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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 Music performed, audio edited and produced by Daniel Fishbonius Make sure you visit https://stevetem.com/ https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

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 knits a shit-load of scarves and hats, goes geocaching, and seeks out locations she’s never visited before. If she can find the remains of a crumbling, abandoned amusement park, all the better. Be sure to checkout Twisted pulp magazine, published monthly, at https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

DEAD AIRWAVES IS A SHORT STORY SHOW WITH STORIES BY WILLIAM F. NOLAN, JACK DANN, ROD SERLING, JOHN COLLIER, RICHARD CHRISTIAN MATHESON, G. WAYNE MILLER, ETC. NARRATED, SOMETIMES WITH MUSIC, SOMETIMES WITH SFX, OR ACTED BY ACTORS. LISTEN LIVE ON 88.5 KKRN, OR KKRN.ORG TRYING TO PRESERVE AND KEEP IN MEMORY OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS/FRIENDS STORIES OF HORROR, SF, AND DARK FANTASY. THE SHOW IS A PRESENTATION OF SCREAMING EYE PRESS, CREATED BY MARK SLADE, CHAUNCEY HAWORTH, AND CAMERON HAMPTON ALL ART IS BY CAMERON HAMPTON. https://www.screamingeyepress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TIME ENOUGH AT LAST BY LYNN VENABLE Read by Wesley Critchfield The infamous Time Enough At Last was adapted for television as an episode of The Twilight Zone  in 1959. First published in If Magazine in  1953. 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

TONIGHT WE HAVE SEVERAL STORIES WRITTEN BY BRANDI HICKS WITH HER BRAND OF SOUTHERN GOTHIC WEIRD FICTION. ALL STORIES READ BY WESLEY CRITCHFIELD.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT TWO WEIRD TALES. LEVITATION BY JOSEPH PAYNE BRENNAN AND A DRAMATIZATION OF THE CHASER DIRECTED BY JACK WARD. LEVITATION IS NARRATED BY WESLEY CRITCHFIELD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT A WEIRD TALE CALLED SHADOW, SHADOW, ON THE WALL BY THEODORE STURGEON. NARRATED BY WESLEY CRITCHFIELD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT A FLASHBACK FROM DARK DREAMS PODCAST. RAY GARTON STORY MRS. DEMARCOS CORPSE. NARRATED BY E.S. WYNN. THE AUDIO A LITTLE DODGY BECAUSE ITS FROM FILES 8 YRS AGO --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

We have another story by the great G. Wayne Miller. Perfect Art  read by Frank Guglielmelli. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT K.W. JEETER'S VERY BIZARRE BLUE ON ONE END, YELLOW ON THE OTHER, READ BY THE GREAT E.S. WYNN. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS AN OLD AUDIO FILE. THERE MAY BE SOME AUDIO SOUND PROBLEMS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED K.W. JEETER, SPECIAL THANKS TO HIM FOR ALLOWING US TO RE-AIR THE STORY. FIRST APPEARED IN MIDNIGHT GRAFITTI, COPYRIGHT 1992 BY K.W. JEETER. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT ROBERT BLOCK WITH THE CLASSIC STORY A CASE OF THE STUBBORNS! READ AND DIRECTED BY WESLEY CRITCHFIELD. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING 2AM PACIFIC/5AM EASTERN TO HEAR THE EPISODES ON KKRN.ORG OR KKRN 88.7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT SLIPPAGE BY MICHAEL P.KUBE-MCDOWELL, READ AND DIRECTED BY WESLEY CRITCHFIELD.  THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES AND EPISODES OF TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message

TONIGHT WE PRESENT CANDY MOM BY MATT LENNOX BLEED BY RICHARD CHRISTIAN MATHESON READ BY WESLEY CRITCHFIELD AND THE CITY BY MARK SLADE READ BY COREY GRAHAM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mslade/message