Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to Nocturnal Transmissions, the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales both old and new, performed by voice artist Kristen Holland.

Bram Stoker, Irish writer and, interestingly enough, theatre manager, author of 12 novels and numerous short stories. He is of course best known

for his 1897 Victoria Gothic masterpiece. Yep, you guessed it. Altogether now, Dracula.

Now, don't get too excited, gentle listener. We won't be performing an unabridged reading of Bram Stoker's Finder Sieckler masterwork in this episode, although

wouldn't that be fun? Rather, we'll be presenting one of his short stories for your enjoyment.

Before pressing on, though, I feel compelled to address any indigenous peoples of the Americas amongst our listeners out there.

This story's title alone may give you pause. It's the squaw, by the way. Not a term to be bandied about in this modern age. But there are also references made by one of our characters to interactions between Native Americans and soldiers which are pretty bloody awful, gentle listener.

Now, this is not the main thrust of the story, and this is a work of fiction, but nevertheless,

I imagine some might find it quite triggering in relation to the terrible truths from which it draws inspiration.

So, please, be warned.

If it's any consolation, the character in question

who raises these unpleasant reminiscences

has his callousness, ignorance, and complicicitness, repaid in full at our tale's conclusion.

All right, well, I dare say that may be our podcast's first ever trigger warning.

Hmm.

Well, anyway, now that everyone is, uh, forewarned,

Nocturnal Transmissions Presents, Bram Stokas, the Squaw.

Nernberg, at the time, was not so much exploited as it has been since then.

Irving had not been playing Faust, and the very name of the old town was hardly known to the

great bulk of the travelling public. My wife and I, being in the second week of our honeymoon,

naturally wanted someone else to join our party,

so that when the cheery stranger, Elias P. Hutchison,

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