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The Wicked Library

TWL 900: "The Case of the Yuletide Bride", by Aaron Vlek

The Wicked Library

9th Story Studios LLC

Books, Fiction, Drama, Arts

4.6684 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

For our 2018 Christmas Special, we present the return of Geoffrey Sykes Vermillion, first appearing in the Parsec Award Finalist episode, "The Case of the Black Lodge" in season 8.

In today's dark tale, you'll met Audrey Hawkwoode, the young protegee of Geoffrey Sykes Vermillion. When Audrey returns home for the Christmas Holiday, she learns something is not quite right, and calls her upon her mentor for urgent help in solving the matter.

Credits

Author: Aaron Vlek | Cast: Mary Murphy, as Audrey Hawkwoode | David Ault, as Geoffrey Sykes Vermillion | Daniel Foytik, as James and Sydney Hawkwoode | Nelson W. Pyles, as Mr. Hawkwoode | Heather Thomas, as Mrs. Hawkwoode

Voice of the Librarian: Nelson W. Pyles

Custom Score: Nico Vettese | Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda | Host / Producer / Showrunner: Daniel Foytik | Executive Producers: Cynthia Lowman, Nelson W. Pyles

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

Transcript

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0:00.0

9th Story Studios, giving story a voice.

0:12.6

This podcast is part of the Dark Myths Collective.

0:17.3

Visit Dark Myths.org to discover more shows like this one.

0:22.4

The darkness awaits.

0:30.6

You're listening to The Wicked Library.

0:36.6

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Listening to the Wicked Library.

0:57.1

Hello and welcome to episode 9-00 of the Wicked Library, our 2018 Christmas special.

0:59.9

I'm Daniel Foytek, and I thank you for listening.

1:05.5

Just a quick reminder that we have released our first written anthology for our sister show The Lift.

1:12.7

It contains stories by some of your favorite Wicked Library alum authors, and it's a great way to spend some of your Amazon gift cards.

1:15.5

Get it for your Kindle or order the paperback.

1:26.0

And for a limited time, if you send the library in a picture of you reading the paperback on Twitter at Wicked Library, he'll send you a mystery package of Wicked Goodies.

1:28.8

Some will even contain all eight seasons of the Wicked Library, including seasons one through five, of course. Get yours by going to

1:34.0

Victoria's Lyft.com forward slash read. Now, we are proud to present our 2018 Christmas special,

1:41.8

The Yuletide Bride by Aaron Vleck.

1:51.0

Our story is told by Mary Murphy, David Alt, Heather Thomas, Nelson W. Piles, and yours truly, and accompanied by a custom score written by our resident composer Niko Viteze of We Talk of Dreams.

1:59.0

And now, for Christmas Eve, let's get wicked.

2:12.1

Happy holidays, kiddies.

2:14.7

It just wouldn't be a holiday special if there weren't a warning in the beginning

2:18.4

of it, would there? Nope. So here we go. Another wicked library content warning. You'd think

2:26.4

they'd learn. Oh well, let's see. There's violence. Check. Gore, of course, check.

2:35.1

Adult content, check, check.

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