Épisodes

  • Season 1 Teaser: Open the Book, Unlock Imagination

    Season 1 Teaser: Open the Book, Unlock Imagination
    Oct 21 2016
    Cassie, a wayward teen, has discovered a magical book that literally transports her to the world within the story. What adventures will we go to with The Dark Tome? It starts on a crooked staircase that leads to the devil. 2 minute Teaser to the new audio fiction series by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 min
  • The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe

    The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe
    Jan 27 2017
    A fresh take on Edgar Allen Poe’s classic “The Masque of the Red Death” – featuring an all-star cast of New England actors, and immersive location sound recording, and an inventive script, this production re-imagines Poe’s tale of a group of ill-fated improvisatori who take on an audience with the ‘dark prince’ who holds extravagant balls to distract the gentry from the ravages of the plague. Produced by William Dufris and AudioComics as part of their “HorrorScopes” series. With field-recording by Fred Greenhalgh / FinalRune Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 7 min
  • The Floodgates of Willowhill, by Mary SanGiovanni

    The Floodgates of Willowhill, by Mary SanGiovanni
    Apr 7 2017
    "Everybody whose grown up in Faulkesville, well, they’ve always guessed there’s something wrong with the woods on the edge of town, the ones that border Willowhill, something people don’t like to bring up in polite company." Teenage Samantha keeps her nose in her books and her head in the clouds - in lands far beyond the borders of the small town of Faulkesville where she's grown up... Where her parents mysteriously died two years ago, and where her Uncle Ted and buddy Hank Jedsoe are about to discover the real horrors that lurk in the haunted woods on the edge of town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 min
  • S1E1: The Devil on the Staircase, by Joe Hill

    S1E1: The Devil on the Staircase, by Joe Hill
    Oct 19 2019
    Episode 1 of the Dark Tome introduces us to Cassie, who is forced to read books to Mr. Gussy - an old crank who runs a bookshop of the strange and the weird - as penance for pulling a girl's hair out at school. Mr. Gussy has warned Cassie of a book among books - The Dark Tome - and Cassie decides to open up the cover and see what it's all about. This flings Cassie into the world of acclaimed writer Joe Hill's chilling fable, "The Devil on the Staircase," narrated by a man who walks crooked steps for a living, before discovering a door that leads him straight to hell. Full cast and crew credits, and transcript available: Episode page. We’re a proud member of the Fable and Folly network. Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 min
  • S1E2: The Bread We Eat in Dreams, by Catherynne M. Valente

    S1E2: The Bread We Eat in Dreams, by Catherynne M. Valente
    Oct 19 2019
    In Episode 2 of the Dark Tome, Cassie knows better but can't escape the temptation to return to Mr. Gussy's bookshop. She finds the old man frustrated that he can't make the magical book work. It's take someone younger - someone for whom the walls between this world and the next are a little thinner. They catch a whiff of fresh bread, and are transported to the world of Catherynne M. Valente's fable "The Bread We Eat in Dreams," where a certain personable demon named Agnes will recount the story of her ejection from hell and the little hamlet that grew up around her. The Dark Tome is produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Theme 'Febryar' by Peter Van Riet https://soundcloud.com/petervanriet | Show credits at http://thedarktome.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 12 min
  • S1E3: Breathe My Name, by Christopher Golden

    S1E3: Breathe My Name, by Christopher Golden
    Oct 19 2019
    Being a miner is like playing Russian roulette every day of your life. Any morning you might wake up, and find the chamber with the bullet. Tommy - the youngest in a long proud line of West Virginia coal miners - finds out what it feels like to have your card be up when an explosion traps him and a dozen other souls two miles beneath the earth. With oxygen growing thin, their only prayer might come from an old ghost story. The Dark Tome is produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Dialogue Editing by Fred Greenhalgh. Sound Design by Bill Dufris Cast members - Lilly Thorne, as Cassie, Tim Sample as Mr. Gussy, Ian Carlsen as Tommy. With: Emily Myshrall, Rebecca Myshrall, Christopher Holt, Dalton S Kimball, Michael Kimball, Nyana Greenhalgh, Caitlyn Miles, Jay Piscopo And Christopher Price Theme 'Febryar' by Peter Van Riet: https://soundcloud.com/petervanriet More at http://thedarktome.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 min
  • S1E4: Murdered Sleep, by Kat Howard

    S1E4: Murdered Sleep, by Kat Howard
    Oct 19 2019
    "Sleep is dying, and has been for a long time now, through uncounted ticks of clocks and the flickers of thousands of too-brief candles." It's the night of the Senior Prom, and rather than show up awkwardly, Cassie has decided to stay home with the Dark Tome. But, she soon meets a mysterious stranger with an invitation to a masquerade ball wicked and mysterious, far stranger than any rites of spring. What she learns there will reshape her thoughts on dance, if she can ever make it back. An adaptation of Kat Howard's short story "Murdered Sleep" which originally appeared in Apex Magazine. Produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Production Assistant Grace Waldron. Featuring Tim Sample, Lilly Thorne, Tess Van Horn, JennyWren Walker, Casey Turner, Ian Carlsen, and JP Guimont. Original score "Febryar" by Peter Van Riet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 min
  • S1E5: Blind Love, by Joe R Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale

    S1E5: Blind Love, by Joe R Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale
    Oct 19 2019
    As part of "Dark Duets," mojo storyteller Joe R Lansdale paired up with his daughter, Kasey Lansdale, to pen this tale of a monster whose power is through the eyes. Quick witted but unlucky in love, Jana is dragged by her friend Erin to attend an 'eye gazing party,' a new age phenomenon run by a couple of hucksters on the far edge of a small Texas town. Jana's skepticism turns to confusion when Erin - and all the girls at the party - are entranced by an unremarkable man "Thirteen." Featuring a special performance and selections of music by Kasey Lansdale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 min