TWL 1111: "In a Palace of Absent Shadows", by Christopher Long
The Wicked Library
9th Story Studios LLC
4.7 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror.
Author: Christopher Long
Storyteller: Denise Michelle Johnson
Host: Mitch Gerads
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.
Story Summary:
Job Report.
A Locus Senior Field Engineer with full diagnostic equipment is required urgently.
Unknown male’s Cicero Mnemograph device is major reporting issues. Technology is locked into a spiralling recall feedback loop. Severe shutdown imminent. All memory stabilisation is failing. Subject’s Palace floorplan design is now locked into full sleep mode to maintain his mental and physical well-being.
Please respond. Status pending.
This job has been awaiting attention for over maximum wait times set by Locus Company parameters.
Please respond.
Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.
If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.
Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams
Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee
Creative Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 9th Story Studios, giving story a voice. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi there, this is Graham Rowett. Are you feeling scared? You will be. This is the Wicked Library. |
| 0:28.4 | Warning. |
| 0:29.8 | The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast, created for a mature audience. |
| 0:35.3 | Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and |
| 0:42.4 | inhumanity. |
| 0:43.8 | Monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. |
| 0:48.9 | There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. |
| 0:58.0 | Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it. |
| 1:04.3 | If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember that unlike in the real world, these nightmares and your participation in them are under your control. |
| 1:35.4 | Hello, wicked listeners, and welcome to Season 11, Episode 1,11 of The Wicked Library. |
| 1:37.2 | That's so many ones. |
| 1:43.6 | My name is Mitch Gerrits, and I will be your very unqualified guest host of today's episode. |
| 1:49.6 | If you are a comic book fan, you might know me as the artist on such titles as Mr. Miracle, |
| 1:54.7 | Strange Adventures, or an obscure niche indie title called Batman. |
| 2:01.1 | But why am I here in this library of horror, talking to you, a listener of horror. |
| 2:06.9 | Well, this library is one of many podcasts that I have obsessed over these last few years. |
| 2:11.2 | Must I toil away putting very long hours in at my studio desk. |
| 2:17.8 | I put my AirPods in, and I let these fantastic writers of the library take me somewhere for hours on end. |
| 2:23.5 | I don't even particularly like horror movies, but horror audio is my jam! |
| 2:28.6 | Horror audio allows my creative brain to keep spinning at all times. |
| 2:32.5 | I have to assemble the movie in my head, and I think, most importantly, |
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