As a bonus for Soothing Stories listeners, we would like to share a preview of our brand-new show, "Uncanny Robot Podcast." Yes, more Uncanny goodness! Wonderfully wild AI-created stories read by humans (that would be Thersa and Richard) with a
Did you know "The Iron Shroud" by William Mudford was the impetus for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"? Well, it was. I decided to read it (and next, Poe's iconic tale), so we can compare the two for similarities and differences. I
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
I've seen and heard dozens of narrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice and Wonderland, but at present none of the sequel, Through the Looking Glass. So I decided to remedy this and read the tale one chapter at a time. In this story, Alice doesn't fa
In Jack London's short story Moon Face, our narrator has a deep-seated dislike for his neighbor, Jack Claverhouse, a man with a face like a moon and a constant cheerful demeanor. His hatred grows until he takes it upon himself to fix the proble
A pretty young girl named Rosamond discovers a mesmerizing violet flame dancing around her forehead. But every time she looks in a mirror it flickers and dims. Support us on Patron: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Buy Me a Coffee (one-ti
Published in 1892 it's both a horror story and a feminist piece. Gilman herself suffered years of depression, her prescription at the time was to rest and live as domestic a life as possible. Remember this was in the late 1800s and she was a wo
The short story "Sand Walls, Paper Doors" is from my first collection of short stories called, "A Robe of Feathers and Other Stories". Set in Japan, it's a somewhat autobiographical tale about an exchange student trying to find her way in the w
Today's story is "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, a particularly relevant tale for the world's current state of affairs. Support us on Patron: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): buy
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