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Fast Asleep with Gena Marie

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00:34:01

"A Service of Love" by O. Henry, relaxing storytelling

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/02/14

325 - Ready for LOVE? Tuck in for a tender tale with a twist: a classic romance from O. Henry.

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01:06:32

"I Am the Doorway" by Stephen King, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/02/07

324 - Something bad happened out there in space, but of course it did -- Stephen King wrote it. Tuck in for this astronaut's disturbing story.

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00:55:31

"Motive v. Opportunity" by Agatha Christie, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/01/31

323 - Miss Marple solved it instantly. Can you? Tuck in and solve another Agatha Christie mystery, "Motive v. Opportunity."

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00:56:24

"The Ice Palace" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Part 2 of 2,...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/01/24

322 - Don't miss this riveting conclusion! Tuck in for the extraordinary event that occurs in this genuine setting of "The Ice Palace" once again from the iconic author F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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00:51:43

"The Ice Palace" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/01/17

321 - Not a fantasy, this palace, made of ice, actually existed in the good old U.S.A., and F. Scott Fitzgerald wrapped a decidedly American love story around it. Tuck in for this "chilling" tale.

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00:54:25

"The Renegade" by Shirley Jackson, relaxing storytelling

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/01/10

320 - Author of the unsettling short story, Shirley Jackson was anything but an ordinary housewife. Tuck in as her sinuous views on the subject twist their way through this tale.

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01:18:38

"Silent Snow, Secret Snow" by Conrad Aiken, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2025/01/03

319 - Was this the autobiography of the author with a tragic childhood? "The thing was above all a secret, something to be preciously concealed from Mother and Father; and to that very fact it owed an enormous part of its deliciousness." Tuck in for this dazzling, dreamlike short story from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Laureate, Conrad Aiken.

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01:30:12

"The Basement Room" by Graham Greene, relaxing reading

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/12/27

318 - ". . . he opened his eyes and Mrs. Baines was there, her gray untidy hair in threads over his face . . . 'Where are they?' she whispered. 'Where are they?' " Tuck in for the acclaimed Graham Greene's dramatic thriller.

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00:41:38

"Death on Christmas Eve" by Stanley Ellin, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/12/20

317 - It is December 24 and . . . "This is one day I'd like to cut out of the calendar permanently." Tuck in to discover why from the Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America.

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00:28:51

"A Chaparral Christmas Gift" by O. Henry, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/12/13

316 - Madison Lane and Rosita McMullen were joyously married on Christmas Day, but not everyone was happy about it. Tuck in for this festive O. Henry story complete with (what else?) a surprising twist!

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00:39:41

"The Man Who Did Not Believe in Luck" by Jerome K....

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/12/06

315 - "You can have no idea, if you've never been HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A GOOSE, how it hurts," said "The Man Who Did Not Believe in Luck." Tuck in for this lighthearted holiday tale from the quirky author, Jerome K. Jerome.

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00:43:23

"The Way Up to Heaven" by Roald Dahl, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/11/29

314 - Perhaps their long marriage wasn't perfect . . . "She noticed with a kind of horror that he was staring intently at . . . the corner of her left eye where she could feel the muscle twitching." Tuck in and learn why that eye twitches.

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00:32:18

"Captain Christy's Thanksgiving" by Carolyn Sherwin...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/11/22

313 - "The summer folks go, but I stay here . . . and listen for the cries from the wrecks. I'm as busy in the winter as in the summer and terribly lonely, little mates." Tuck in to learn what happens to this heroic captain on Thanksgiving.

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00:49:28

"Ingots of Gold" by Agatha Christie, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/11/15

312 - There's a Spanish galleon wrecked off the coast of Cornwall, but was it ever brimming with gold bullion? Thanks to the most widely published author of all time, we once again solve the mystery with Miss Marple.

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00:37:48

"The Eyes Have It" by Philip K. Dick, (along with one...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/11/08

311 - Light and scrumptious and from Philip K. Dick! Tuck into not one -- but TWO -- tales from this gripping author of speculative and science fiction. Second story: “Roog” by Philip K. Dick :)

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00:29:34

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

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/11/01

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.

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00:50:04

"Grey Matter" by Stephen King, relaxing reading

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/10/25

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!

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00:42:23

"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/10/18

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.

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01:02:23

"The Shadows on the Wall" by Mary Wilkins Freeman,...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/10/11

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."

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01:12:59

"A Haunted Island" by Algernon Blackwood, relaxing...

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie ·

2024/10/05

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.

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