Our final episode for the summer. Hope you enjoyed it, see you this winter.

For those of you who don't know, Kwaidan is Japanese for Ghost Story, and is also the name of a 1904 treasury of Japanese folklore by Lafcadio Hearn.

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A single mother and her daughter move into a new apartment.

This story was written by Koji Suzuki and translated by Glynne Walley for Vertical Press.

A story about Artificial Intelligence.

Here’s the aforementioned article about the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce

https://lithub.com/no-one-knows-why-ambrose-bierce-disappeared-but-here-are-some-theories/

Here’s the PDF for I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

https://galacticjourney.org/stories/I_Have_No_Mouth_and_I_Must_Scream_-_Harlan_Ellison.pdf

Here’s I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream read by the author, Harlan Ellison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgo-As552hY

I think these two parables are a great introduction to the works of Franz Kafka, so if you haven't read much Kafka, this episode is for you.

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Here's a free audiobook of The Metamorphosis that I think is very well done

https://librivox.org/the-metamorphosis-by-franz-kafka/

Our last ghost story for a while, a man struggles against the darkness in a strange room.

Here’s a free audiobook version of War of the Worlds I’m very fond of

https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells/

Here’s an interesting conversation between Orson Welles and HG Wells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIelwmldAdQ

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A young couple move into a house with strange secrets

NB For reasons I can’t understand the first half of the intro was recorded on my laptop mic, so the sound quality is kinda crappy for the first half of the intro but after that it’s fine

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A man goes grouse hunting, loses his way, and has one hell of a time.

A groundbreaking story, there's a good chance you've already read it, but if you haven't you really should. Or listen to it. Here.

First look into Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

I hope you like it because we'll probably be doing a lot of stories out of this book.

The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon