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DEAD AIRWAVES EPISODE 46 The Man who was Slugger Malone By George Clayton Johnson Read by Amanda Dolan Harrison --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves Episode 45. The Roaches By Thomas M. Disch Read Martin Clothier Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction writer and poet.[1][2][3] He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Rhysling Award, and two Seiun Awards, among others. In the 1960s, his work began appearing in science-fiction magazines. His critically acclaimed science fiction novels, The Genocides, Camp Concentration and 334 are major contributions to the New Wave science fiction movement. In 1996, his book The Castle of Indolence: On Poetry, Poets, and Poetasters was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award,[4] and in 1999, Disch won the Nonfiction Hugo for The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, a meditation on the impact of science fiction on our culture, as well as the Michael Braude Award

DEAD AIRWAVES Episode 44 Tell Mommy what Happened By Alan Ryan Read by Chrisi Pashley. Alan Peter Ryan (May 17, 1943 – June 3, 2011) was an American author and editor, known for his work in the horror genre in the 1980s. Ryan was a prolific horror author and also a respected editor, with notable anthologies including World Fantasy Award nominees Perpetual Light (1982) and Night Visions: In the Blood (1984, first in the Night Visions series published by Berkley and later Subterranean Press). These anthologies feature works from authors like Charles L. Grant, Robert Silverberg and Brian Aldiss. He also edited Halloween Horrors (1986), Vampires (1987; re-edited as The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories in 1988), and Haunting Women (1988). Make sure you checkout Twisted Pulp Magazine on Amazon and our website https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ Look for Horrible Little Stories Anthology featuring Joe Lansdale, Elizabeth Massie, G.L. Raisor, Jack Dann and more! All proceeds will go to thefire.org to help fight censo

Dead Airwaves Episode 43 Your's Truly, Jack the Ripper By Robert Bloch Read by Neil Shearer We present the classic story by Robert Bloch, in which a man still believes Jack the Ripper is still alive Be sure to check out Twisted Pulp Magazine on Amazon and https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ Look for Horrible Little Stories book to be published July 24, 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves Episode 42 The Picture of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By David Kempf Read by Wesley Critchfield What if the artist who painted Dorian Gray painted a picture of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Horror author David Kempf spins a new tale based on the classic stories created by Oscar Wilde and Robert Louis Stevenson. Be sure to checkout https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ Look for Twisted Pulp Magazine on Amazon and on the website. Keep an eye on our upcoming anthology Horrible little stories, a collection of stories to benefit Free Speech, all proceeds will be donated to thefire.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves E 41 The Litter by James kisner Read by Joe Stofko A man and his family deal with their cat and her deformed litter of kittens, only to discover the neighbors have the same problem with their pet dog. Be sure to visit https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ And check out Twisted Pulp Magazine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves E 40 The Death Runner by Thomas Sullivan Read by Nancy Bueler. Thomas Sullivan is the author of some eighty short stories and novels. His work involves characters in intensely psychological situations that range from thrillers (The Water Wolf) to comedy (The Phases of Harry Moon). Awards and recognitions are for literary and genre fiction. He has lived in Lathrup Village, Michigan. His 1988 novel The Phases of Harry Moon received a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Be sure to checkout https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ and Twisted Pulp Magazine on Amazon. Coming Soon: Horrible Little Stories! An anthology to benefit Free Speech, featuring stories by Joe Lansdale, Elizabeth Massie, G.L. Raisor, Richard Christian Matheson, Jack Dann and more! All proceeds will be donated to thefire.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves Episode 39 Everything and Nothing by Jorge Luis Borges Read by Wesley Critchfield. Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring themes of dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American. Be sure to visit https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ And look for Twisted Pulp Magazine on Amazon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves E 38 There's nothing to fear by David Kempf Read by Wesley Critchfield Tonight we present David Kempf's take on the infamous Sherlock Holmes and Professor Morarity confrontation. David Kempf has written over fifty short stories, many with themes of horror fiction. He has won several writing awards including first place in Millersville University’s Lemuria magazine’s short story competition. Two of his short stories were selected for the 2007 publication of The Grackle. He is a frequent contributor to the British website www.mastersofhorror.co.uk. He has written two children's books Tell Me More About Earth & The Wisdom Tree. The Wisdom Tree he wrote with his son Andrew to help families understand the issues associated with addiction. In 2014 he wrote The Horror of It All, featuring interviews with prominent figures in the horror community. All the proceeds from that book went to help those suffering from ALS. He is currently the author of six novels: Dark Fiction, The Petsorcist, Damned Fic

Coming soon from Screaming Eye Press! A new Anthology Horrible Little Stories! A collection of Horror and Dark Fantasy tales Featuring Joe Lansdale, G.L. Raisor Elizabeth Massie, Jack Dann, Richard Christian Matheson, Ray Garton, G. Wayne Miller, and more! This book is created to bring awareness and help fight the rampant censorship this country is currently experiencing. All proceeds will be donated to the anti-censorship foundation The fire.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Coming soon from Screaming Eye Press! A new Anthology Horrible Little Stories! A collection of Horror and Dark Fantasy tales Featuring Joe Lansdale, G.L. Raisor Elizabeth Massie, Jack Dann, Richard Christian Matheson, Ray Garton, G. Wayne Miller, and more! This book is created to bring awareness and help fight the rampant censorship this country is currently experiencing. All proceeds will be donated to the anti-censorship foundation The fire.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Read by Wesley Critchfield, Three Skeleton Key is a short story by the French author Georges-Gustave Toudouze. The January 1937 edition of Esquire marked its first appearance in English. This suspenseful tale and "Leiningen Versus the Ants" were discovered by the magazine's editor Arnold Gingrich. Georges-G. Toudouze (1877–1972) was born in Paris, France. His father, Gustave Toudouze, was a well-known author of the time. The younger Toudouze wrote on such topics as art, architecture, travel and French naval history. Although he penned numerous adventure novels and short stories, he is today remembered for a single work: "Three Skeleton Key".  Make sure you visit https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ And check out Twisted Pulp Magazine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves Episode 36: Inside the Closet by Michael McDowell. This was an episode of Tales from the Darkside and adapted as a story in the Anthology of stories for the series. Read by Jackie Ayers With voices by Lee Mazy J.R. Wesley Critchfield Music, sound effects provided by Wesley Critchfield --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

DEAD AIRWAVES E 35 RECURRING NIGHTMARE BY G.L. RAISOR We have another great story from Gary Raisor. This story was originally published in the influential magazine The Horror Show. Gary Raisor is an American horror author best known for the novels Less Than Human, Graven Images, Sinister Purposes, and his extensive short fiction work. His novels garnered reviews.[1] He was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for Less Than Human in 1992. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves Episode 34 The Ghost of Potter Road By Wesley Critchfield Wesley Critchfield is an American Voice actor and Author, often heard this show narrating various stories. Theme Music By Tim Slade Produced By Mark Slade, Chauncey Haworth, and Lothar Tuppan Checkout our publications https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves E 33 Morning Talk by Steve Rasnic Tem Read by Wesley Critchfield Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950) is an American author. He was born in Jonesville, Virginia. Steve attended college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and also at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned a B.A. in English education. In 1974, he moved to Colorado and studied creative writing at Colorado State University. He married Melanie Kubachko, and the couple took the joint surname "Tem".[ They had four children and lived in Colorado. Rasnic Tem's short fiction has been compared to the work of Franz Kafka, Dino Buzzati, Ray Bradbury, and Raymond Carver, but to quote Joe R. Lansdale: "Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself." His 200 plus published pieces have garnered him a British Fantasy Award, a World Fantasy Award and a nomination for the Bram Stoker Awards. Baby Lemonade By Mark Slade Performed by: Wesley Critchfield Kim Godwin D.B. Spitzer Rosana Xim Nancy Bueler

THE MAN WHO SOLD ROPETO GNOLES By Idris Seabright  Read by Wesley Critchfield Margaret St. Clair (February 17, 1911 Huchinson, Kansas - November 22, 1995 Santa Rosa, CA) was an American science fiction writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Idris Seabright and Wilton Hazzard. Theme by Tim Slade Produced by Mark Slade, Chauncey Haworth, and Lothar Tuppan Checkout our publications at https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

DEAD AIRWAVES E 29: IN THE CARDS BY MICHAEL McDOWELL and CAROLE LUCIA SATRINA Read by Wesley Critchfield Catherine is a Tarot reader, and the deck of cards used causes real-life problems for her. Story was written by McDowell based on a teleplay by Carole Lucia Satrina, featured on Tales From The Darkside, and published in Tales From The Darkside anthology. Theme music by Tim Slade Produced by Mark Slade, Chauncey Haworth, and Lothar Tuppan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves E 30 Night Caller By G.L. Raisor. Read By Wesley Critchfield Another great story from one of our favorite writers of Horror and Dark Fantasy, G.L. Raisor. Gary is an American horror author best known for the novels Less Than Human, Graven Images, Sinister Purposes, and his extensive short fiction work. His novels garnered reviews. He was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for Less Than Human in 1992. He also edited the anthology Obsessions with stories from Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson, F. Paul Wilson, Dan Simmons, Joe R. Lansdale, and featured the story Lady Madonna by Nancy Holder, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction in 1991. Make sure you checkout our magazine Twisted Pulp at Amazon and https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

Dead Airwaves E29 Read by Wesley Critchfield This episode features a story from one of our favorite writers, Elizabeth Massie. "Whittler" was first published in the influential Horror Show Magazine Winter 1984. Elizabeth Massie, is a two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning and Scribe Award-winning author of novels, short fiction, media-tie ins, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels and collections include Sineater, Hell Gate, Desper Hollow, Wire Mesh Mothers, Homeplace, Naked on the Edge, Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (co-authored with Mark Rainey), Versailles, The Tudors: King Takes Queen, The Tudors: Thy Will Be Done, Homegrown, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Power of Persuasion, It Watching, Afraid, Madame Cruller’s Couch and Other Dark and Bizarre Tales, The Great Chicago Fire, and more. She is also the creator of the Ameri-Scares series of spooky, middle-grade novels. Beth lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband, artist/illustrator and Theremin-player Cortney Skinner. When not writing, she kn