• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
    Jun 13 2026

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    "As they opposed no objection, saying that the patient was already in the death agony, I proceeded without hesitation."

    Edgar Allan Poe, the scribe behind The Raven, is often considered the father of gothic literature. Quick to explore human nature rather than ghouls and vampires his short stories embrace the side of humanity that shocks the masses. Rae Wilson shares her observations on Poe's thought provoking tale and and invites you question the relationship between life and death..

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    Pressure by Rae Wilson

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    49 mins
  • The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
    Jun 2 2026

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    "Fear has no brains; it is an idiot."

    Ambrose Bierce, a rather prolific short story writer, is known for his whit, but scholars have often noted that The Moonlit Road is a piece that is not talked about enough. This traditional gothic tale, uses rather unconventional storytelling to deliver a piece that is not only gripping, but also deeply moving. Rae Wilson shares her observations on Bierce's tragic tale and and invites you question the both the power of love and the power of perspective.

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    Dread by Rae Wilson

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    55 mins
  • The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
    May 26 2026

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    "I could have shaken the man for his stupidity."

    Edith Wharton may be known world wide as the scribe behind Age of Innocence, but she equally adapt at making her star-crossed lovers, pine away in much darker circumstances. Her gothic short stories are abound, and deliver quite a punch. Rae Wilson shares her observations on Wharton's cautionary tale and and invites you question the limits of both vows and devotion.

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    Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com

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    Dark Shadows - by David Fesliyan

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  • The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
    May 15 2026

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    " I should like to know how any one of us would look, or what the devil we should have to say for ourselves, in any Christian witness-box. "

    Robert Louis Stevens may be known world wide for Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but his short ghost stories are just as horrifying as his longer works. Rae Wilson shares her observations on Stevenson's cautionary tale and and invites you question your own ambition fueled denial.

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  • The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens
    May 8 2026

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    " A truthful traveller, who should have seen some extraordinary
    creature in the likeness of a sea-serpent, would have no fear of mentioning
    it; but the same traveller, having had some singular presentiment, impulse,
    vagary of thought, vision (so-called), dream, or other remarkable mental
    impression, would hesitate considerably before he would own to it."

    Charles Dickens may be known world wide for A Christmas Carol, but his short ghost stories are just as horrifying as his popular tale of societal greed. Rae Wilson shares her observations on Dicken's work and and invites you question your own reluctance related to what fantastical events you are willing to share.

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    Darkest Hour- by Steve Oxen

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  • The Fall of The House of Usher
    May 1 2026

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    " I looked at him with a feeling of sad surprise. Surely, no man had ever
    before changed as Roderick Usher had! Could this be the friend of my
    early years?"

    True friends are there for you through thick and thin, and in childhood we often swear to be loyal to the end, but what does loyalty really mean? Rae Wilson shares her observations on Poe's exploration of a friendship put to the test and invites you to question your own definition of loyalty.

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    55 mins
  • The Hall Bedroom by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
    Apr 24 2026

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    " I have experienced the revulsion which comes sooner or later to the adventurous soul who experiences nothing but defeat and so-called ill luck. I have swung to the opposite extreme. I have lost in everything — I have lost in love, I have lost in money, I have lost in the struggle for preferment"

    Is there such a thing is being "unlucky," or is it rather the result of our own actions/ inactions? In this short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (author of Luella Miller, episode 1), readers meet two different souls both grappling with this very question. Rae Wilson shares her observations on Freeman's words and invites you to question your own history with lady luck.

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    Monster Heat - by David Fesliyan

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  • The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
    Apr 17 2026

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    "...people of the frontier—restless souls who no sooner had hewn fairly habitable homes out of the wilderness and attained to that degree of prosperity which to-day we should call indigence than impelled by some mysterious impulse of their nature they abandoned all and pushed farther westward, to encounter new perils and privations in the effort to regain the meagre comforts which they had voluntarily renounced."

    So many of us reach our goals, only to set out and repeat the cycle: finally got that promotion or house? Well, it must be time to change jobs or get a new house? But what if you were one of the few, who stayed put. In this Ambrose Bierce tale, narrator Rae Wilson invites us to explore that very question.


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    36 mins