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A podcast adaptation of stories from the fiction collection A Consternation of Monsters, by Eric Fritzius. A consternation, as you should remember from grade school, is the collective noun for monsters. It is therefore a fitting title for a collection of short stories that each contain monsters of various sorts and shades. In these tales, a creature of make-believe proves difficult to disbelieve, a trickster-god takes an unkindly interest in witnesses, eldritch horrors can be summoned using ...
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EPISODE 08: "The Hocco Makes the Echo" a recorded live reading [REDUX]
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Rob Hughes thought his kid was a genius--or, if not a genius, at least a very smart boy. Aaron was only five years old and already he could tie his shoes, count to 120, identify pictures of animals in books and recognize the constellation of Orion. Sure, he referred to it as `Oh-wyan,��� but he knew it when he saw it. Aaron was possessed of a power…
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EPISODE 07: "Nigh" a live reading [REDUX]
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The end of the world is an event that has been predicted for millennia. It is always on the horizon, but so far has not come to pass. Mr. Daniels, however, has his own prediction and, unless he���s wrong, the danger of the end of the world is very real indeed. And it just might begin at Starbucks. This live-reading of "Nigh" was recorded at the 201…
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EPISODE 06: "Wolves Among Stones at Dusk" REDUX
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The Mexican Gray wolf is among the rarest of North American wolf species. Few humans have seen them, fewer still have heard them growl, and far fewer have heard the pangs of hunger from the stomach of one. One old man, seated on the cliff of an Arizona mesa, could possibly lay claim to all three of these feats if only he could be bothered to pay at…
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EPISODE 05: "...to a Flame" the stage play (live from the Pocahontas County Opera House)
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The Mothman of West Virginia is reported to be a winged creature, the size of a man, but with glowing red eyes. There have been a few plays written about this creature. This is one of them. Presenting the stage adaptation of Eric Fritzius���s short story "...to a Flame" as recorded during its performance at the Opera House PlayFest, at the Pocahont…
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EPISODE 04: "Old Country" a Live Radio Adaptation REDUX
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Episode 04 of the REDUX version of the Consternation of Monsters Podcast features a recording of a live radio adaptation of the short story "Old Country" as found in the collection A Consternation of Monsters. On a day in 1983, Martin Riscili receives the most important phone call of his life. His late father���s mobster "associate," Jimmy Jambalay…
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A story of bitter rivalries, stolen opportunities, forgery, and the angel of death, set in the cut throat world of public television antiques appraisal--a world in which one of the most powerful objects is a fork. This podcast is an excerpt of the audiobook adaptation of the short story "Limited Edition" found in the collection A Consternation of M…
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EPISODE 02: "The Ones that Aren���t Crows" REDUX
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The Seward Whale Strike Tragedy, they called it. Twenty-five people dead. The worst accident in Alaska���s tourism history since Will Rogers��� plane went down in ���35. Only one man left alive knows the truth of what really happened--the man everyone agrees caused the tragedy to start with. And if there���s one thing he���s sure of, the thing they…
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The Mothman of West Virginia is reported to be a winged creature, the size of a man, but with glowing red eyes. It was reportedly witnessed on multiple occasions around the area of Point Pleasant, W.Va., during the 1960s and has been reported around the world since. An ominous creature, its presence often seems to portend doom for those who see it.…
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The Consternation of Monsters Podcast is an ongoing project, adapting and excerpting a few of the stories found in the short story collection A Consternation of Monsters as well as the unabridged audiobook of the collection. While many of these stories have been featured in the previous iteration of this podcast from 2015, this redux edition will f…
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