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Archive of Madness

Archive of Madness

di Zach C

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Kwaidan Grab Bag

Our final episode for the summer. Hope you enjoyed it, see you this winter. For those of you who don't know, Kwaidan is Japanese for Ghost Story, and is also the name of a 1904 treasury of Japanese folklore by Lafcadio Hearn. If you want to let me know what you think of the podcast so far, my email is archiveofmadnesspod@gmail.com and my bluesky is @archiveofmadness

Floating Water by Koji Suzuki

A single mother and her daughter move into a new apartment. This story was written by Koji Suzuki and translated by Glynne Walley for Vertical Press.

Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce

A story about Artificial Intelligence. Here’s the aforementioned article about the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce https://lithub.com/no-one-knows-why-ambrose-bierce-disappeared-but-here-are-some-theories/ Here’s the PDF for I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison https://galacticjourney.org/stories/I_Have_No_Mouth_and_I_Must_Scream_-_Harlan_Ellison.pdf Here’s I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream read by the author, Harlan Ellison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgo-As552hY

Two Parables of Franz Kafka

I think these two parables are a great introduction to the works of Franz Kafka, so if you haven't read much Kafka, this episode is for you. Here's my email: archiveofmadnesspod@gmail.com Here's my bluesky @archiveofmadness.bsky.social Here's a free audiobook of The Metamorphosis that I think is very well done https://librivox.org/the-metamorphosis-by-franz-kafka/

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8 The Red Room by HG Wells

Our last ghost story for a while, a man struggles against the darkness in a strange room. Here’s a free audiobook version of War of the Worlds I’m very fond of https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells/ Here’s an interesting conversation between Orson Welles and HG Wells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIelwmldAdQ Please send feedback or reccomendations to archiveofmadnesspod@gmail.com and if you wanna follow me on bluesky my handle is @archiveofmadness.bsky.social

7 Afterward by Edith Wharton

A young couple move into a house with strange secrets NB For reasons I can’t understand the first half of the intro was recorded on my laptop mic, so the sound quality is kinda crappy for the first half of the intro but after that it’s fine Bluesky @archiveofmadness.bsky.social Email archiveofmadnesspod@gmail.com

6 The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards

A man goes grouse hunting, loses his way, and has one hell of a time.

5 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

A groundbreaking story, there's a good chance you've already read it, but if you haven't you really should. Or listen to it. Here.

4. The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoichi as told by Lafcadio Hearn

First look into Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things I hope you like it because we'll probably be doing a lot of stories out of this book.

3 The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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