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00:36:53

"And His Letters Grew Colder" by Daphne du Maurier

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2023/01/27

226 - From the "Lost Stories" collection: Unearthed in 2014, this startling find is said to be darker and more sinister than du Maurier's later works. You decide.

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00:45:06

"The Enduring Chill" Part 2 of 2 by Flannery O'Connor

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2023/01/20

225 - The conclusion: Poor Asbury has come home to the farm to die . . . but will Mother "allow" it?

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00:52:30

"The Enduring Chill" Part 1 of 2 by Flannery O'Connor

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2023/01/14

224 - From "the best book ever to have won the National Book Award" to you: a tale filled with outlandish, morally-flawed southern characters.

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01:13:59

"Silent Snow, Secret Snow" by Conrad Aiken

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2023/01/06

223 - From the author: "This story has haunted me for over 20 years . . . be warned of its effect . . ."

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00:23:39

"New Year's Night" by Henry Lawson

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/12/30

222 - Welcoming the New Year, Australian-style: "They lingered awhile - arms round each other's waists... the two sweethearts of twenty years ago and tonight watched the retreat of the storm."

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00:31:00

"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Sir Arthur...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/12/19

221 - 'Tis the season for forgiveness. Will Sherlock Holmes find forgiveness in this adventure? (And what IS a carbuncle anyway?)

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00:47:50

"A Stolen Christmas" by Mary Wilkins Freeman

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/12/10

220 - Who doesn’t love their grandma? Here’s a tender tale of a fiercely-loving one!

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00:47:48

"The Kit-Bag" by Algernon Blackwood

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/12/03

219 - Charles Dickens's Scrooge is not the only character to encounter ghosts at Christmas time. The prolific Algernon Blackwood brings us this: ". . . he heard someone come up the stairs behind him . . . a stealthy footstep--the tread of somebody who did not wish to be seen."

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00:40:33

"An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving" by Louisa May Alcott...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/11/23

218 - "The crops were in, and barn, buttery, and bin were overflowing with the harvest . . . Thanksgiving was at hand, and all must be in order for that time-honored day."

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00:30:40

"The Night Before Thanksgiving" by Sarah Orne Jewett...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/11/19

217- A heart-warming seasonal story . . . followed by a different perspective from the Smithsonian Institute

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00:51:24

"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/11/12

216 - "Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers."

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00:43:53

"Miriam" by Truman Capote

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/11/05

215 - Mrs. Miller: "Your mother must be insane to let a child like you wander around at all hours of the night . . ." Miriam: "What difference does that make? Let me in. It's cold out here and . . ."

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01:10:23

"The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/10/28

214 - This one has it all: a stormy night, a creepy old house, and a very angry ghost.

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00:30:39

"The Witch" and "Charles" by Shirley Jackson

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/10/22

213 - From the acclaimed author of mystery and horror, two twisted tales about tots . . . From The Witch: "The little boy gasped and the mother turned around, her smile fading." From Charles: "Today Charles hit the teacher."

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00:35:45

"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/10/16

212 - Originally intended to be a ghost story, Roald Dahl read through this piece and felt he had not "brought it off." He changed the ending (so glad he did) and rendered this gruesome, non-supernatural twist.

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00:43:41

"The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey, Part 2...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/10/09

211 - The conclusion: "After you spiked it through with that nail, it naturally forgot about other people and concentrated its attention on you (and) it CAN get in! We've forgotten. There's the fireplace in my bedroom!"

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00:52:58

"The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey, Part 1...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/10/01

210 - You were promised: "He had just got to the top when the lights went out . . . and he heard the scuttling along the floor. . . About ten yards in front of him, crawling along . . . was . . ."

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00:58:08

"Escort" by Daphne du Maurier

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/09/24

209 - Escort: (noun) a person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection. Ms. du Maurier provides you with the safety of an escort as you sail your way through her unnerving wartime tale.

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00:44:41

"Why I Live at the P.O." by Eudora Welty

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/09/17

208 - Honored repeatedly for her courageous writing, author Eudora Welty was never afraid to jump into the fray for the right cause. In this episode, though, the cause could only be pure (silly!) entertainment.

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00:26:49

"Wunderkind" Part 2 of 2 by Carson McCullers

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2022/09/10

207 - The conclusion for our wunderkind: "Nothing mattered much except playing music as it must be played, bringing out the thing that must be in her . . . Once -- it was there -- for sure." And now?

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