.social. Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals now at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this teaser is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-10-arthur-conan-doyle/transcript
Throughout October, we'll be releasing weekly teaser mini-episodes of Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals in the run-up to the launch of our first full episode on Tuesday October 31st. In this teaser, San Francisco hipster Robert Louis Stevenson tells the Pals his short economics-horror story "The Tale of the Bottle Imp". CAST: Robert Louis Stevenson – DEXTER HOWARDEdgar Allan Poe – RODRIGO BORGESHP Lovecraft – ROBIN JOHNSONDean Koontz – WREN MONTGOMERYMary Shelley – REBECCA D'SOUZAClive Barker – SISTER INDICAScript and production by Robin Johnson. The Midnight Pals is created by Bitter Karella. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones. Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Bottle Imp" appears in his short story collection Island Nights' Entertainments, which is available on Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/329. Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com, on twitter at @midnight_pals, or on bluesky at @midnightpals.bsky.social. Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals now at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this teaser is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-09-robert-louis-stevenson/transcript
Papier-mâché blockbuster filmmaker Roger Corman arrives at the Pals' campfire with a proposition to adapt one of HP Lovecraft's novellas into a movie of an Edgar Allan Poe story, in our latest teaser micro-episode. Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals' first season begins releasing full episodes weekly from October 31st. CAST ROGER CORMAN – Bitter KarellaEDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo BorgesDEAN KOONTZ – Wren MontgomeryHP LOVECRAFT – Robin JohnsonCLIVE BARKER – Sister IndicaMARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'SouzaScript and production by Robin Johnson, including material adapted from tweets by Bitter Karella. Notes concerning Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe's HP Lovecraft's The Haunted Palace: The real-life Roger Corman did indeed make a movie adaptation of Lovecraft's short novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward which was released under the title Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace (1963) so that it could be marketed as part of Corman's infamous "Poe Cycle". Edgar Allan Poe did write a six-stanza poem called The Haunted Palace, which has nothing in common with Corman's movie except that Vincent Price's character quotes four lines of it at some point for no particular reason. Poe's name is misspelled as "Edgar Allen Poe" in the film's credits. It's Corman in his most truly Cormanic episode.Midnight Pals characters are written as parodies and do not necessarily represent their real-life counterparts.Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com, on twitter at @midnight_pals, or on bluesky at @midnightpals.bsky.social. Subscribe to Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals now at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this mini-episode is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-08-roger-corman/transcript
Living and dead horror authors tell scary stories round the campfire in "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals", an upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated comedy-horror microfiction. Full episodes start releasing on October 31, 2023, with an early premier and cast chat streaming on Twitch on Sunday October 29th. For more information, see https://midnightpals.comCAST, in order of appearance: EDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo BorgesROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON – Dexter HowardHP LOVECRAFT – Robin JohnsonBRAM STOKER – Joel A.S. ButlerJONATHAN HARKER – Thaddeus StrangeDRACULA – Rodrigo BorgesPATRICIA HIGHSMITH – Kate DavoliSTEPHEN KING – Jason RobisonMARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'SouzaVICTOR FRANKENSTEIN – Dominic RyeDEAN KOONTZ – Wren MontgomeryCLIVE BARKER – Sister IndicaSHE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED – Hailey PiperTrailer edited by Robin Johnson using material from episodes written by Bitter Karella and Robin Johnson. Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com or on twitter at @midnight_pals. Subscribe to the podcast at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/season-1-trailer/transcript
Vampire fangirl Anne Rice gets to tell the story in this week's teaser. Full episodes of "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals" will begin releasing on Halloween. CAST ANNE RICE – Jessica BersonEDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo BorgesMARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'SouzaDEAN KOONTZ – Wren MontgomeryHP LOVECRAFT – Robin JohnsonCLIVE BARKER – Sister IndicaScript and production by Robin Johnson, including material adapted from tweets by Bitter Karella. Find the Midnight Pals at midnightpals.com or on twitter at @midnight_pals. Subscribe to the podcast at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your podcast site/app of choice. A transcript of this content is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-07-anne-rice/transcript
Edgar Allan Poe tells the Midnight Pals "The Tale of the Black Cat", in the sixth teaser for the upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction The Midnight Pals. CAST STEPHEN KING – Jason RobinsonEDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo BorgesHP LOVECRAFT – Robin JohnsonMARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'SouzaScript by Robin Johnson, including material adapted from tweets by Bitter Karella. Music by Robin Johnson. Find the Midnight Pals on twitter at @midnight_pals or subscribe to the podcast at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com. A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-06-edgar-allan-poe/transcript
The Master of Suspense, Dean Koontz, wows the Midnight Pals with his creativity. The fifth teaser trailer for "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals", the upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's twice Hugo-nominated social media microfiction, with full episodes launching in late 2023. CAST DEAN KOONTZ – Wren MontgomeryEDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo BorgesSTEPHEN KING – Jason RobinsonCLIVE BARKER – Sister IndicaMARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'SouzaScript adapted by Robin Johnson from tweets by Bitter Karella. Find the Midnight Pals on twitter at @midnight_pals or subscribe to the podcast at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com. A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-05-dean-koontz/transcript
It's HP Lovecraft's turn to be storyteller in our fourth teaser trailer. Howard chills the Midnight Pals with his famous brand of cosmic horror, inspired by his lifelong night terrors and existential dread of anything foreign. Contains NSFW language. CAST EDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo Borges HP LOVECRAFT – Robin Johnson STEPHEN KING – Jason Robinson CLIVE BARKER – Sister Indica MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza Script adapted by Robin Johnson from tweets by Bitter Karella. Thanks to Eve Morris and Daisy McNamara. Find the Midnight Pals on twitter at @midnight_pals. A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-04-hp-lovecraft/transcript
The third teaser trailer from the upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals, based on the first ever Midnight Pals tweet! Contains NSFW language.CAST EDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo Borges MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza CLIVE BARKER – Sister Indica HP LOVECRAFT — Robin Johnson A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-03-clive-barker/transcript
The second teaser trailer for the upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction, Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals. Queen witch Mary Shelley arrives at the campfire and goths the hell out of everyone. Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals will be released to all podcast platforms in late 2023. CASTEDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo Borges MARY SHELLEY – Rebecca D'Souza CLIVE BARKER – Sister Indica HP LOVECRAFT — Robin Johnson STEPHEN KING – Jason Robinson Script adapted by Robin Johnson from tweets by Bitter Karella. A transcript of this episode is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-02-mary-shelley/transcriptFollow the Midnight Pals on Twitter at https://twitter.com/midnight_pals
A teaser trailer for the upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction, Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals. Steve takes his turn to tell one of his strange and scary tales to the midnight society.Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals will be released to all podcast platforms in late 2023.CASTSTEPHEN KING – Jason RobinsonEDGAR ALLAN POE – Rodrigo BorgesCLIVE BARKER – Sister IndicaScript adapted by Robin Johnson from tweets by Bitter Karella. A transcript of this episode is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/teaser-01-stephen-king/transcriptFollow the Midnight Pals on Twitter at https://twitter.com/midnight_pals
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