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Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Mystery Minnesota”! Of course you can also find Mystery Minnesota, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app.
Christmas, the most joyful time of year. But what happens when a group of Demons decides that Santa is bad for THEIR business because he keeping everyone a little TOO happy?
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Originally published in December of 1904
Written by L. Frank Baum
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words”! Of course you can also find Faded Words, along with ALL Adventures in Creativity Productions by searching “Everything AIC” in your preferred podcast app.
Theme Music:
Additional Music written and produced by David Szweduik
With name changes and rebranding comes new purpose and what started as a simple podcast has now morphed and changed into my own storytelling podcast network of sorts.
What if alternate timelines were possible. A conversation with a TV producer about a new program they are planning gives us insight into what might have been, or maybe, what already IS somewhere else.
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Originally published in Fantastic Universe Science Fiction in July 1959
Written by H. Beam Piper
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
In the race to put a secret space station on the moon, the US Army has a startling realization when they arrive. Secrets can be far more dangerous than they realized.
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Originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction in February 1954
Written by William Tenn
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
Sometimes the simplest toys hold real power. And sometimes a little cunning is required to make the reach their FULL potential.
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Originally published in Analog in April 1962
Written by Harry Harrison
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
A father and son face a terrible family legacy. A legacy of blood, of murder, of vampires. Is their house, their lineage, actually cursed or will they finally break free of a murderous history?
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Originally published in Weird Tales in October 1936
Written by Earl Peirce Jr
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
A little boy and his family discover the horror of what lives behind the hole in the deep, dark corner of his closet. Sometimes… Parents just won’t believe their children… Sometimes they regret that.
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Originally published in Worlds of If - Science Fiction in November 1960.
Written by William W Stuart
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
A magician serving as a “Wizardry Missionary” tries to find a way to teach an easygoing race of people how to use magic. But the cost to teach them his lesson may prove to heavy to bear!
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Originally published in Worlds of If - Science Fiction in January 1960.
Written by Margaret St. Clair
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
A civilian in the Civil War makes a fateful decision and daring get away from his own hanging.
Originally published in The San Francisco Examiner in 1890.
Written by Ambrose Bierce
Listen anytime on the Official Website of Faded Words, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “Faded Words | Adventures in Creativity”!
You can also find me on social media everywhere @fadedwordspod, but I’m most active on Twitter so feel free to reach out and chat!
Theme Music:
Additional Music by Marco Trovatello
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com and https://freesound.org
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