Episodes
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 18
Episode 18 of Prelude To A Scream features "Spirits" - a completely original story by Mark Leslie that has been released straight to digital format. "People who haven't died can still leave their spirit in a place." Fascinated by the ghostly crying that haunts a repetory theatre house, Sally and...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 17
Episode 17 of Prelude To A Scream features "Requiem" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in Darkness Within magazine #2 in 1999. "Requiem" is the tale about a lonely rich collector of haunted artifacts whose purchase of a Victorian bureau completely changes his appreciation of his...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 16
Episode 16 of Prelude To A Scream features "But Once A Year" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in Crossroads magazine #13 in 1995. "But Once A Year" is a dark humour tale about an old man whose best friend returns in the wee hours of All Hallows Day, not to reveal the mystical…
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 15
Episode 15 of Prelude To A Scream features "Erratic Cycles" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in Parsec magazine in 1999. This podcast contains the full story as well as Mark discussing the lengthy origin of the tale, which involved a series of re-writes and re-imagining of the...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 14
Episode 14 of Prelude To A Scream features "Almost" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in One Hand Screaming in 2004. This podcast contains the flash fiction story as well as Mark discussing the origin of the tale, which involved adapting an urban legend story that he had heard many...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 13
Episode 13 of Prelude To A Scream features "The Bogeyman Can" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in imelod (the litzine of horror & the bizarre) in January 1999. This podcast contains the flash fiction story as well as Mark discussing the origin of the tale, which involved a short...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 12
Episode 12 of Prelude To A Scream features "The Shadow Men" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in the anthology Northern Haunts (edited by Tim Deal) in February 2009. Northern Haunts is a collection of 100 short terrifying tales meant to be read around the campfire. "The Shadow Men"...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 11
Episode 11 of Prelude To A Scream features "From Out of the Night" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in the magazine The Darker Woods (Issue #2) in February 1997. It was reprinted in 2004 in Mark's short story collection One Hand Screaming. "From Out of the Night" concerns a woman…
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 10
Episode 10 of Prelude To A Scream features "Phantom Mitch" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in the magazine Wicked Mystic in 1993. It received honourable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror #7 and was reprinted in 2004 in Mark's short story collection One Hand Screaming....
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 09
Episode 09 of Prelude To A Scream features "Browsers" written by Mark Leslie and originally published in the magazine Challenging Destiny in 1999. It was reprinted in 2004 in Mark's short story collection One Hand Screaming. "Browsers" is a "haunted" bookstore, story that was inspired by a...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 08
Episode 08 of Prelude To A Scream features "Relic" written by Michael Kelly, Mark Leslie and Carol Weekes. "Relic" was originally published in a limited edition chapbook in 2007 and sold exclusively at Bakka-Phoenix bookstore in Toronto, ON. "Relic: How to Get Ahead in Retail" takes place at BP...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 07
Episode 07 of Prelude To A Scream features my short story "Distractions" which originally appeared in the World Fantasy Con 2001 CD-Rom edited by Nancy Kilpatrick. The story was reprinted in my book ONE HAND SCREAMING in 2004. "Distractions" tells the story of a frustrated writer's attempt to…
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 06
Immediately after recording Episode 05, I recorded Episode 06 of Prelude to a Scream. (I was off work for a few days after all and had a tiny bit of time on my hands) I thought I'd wait a few weeks to release it, though, which worked out well, because my schedule at work since early June has been...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 05
After long last I've finally returned to posting a new episode. I kept putting off putting up a new one partially because things have been crazy busy, but mostly because I was trying so darned hard to get it right. I eventually realized that recording and re-recording wasn't going to solve the...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 04
DISCLAIMER: I recorded this podcast back in late July/early August of 2006. I'd like to blame the ghost of Henry David Thoreau for the technical tripping which occurred that prevented me from being able to publish this podcast online any earlier. It makes me think that maybe he WAS listening from...
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 03
Listen to the first five posts from my online serial thriller "I, Death" and then details about the source and inspiration behind this tale. Also included is a peek at the original short story that inspired the blog thriller. (And if you like the first five posts, you can read the rest of the…
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 02
Hear me read five different short poems and then talk a bit about the writing of each and my own haphazard approach to writing poetry. DOWNLOAD MP3 BY RIGHT CLICKING HERE Links to things mentioned in the podcast Hammered Out Magazine - Hamilton Literary Magazine Music provided by Kevin MacLeod
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Prelude To A Scream - Episode 01
This is the first of a series of test podcasts in which I explain what I'm doing, read the very beginning of my latest published short story "Being Needed" and then talk a bit about the writing of the story. DOWNLOAD MP3 BY RIGHT CLICKING HERE. Links to things mentioned in the podcast. Your...