#1608: Ch. 6, The Brand of Silence by Johnston McCulley

The Brand of Silence continues, as Prale steps into the darkness.

Chapter 6: Murk – and Murder.
19:44.

UPDATE: It works better if the file’s been uploaded. Sorry about that.

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#1602: Part 1 of “A Question of Courage” by J.F. Bone

From the author of The Lani People and “Pandemic” (and a book on animal physiology), we now get a space Navy story ripped from the pages of the December 1960 issue of Amazing Stories — “A Question of Courage”.
Imagine you’re an officer newly assigned to a ship in wartime. As soon as you get [...]

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#1601: Part 2 of “The Were-Wolf” by Clemence Housman

“The Were-Wolf” continues, as we finally meet the absent member of this Nordic household, and part of the mystery is revealed.
Part 2
25:00.

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#1598: Ch. 5, The Brand of Silence by Johnston McCulley

The Brand of Silence continues, with more old, old-fashioned Manhattan noir. And finally, some information….
Chapter 5: The Cousin.
14:17.

I’m going to try to get this train moving faster, but I was sick yesterday and will be unable to record tonight.

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#1594: Part 1, “The Were-Wolf” by Clemence Housman

“The Were-Wolf” is a Norse historical fantasy story by Clemence Housman. (She was A.E. Housman’s sister, and did both professional writing and illustration.) I think you’ll enjoy it both as a slice of olden life and a dark fantasy.
Part 1
28:37.

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#1592: Ch. 4, The Brand of Silence by Johnston McCulley

The Brand of Silence continues, after several months of neglect by me. (You can listen to the first three parts over at the story’s page at archive.org.) I know it may seem to have worked up a bit slowly, but bear in mind that this was originally a serial novel, IIRC. The first four chapters [...]

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#1590: Part 2 of “The Thief of Time” by Captain S.P. Meek, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb. 1930

Since there’s no super-cool fannish letter column yet in this, the second issue of the magazine ever, and since I do not really feel like reading the huge amount of copy included in a typical 1930’s magazine ad — of which there are a gazillion in the issue — this is the end of [...]

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#1589: Part 1 of “The Thief of Time” by S.P. Meek, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb. 1930

We’ve finally come to the last story in the February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science: “The Thief of Time” by Captain S.P. Meek, aka Sterner St. Paul Meek. Yes, we’ve already had a story by him in this issue, “Into Space”, under another pseudonym.
This story, like the other one, relies on a [...]

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#1585: Part 2 of “Mad Music” by Anthony Pelcher, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb. 1930

The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science is coming close to its end, as the next-to-last story, “Mad Music” makes its final bow!
You can find out where to find more stories by Anthony Pelcher at ISFDB and Fictionmags.

“Mad Music”, Part 2
32:24.

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#1584: Part 1 of “Mad Music” by Anthony Pelcher, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb. 1930

The penultimate story in the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science begins with a crash. So if stories about building collapses in New York City bother you, this isn’t the story for you. (But I guarantee the stuff that happens in this story is pretty different.)
Part 1 of “Mad Music”.
16:37.

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#1579: Ch. 11, The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb. 1930

The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with the final chapter of the serial novel The Beetle Horde. It’s a long, slow race against time and the beetles, but we just might win….
If you enjoyed this story, there are many more works out there by Victor Rousseau Emanuel and his other pseudonyms. [...]

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#1578: Ch. 10, The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb. 1930

The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with the penultimate chapter of the serial novel The Beetle Horde.
What were our heroes doing all this time while Australia writhed beneath the beetles’ wrath? Find out!

Chapter 10: At Bay.
21:36.

UPDATE: Link fixed. Sigh. Either I can’t type, or the Electronics Fairy hates me.

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#1563: Ch. 7, The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau, from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Feb 1930

The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science finally continues (at least a little), as we resolve that cliffhanger from the previous issue. But that’s not the end of the dangers our heroes must face!

Chapter 7: Through the Inferno.
19:42.

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#1555: Ch. 6, The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau

The bonus tracks of the first half of this serial novel, from the issue right before the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, conclude. There’s a “continued in the February number” cliffhanger coming up, so it’s time for a desperate escape attempt and a chase scene… but wait, there’s more!
Don’t worry. I won’t make [...]

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#1554: Ch. 5, The Beetle Horde by Victor Rousseau

The bonus tracks of the first half of this serial novel, from the issue right before the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, continue as we find out that Dodd is the Polycarp of monotreme mavens.
Chapter 5: Doomed!.
18:32.

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