A wary traveler has a chance encounter with a famous musical storyteller while sheltering from a storm, and finds an unexpected way home.
“The Ballad of Mr. Old Bones” was written by Claire Dinnebier and is based on the story "Der Totentanz” by Johan August Apel. If you want to read the original story yourself, you can find it in two translations as “The Piper of Neisse” and "Dance of the Dead".
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Starring Shogo Miyakita as Wyrm and Jonathan Cox as Mr. Old Bones
Featuring the music of Alexandre Miller
Produced by Packhowl Media
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The original story:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Totentanz_(Ballade)
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Foreign_Tales_and_Traditions/Volume_2/The_Piper_of_Neisse
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A Christmas Carol - Stave 5: The End of It
In which, after receiving visits from three spectres, Scrooge must decide if he will change his ways...
It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is the superb Richard Wilde. Richard is a voice actor and actor, and plays Mr Hampson in Gather The Suspects.
The voice of section 2 is the grateful
NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he), the creator of AMONG THE STACKS, and the host of HYPERFIXATIONS and NANNY OGG'S BOOK CLUB.
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he)
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas...
Please enjoy this special Christmas episode of Among the Stacks, where Alasdair Stuart (the voice of Brother Dust) reads Clement Clarke Moore's festive poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
ALASADAIR STUART as THE NARRATOR
Produced by POLYBROW
Scored by POLYBROW
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A Christmas Carol - Stave 4: The Third of the Three Spirits
In which Scrooge is visited by the last of the spirits and sees what will happen if he does not mend his ways...
It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is the wonderful ALEXANDER BAUNER (he/they), one of the creators of, and voice of Ellias Emanuel Short in SURCEASE.
The voice of section 2 is the one of a kind RHYS LAWTON (he/him). Rhys is a man of many talents, known in the audio drama scene as the voice of January Jones in ETHICS TOWN, and has also voiced characters in shows such as THE SILT VERSES
The voice of section 3 is the spooky JEREMY ENFINGER (he/him), a creator of, and voice behind Jeremy in THE STORAGE PAPERS
The voice of section 4 is the brilliant SHAUN PELLINGTON (he/him), one of the creators and producers of the podcast WAKE OF CORROSION, in which he also voices Elliot
The voice of section 5 is the stand-out DR SARAH PENN (she/her), from RAPTURE 518, a horror/psychological thriller Audio Drama produced in Canada.
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he)
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A Christmas Carol - Stave 2: The First of the Three Spirits
In which Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past and takes a journey into his own past...
It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is the wholesome TAYLOR MICHAELS (he/him), who is the voice of Chance in WOE.BEGONE, David in THE GROTTO, and Winston in TALES FROM THE FRINGES OF REALITY.
The voice of section 2 is the talented JESSE SYRATT (she/her). Jesse is the creator and voice behind the podcast NOWHERE ON AIR.
The voice of section 3 is the dedicated GRACE GRIEGO (she/her), one of the co-creators of STRONG BRANCH PRODUCTIONS. Grace's voice can be heard in the podcasts THE STENCH OF ADVENTURE and SKILLSET.
The voice of section 4 is the stalwart ALEX KINGSLEY (they/them), co-creator of STRONG BRANCH PRODUCTIONS, and the creator of such shows as THE STENCH OF ADVENTURE, STRONG BRANCHING OUT, TABLE SLOP, TALES FROM THE RADIATOR and the upcoming ARCANA IN SUBURBIA
The voice of section 5 is the brilliant EMILY PORTER SIEGEL (they/them), a writer and actor whose work can be heard most recently in TRANTHOLOGIES from the [LISTLESS] NETWORK
The voice of section 6 is the inimitable MATY PARZIVAL (they/them), Maty is a production assistant on THE AMELIA PROJECT
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he)
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When S, Head Librarian of a Library which contains every story from every universe finds themselves alone within its echoing halls, they must brave the Library's infinite collections to try find their colleagues. Their quest will take them to the Library's furthest reaches in search of answers and force them to grapple with the Library's slowly shrinking size, and the threats it poses for the multiverse at large.