Fast Asleep with Gena Marie

Nov 01 2024 311 ep. 39 mins
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Be softly soothed to sleep with exceptional stories.

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"The Optimist" by Saki (H. H. Munro), relaxing storytelling

Nov 01 2024 29 mins  
310 - Author Saki (H. H. Munro) loved to taunt the upper class with his short stories and his readers with his twisted endings. Tuck in and enjoy how he does it.

"Grey Matter" by Stephen King, relaxing reading

Oct 25 2024 50 mins  
309 - What's scarier than something safe and familiar turning into dread and doom? Now add a dash of absurdity and that's the way we complete the spooky season: with our very first story from Stephen King!

"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen, relaxing storytelling

Oct 18 2024 42 mins  
308- She had "The Demon Lover" and wondered "After twenty-five years . . . What did he do to make me promise like that?" Tuck in for this Irish-British author's classic horror story.

"The Shadows on the Wall" by Mary Wilkins Freeman, relaxing reading

Oct 11 2024 62 mins  
307 - "That shadow on the wall . . . It's been there every night since he died." Tuck in for this ghoulish ghost story from the prim New England author who heartily embraced the "weird."

"A Haunted Island" by Algernon Blackwood, relaxing storytelling

Oct 04 2024 72 mins  
306 - Completely isolated on a tiny island, loneliness is not his only concern . . . Tuck in for "A Haunted Island" from the master of the ghost story.

"The Middle Toe of the Right Foot" by Ambrose Bierce, relaxing storytelling

Sep 27 2024 50 mins  
305 - "It is well known that the old Manton house is haunted." (Without a doubt!) Tuck in to navigate the abrupt twists of this disquieting ghost story from this week's author, who must still be smirking from his afterlife over this one.

"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, relaxing storytelling

Sep 20 2024 59 mins  
304 - Alcohol and cherished pets do not always mix: "One night, returning home, much intoxicated from one of my haunts . . ." Tuck in for the man of the macabre and his supernatural masterpiece.

"Soliloquy on a Park Bench" by Conrad Aiken, relaxing storytelling

Sep 13 2024 36 mins  
303 - " . . . one wanted, sometimes, to be alone." But she will NOT be alone on this day! She will be plagued by a strange young man full of (good?) intentions. Tuck in for another baffling tale from the distinguished author who suffered his own woes.

"Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield, relaxing storytelling

Sep 06 2024 31 mins  
302 - A Sunday afternoon in a most idyllic place, idyllic save for the loneliness of Miss Brill . . . Tuck in for this poignant (autobiographical?) story from the New Zealand author loved 'round the world despite her early passing.

"Kindred Spirits" by Truman Capote, relaxing storytelling

Aug 30 2024 32 mins  
301 - Tuck in for a fascinating convo between these two . . . Mrs. Rittenhouse: ". . . he fell an enormous distance from over the bridge railing to the river . . ." Mrs. Green: "Had it been I - well, he might have had a little help getting over the rail."