Wrong Station

“There are ways of making this more interesting, you know.”

He licked dry lips. “Go on.”

“You’re not supposed to bet on the games. You can get banned. But everyone does."

--Written by Alexander Saxton

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Dozens of mounds erected to the dead: all slightly pointed, all silent under the low thick sky. The air still within this cul-de-sac of stone; the drab grass drifting only seldom in a sluggish breeze.

No howling voices today.

Yet still Mugg-Medias thought he felt the stifling, staring presence of the dead.

--Written by Alexander Saxton.

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Mihail leaned forward. The red light of the candle bled up over both our faces. “Well then I’ll keep speaking your language, if you’ll survive. Have you ever heard of the ‘Devshirme System’?”

“It sounds electrifying.”

“Also sometimes called the ‘Ottoman Blood Tax?’”

--Written by Alexander Saxton. Performed by Marta da Silva.

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Those white… flakes, they fall down. On this winter night, this cold, cold winter night, the White drifts gently down to blanket me. Each inhalation of it burns my insides worse, cuts me like icy glass.

And he looks down. It looks down, white too. No face, though I know it’s saying ‘I tried to warn you.’

--Written by Anthony Botelho.

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“The Oracle of Canada.” One of the great guiding lights of Canadian contemporary art. Tragic figure. Welcome to the self-guided audio tour for the 10 year retrospective of the great Eloise Kestrel’s life and work.

--Written by Jacob Duarte Spiel. Special thanks to Isabel Brandt for providing research, writing support, and additional material for this episode.

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It had to be some sort of boutique. A specialty shop. Secret, hyper-exclusive, a speakeasy of lingerie. That light on every night, and the changing silks that crawled up plastic thighs in the window. It had to be.

--Written by Alexander Saxton.

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A cutman isn't really a doctor, and it’s not really medicine. On the contrary; you’re patching your guy up so you can send him out there to get hurt some more. But nothing that they didn’t sign up for.

--Written by Anthony Botelho.

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Holidays shift and change over time, evolve, mutate one might say. Halloween is no different.

--Written by Alexander Saxton, Anthony Botelho, and Jacob Duarte Spiel.

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“Jane,” she said, “when the next train comes, you will check to make sure it’s normal, and then you will get on it.” Normal? But the man- “Wait for the next train. And stay on the line with me while you wait, it’s important that you stay on the line. It’s safer.”

--Written by Mary Gillis, and performed by Rachel Hart.

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Finally, after a few weeks, Saul posted about his condition in the general board. It was a short post, written without capitalization, almost like he didn’t want anyone to think it was a big deal. I read his symptoms. Re-read them. I whispered them to myself, almost giddy. I was his only reply. I wrote: “I think you should join the Hidden board.”

--Written by Jacob Duarte Spiel

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