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Post by noose on Jan 1, 2011 15:35:11 GMT
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Post by julieh on Jan 3, 2011 4:28:13 GMT
Beast with five fingers is a distinct possibility. (got an audiobook version off librivox). I continue to plow through these.
I really appreciate all the suggestions! Audio adaptation is tricky, so finding a story with the right sort of elements can take time. This helps so much!
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Post by lemming13 on Jan 3, 2011 12:19:17 GMT
I think probably the best Hearn ones for an audio version would be Aoyagi ( about a young samurai who falls in love with a mystery girl who turns out to be a willow spirit) or Jikininki (about a priest's encounter with a flesh-eating spirit). I'd also suggest Jonas Lie's Isaac and the Parson of Broenoe (about a fisherman who slyly gets around a parson's objections and buries his brother's body parts piecemeal as they turn up), or the Cormorants of Andvaer (another star-crossed love one, about a youth who is willing to risk his life to win the girl of his dreams - who turns out to be a ghost which takes the shape of a cormorant). Pushkin's The Shot, about a duellist who holds back his shot for years until his opponent has a life worth losing, has been done on American radio years ago (I think in the series Suspense, not sure) but not for decades. Among British authors Saki tells great little stories with a nice black humour - how about The Blind Spot (about a murderous cook), The Hounds of Fate (a man thinks he is immensely lucky when on the run to be mistaken for someone else by a devoted old couple who shower him with money and kindness - until the other man's deadly enemy catches up with him), and The Wolves of Cernogratz, in which a legend of wolves howling round a castle when one of the owner's line dies is proved true by the death of the scorned and neglected governess working for the newcomer owners)?
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Post by julieh on Jan 3, 2011 13:36:29 GMT
Funny you should mention Saki - I've done several of his humor stories. In fact, I'm very late on my Saki's birthday episode. Quail Seed, this year.
I'll take a look at those, thanx!!
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Post by lemming13 on Jan 3, 2011 15:41:07 GMT
Just had to make a call back to say, 19 Nocturne Boulevard is definitely bookmarked on my favourites list! Most enjoyable. And so much for me to go at, I'll be downloading for ages. Tell you what, though, julie, I think you'd love Tales From the Mausoleum Club...
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Post by julieh on Jan 3, 2011 17:17:59 GMT
Excellent! Glad you're enjoying it! always like to corrupt... uh, convert new listeners! Where do I find Tales from the Mausoleum Club? Sounds fun!
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Post by dem bones on Jan 4, 2011 18:39:46 GMT
i reckon much of Maurice Level's work would lend itself as well to radio adaptation as it did to the stage. we've some plot outlines here, then it's just a case of reading those which tickle your fancy on horrormasters.
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Post by julieh on Jan 4, 2011 19:54:51 GMT
Level is Grand Guignol, isn't he? I came across those somewhere, but was under the impression they might still be under copyright. Will look closer.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 4, 2011 20:15:44 GMT
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Post by monker on Jan 6, 2011 3:43:34 GMT
Ralph Adams Cram - The Dead Valley Arthur Machen - The Shining Pyramid W. W. Jacobs - The Toll House
...to name a few... depends how long or short you need them or if you favour traditional 'spooks' or more subtle ones, etc.
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Post by julieh on Jan 6, 2011 3:55:30 GMT
...to name a few... depends how long or short you need them or if you favour traditional 'spooks' or more subtle ones, etc. It really depends on the story. I generally make main episodes about a half hour, and short episodes about 10-12 minutes. I can generally tell when I'm reading a story how long it will run. The big problem with translation into audio tends to be: (a) first person style stories really make better dramatized stories (audiobook style) than dramas (radio show style) (b) Stories where one character is alone for the majority of the story can be really hard to do. nothing more boring than hours on end of monologue. (c) Stories that rely heavily on HUGE amounts of backstory can be a giant pain. (d) Stories that rely heavily on purely visual things, which would necessitate endless verbal description can be awkward ("what is that thing I am looking at ? I have never before seen anything six foot tall and purple with fourteen mouths and hair like Justin Beiber's!") Any of these can be overcome, but that's where the final rule comes in... (e) it has to catch my fancy. Yeah, that's the one that doesn't quantify...
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Post by lemming13 on Jan 6, 2011 12:34:27 GMT
The Mausoleum Club appeared as two radio series and a one off; Tales from the Mausoleum Club, Fall of the Mausoleum Club, and The Demon Cake-stand. You can find them on various very naughty streaming and free download sites, and I believe sneaked into a horror radio podcast on iTunes, but of course I would never tell anyone to break the law because the idiot BBC won't put out one of their most entertaining series on cd format and aren't playing it on BBC 7 or iPlayer any more. Great stuff, though; basic idea is this London club back round the start of the 20th century only admits those who have a story to tell - a true story involving murder (which they committed, but that's not really a spoiler). Cue several glorious parodies of classic works - The Inaudible Man, Jess of the B'ournvilles, Heart of Skegness, the Turn of the Knob, and more. Some great performances too, from the likes of Timothy Spall, Stephen Fry, Matt Frewer and Rosemary Leech. My own favourite is Soldiers 3, India Nil, but only from a weakness for Kipling (cue dirty Carry On chuckle and bad pun). The Demon Cake Stand, with Stephen Fry, sin't quite one of the proper tales, only a sort of prequel, but still good fun.
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Post by julieh on Jan 7, 2011 7:35:38 GMT
Sounds like a hoot! I will maybe accidentally come across it some time. Some great ideas. I'm also looking at some Bulwer-Lytton and just found a half-adapted John Kendrick Bangs in my back file. I'm stockpiling. Thanx much for the help, and keep them coming if you think of anything else!
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Post by julieh on Feb 1, 2011 21:37:07 GMT
IN this classical vein - this coming weekend will be my adaptation of William Hope Hodgson's "A Tropical Horror".
We'll just see how THAT goes.... ["Worse things happen at sea"]
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Post by julieh on Mar 30, 2011 15:25:57 GMT
OKay, the month of script writing is almost upon me, and I'm definitely going to take a stab at the Beast with Five Fingers (visual as it is, it will be a challenge), and I have been challenged by a listener to write something in the style of the Grand Guignol. Also have a great idea for an over-the-top Hammer/Amicus portmanteau film (in a half hour, no less!) style story. I also have a vague thought of maybe tacking Machen's The White People, but that may go away. I'm still making my way through reading the various stories that were suggested, and wanted to thank everyone again for their help! The story that horribly baffles me, as far as adaptation goes (too much visuals, too much internalized to adapt properly, and yet I kind of want to, because it's creepy as heck) was Tomato Sauce from the 12 days of Vault stuff - dunno why, it just caught me. I also have a vague thought of doing something "in the style of" some of the "shudder pulp" stories. But I have to figure out just what that is. What the cliches, character archetypes, and standard plots are - then I twist them to my will. Ok, enough "it's too early and Julie hasn't had enough caffeine" rambling. Wish me luck!
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