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: RSS
BRASS Stacks 6: The Disintegrator Machine
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: RSS
BRASS Stacks 5: The Stolen Bacillus
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
BRASS: Season Three Updates
Some updates and news on BRASS, including our next season and information about our companion podcast, BRASS Stacks. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
BRASS: The Devil in Whitechapel Episode 4
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
BRASS: The Devil in Whitechapel Episode 3
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: RSS
BRASS: The Devil in Whitechapel Episode 2
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: RSS
BRASS: The Devil In Whitechapel Episode 1
Crooks and Nannies: Lord and Lady Brass pay a visit on a grieving widow, and find themselves drawn head-first into the mystery of a missing child. Cast List Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
BRASS Stacks 4: The Storyteller by Saki
For this episode, we return to the English master of the short sharp shock, Saki, and a delightfully mischievous narrative about the sort of tales children really enjoy, “The Storyteller.” Podcast (brass-stacks): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
BRASS Stacks 3: The Mysterious Case of Miss V., by Virginia Woolf
The late 19th and early 20th century were the golden age of the ghost story. Some of the greatest tales of the supernatural were written at this time, including masterpieces by Sheridan Le Fanu, Algernon Blackwood and M.R. James, as well as short stories by such heavyweight novelists as Dickens, George Eliot, and Henry James. A surprising name on this … Read More