It is night, Jack is again in the abandoned palace. But now he is floating, drifting away from the palace, down the hill and into Madame Chatterjee’s room. She is talking to someone – he is tall, a white turban, a white beard, a long white robe

I Go No Further

Mar 2nd, 2022 12m 52s

(Notes) All the sounds you’ve been hearing in “Dreams of India,” we recorded in India - in Delhi, Mumbai, the Taj Mahal Hotel, Bangalore, Mysore, the countryside of South India, and the Palace of the Maharaja of Mysore. We also recorded the ste

He Will Trick You

Feb 23rd, 2022 18m 38s

In the middle of the night, Jack enters the desolant summer palace. Inside, he sits and waits. In his mind, he relives climbing the hill, entering the palace, and this seems to happen over and over. It goes on and on, as more and more Jacks in

The One Who Said He Was Me

Feb 16th, 2022 14m 1s

Aunt Chatterjee asks, “Do you feel you can confront it?” Jack confesses, “I’m not very good at exorcising old summer palaces.” Later, with Kamala, Jack asks, “Your aunt made a pact with a jinn, and now the spirit has come to collect, is that it

What You Are, You Do Not See

Feb 9th, 2022 18m 44s

Jack explores an abandoned summer palace on a hill outside the village. He wonders, is it haunted? He felt he was being watched. The second time he enters the palace, he hears his own voice echoing, “The night kisses the fading day, whispering

A White Suit and Ascot

Feb 2nd, 2022 17m 55s

Staying at the Hotel Taj Mahal (in separate rooms, of course), Kamala greets Jack with the ‘Tagore of the day.’ “I have lost my dewdrop, cries the flower to the morning sky that has lost all its stars.” They take the train south to Mysore, and

In Fiction She Moves with Ease

Jan 26th, 2022 16m 1s

They fly to Bombay (now Mumbai). Kamala is surprised that Jack knows of the poet, Rabindranath Tagore. “Truth in her dress finds facts too tight, in fiction she moves with ease.” When Jack asks, “What does it feel like, wearing a sari?” Kamala

Am I Disturbing You?

Jan 19th, 2022 15m 54s

In an Indian restaurant in New York City, Jack Flanders is greeted by Kamala Shukla, a woman who claims Jack knows her aunt, Lalitha Chatterjee. “You gave her your card.” She hands Jack the card, he reads it, “What appears to be coming at you,

The Velvet Realms

Jul 10th, 2020 26m 32s

This is the final episode. Captain Jack sails to the Velvet Realms, where he discovers the Celestial City. Descending into the Pearl Dome, his Frombork spirals down to the marble floor below. Within the translucent pillars, angels and demons sw

The Land of The Talking Totems

Jul 3rd, 2020 27m 28s

The bickering Talking Totems tell Jack he must meet Mad Merlin Mazoola in a dream contest. The challenge is accepted, and Jack finds himself with Mojo and Dr. Marvin Mazoola in a “Festival of Demons,” where cast iron monsters, flatulating foul

Captain Jack & the Pirate Queen

Jun 26th, 2020 27m 39s

Using a whip, cutlass, and curses, the Pirate Queen teaches Jack how to be a “Captain!” Attempting to free Little Frieda, they attack the sorcerer Mad Mazoola’s castle. Jack “far-sees,” putting himself in a whirling dust devil, but winds up in

A Fine Day for Fromborks

Jun 19th, 2020 27m 42s

Jack tries Old Arts' "far-seeing" and winds up in the mind of a wild Frombork. The Blue Swallow is attacked by the Pirate Queen, the Black Mona Lisa. Captain Swallow catches a cannon ball with his tummy, and with the Pirate Queen about to board

Bad Day at Dragon's Breath

Jun 12th, 2020 27m 21s

The sky ship, the Blue Swallow, encounters an ice storm, plus pirates, and are forced to land on the misty isle known as “The Dragon’s Breath.” While the ship is being repaired, Jack and Little Frieda discover a cave with paintings of giant egg

Let's Kill Mazoola!

Jun 5th, 2020 27m 44s

While on the Blue Swallow, the alchemist, Dr. Mazoola, causes an explosion that also injures Little Freida. Both are fading fast. Captain Swallow convinces Jack to bargain with the Lords of Death for their souls. But when Jack finds he’s standi

The Marquis of Carumbas

May 29th, 2020 28m 43s

Jack dreams that he is on the back of a Frombork, but he awakes to find he is in a punt being poled by a man wearing a cape and top hat. This strange fellow introduces himself as the Marquis of Carumbas (a name he stole from someone who never e

Beyond The Merple Mountains

May 22nd, 2020 27m 46s

At midnight, the green velvet chair calls to Jack. As he sinks into the seductive cushions, he finds himself back on the Blue Swallow, sailing through the night sky. Standing in the bow, smoking a cigar, is a little girl with pigtails, her name

The Jungles Of Zamburrha

May 14th, 2020 28m 6s

As a church bell tolls the midnight hour, Jack can feel himself being drawn to the green overstuffed chair. When he sits in the soft, velvety cushions, he finds himself seated upon the back of a Frombork, a fierce winged reptile.

The Green Velvet Chair

May 8th, 2020 28m 6s

In the dead of night, a large shipping crate is delivered to the home of our hero, Jack Flanders. Opening the crate, Jack discovers a green velvet overstuffed chair. When he sits in the chair, his everyday reality fades away, and he finds himse

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