Episodes

  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVI - The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVI - The Problem Suddenly Works in Silence
    Feb 19 2026
    In which a fierce tempest abruptly ceases, leaving the sea unnervingly still and enshrouded in a heavy, snow-laden fog that envelops a battered vessel in an almost otherworldly calm. Yet beneath this deceptive peace, a quiet dread arises as the crew discovers that the ship’s hold is filling with water, foretelling an imminent peril despite the storm’s end.
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    6 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVII - The Last Resource

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XVII - The Last Resource
    Feb 19 2026
    In which a vessel grievously wounded by an unseen leak drifts helplessly upon a becalmed sea, its crew struggling vainly against the slow certainty of their doom with the desperate shedding of all burden. The silent and inexorable descent into the watery abyss is marked not by tempestuous fury, but by a dreadful and implacable calm that seals their fate.
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    9 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XV - Portentosum Mare

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XV - Portentosum Mare
    Feb 19 2026
    In which a beleaguered vessel, the Matutina, is driven by tempest and treacherous currents toward the perilous shores of Aurigny, a land guarded by nature’s most fearsome maritime sentinels, where the sea’s tumultuous moods alternately promise ruin and a fragile hope. The desperate souls on board endure the sinister play of wind and wave, clinging to life amid the storm’s cruel caprices, caught between the near certainty of disaster and the fleeting mercy of deliverance.
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    14 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIII - Face to Face with Night

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIII - Face to Face with Night
    Feb 18 2026
    In which a storm-tossed vessel wrestles with the merciless sea under a starless sky, caught in the wild chaos where sea and night entwine into a spectral haze. The mariners, having narrowly escaped one peril, are struck anew with dread upon the sudden appearance of a forbidding rock that looms like a phantom in the darkness.
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    3 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Face to Face with the Rock

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XII - Face to Face with the Rock
    Feb 18 2026
    In which a tempest besets a fragile vessel, driving it helplessly towards jagged reefs beneath a faint and faltering lighthouse whose light seems to struggle like a drowning flame. The desperate crew, with courage and cunning, employ a makeshift lever to steer their doomed craft away from destruction, leaving behind the grim, watching rocks and the extinguished beacon to the silent vastness of the sea.
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    8 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIV - Ortach

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter XIV - Ortach
    Feb 18 2026
    In which a beleaguered vessel, caught in the merciless grasp of a relentless storm, approaches the forbidding Ortach rock—a monument of nature’s implacable strength rising defiantly from the sea—and the fate of those aboard balances precariously between crushing ruin and miraculous reprieve. Through the darkness and despair, the tide’s cruel dance offers a slender hope as the ship narrowly escapes destruction, carried away from the deadly grasp of the reef for a second fleeting deliverance.
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    4 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter X - The Colossal Savage, the Storm

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter X - The Colossal Savage, the Storm
    Feb 17 2026
    In which a hardy crew battles a furious hurricane at sea, striving manfully to save their imperilled ship from the relentless grip of nature’s wrath, as sails are torn asunder and the vessel is reduced to a helpless wreck. The men cling to hope and rigging alike, adrift in tempestuous darkness, until a faint, flickering beacon of red light shines through the storm’s veil, offering a slender promise of salvation.
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    10 mins
  • The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IX - The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea

    The Man Who Laughs Part I, Book the Second, Chapter IX - The Charge Confided to a Raging Sea
    Feb 17 2026
    In which a band of mariners finds themselves ensnared within the merciless embrace of a storm, their senses sharpened by the ominous tolling of a bell that signals danger hidden beneath the waves. The learned doctor discerns the meaning of this haunting sound, revealing their perilous position near treacherous shoals and the grave consequences awaiting should they fail to steer aright.
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    4 mins