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THE TALE EATERS
by Dean M Drinkel
The Tale Eaters is a half hour audio ghost story written for radio and originally serialised on BBC Radio Kent over two weeks during February 2021 and repeated in 2023. It was performed by the actors Michael Chance, Keith Drinkel, Carolyn Seymour and was written & directed by Dean M. Drinkel. It was also selected for the prestigious International Radio Drama Festival in 2022 (held in Canterbury, Kent).
The Tale Eaters: the story of three people simultaneously existing in a large house by the river. Why they are there, how long they’ve been there, why they can’t seem to travel any further than a nearby bridge is ruminated and pondered upon. Whilst they don’t know each other it does appear their paths have crossed at some point in their lives, an idea which certainly isn’t lost on at least one of them. As they discover dark secrets about each another their current realities begin to unravel leading to a shocking denouement which may (or not!) be the end…
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DIRTY PAWS
by Dean M Drinkel
AUDIO read by Keith Drinkel
From award winner Dean M. Drinkel comes a new chilling short story inspired by both Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders In The Rue Morgue” and Clive Barker’s “New Murders In The Rue Morgue.”Set in modern day Paris, ineffective kidnappers Lea and Maxime make one helluva mistake roping local waitress Camille into their grandiose plan. Things go wrong from the get-go, arguments break out, bodies pile up, drinks get spilled.And just who is the big fellow following them and what has he got to do with the carnage left in Lea’s and Maxime’s wake? Read “Dirty Paws” to find out…
KEITH DRINKEL
Keith studied Drama/English at Birmingham University and has worked for more than fifty years as a professional actor on stage/television/radio―appearing in the Doctor Who story Timeflight with Peter Davison. Keith is delighted he and his husband Michael Chance are both working with, and for, his very distant cousin, Dean.
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ASYLUM OF SHADOWS
by Stephanie Ellis
AUDIO Read By Carolyn Seymour
Amongst the slums of Limehouse stands a new hospital, a monument to Victorian philanthropy. Marian, destitute and about to be orphaned as her father succumbs to the ravages of syphilis, is taken there by Dr. Janssen. This eminent physician offers her work and a roof over her head. Employed as a seamstress, she stitches shrouds for the dead and hoods for the hangman. Marian is taken to the ward of St. Carcifex. This shadowy ward receives the recently deceased, particularly those who have hung from the gallows. Her task in this gloomy place is to watch over them, make sure the dead stay dead. On Marian’s first night, she is charged with the care of two murderers, who, despite their hanging, do not appear to have the expected deathly pallor. On the second night, these guests are joined by innocent, hard-working men, victims of an unfortunate dock accident. Marian is enraged that such should be forced to share the ward. As her own mind falls victim to the ravages of the disease which killed her father, she metes out her own justice, her own vengeance – on dead and alive alike.
CAROLYN SEYMOUR
Carolyn Seymour is a highly accomplished actress of stage/screen, with a long, impressive list of genre credits on both sides of the Atlantic including Star Trek, Survivors and Doctor Who. Carolyn divides her personal time between family, art, and her passion for animal activism. PR CONTACT: Nick Pourgourides - personalpr@icloud.com
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THE DEVIL'S PORTION
by Benedict J. Jones
AUDIO read by Michael Chance
When Oleksandr Chichenko is assigned to the far north in the search for a missing commissar, and to investigate the drop in production at a previously model Soviet he expects to meet resistance, perhaps even murder, but what he discovers is far, far worse. As the layers of the mystery peel away like the skin of an onion Chichenko finds himself on dangerous ground in a place where the walls of reality are thin and an ancient dreamer has been awakened.
MICHAEL CHANCE
Michael trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech & Drama and has appeared in many productions on stage/screen. He has recorded a number of audio versions of Doctor Who for Big Finish Productions alongside Colin Baker & Paul McGann. He lives in France. For further information: www.keddiescott.com
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THE VENUS COMPLEX
By Barbie Wilde
Audio read by Doug Bradley
A man rises out of an abyss of frustration and rage and creates works of art out of destruction, goddesses out of mere dental hygienists, and beauty out of death. It’s also about the sickness and obsession that is love. Enter into Michael’s world through the pages of his personal journal, where every diseased thought, disturbing dream, politically incorrect rant, and sexually explicit murder highlights his journey from zero to psycho.
"After purposefully killing his wife in a car accident, art professor Michael Friday finds his perspective on things has become a little...warped. Via his personal journal, we’re allowed into his mind to slowly watch the disintegration of it, bearing witness to his unnerving sexual cravings and ideas about killing: intertwined with the paintings he loves so much. As Michael writes, he’s 'turning into something dead'; but at the same time he wants to be somebody, not a nobody. Using his diary to rant against the world in general - including everything from banks to popular culture, from national holidays like Christmas to politics - he reveals more about the big, gaping hole in his own life. But as the novel goes on the first person narrative tensely builds up, displaying his dark dreams and innermost thoughts: his way of filling that void and presenting his grisly 'works of art' to the world. As intelligent and cultured as Hannibal, easily as disturbing as American Psycho and infinitely less reassuring than Dexter, this is a sexually-charged real life horror story that will definitely stay with you.” (Paul Kane, award-winning horror and fantasy writer)
“Wilde is one of the finest purveyors of erotically charged horror fiction around.” (Fangoria)
“The Venus Complex is a delicious collision of noir thriller and visceral horror. Whip-smart devious and jolting!” (Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award winner and New York Times best-selling author of Code Zero and V-Wars)
“Wilde expertly charts Michael’s diabolical descent into voyeurism, stalking and murder in a transgressive tale that would make Patrick Bateman blush.” (Rue Morgue)
"Damaged people, ultraviolence, murder and explicit sex--what’s not to love about her work?” (Chris Alexander, editor in chief, Fangoria #321)
"Barbie Wilde follows the tradition of Ellis's American Psycho and Oates's Zombie yet breaks new ground in the field of sadistic crime fiction. If you like the lurid and shocking, you'll love The Venus Complex. It's Dexter, without a moral code.” (Midwest Book Review)
DOUG BRADLEY
Doug Bradley, actor/writer/narrator/icon – best known for his role as the Hell Priest/Pinhead in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser franchise. He also appeared in Barker’s Nightbreed as well as many, many indie horror films. His book Sacred Masks: Behind The Mask Of The Horror Actor is bloody brilliant. More about him can be found here: Doug Bradley (@officialdougbradley) • Instagram photos and videos