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Since there won't be any more stories appearing on the website until late January 2010, I thought I'd put together a little 2-month CD giveaway, so you don't have to go entirely into audio-story withdrawal during this time of merriment and revelry. I'm just generous like that. Anyway, here's how it'll work:

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" 'There is an hour to come,' said he, 'when all of us shall cast aside our veils. Take it not amiss, beloved friend, if I wear this piece of crape till then.'

'Your words are a mystery, too,' returned the young lady. 'Take away the veil from them at least...' "

Friends,

The new story up on the website is "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Check it out here:

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Hawthorne was a 19th-century novelist and… Continue

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however..."

Friends,

The new story up on the website is "The Cask of Amontillado" by the Godfather of horror, Edgar Allan Poe. The story centers around an intense revenge plot. Our hero decides that the offenses he has suffered at the hands of one Mr. Fortunato require nothing short of extreme measures to ensure they a… Continue

Friends,

Have you ever felt like you had a hemp noose around your neck, ready to die at any moment? Time slows to a surreal pace, your brain accelerates, and all of your senses sharpen in a way you could never imagine previously. This is the predicament our hero finds himself in as we meet him in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. It's up on the site right now...

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Friends,

The concluding episode of "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is now up on the site. Since Dostoevsky can seem intimidating, I've been making jokes on my Facebook fan page like:

"Yah, sure, Dostoevsky wrote some pretty good stuff, like the novels Crime & Punishment and The Brother Karamazov. But everyone knows his true masterpiece is The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Say what? That story's up on the website right now? ...Huh. Ain't that a coinky-dink? And lucky for YOU, kind sir or gentl… Continue