"Trace" by Jerome Bixby

"Trace" by Jerome Bixby

In this episode we spend a delightful day in the New England hill country discussing the vagaries of cosmic dualism with a fiendishly pleasant host  in Jerome Bixby's "Trace." All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Narrated by Jim Billbrough

"The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke

In this episode an interstellar trip to a distant nebula brings on a crisis of faith for the spaceship's astrophysicist in Arthur C. Clarke's Hugo Award winning story "The Star." All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Narrated by Jim Billbrough    We'd like to dedicate this episode to our good friend, band-mate, landlord, and poker buddy Tristram Lozaw. Tris was an excellent bass player, film composer, magazine publisher, and writer. He was a major force in the Boston Music scene for decades, but, more importantly, our friend.  A simple Google search for 'Tristram Lozaw' will give you some idea of all that was left behind in the mighty wake of his life. We will miss him.

6 (Very) Short Stories By Franz Kafka

In this episode we present a 6-pack of strange and unusual stories by "Mr. Kafkaesque" himself - Franz Kafka. "At Night," "Poseidon," and "The Vulture" translated by Tania and James Stern "The New Advocate," "A Fratricide," and "A Dream" translated by Willa and Edwin Muir All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Narrated by Bob Familiar and Jim Billbrough   Story Order: "A Fratricide," "Poseidon," "A Dream," "The New Advocate," "At Night," and "The Vulture."

"One Of These Days" by Gabriel García Márquez and "Razor" by Vladimir Nabokov

What would you do if you suddenly found your worst enemy completely at your mercy? Would you take revenge? Would you forgive?" Here are two stories that explore what happens when, out of the blue, the opportunity for vengeance arrives. "One Of These Days" by Gabriel García Márquez "Razor" by Vladimir Nabokov All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Narration by Jim Billbrough

"Strabismus" by Stefan Grabiński

A man finds himself struggling against an invasive intelligence taking over his mind and trying to eradicate everything the man had previously revered and admired in Stefan Grabiński’s “Strabismus.” Translated by Miroslaw Lipinski All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Narrated by Jim Billbrough