Marjorie wants to leave The House of Nod. Living in a cult is especially annoying in 1940, when the real world is dazzling and daring. Marjorie craves Life. She craves becoming herself. She wants to leave the House of Nod, and one of her first acts of mi
If you'd like to skip ahead to the short story, it starts at 16:30. ^_^
This episode outlines my PhD thesis, as well as explaining how the following nine "Blood Vessel" stories serve as an example of Goodnight, Witch Academy's structure.
Surprise! Today's episode includes: some butterfly wings!
This episode completes the vision for Community of Tomorrow.
Come hear the tale of Mortimer's cousin Cynthia, and the fantastic, miner-village story she knows about a lady named Snow White.
This episode highlights how global storytellers and animated bugs can team up to tell stories.
This episode describes a nonfiction show I'd love to see, where moms and members of the transgender community give each other cozy advice.
This short story annotates the ways interbrain synchronization opportunities could include guests of all skill levels.
This short story annotates how we could explain pricing tiers to guests in our future Village Where Everyone Belongs.
A very special episode wherein I describe what I would do with oodles of success. You know. Just in case.
A very special episode wherein I describe what I would do with oodles of success. You know. Just in case.
A transient and profound little episode.
Today's episode includes: an official query and a bat-toast to the future! www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: the most fun I've ever had in my life. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a confession, a choice, and blood. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a mysterious death on the stage and a portal to elsewhere. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: oh, the spurt of blood! Twice, in fact. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: more eerie, lovely tales, as well as (of course) bandage women on the ceiling. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
WHEW! This one will just be up for a week so anyone who has tuned in to the story of my crime and subsequent cowardice can hear news of the happy ending and my desperate need to take a nap!! I will keep telling this story in the coming years, but I've decided to remove the Live from the Lab episodes because they've served their purpose as a rough draft version of this tale - so tune in before 3/4 to simply hear me say I WAS VERY BRAVE AND NOW I AM TIRED AND MY FRIEND ENTHUSIASTICALLY FORGAVE ME. CHEERS.
Today's episode includes: a dark hallway and several strange tales. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: shafts of sunlight in a secret attic. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
A cheerful update today as I describe electrocution apparatuses I need from my friend, whenever they may arrive.
Today's episode includes: a resurrection. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Another immediate update from the lab as I perform open heart surgery and ask how we can be so scared of the light we decide it isn't even real - with a butterfly cure from deep within my bones.
From the lab of my surgery of why I lied to a dear friend because I was afraid of being seen, I explore the evolutionary aspects of self-punishment and fear of mutation, and of course: water as the cure.
A very special bonus Me Talking About Real Magic episode where I talk about how I accidentally soul-murdered the Light in my Magic this year, and why I know they're real and will tell the whole damn world. (This is called, loudly declaring weird science to make amends.)
The tombstone in the sand now reads: DEAR CORNELIUS: You are now, and have always been, my reason to live. P.S. DON'T PANIC. Have time magic. Can prove, to your exultation. Today's episode includes: the secret of the ghosts and footprints in gore-festival snow. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a cold damp prison, blood like a scarf, and of course, I promise, THE BUTTON. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a boat, spoons, the madness of delight, and of course, several talking cadavers. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: the enemy at last, strange becomings, and of course: Cornelius the Muffin. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: the elevator at long last again. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a story about a lost friend and an announcement from the depths of my weird little soul. This was a very important episode for me to post - I ended up recording in my kitchen closet so I could cry if I wanted to (and I did - muahaha), but that made the quality a bit foggy. I hope it's discernable, and thank you for bearing with humble quality for this strange and important episode. :) www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a boy in a hospital waiting for a girl in a mirror, as well as potentially the end of all things. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a faucet gushing with periwinkle magic and a truly horrifying spool of thread. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: THE ELEVATOR. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: carts with noses and quite dangerous pickle flavored soda. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: gargoyles with paper tongues and a hand you really don't want to meet. www.minervasweeneywren.com I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: invisible visions in the sand, sand in Cornelius's hair, and the beginning of a desperately-longed-for con. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: everything. Plus, at the very end, a blooper where I start laughing because on the inside, I'm twirling. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: Marjorie's story on stage, and a bit of something out of nothing. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: hell, unexpectedly pleasant. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: Anik's art anchor, a kind of carnival, and changes in the old Winston place. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Hello my dears! Just a bonus episode today from your librarian Grandma, where I chat about how you can use storytelling to connect with yourself.
Today's episode includes: the bottom of the well, magic in water, and the summoning of a ghastly house. I am so freaking proud of Marjorie in this episode. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: well, a uncatchable diary! www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: the summoned object and the end of the story of the Ace of Spades. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram My mad-scientist tinkering continues - I am getting closer to better audio but in this session I was thwarted by pipes! Sorry for the up-and-down rumbles from my tiny apartment. ^_^ I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: a button? Why a button? Good grief, the mystery of this button! This button is the linchpin of today's episode. Listen in eerie suspense as this button becomes relevant to five separate (and perhaps unexpected) characters. Hehe. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: an eerie girl with a hole in the middle, that strange room of antiques, and perhaps a wish? www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: the caves, Rosie, and awakening upside-down. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
Today's episode includes: insight on the four of spades and water magic. www.minervasweeneywren.com, @megmccauleyink | Instagram I write for free and for the love of it, but if you'd like to donate to cover fees, that's @minervasweeneywren on Venmo. :) Thank you for joining us, friend. You are welcome in this whimsical universe. Minerva Sweeney Wren has other podcasts and stories for you to enjoy. Meet Maude, the Magic Unusual from 1921, who stumbles into a world of supernatural gangsters, true friends, and plague mask thingies in MCGILLICUDDY AND MURDER'S PAWN SHOP. Darren Curtis wrote the intro music. Please thank him! See you next time!
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