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This short story by the French master of the form recounts a conversation between two beautiful young women about the perils of finding good domestic help. Podcast (brass-stacks): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS

In the conclusion to E. E. Kellett’s short story, things get increasingly dark as the beautiful creation of an genius inventor conquers not only London society, but the hearts of two suitors. Podcast (brass-stacks): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS

In this obscure but brilliant short story by E. E. Kellett, an inventor is challenged by his friend to create an “anti-phonograph” that can engage a speaker in a conversation. But he does much, much more than that…. Podcast (brass-stacks): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS

Professor Challenger meets an inventor whose creation may prove so catastrophic as to imperil the entire British Empire, in this classic short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Podcast (brass-stacks): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS

H.G. Wells is now primarily known for his early science fiction novels, but it was his short stories that made a name for him. This one comes from a 1905 Pearson’s Magazine. Subtitled “A Tale of Anarchy,” it was darkly topical, as in the last 20 years self-proclaimed anarchists had killed several heads of state and committed bombing outrages throughout … Read More

Some updates and news on BRASS, including our next season and information about our companion podcast, BRASS Stacks. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS

The Second Coming: Lord and Lady Brass rush across London trying to save both a missing child and an abducted poet, while Yeats comes face-to-face with the mysterious Master and learns his occult plans! Bickering cultists, unnatural rituals and the timely return of Loveday Brooke as our BRASS Miniseries comes to an end. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: … Read More

Salons and Seances:  The Brasses visit the salon of Victorian Renaissance man William Morris, have some harrowing conversations with a firebrand anarchist, and meet a guide to occult London, a young poet with a supernatural bent, William Butler Yeats.     Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS

Falling Rocks and Flying Knives. Trapped in The Spookhouse, the deathtrap-laden lair of the villainous Peck-in-the-Crown, the Brasses have their ingenuity tested to the shattering point, while a sinister conspiracy stays one step ahead of them. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS