PodCastle, the fantasy fiction podcast, features “Magic In A Certain Slant of Light” by Deborah Coates read by Cat Rambo |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
Day: June 9, 2008
Escape Pod Features Janni Lee Simner’s “Alien Promises”
Anna Eley reads “Alien Promises” by Janni Lee Simner over at Escape Pod. Here is the |MP3|.
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Posted by Charles Tan
Mike Walker’s Alpha rebroadcast on BBC7
Rich Carlson writes in about a 2001 radio drama that is getting re-aired. The program in question was scripted by the same guy who did the phenomenal Chillers – Four Tales of Terror series. Of it Rich sez:
Mike Walker’s award winning radio play, Alpha, is an accessible, if somewhat controversial “tale about a computer so all-knowing that it seems to have (a) life of its own”. Of course, there’s much more to the story than that. BBC7 describes Alpha as “chilling” and this is not far from the truth. Hypnotic and thought provoking with haunting music and first rate performances, Alpha is not to be missed.
Alpha
By Mike Walker; Performed by a full cast
1 Broadcast – Approx. 1 Hour [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC7 – The 7th Dimension
Broadcast: Sunday, June 15 18:00-19:00 GMT
And don’t forget you can use the BBC7 “Listen Again” feature for 6 days after the broadcast!
[Thanks Rich!]
Posted by Jesse Willis
Review of The Communion Of The Saint by Alan David Justice
The Communion of the Saint
By Alan David Justice; Read by Alan David Justice
17 MP3 Files – Approx. 6 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Podiobooks
Published: 2008
Themes: / Fantasy / Magical Realism / Catholicism / Ghosts / Time Travel / Paranormal /
Justice has given us an excellent novel that tells the story of historian, Clio Griffin, who begins to fear that she has inherited her mother’s insanity when she arrives in England for a job interview and begins hearing voices and having visions. Clio is being spoken to by St. Alban who was martyred nearby. As the story unfolds, Clio begins to experience the past and present in dizzying succession. She experiences the past through the eyes of people who lived through history that is not as sanitized as one might think from the history books. In the present Clio comes across a wide variety of reactions from such diverse people as the local mystic who sees nothing out of the ordinary in hearing from a saint, the priest who is envious of her visions, the newspaperman who just wants a good story, and the sexton who has possibly made a literal deal with the devil. The sexton’s seeming obsession with Clio provides the mystery and threat and is the one real thing about which we do not have to wonder. He is out to get her.
Justice has an excellent grip on the portrayal of the modern mind when faith is brought up and he shows the gamut of reactions while also giving us a gripping story. We are pulled through the story by our own involvement and questions. Is Clio really time traveling or is she losing her reason? Where did the plague victim come from who appears suddenly in her home? Will the sexton take his revenge upon her or will he be thwarted? This is a fascinating story about a thoroughly modern person who must come to grips with an ancient saint who is telling her that faith is real and she has a role in both receiving that faith and passing it on to others.
Author Alan David Justice reads the book with just the right amount of detachment to reflect Clio’s disbelief in her experiences. Justice’s wry inflections acquaint us quickly with Clio’s cynicism almost before we hear the words and yet he also manages to keep the pace quick enough that we are left hanging on each episode of the book. Hopefully, this is not the last we will hear (or read) from this author.
Listen to the author read it on Podiobooks.
Posted by Julie D.