S1E1: The Devil on the Staircase, by Joe Hill

Dark Tome

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Arts, Drama, Performing Arts, Fiction

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Episode 1 of the Dark Tome introduces us to Cassie, who is forced to read books to Mr. Gussy - an old crank who runs a bookshop of the strange and the weird - as penance for pulling a girl's hair out at school. Mr. Gussy has warned Cassie of a book among books - The Dark Tome - and Cassie decides to open up the cover and see what it's all about. This flings Cassie into the world of acclaimed writer Joe Hill's chilling fable, "The Devil on the Staircase," narrated by a man who walks crooked steps for a living, before discovering a door that leads him straight to hell. Full cast and crew credits, and transcript available: Episode page. We’re a proud member of the Fable and Folly network. Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You take my birth away. I spent the last 15 years in my life fighting like hell to make sure that I never ended up here. But then I met her. The names, Anna. Hey, Anna, I'm
0:16.9	Nico. Didn't realize you were a professional musician.
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0:28.0	There's something about you that I haven't been able to look away from.
0:31.0	Nico, we don't even know each other.
0:34.0	That's no turning back if we do this.
0:36.0	I've already made my decision.
0:38.0	This is what happens when you don't follow orders.
0:42.0	Nicholas. No! when you don't follow waters. Nicholas?
0:43.0	No! Listen to Underwater, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:54.0	This podcast is
1:00.0	This podcast features mature themes and strong language.
1:03.0	Listener discretion is advised. Realm presents at Deggae as media production,
1:14.0	The Dark Tome, episode one, featuring the story, The Devil in the Staircase, by Joe Hill.
1:20.0	You know that phrase, books are a gateway to the imagination? Well, imagine it was true. Literally true. Yeah, I know. It's the oldest cliche out there. You forget that when you were young books were like that.
1:37.5	No matter where you were, no matter what was going on in the real world, when you opened a book, read those words, you could go to other worlds.
1:46.5	And if you've forgotten that, if you think imagination is a toy to be locked in a box when the
1:51.2	grown-up world comes crashing in with student loans, 30-year
1:55.0	mortgages, and retirement accounts, then you must never have heard the legend of the
1:59.4	dark tone.
2:00.4	I mean, I never had either. Not until until that May when I was spending my suspension from school
2:06.3	reading to Mr Gussie in the stale air of Thompson's Memorial Hospital.
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