Hello and welcome to the Mayerzine! When I said slow down, I wasn't anticipating going this slow. We've hit some bumps in the road, but I'm trying to get the train back on the track. The schedule is going to be a little erratic as I try to get us caught up. But for now, some more Mayerzine goodness! Episode Contents: 0:56 - A Dream of Red Hands, by…

Hello and welcome to the Mayerzine! Well, it's been a hot minute, but we're back with a new issue. The Mayerzine has to unfortunately slow down to every other week, but this will allow me to spend time on all that bonus stuff I've been promising to the patrons. This issue wraps up A May-Day Gift and I am so thrilled to have been able to bring that …

Hello and welcome to the Mayerzine! Happy Memorial Day, my fellow Americans. At some point during your Kickoff-to-Summer barbeque, please take a moment to remember and celebrate those who have fallen in service to our country. My grandfather was on a boat providing cover fire at Normandy but he thankfully came home. So many others didn't from so ma…

Welcome to the Mayerzine! This week we watch Abby and Larry make an oratory and witness the secret to eternal youth. Episode Contents: 0:46 - Dark Dignum, by Bernard Capes 20:11 - A May-Day Gift (part 2), by Mary Catherine Crowley, narrated by Aven Shore 34:15 - Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, by Nathanial Hawthorne All fiction is in the public domain.…

Welcome to the Mayerzine! This week continues Bear Trap. Also this week we begin a delightful little story about the month of May, the Virgin Mary, and two kids who mean well. They really do. Episode Contents: 1:02 - Bear Trap, by Alan E. Nourse, part 4 28:53 - The Street, by H. P. Lovecraft 43:50 - A May-Day Gift, by Mary Catherine Crowley, narrat…

Welcome to the Mayerzine! This week I included another story which featured war with Russia in the form of a post-WW3 story with an interesting twist ending. While I didn't mean it to be timely or a commentary, one cannot escape the larger picture. Everything we do is in the context of current events, and I'd be a hypocrite to say otherwise, consid…

Welcome to the Mayerzine! This week continues Bear Trap and we discover the real story behind the iconic Mickey Mouse cartoon The Brave Little Tailor. Episode Contents: 1:56 - The Valiant Little Tailor, by The Brothers Grimm 20:18 - Bear Trap, by Alan E. Nourse, part 2 All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-2022 by Chri…

Welcome back to the Mayerzine! This week starts volume 3. We have another ghost story as well as the beginning of a dastardly plot and an enormous war. Episode Contents: 2:14 - A Shady Plot, by Elsie Brown 27:24 - Bear Trap, Part 1 All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-2022 by Christopher James Mayer. All music is lice…

This week is Lucy Maud Montgomery week with another fantastic appearance by Aven Shore! Aven saved my bacon this week. I had originally planned to bring you In the Old Valley, which is a really sweet story, but March was pretty hectic and I didn't manage to get it recorded. However, Aven surprised me with an extra story which fit in very well along…

This week concludes The Amateur and brings you a ghost who isn't so good at ghosting. Episode Contents: 1:27 - The Amateur (Part 2), by Richard Harding Davis 23:18 - The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost, by H. G. Wells All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-2022 by Christopher James Mayer. All music is licensed royalty-…

Now we all have a face that we hide away forever, but we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.... Oh wait, wrong show... This episodes starts a two-parter: The Amateur, about an investigative journalist who fancies himself something of a detective. So this week we take a closer look at what people might have to hide... Episode Co…

This week brings us a gambler and a ghost ship. We will be on hiatus next week, returning on March 14th with our next serialized story and yet more Edgar Allen Poe. Episode Contents: 0:58 - The Ghost-Ship, by Richard Middleton 25:12 - The Outcasts of Poker Flat, by Bret Harte All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-2022 …

This week is all about mesmerism courtesy of our old friend Edgar Allen Poe. Episode Contents: cold open - Ex Oblivione, by H. P. Lovecraft 6:35 - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, by Edgar Allen Poe 28:52 - Mesmeric Revelation, by Edgar Allen Poe All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-2022 by Christopher James Maye…

The big Two-Zero! Episode 20 of The Mayerzine celebrates Valentine's Day with a little help from a friend. Aven Shore drops by with a lovely story, and surprise! The Mayerzine is moving to Mondays. Mayerzine Mondays. It's alliteration at its finest. I don't know why I didn't do that in the first place. Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Episode Conten…

This week we check into a couple of different hotels. Episode Contents: 2:40 - The Hotel Experience of Mr. Pink Fluker, by Richard Malcolm Johnston 29:58 - The Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn, by Charles Dickens All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-2022 by Christopher James Mayer. All music is licensed royalty-free from s…

This week we have the final Jim Shorthouse story of the month and it's a fantastic classic haunted house story. Episode Contents: 1:00 - The Portal of the Unknown, by Andrew Jackson Davis 11:51 - Shadow - A Parable, by Edgar Allen Poe 19:11 - The Empty House, by Algernon Blackwood All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021-…

This week concludes the awkwardly-titled "The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York." What did you think of us serializing a story? Was it fun? Annoying to wait for it? Well, we'll probably do this again in the future, taking any feedback into account. Sound off in the Patreon. Episode Contents: 0:57 - The Strange Adventures of a Pr…

This week is the middle chapter of Jim's adventure on Long Island. Episode Contents: 1:05 - The Bird in the Garden, by Richard Middleton 11:12 - The Nice People, by Henry Cuyler Bunner 33:32 - The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York (Part 2), by Algernon Blackwood All fiction is in the public domain. This podcast is copyright 2021…

Remember how I said we're going to start serializing longer stories? Well, Jim Shorthouse month continues with just such a story. This week is part one of a rather bizarre encounter on Long Island. Episode Contents: 3:02 - The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York (part 1), by Algernon Blackwood 35:19 - Dracula's Guest, by Bram Stok…

Happy New Year everybody! I'd like to think of volume 1 as our soft opening, and volume 2 as grabbing the new year by the horns and really seeing where we can go with this. I can promise that Volume 2 will see more guest narrators, and we'll even start serializing longer stories like in a proper fiction magazine. January is Jim Shorthouse month! Wh…

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas holiday. Welcome to the final Mayerzine of 2021. With this we wrap up volume 1. It has been a fun three months and I'm looking forward to volume 2. I think you'll like what we've got planned. Episode Contents: 1:36 - The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams 24:47 - The Steadfast Tin Soldier, by Hans Christian…

Merry Christmas everybody! My dear friend Stephanie Nemeth-Parker drops by to give us all the gift of her lovely voice. Christmas is very special to me. It's a time for friends and family to celebrate each other. I wish you all, my extended Mayerzine family, a very happy Christmas. Whether you celebrate the holiday or not doesn't matter - I appreci…

My good buddy Mike Carnes joins me this week on the Mayerzine and I am just tickled turquoise! His contribution helped make a very interesting episode, and I can't wait to have him back on the podcast again. You can skip ahead to the stories, but you might want to listen to the shenanigans in between this time. Episode Contents: Cold open - The Fir…

I seem to have forgotten that Thanksgiving was two weeks ago, not one. In any case, I hope everyone who celebrates is having/has had a great Hanukkah. I really enjoyed putting this issue together, and I hope you like it. Episode Contents: Cold open - Nurseryland Shootout, by Christopher James Mayer 6:40 - Prince Autumn, by Carl Ewald 20:37 - Hannuk…

I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was a good one and there was much food eaten and copious naps taken! This week we finally get our first science fiction story. I promise you won't have to wait this long for the next one. Also, it occurred to me that letting you know when these things were originally published might help your appreciation of the mater…

It's Thanksgiving week! From bread to turkey to a cozy fire, we've got your holiday right here. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Episode Contents: 1:25 - The Queer Little Baker Man, by Phila Butler Bowman 9:39 - The Debut of "Dan'l Webster", by Isabel Gordon Curtis 33:10 - Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West, by Eugene Field All fiction is in the public domai…

This week celebrates the harvest with French and Tyrolean legends. Our featured story this week is one you may have seen on social media. Episode Contents: 0:43 - The Scarf of the Lady 6:57 - The Sickle Moon 11:45 - Jupiter Ann, by Eleanor H. Porter 19:47 - In the Barn, by Burges Johnson 45:30 - The God of Arepo, by sadoeuphemist, ciiriianan, and s…

A little change of pace for everyone as I attempt to recover from beating you all over the head with horror stories. Episode Contents: Cold Open - Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse, an English fairy tale. 5:58 - A Turkey for the Stuffing, by Katherine Grace Hulbert 13:28 - Diddling, by Edgar Allen Poe 39:43 - Moon-Face, by Jack London All fiction is in t…

This is the reason why I started the podcast in October: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow! But first, a word about pumpkins and a message from a very special sponsor. 1:44 - The Little Pumpkin 9:14 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Happy Halloween everybody! If you like the podcast, be sure to check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/mayerzine if you'd like…

This week gives us some H.P. Lovecraft. It won't be the only episode to feature Lovecraft, but I needed to throw a little in - what's a horror month without the man who popularized cosmic horror (albeit posthumously)? Episode contents: 1:19 - The Ghost-Eater, by C.M. Eddy, Jr, with H.P. Lovecraft 24:18 - The Tomb, by H.P. Lovecraft All fiction is i…

I hope you guys are enjoying this podcast as much as I'm enjoying making it. For week 3 of Horrortober, or Creepytober, or whatevertober you want tober, we look at the origin of the pumpkin and hear a tale from Washington Irving in preparation for the main event. Episode contents: 0:58 - The Pumpkin Giant, by Mary Wilkins Freeman 21:14 - The Devil …

We made it to week 2! Yay! This week's featured author is Edgar Allan Poe and I'm slowly getting the hang of this podcasting thing. Episode contents: Cold Open: Silence - a Fable, by Edgar Allan Poe 12:53 - Hallowe'en at Merryvale, by Alice Hale Burnett 45:34 - The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe All fiction is in the public domain. Thi…

Annnnnd we're live! I had so much fun putting this together and I want to thank you for checking out the very first issue of The Mayerzine. I'm still getting the hang of this whole podcast thing, so episode contents: 01:56 - The Soldier and Death, as told by Arthur Ransome 31:52 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce All fiction is …