RitA Ep 4 - The Hoosegow Strangler

Fans of Mick and Casey will be happy to learn that week's story is "The Hoosegow Strangler" - the first Mick and Casey mystery ever published.  It's a locked-room puzzle, when a man is murdered right under Mick and Casey's noses, they have to solve a locked room mystery to save their reputations.

For those who are new to Mick and Casey, you can find this story in the small, FREE, mystery short story collection, Waiter, There's a Clue In My Soup! (Which also includes another Mick and Casey story - "The Trail of the Lonesome Stick-pin.") It's available (free!) for Kindle, Nook, and Apple's iBookstore.

Download the episode directly from the Internet Archive: Reading In the Attic, Episode 3 - "The Hoosegow Strangler". (29 minutes)

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RitA Ep 3 - "Deadmen Don't Eat Fruitcake" - and a Catmas Carol

A noir Christmas tale. Also, a Catly Christmas Carol.

"Deadmen Don't Eat Fruitcake" -- two tough guys face down a wily old lady, in this noir crime story about jewels hidden in a fruitcake.   And yes, I actually sing for you, in this episode -- a Christmas carol I wrote for my cat's webpage - "We Three Cats."

Download the episode directly from the Internet Archive: Reading In the Attic, Episode 3 - "Deadmen Don't Eat Fruitcake". (13 minutes)

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RitA Ep 2 - Baby Shoes and Other Dark Things

Three very short stories today.  First up, Hemingway's 6-word story about the baby shoes, and the story I wrote in response: "The Unexpurgated Story of the Baby Shoes Which Were Sold Unused." Finally a dark micro-fiction story: "You Kids, Get Off My Lawn."

Download the episode directly from the Internet Archive: Reading In the Attic, Episode 2 - Baby Shoes and Other Dark Things. (18 minutes)

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RitA Ep 1 - "For Belgium" a WWI story by J.J. Bell

The first story in the Reading in the Attic Podcast, is "For Belgium" by J.J. Bell.  It was first published in The Strand in the summer of 1915. And, as I mention in the podcast, I so loved one of the original illustrations by Dudley Tennant, that I adapted it for use in the header of my writing blog, The Daring Novelist.  (I also used that illustration as inspiration for an incident in my serial story -- The  Misplaced Hero -- although the young lady in that story is less in need of assistance.)

Download the episode directly from the Internet Archive: Reading In the Attic, Episode 1 - "For Belgium. (29 minutes)

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RitA Ep 0 - the Introduction

Welcome to the Reading in the Attic, a weekly podcast in which I read fiction to you.   Most of the fiction will be my own, but I'll also be reading old stories I find in old magazines on sites like Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive -- and also physical magazines I manage to acquire.  I will also occasionally read a new story or novel excerpt from current authors.

This very short episode simply explains what the podcast is about, and how I chose the title.

Download the episode directly from the Internet Archive: Reading In the Attic, Episode 0 - Introduction. (1:49)

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