S1E2: The Bread We Eat in Dreams, by Catherynne M. Valente

Dark Tome

Realm

Arts, Drama, Performing Arts, Fiction

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 2 of the Dark Tome, Cassie knows better but can't escape the temptation to return to Mr. Gussy's bookshop. She finds the old man frustrated that he can't make the magical book work. It's take someone younger - someone for whom the walls between this world and the next are a little thinner. They catch a whiff of fresh bread, and are transported to the world of Catherynne M. Valente's fable "The Bread We Eat in Dreams," where a certain personable demon named Agnes will recount the story of her ejection from hell and the little hamlet that grew up around her. The Dark Tome is produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Theme 'Febryar' by Peter Van Riet https://soundcloud.com/petervanriet | Show credits at http://thedarktome.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.4	at realm. F.M. Realm presents Adegae as media production,
0:33.0	The Dark Tome, episode two,
0:35.0	featuring the bread we eat in dreams by Catherine M. Valente.
0:40.0	I wouldn't exactly call my life normal, but things have gotten a little weird since I started
0:47.8	experimenting with this book called The Dark Tone. It started with this cranky old tone.
0:53.7	It started with this cranky old bookkeeper I know, Mr Gussie.
0:57.9	He helped me find the book, but it was me who first opened it.
1:02.4	First experimented with where it could take me.
1:05.0	Most girls my age would be sneaking out to go find a boy. But me, I was breaking into a used bookstore.
1:20.0	I can't believe I do anything. Well, not really breaking in.
1:25.0	Gussie told me where he left the key.
1:27.0	He's waiting, isn't he?
1:29.0	When I say the book opened other worlds, I mean that literally.
1:34.0	Last time we opened this thing up, I went to Italy 100 years ago and let out a demon bird that sings when people lie.
1:41.0	If I had any sense, I would stay home now, but I can't. I don't want to.
1:47.0	I just want to find...
1:49.0	Mr Gussie? The old fart was supposed to be in the hospital recovering from surgery.
1:54.4	One more time to me, I'm gonna pay the big foot, s-
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