Our final episode for the summer. Hope you enjoyed it, see you this winter.
For those of you who don't know, Kwaidan is Japanese for Ghost Story, and is also the name of a 1904 treasury of Japanese folklore by Lafcadio Hearn.
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21 Jul 2026
Floating Water by Koji Suzuki
A single mother and her daughter move into a new apartment.
This story was written by Koji Suzuki and translated by Glynne Walley for Vertical Press.
2 Jul 2026
Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce
A story about Artificial Intelligence.
Here’s the aforementioned article about the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
https://lithub.com/no-one-knows-why-ambrose-bierce-disappeared-but-here-are-some-theories/ (https://lithub.com/no-one-knows-why-ambrose-bierce-disappeared-but-here-are-some-theories/)
Here’s the PDF for I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
https://galacticjourney.org/stories/I_Have_No_Mouth_and_I_Must_Scream_-_Harlan_Ellison.pdf (https://galacticjourney.org/stories/I_Have_No_Mouth_and_I_Must_Scream_-_Harlan_Ellison.pdf)
Here’s I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream read by the author, Harlan Ellison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgo-As552hY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgo-As552hY)
11 Jun 2026
Two Parables of Franz Kafka
I think these two parables are a great introduction to the works of Franz Kafka, so if you haven't read much Kafka, this episode is for you.
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Here's a free audiobook of The Metamorphosis that I think is very well done
https://librivox.org/the-metamorphosis-by-franz-kafka/ (https://librivox.org/the-metamorphosis-by-franz-kafka/)
19 Mar 2026
8 The Red Room by HG Wells
Our last ghost story for a while, a man struggles against the darkness in a strange room.
Here’s a free audiobook version of War of the Worlds I’m very fond of
https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells/ (https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells/)
Here’s an interesting conversation between Orson Welles and HG Wells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIelwmldAdQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIelwmldAdQ)
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26 Feb 2026
7 Afterward by Edith Wharton
A young couple move into a house with strange secrets
NB For reasons I can’t understand the first half of the intro was recorded on my laptop mic, so the sound quality is kinda crappy for the first half of the intro but after that it’s fine
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5 Feb 2026
6 The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards
A man goes grouse hunting, loses his way, and has one hell of a time.
22 Jan 2026
5 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
A groundbreaking story, there's a good chance you've already read it, but if you haven't you really should. Or listen to it. Here.
15 Jan 2026
4. The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoichi as told by Lafcadio Hearn
First look into Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
I hope you like it because we'll probably be doing a lot of stories out of this book.
8 Jan 2026
3 The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Shadow in the Corner by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
1 Jan 2026
2 Secret of Macarger's Gulch by Ambrose Bierce
This will probably be the first of several Ambrose Bierce stories. This one is about a hunter encountering a ghost while camped out in an abandoned shack in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
18 Dec 2025
1 Pliny The Younger's Letter To Sura
A really old ghost story, actually three really old ghost stories, as told by Roman lawyer and author Pliny The Younger.
If you decide you want to read more of his letters, they're all right here thanks to the fine folks at Project Gutenberg.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm)
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