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Waters of R’lyeh – Part Two

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:51:37 +0000

Waters of R’lyeh turned out to be a lot shorter than the Howl from Beyond, but I had a very different goal in mind. With the Howl from Beyond, I wanted 60 – 90 minutes of audio, and I managed to meet that goal. With Waters of R’lyeh, I wanted to explore the Cthulhu mythos a bit, and provide my answer to the question of what Cthulhu would do with the Internet. Could he make use of it? If so, how?

When I started collecting my scattered notes, I found enough material for two or three stories, all around 5000 words in length. This is one of them.

The other two may yet be told, but first I need to make some headway on my other podcast project, which I hope to launch Real Soon Now™.

Waters of R’lyeh – Part One

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:29:55 +0000

The recording process took longer than I intended, but I’ve now finished recording my latest short story, Waters of R’lyeh. I will be posting it in two parts.

In this first part, you meet Sgt. Rose, who discovers something unusual while handling a routine graffiti case. Meanwhile, there’s some unusual weather brewing on the other side of the planet.

Enjoy.

The Howl From Beyond – Part Four

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:20:04 +0000

This concludes my short story “The Howl From Beyond”. It’s also the last recording I will be posting in the near future. I do have some more stories to tell, but they aren’t written yet. I am going to take a break from recording and get back to writing. I expect to have at least one more story done sometime next year, but it will probably be a while coming.

In the meantime, there may be another podcast in my future. Stay tuned…

The Howl From Beyond – Part Three

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:09:11 +0000

When I started posting the audio for the Howl from Beyond, I hadn’t finished recording the entire story. I originally planned to post the audio in three parts, each 20 – 30 minutes in length.

While recording part three, I discovered that I had more audio than I had expected. So, I will post the fourth (and final) part to the Howl from Beyond next Friday. I also have to aplogize for ending part three on a bit of a cliffhanger, but there was really no other place to cut it. So you’ll just have to wait another week to hear the end of the story.

This was my favorite part of the story to record. The story darkens, and the pace quickens. Violence becomes unavoidable, and things start going terribly wrong.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as I’ve enjoyed presenting the story.

The Howl From Beyond – Part Two

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:00:59 +0000

This is the second part of my short story, “The Howl From Beyond.”

As I’ve already mentioned, The Howl From Beyond is the genesis of the entire collection of short stories I’ve titled Twilight. When I started thinking about publishing the Howl from Beyond as an audiobook, I realized that it would be nice to have a bit of music to use for the introduction and so on. My friend Phreak Gawd had provided me with a pre-release version of an as-yet-still-unpublished album he’s working on. The working title is the Dark Album, but it may be retitled at some point.

While researching and writing the Howl from Beyond, I often wound up listening to the Dark Album since it got me in the right frame of mind for the subject matter. Because of this, the Dark Album and The Howl from Beyond are now inseparable in my mind. Each immediately invokes thoughts of the other. So, I was delighted when he agreed to let me use it for this podcast.

The Howl From Beyond – Part One

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:39 +0000

Back in January, Chris, Jason, and I played a game of Once Upon a Time. In this particular game we developed a werewolf mythos that I found quite interesting. I remarked at the time that there was another story there, and I set out to write it.

The Howl From Beyond is that story. It was also the genesis of what turned into Twilight, the collection of short stories in which it appears.

This is part one of three. The story is divided such that you can listen it in three different ways. Listening to all the parts in order gives you the entire story; listening to only parts two and three gives you a shorter version of the same story; listening to only part three gives you an even shorter version.

Enjoy!

Fifties Diner

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:11:57 +0000

When I travel, I love eating breakfast and lunch in diners. Especially if I’m traveling alone or on business. A diner is a great place to eat a meal by yourself. You can sit at the counter and chat with the staff, and you always get your food quick.

I can think of at least one diner in San Francisco that felt like it was stuck in the 1950s. And even if the diner itself wasn’t stuck there, I’m almost certain some of my fellow patrons were.

If they were indeed stuck in the 1950s, was the diner somehow responsible?

A Sunday Night in the Rain

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:49:39 +0000

I wrote this for everyone who has ever walked home in the rain, and taken a moment to two to reflect on and enjoy it.

5 Blocks and 22 Stories

Jeremiah Wittevrongel — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:11:33 +0000

The first story in Twilight, my collection of short stories, is now available in audio format.

5 Blocks and 22 Stories is a recollection of a walk home late one night. Much of this story is true.

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