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Regarding Audio Drama

Re: Dracula takes the famous horror tale, breaks it up chronologically (every entry of this epistolary novel has a date), and sends the story directly to your podcatcher as it happens. Every time something happens to the characters, Re: Dracula will publish an episode, in as close to real time as it happens. Some entries will be brief, and others will be long and intense.

Re: Dracula

Did you know we have a Patreon? Did you know we're doing some pretty cool things over there? Right now we're releasing LOVE, LAURA, a microfiction modern-day adaptation of Carmilla. You can also tune in to our previous patron-exclusive show, Readle the Beetle, where Tal gets psychic damage from reading a book that initially sold more copies than Dracula. We've also got ad free episodes, bonus short stories, bloopers, and more! Check it all out at patreon.com/redracula

Love, Laura E1: Stupid Audio Diary

Love, Laura is written by Jamieson Ridenhour and Wil Williams, and produced by Tal Minear. In this episode, you heard Tal Minear as Laura.

TRANSCRIPT:Laura: Okay, here I am, doing this stupid audio diary because my stupid therapist thinks I’m having a stupid episode. I’m supposed to “vocalize” my feelings and “let it out in the open.” As if. Feelings are inside for a reason, and I don’t see how dragging them out into the light will do anything other than make me wallow in them.

But whatever. I can’t go anywhere, because of this stupid pandemic, which is just a whole lot of nothing. It’s not like this lockdown is gonna last more than a couple of weeks. People freak out over nothing. But until then, I’m here, trapped in this house with my boring father and this slow-ass wi-fi. Normally I’d just talk to Bertha, because she’s the only person who really gets me, and she would send a meme or something and I’d feel like I wasn’t alone. That’s what Dr. Hesselius doesn’t get. I’m not depressed. I’m LONELY. Why doesn’t anybody get that? 

But I can’t talk to Bertha. And now I don’t get to finally meet her like we’d planned. She was coming to stay the weekend, our first irl hang-out, and now that’s not happening either. Because Bertha is dead.

And maybe it’s silly to be so upset over it, because we only knew each other online, blah blah blah, but talking to Bertha on Insta was the only connection I had to the real world, instead of this lame-ass suburban hell-hole. She was funny and pretty and she liked me. But now BigBertha2009 will not have a little green online dot by her name ever again. And they won’t even tell me what happened! “Passed away suddenly,” like that’s a thing. Sixteen-year-olds don’t “pass away suddenly.” Total, total bullshit. And I’m supposed to, what, just have pizza for dinner and watch TV? God. My life is a joke. 

And if I’m being honest—and why wouldn’t I, it’s not like anybody’s gonna hear this stupid voice note—it’s really messing me up. It’s making me think about mom, even though it’s been years since she “passed away suddenly.” It’s not like I knew her, either. And they’re worried I’m going to start having nightmares again. 

It was only ever the one nightmare anyway. The one when I was six. It was so real. I went into my bedroom and there was a woman in my bed. A really pretty woman, who held out her arms and smiled like she knew me. She had gorgeous dark hair and seemed so happy to see me. I crawled into bed with her, and she held me and I snuggled up to her. She held me and talked to me, and I felt so happy. I felt safe. Dr. Hesselius says this is some kind of mother-dream, and she kinda looked like what I remember of mom, or maybe she didn’t and I just remember the dream-lady better. Anyway, after a minute of snuggling, she leaned over and bit me! In my chest. Like, what the actual hell, right? It hurt so bad, like needles in my heart. I screamed, and the lady, like, scuttled over the edge of the bed and went under it, like a snake or something. And then dad was there, and I was crying and awake and everybody was freaking out. Poor little Laura, losing her mom, having weird nightmares and generally being a little dork.

But that was a long time ago. Ancient history. My problems are bigger than kid stuff like that. Dreams are just dreams. Moms die. And so does Bertha, apparently. Ugh! Fuck my life.

FWD: LOVE, LAURA

Highgate Wood rose to prominence in the early 1970s, propelled by the 
triple threat of dynamic front man Sean Underwood, wunderkind guitarist 
Peter Van Conklin, and keyboardist Corrine Kennedy. Dancing a line 
between artsy prog rock and mainstream melodics, they had a string of 
hit albums before suddenly disbanding in 1975 when a studio fire 
resulted in Corrine’s death, Peter’s descent into madness, and 
ultimately Sean’s suicide. Years later, Peter’s daughter Patti finds 
herself haunted by the ghost of Corrine Kennedy. Fearing she may be 
falling down the same mad rabbit hole as her father, she sets out to 
find the truth of the fateful night Highgate Wood self-destructed. The 
eight episodes of Highgate Wood are her investigation.

This show is out in full! You can listen to it all right now!

FWD: Highgate Wood

This episode is narrated by Josh Rubino and sound designed by Tal Minear. It's adapted from A Vintage from Atlantis by Clark Ashton Smith.

Transcript here.

Short Story: A Vintage from Atlantis

Written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published 1842 in Graham’s Magazine, Vol. 20, Iss. 5. This episode narrated by David Ault with sound design by Tal Minear. Script here.

Short Story: The Masque of the Red Death

Our adaptation of this short story, in which a woman is made to rest and a wallpaper is made to confound her.

Transcript here.

The Yellow Wallpaper was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, with script editing by Tal Minear and Hannah Wright. Directed by Hannah Wright, with dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano and sound design by Tal Minear. The narrator was voiced by Caroline Mincks. John was voiced by Stephen Indrisano. Executive produced by Hannah Wright, Tal Minear, and Stephen Indrisano. A Bloody FM production.

Special thanks to our patrons, without which this bonus episode would not exist!

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Short Story: The Yellow Wallpaper

Tal sits down with Andrew Joseph White, an author of both YA and 
Adult Horror Novels, including Hell Followed With Us, The Spirit Bears 
its Teeth, Compound Fracture, and the recently released You Weren't 
Meant to be Human, to talk all things horror novels.

Transcript here.

Check out Defanged here! Find out more about You Weren't Meant To Be Human here!

Bonus 15: Exploring Horror with Andrew Joseph White

In 1944, the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the modern CIA, published a booklet called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” The booklet was designed to be passed out covertly to ordinary citizens in occupied territory during World War II, empowering everyday people to fight against fascism in all its forms. For some reason, this booklet is going a little bit viral lately, and given how much we love historical documents, we couldn’t resist a tiny foray into nonfiction.

Transcript here.

This episode was recorded by Hannah Wright, with dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano and sound design by Tal Minear. A Bloody FM Production.

This episode is for educational purposes and historical interest. Bloody FM and their affiliate companies do not endorse breaking the law. This text does not represent our opinions nor that of Bloody FM. We urge you to be safe and well, and to always do the right thing.

Bonus 14: Simple Sabotage

Dracula's Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker. It's believed to be the deleted first chapter of Dracula. 

This episode contains loud thunder sounds, a scream, and two gunshots. Transcript here.

This episode was directed by Hannah Wright, with dialogue editing by Brad Colbroock and script editing and sound design by Tal Minear. It featured Ben Galpin as The Englishman, King Kodiak as Herr Delbruck, Florian Seidler as Johann, Jesse Morton as The Officer, Cherie Hendrie, Serena W, Paul Hikari, Nicholas Contreras, and Jarvis Lu as Soldiers, and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Executive Produced by Stephen Indirsano, Hannah Wright, and Tal Minear. 

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Short Story: Dracula's Guest

Tal sits down with author Chuck Tingle to talk about all things horror and more. Chuck Tingle is an anonymous author of romance, horror, and fantasy. He's a USA Today bestselling author, as well as a two time Hugo Award finalist and a Bram Stoker Award nominee.

Transcript here!

Questions include:

Where do the spheres of writing erotica and horror intersect? Where are they most different?

Are you getting out of Dracula’s castle alive?

What advice would you give to aspiring writers?

Does having a level of anonymity make creating easier? 

What does it take to be the world’s greatest author?

Bonus 13: YOU Are the World's Greatest Author

Transcript here.
This episode featured Sasha Sienna as Laura and Nathan Blades as The Baron. Directed by Ella Watts. Dialogue editing by Brad Colbroock. Sound design by Tal Minear. Music by Trace Callahan. Executive produced by Jamieson Ridenhour, Hannah Wright, Stephen Indrisano, Ella Watts, Pacific S. Obidah, and Tal Minear. A Bloody FM production.

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Carmilla E16: Conclusion

Dr. Jamie Bernthal-Hooker (he/they), visiting fellow at The University of Suffolk, joins us for a chat about queer theory, reading literature through a queer lens, and detective stories. “The two things I love most in the world are books and being queer.” —Dr. Jamie Bernthal-Hooker

Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano with some extra sound design by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero and the shownotes were done by Hannah Wright.

Transcript here.

Check out Jamie’s book, Queering Agatha Christie, and follow them on Twitter @jcbernthal.

People who write about queer theory, two of whom Jamie loves: Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick.

Recommended detective stories to read queerly: Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins (for when Jamie’s in a bad mood), Iris Maddoch (for when Jamie’s in an angsty mood), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jamie’s favorite, Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell.

Your homework assignment: look up Victorian magazines and read the short stories.

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Bonus 4: Queering the Gothic

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