The Tales Gates: A Short Story Podcast

30 - The Lost Special

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:00:00 -0500

[A privately hired train goes missing en route from Liverpool to Manchester, baffling the public and professionals for eight years.]

"The Lost Special" by Arthur Conan Doyle
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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29 - "Across the Moors" and "August Heat"

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 04:00:00 -0500

Two stories for the nonexistent price of one!

Firstly:
[In spite of dreadful stories, a governess is sent across the moors at night to fetch a doctor.]

Followed by:
[An artist and a stonemason, unknown to one another, unconsciously predict each other's grave futures.]

"Across the Moors" and "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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28 - The Gift of the Magi

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0500

[A young couple struggle to buy each other Christmas gifts with little money.]

"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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27 - Keeping His Promise

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0500

[A university student, desperate to pass an exam, receives an unexpected visit in the form of an old friend.]

"Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
Performed by Matthew Penalva
Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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26 - Old Esther Dudley

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0500

[A devoted old woman maintains the Province House long after the British depart from New England.]

"Old Esther Dudley" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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25 - The Deliverers of Their Country

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0500

[When their country is beset by a plague of dragons, two siblings set out to bring peace so they can play outside again.]

"The Deliverers of Their Country" by Edith Nesbit
Performed and Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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24 - Dracula's Guest

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:00:00 -0400

[A foolhardy Englishman scoffs at superstition and chooses to explore a long-abandoned village.]

Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
Edited by Joseph Wetzel
Performed by Aaron Clark Burstein

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23 - The Box of Robbers

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:00:00 -0400

[A little girl left on her own discovers the surprising contents of an old trunk in the attic.]

"The Box of Robbers" by L. Frank Baum
Performed by Kirstin Wolf
Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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22 - Lady Eleanore's Mantle

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 04:00:00 -0400

[A self-important young English woman comes to live in Boston with a relative just before a horrible smallpox outbreak.]

"Lady Eleanore's Mantle" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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21 - The Last of Squire Ennismore

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:00:00 -0400

[A local shares the tale of how a wicked man met his end.]

"The Last of Squire Ennismore" by Charlotte Riddell
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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20 - The Celestial Omnibus

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0400

Curiosity is key, and admission is free.

The Celestial Omnibus by E. M. Forster
Directed by Aaron Clark Burstein
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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19 - The Star

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:00:00 -0400

"A vast mass of matter it was, bulky, heavy, rushing without warning out of the black mystery of the sky into the radiance of the sun."

The Star by H. G. Wells
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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18 - A Dream of Red Hands

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400

"I am not ill, as men call it, though God knows whether there be not worse sicknesses than doctors know of."

A Dream of Red Hands by Bram Stoker
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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17 - The Empty House

Wed, 27 May 2020 04:00:00 -0400

"Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil."

The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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16 - The Remarkable Rocket

Wed, 13 May 2020 04:00:00 -0400

Who knew a firework could be so smug?

The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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15 - The Most Dangerous Game

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:00:00 -0400

Keep your dark, ominous islands to yourself.

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Performed by Aaron Clark Burstein and Joseph Wetzel
Edited by Joseph Wetzel

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14 - The Glass Dog

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:00:00 -0400

I think the true moral of any fairy tale is simply that people shouldn't be trusted with magic.

The Glass Dog by L. Frank Baum
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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13 - The Masque of the Red Death

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 04:00:00 -0400

Disease is no joke.

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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12 - In The Year 2889

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 04:00:00 -0400

What might the world of tomorrow hold?

In the Year 2889 by "Jules" Verne
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel
Additional voices by Michael Wetzel and Matthew Penalva

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11 - What Was It?

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 04:00:00 -0500

Moving into a haunted building? What could go wrong?

What Was It? by Fitz James O'Brien
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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10 - The Man with the Watches

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0500

The game is afoot! It's time for The Tales Gate to get mysterious!

The Man with the Watches by Arthur Conan Doyle
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

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9 - Edward Randolph's Portrait

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0500

Back again at the Province House!

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Edward Randolph's Portrait by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

8 - Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500

Boy meets girl.
Girl's father sends boy to investigate the ocean no person in their kingdom has ever seen and returned to speak of.
Just your average fairy tale romance.

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Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean by Lord Dunsany

Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

7 - The Triumph of the Night

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500

New year, old stories.

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The Triumph of the Night by Edith Wharton

Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

6 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500

The Tales Gate is here with some Christmas miracles!

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H. G. Wells

Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

5 - Howe's Masquerade

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500

What stories wait inside the old Province House?

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Howe's Masquerade by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

Music featured:
Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915) by Gustav Holst
String Quartet in E major, Op. 11 No. 5 (1775) by Luigi Boccherini
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695) by Henry Purcell

4 - The Happy Prince

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500

A heartwarming tale as the weather turns cold.

The Happy Prince (1888) by Oscar Wilde
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

Music featured:
Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915) by Gustav Holst
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (1880) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "Autumn" (1725) by Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 - Adagio (1720) by Johann Sebastian Bach
The Waltz of Flowers (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 - Allegro (1719) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral suite in D major No. 3, BWV 1068 - Il Giardino Armonico (1730) by Johann Sebastian Bach

3 - The Lady, or the Tiger?

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0500

Which came out of the opened door? Listen and find out!

The Lady, or the Tiger? (1882) by Frank R. Stockton
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

Music featured:
Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915) by Gustav Holst
Romeo and Juliet (1880) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2 - The Cask of Amontillado

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0400

Let's get spooky with a piece by the literary prince of darkness - Edgar Allen Poe! And we'll see what true dangers lie in this midnight quest for a cask of Amontillado.

The Cask of Amontillado (1846) by Edgar Allen Poe
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

Music featured:
Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915) by Gustav Holst

1 - The Idle City

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0400

What better way to start a series celebrating storytelling than a story by an author whose works inspired the likes literary titans like Tolkien and Le Guin? In this tale by Lord Dunsany you'll visit a ancient city with a security system that would make One Thousand and One Nights proud. It's stories within a story in The Idle City.

The Idle City (1910) by Lord Dunsany
Edited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

Music featured (in order of appearance):
Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915) by Gustav Holst
The Planets - Neptune, the Mystic (1915) by Gustav Holst
A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 (1907) by Gustav Holst
St Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 (1922) by Gustav Holst
Symphony No. 8 Movement 2 (1890) by Antonín Dvořák

The Tales Gate - Trailer

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:00:00 -0400

We could all use more story time, and The Tales Gate aims to satisfy that need.