A man takes a bartender to task for his indifference towards a young woman in need, but being ignored is the least of her worries. It's Shirley Jackson's "Jack The Ripper" All Music and Audio…
Giant Bugs! With Hats! Donald Wollheim's strange tale of entomological terror - "Mimic" All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Narrated By Sean Brann
A lonely man has a chance romantic encounter with a rich, beautiful, and mysterious woman during a hot night in Rome. Is she too good to be true? Probably...this is Ambient Arcana after all. It's…
Our trailer episode is a cautionary tale about drinking something even when you know it’s probably not good for you called “In a Cup of Tea”, from Lafcadio Hearn’s book- “Kottō, Being Japanese Curios,…
Have you ever felt like a helpless pawn being manipulated by mysterious and hidden higher-dimensional beings? If so then this is the episode for you! It's Nebula Award Winning Author Bob Leman's…
In this episode we explore two stories of Retrofuturism by science fiction/fantasy icon Ray Bradbury: “The One Who Waits” - A lonely old soul gets closer to the new neighbors in the worst possible…
A small sampling of Inuit, Yup’ik, and Unangax folktales collected by American and European Scholar-Explorers in the late 19th and early 20th century. Even in this muted form, sometimes translated…
Biercemania! Three dark and evocative tales by surprise ending aficionado Ambrose Bierce: "The Boarded Window," "John Mortonson's Funeral," and "The Applicant." All Music and Audio Production by Bob…
We finish our coverage of Lafcadio Hearn’s tales from ghostly Japan with three more stories: “The Corpse-Rider” from the book Shadowings and “Jiu-Roku-Zakura” and “A Dead Secret” from Kwaidan. Music…
We return to the works of Lafcadio Hearn with the first of two full length episodes of strange and unusual stories from his adopted country of Japan. “Diplomacy” and “Riki Baka” from the book…
