Gremlin Time

Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective, known as The Continetal Op,

investigates a multiple murder discovered in a downtown San Francisco hotel

room, which leads to a deadly shoot out inside a North Beach speakeasy. 

Also, a radio mystery drama featuring Dick Powell as forme...

Tonight, we follow the suggestion of Raymond Chandler, that a good detective

novel can be enjoyed even if the ending is missing. So, we will read the

first two chapeters of George Simenon's Inspector Maigret mystery "The Grand

Banks Cafe". An old school friend of Maigret's,...

An insightful, and extensively researched look behind the scenes of the

production of one of the greatest American movies "Casablanca". "We started

out to make a good picture" said producer Hal Wallis "We never dreamed it

would become a classic". Fortunato reads excerpts fr...

In the late 1950's the show business establishment hated the two hottest

comics of the day, Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl. And did all it could to derail

their careers. It was not until comedian Redd Foxx began to appear on a

series of "party records" that anyone thought that t...

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the

Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of

Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People

Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable.

A non-fiction presentation tonight as Fortunato reads a couple of chapters

from Kliph Nesteroff's extensively researched, 2015 show business narrative,

"The Comedians - Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American

Comedy".

Considered to be the first "weird western" short story, 'The Horror From The

Mound" is about a former cowpuncher, Steve Brill, who regrets having left

the cowboy life to become a farmer in West Texas. He is also curious to see

if there might be spanish treasure buried in a ...

Tonight a couple of classic weird tales. First, from the author of The

Circus of Dr Lao, Charles G. Finney, Professor Kitty reads The Black

Retriever. A quite suburb is terrorized by the mysterious appearances of a

large black hound, or is it a werewolf? Next,  Ray Brad...

Tonight we present a steam punk, cross over, pastiche combining the works of

Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft. 20,000 Years Under The Sea by Kevin J.

Anderson, finds Captain Nemo, and the crew of his now crippled submarine

boat The Nautilus, seeking shelter to make repairs ...

Once again we present our holiday favorite The Father Christmas Letters by

J.R.R. Tolkien. A collection of letters written by the author of Lord Of The

Rings in response to his children's letters written to Santa Claus. Katherine

Dunn reads these tales of comedy, adventure ...