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PseudoPod 1011: Tailpiece and The Second Awakening of a Magician

PseudoPod

Escape Artists Foundation

Books, Fiction, Drama, Arts

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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“Tailpiece” first appeared in More Ruthless Rhymes, 1930, and “The Second Awakening of a Magician” first appeared in The London Mercury, November 1930 C/W: fire My son Augustus, in the street, one day, Was feeling quite exceptionally merry. A stranger asked him: ‘Can you tell me, pray, The quickest way to Brompton Cemetery ?’ ‘The quickest way?

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0:00.0

The mist's clear. The psychic's eyes roll back.

0:02.8

They're white.

0:03.8

An impossibly deep voice says, warning.

0:06.4

Adult content and situations within.

0:09.6

Proceed with caution.

0:17.4

Sudapod.

0:18.7

Episode 111 for January 9th, 2026.

0:24.0

Tailpiece by Henry Graham and the Second Awakening of a Magician by S.L. Dennis.

0:30.3

Narrated by Kaz, hosted by Scott Campbell, audio by Chelsea Davis.

0:36.0

Hey, everyone, hope you're doing okay.

0:38.9

I'm Scott, assistant editor at Sudapod, your host for this week, and I'm excited to tell

0:43.0

you that for this week we have two pieces for you.

0:46.0

A poem, Tail Piece by Harry Graham, and a story, The Second Awakening of a Magician by S.L. Dennis.

0:53.5

Tailpiece first appeared in more ruthless rhymes, 1930,

0:56.7

and the second awakening of a magician first appeared in the London Mercury, 1930.

1:03.4

Your first author, Jocelyn, Henry, Clive, Harry Graham,

1:07.2

was a successful journalist and later, after distinguished military service, leading

1:12.2

lyricists for operettists and musical comedies. He is now best remembered as a writer of humor's

1:18.1

verse in the style of grotesquery and black humor. S. L. Dennis was an English writer active

1:24.6

in the early 20th century, who was best known for the second

1:27.8

awakening of a magician, which was also published in the 1931 anthology, Great Short

1:33.3

Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror, second series, edited by famous writer of detective

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