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Riverside Readings
by Trent Mylie
Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Audio Drama by Trent Mylie
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Part Five: The Final Letter - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
In the final part of Riverside Readings' exploration of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, we conclude the story of Victor, Robert Walton, and the Abhorred Monster by bringing their stories together for one last confrontation, whether triumphant or tragic. What will the final letter reveal?...
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Part Four: Retribution - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
In Part Four, we explore whether Victor Frankenstein will heed his monster's plea to foster a love that longs for him. What might happen if he rewires his rejection? And if he chooses acceptance? How much patience can the despised creature muster for his creator, and how receptive is Victor…
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Part Three: The Abhorred Monster - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
Part Three: The Abhorred Monster takes our story to a cave, where the creator and the monster try to understand each other, to hear about its struggles, trials, and endless quest for acceptance. As we explore self-reflection, societal structure, language, and all the mysteries of life that seem…
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Part Two: The Mad Scientist - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
Part Two: The Mad Scientist takes us into Victor Frankenstein's perspective. We learn about his background, dreams, ambitions, and the youthful enthusiasm for education and scientific progress. But how did these aspirations steer him toward animating a corpse? How did something so pure become...
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Part One: Prologue: The First Letters - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
We begin this dark tale in the streets of St. Petersburg, the alleyways of Archangel, and on a ship crossing the icy seas, all narrated by Robert Walton, voiced by Bakari Garvin. What do these letters reveal, and how do they set the stage for the story ahead? Why was he destined to meet Victor…
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Little Women Part 2
Welcome back! We continue our journey along the River, guided by more people than ever before for Part 2 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott! We were introduced to the Marches, the Laurence Boy, and we had a ball! What more awaits our humble family and will anybody new show their face to try and...
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Little Women Part 1
On Riverside Readings, we are traveling the waters of Massachusetts in Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”! Considered to be one of the most significant literary contributions, not just by a woman but by anyone who has put paper to pen, “Little Women” tells the story of 4 sisters, Jo March, played...
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Ep 22 - Pride Month Special Pt 5 - Emily Dickinson
Our final author of Pride Month is none other than Emily Dickinson, who is regarded as one of the most influential and essential authors and poets who challenged the notion of standard poetry and the definition of poetry itself. Her work sees the poems from a different perspective, one of an...
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Ep 21 - Pride Month Special Pt 4 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Our Fourth Author of Pride Month has yet to be normalized in America. He hails from Kvikne, Norway, and his name is Bjornstjerne Bjornson. He also won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903 “as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the...
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Ep 20 - Pride Month Special Pt 3 - Katherine Mansfield
Our third author of Pride Month is Katherine Mansfield, who has connections with other LGBTQ icons, such as last week's Oscar Wilde and prolific author Virginia Wolf. Hailing from New Zealand, though her life was short, it was certainly not viewed as “wasted.” She was bisexual, and she described...
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Ep 19 - Pride Month Special Pt 2 - Oscar Wilde
Our second Author of Pride Month is none other than Oscar Wilde! Traveling around the world from Ireland and self-proclaiming that he kissed another famous poet named Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde was persecuted, jailed, and sentenced to two years of hard labor for being gay. Oscar Wilde used his...
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EP 18 - Pride Month Special Pt 1 - Sappho
To begin Pride Month, we will read some of the works of the Ancient Greek Lyricist Sappho. Unlike many stories I have done in the past, these selected works will have an undertone of music, as is Sappho's style! She was given nicknames such as the “Tenth Muse” (in Greek mythology, there are nine)...
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Ep 17 - The Call of Cthulhu
Hello and Welcome to Riverside Readings. I am your host, Trent Mylie, and today, we will undertake the spooky, murky, and mystique world called The Call of Cthulhu. Written by H.P. Lovecraft, who is regarded as the king of spooks, The Call of Cthulhu takes us on a journey from a small town to the...
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Ep 16 - (Christmas Special) A Christmas Carol
Good Morning, and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! As we gather around the tree or play with our gifts and toys after opening them on Christmas Eve, let us rejoice that Christmas is here! All the holly and ivy strewn around your house as you decked the halls, the snowmen you decided to make…
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Ep 15.5 - A Christmas Special
We are in the season of giving, and I thought of no better gift for my lovely listeners than three Christmas stories tied up in a bow for one episode. These classic Christmas tales are all underscored by Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra's The Nutcracker (1972). Happy Holidays and...
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Ep 15 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! The Fall of The House of Usher
On this special Halloween episode, we ask ourselves, what makes a house really haunted? Is it the aura of the house (the house on the hill, watch out, don’t go down that road) that piques our curiosity? Or is it the sheer wonder at how something once thought of as beautiful and the place to be…
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Ep 14 - Anthem
Where do we belong and to what do we belong to? We go about life trying to find our own identity, whatever it may be, and go about our lives finding others of that group and growing within that group to have others join us along the way. "Anthem" by Ayn Rand asks about our own identity and…
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Ep 13 - The Willows
Regarded by H.P. Lovecraft as his "favorite weird story." Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" follows two friends along the Danube River and the harrowing journey resting on a riverbank brought them. Who or What decided to camp with them after their long journey? Will they make it out to tell…
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Ep 12 - Alice in Wonderland
Today, we head down the Rabbit Hole for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" (1865). Through this 12-chapter, 3-hour story we journey along the river with our young adventurer Alice and all of her encounters while she tries to figure out what Wonderland means to her and I look forward to seeing...
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Ep 11 - Skeleton Lake
As we continue our journey into Algernon Blackwood, we talk about fate and how one’s journey and discrepancies can lead to an unwanted conclusion. Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.
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Ep 9 - To Build a Fire
A Man and his Dog. A journey into a harsh, unforgiving wilderness with the goal to build a fire. Will they attain this goal or does an eternal chilled slumber await them? Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.
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Ep 10 - The Olive
What is fate? Is it an unseen force that guides us to people, places, and things? Are there ways we can break fate or when being in a peaceful situation, will we be okay with what chance chose for us? Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.
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Ep 8 - Red by John Logan w/Will Bradley
For the first stop along the River, I am joined by my good friend Will Bradley as my first guest on Riverside Readings. Today we will explore an art studio in New York as a well-known artist's final days draw near while he has help from his younger assistant. In a scene filled with passion and...
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Ep 7 - Shakespeare Sonnet Series: What’s done is done.
In our final episode of the Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we see our lovers continue on their impasse. Bound by a love that is inescapable, we see a continuation of woe, strife, and undying love regardless of our lovers no longer living with the same passion. Cupid, the god of love, has had his…
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Ep 6 - Too Much of a Good Thing
In the penultimate part of our Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we saw our lovers admit their infidelity, accept each other, bash the public for their judgment, and ignited a new lustful passion for our lovers. Is lust foreshadowing that things will be healed, or are they blinded by this lust, ignoring...
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Ep 5 - The Clothes Make the Man
A continuation of the paranoia from before we see our poet become an accuser, saying his lover has chosen another over him. This is something that can not stand. In a series of sonnets that attack her vanity and call her praise-seeking, to pleading on bended knee and promising to do what he can…
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Ep 2 - It’s Greek to Me
As we have waded into the sonnets of Shakespeare we are immediately made aware of the poet's purpose, to attain love and convince the beautiful woman of lore that she must make her beauty plentiful in the forms of children. Will this forward tactic prove fruitful or will our poet have to switch...
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Ep 1 - In My Heart of Hearts
Hello and welcome! This episode is the beginning of our journey into Shakespeare’s 154 Sonnets. Though this may seem long, there is countless intrigue throughout and I look forward to being your guide as we find out what lies ahead together. Every episode I will read a section of sonnets and…
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Ep 3 - Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve
Continuing our journey deeper into these sonnets, we see a change and start questioning whose voice is being written from prose. Is it the poet of old, an unmentioned lover’s new perspective, or a new poet wanting to woo those involved? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings...
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Ep 4 - Something Wicked this Way Comes
Our poet no longer views his lover as unique and she is now nothing more than a commoner. Is this the truth, or is his mind riddled with a paranoia parasite feeding off his insecurities regarding legacy and worth, not only in himself but in his poems once he has withered away? Click in and…
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