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Welcome to Mystery Minnesota.  ----more---- Sven shares more of his astounding tales, including the possibility of an evil duo of fog monsters tormenting the land Mystery Minnesota is an original fiction podcast written, produced, and created by David Szweduik and is an Adventures in Creativity Production.  To find out more visit aicpod.com You can follow us @aicstories across almost all social media if you want to chat about the stories or just reach out and say hi. 

Join me for a tale of harrowing suspense and noir-ish murder mystery in this episode! This is part one of a two part story.  ----more---- Wilson Lamb cuddled his automatic to play "Mr. Death" and fingered little Louis Engel for coffin cargo. But when he pulled the trigger, Whisper, the gun-cobra from Chi, spilled out of Doom's deck....   Written by: T. W. Ford Originally published in Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942           Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.    Theme Music: Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik

Welcome to Mystery Minnesota.  ----more---- We meet a local named Sven with a theory from his Scandinavian roots.  Mystery Minnesota is an original fiction podcast written, produced, and created by David Szweduik and is an Adventures in Creativity Production.  To find out more visit aicpod.com You can follow us @aicstories across almost all social media if you want to chat about the stories or just reach out and say hi. 

Join me for a tale of time travel and alternate dimensions in this episode! ----more---- If, somehow, you get trapped in a circular time system  . . .  how long is the circumference of an infinitely retraced circle?   Written by: John O’Keefe Originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, June, 1955           Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.    Theme Music: Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik

Welcome to Mystery Minnesota.  ----more---- Is Old Zeke actually a classic fairytale monster from Italian Folklore?  Mystery Minnesota is an original fiction podcast written, produced, and created by David Szweduik and is an Adventures in Creativity Production.  To find out more visit aicpod.com You can follow us @aicstories across almost all social media if you want to chat about the stories or just reach out and say hi. 

Join me on a tale of mystical fantasy and heartbreaking love in this episode! This is a story of friendship, love, mystical fantasy, and in the end… heartbreaking tragedy. A little of everything and I know you’ll love it! ----more---- Written by: Author Unknown Originally published in the book "Uncanny Tales" by Various Authors in 1916           Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.    Theme Music: Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik

Welcome to Mystery Minnesota.  ----more---- We find out if Ben survived his encounter with Old Zeke and just where that leaves our search for Mystery Minnesota. Mystery Minnesota is an original fiction podcast written, produced, and created by David Szweduik and is an Adventures in Creativity Production.  To find out more visit aicpod.com You can follow us @aicstories across almost all social media if you want to chat about the stories or just reach out and say hi. 

Join me on a tale of fantasy in this episode! Be'al, all-powerful god, drank the blood of his victims. Would Gaar be able to save Marna, whom Be'al kept in eternal sleep, and avenge her people? ----more---- Originally published in Amazing Stories November 1948   Written by Knut Enferd     Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.    Theme Music: Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik  

Welcome to Mystery Minnesota.  ----more---- We begin our journey and meet a young boy named Ben who is about to challenge a family warning that has persisted for generations.  Mystery Minnesota is an original fiction podcast written, produced, and created by David Szweduik and is an Adventures in Creativity Production.  To find out more visit aicpod.com You can follow us @aicstories across almost all social media if you want to chat about the stories or just reach out and say hi. 

This was Burnett's last trip. Three more shelves to fill with space-slain warriors—and he would be among the living again. ----more---- Originally published in Summer of 1944 in Planet Stories   Written by Ray Bradbury       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.    Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik

Welcome to Mystery Minnesota.  ----more---- It's high time we kick off the story and begin our search to discover, and uncover, more about Mystery Minnesota. Mystery Minnesota is an original fiction podcast written, produced, and created by David Szweduik and is an Adventures in Creativity Production.  To find out more visit aicpod.com You can follow us @aicstories across almost all social media if you want to chat about the stories or just reach out and say hi. 

The wait is finally over!After a brief hiatus through the month of January, it's finally time for the return of AIC Stories and things are kicking off with a long awaited announcement for you!----more----That's right, it's finally ready to go!Season One of my very first Original fiction podcast, Mystery Minnesota, has an official trailer out AND a release date. The best part is that you won't have to wait long because Mystery Minnesota will kick off with episode one on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021!   Mystery Minnesota is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your writer, narrator, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Mystery Minnesota”! Of course you can also find Mystery Minnesota, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.

Christmas, the most joyful time of year. But what happens when a group of Demons decides that Santa is bad for THEIR business because he keeping everyone a little TOO happy? ----more---- Originally published in December of 1904   Written by L. Frank Baum       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “Everything AIC” in your preferred podcast app.    Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik

With name changes and rebranding comes new purpose and what started as a simple podcast has now morphed and changed into my own storytelling podcast network of sorts. THIS is where you can find ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions projects in ONE simple place, the Everything AIC feed. So if you love storytelling, both original fiction, classic stories, and even discussion on stories in film and tv, then Everything AIC is where you NEED to be!

What if alternate timelines were possible. A conversation with a TV producer about a new program they are planning gives us insight into what might have been, or maybe, what already IS somewhere else. ----more---- Originally published in Fantastic Universe Science Fiction in July 1959   Written by H. Beam Piper       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!   You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!   Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music by Marco Trovatello   Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org

In the race to put a secret space station on the moon, the US Army has a startling realization when they arrive. Secrets can be far more dangerous than they realized.  ----more----   Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction in February 1954   Written by William Tenn       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!   You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!   Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music by Marco Trovatello   Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org

Sometimes the simplest toys hold real power. And sometimes a little cunning is required to make the reach their FULL potential.  ----more----   Originally published in Analog in April 1962   Written by Harry Harrison       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!   You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!   Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music by Marco Trovatello   Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org  

A father and son face a terrible family legacy. A legacy of blood, of murder, of vampires. Is their house, their lineage, actually cursed or will they finally break free of a murderous history? ----more---- Originally published in Weird Tales in October 1936   Written by Earl Peirce Jr       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!   You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!   Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music by Marco Trovatello   Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org

A little boy and his family discover the horror of what lives behind the hole in the deep, dark corner of his closet. Sometimes… Parents just won’t believe their children… Sometimes they regret that.  ----more---- Originally published in Worlds of If - Science Fiction in November 1960.     Written by William W Stuart   Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!   You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!   Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music by Marco Trovatello   Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org

A magician serving as a “Wizardry Missionary” tries to find a way to teach an easygoing race of people how to use magic. But the cost to teach them his lesson may prove to heavy to bear!   ----more----   Originally published in Worlds of If - Science Fiction in January 1960.    Written by Margaret St. Clair       Faded Words is an Adventures in Creativity Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.   Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!   You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!   Theme Music:Anoitecer (Nightfall) by Guifrog   Additional Music by Marco Trovatello   Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org