The main characters of Midnight Pals, plus a few regular visitors to the campfire, introduce themselves with a series of short skits based on their most popular works. A medley of midnight-snack size tales from Stephen King, Mary Shelley, HP Lovecraft, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Edgar Allan Poe and more.

This is a consolidation of ten short ‘teaser’ mini-episodes that were released prior to season 1. We’ve done this to clean up our feed and make it easier for new listeners to navigate to the full episodes, which will continue to be released weekly on Tuesdays throughout the season. 

Content notes: swearing, sexual references, raised voices, threats of violence, animal death, gory noises, discussion of racism

CAST 

• Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON 
• Mary Shelley — REBECCA D’SOUZA 
• HP Lovecraft/Arthur Conan Doyle — ROBIN JOHNSON 
• Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERRY 
• Clive Barker — SISTER INDICA 
• Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES 

with 

• Roger Corman — BITTER KARELLA 
• Robert Louis Stevenson — DEXTER HOWARD 
• Shirley Jackson — RAYNA MONTGOMERY 

The script was written by Robin Johnson, based on tweets by Bitter Karella. Production and music by Robin Johnson. Daisy McNamara was an audio consultant. Liselle Nic Giollabháin was a production assistant. 

TIME STAMPS 

• 00:00 — Stephen King (The Tale of the Small Town with a Spooky Secret) 
• 00:55 — Mary Shelley (The Tale of the Hot Monster) 
  • Inspired by Frankenstein, available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445; also see our full episode The Tale of the Frankenstein 
• 01:45 — HP Lovecraft (The Tale of the Indescribable Eldritch Abomination) 
  • Lovecraft’s works are available at https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/ 
• 02:30 — Dean Koontz 
• 03:10 — Clive Barker (The Tale of the Horny Ghost) 
• 03:55 — Edgar Allan Poe (The Tale of the Black Cat) 
  • Poe’s The Black Cat is included in his collected works at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148 
• 05:00 — Roger Corman 
  • Read about Roger Corman’s “Edgar Allan Poe’s The Haunted Palace” (1961) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunted_Palace 
• 06:45 — Robert Louis Stevenson (The Tale of the Bottle Imp) 
  • The Bottle Imp is included in Stevenson’s collection Island Nights’ Entertainments, available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/329 
• 08:20 — Arthur Conan Doyle (The Tale of Sherlock Holmes) 
  • Doyle’s works, including many stories of Sherlock Holmes stories as well as those of Professor Challenger, are available at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69 
• 09:40 — Shirley Jackson (The Tale of the Haunted House) 
  • Inspired by Jackson’s The House on Haunted Hill (1959) 

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals is a work of social and literary satire. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones; any resemblance to real-life people, organizations or events, other than with satirical intent, is coincidental; any elements of work not in the public domain are used for the purpose of parody and comment; and no challenge is intended to the ownership or validity of any intellectual property. The Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella © 

No "AI" is used in any part of this production, ever.

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