WEDNESDAY, October 1st at 7PM: BELLWEATHER Continues

Constance Elaine Trimmer “Connie” Willis is an American science fiction writer. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. Her books have between them won 11 Hugo awards, seven Nebula awards and four Locus awards, making her the recipient of more major science-fiction awards than any other author.

Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company.   When the two are thrust together due to a mis-delivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions.

Caledonia Skytower continues the adventure, live in voice,

TUESDAY, September 30th at 7PM: IRISH GHOST STORIES

Time to warm up for one of our favorite "storied" times of year with some of our best oft-told ghost stories, blended with some new adventures in Celtic "creepery."

Caledonia presents a selection including mischievous poltergeists, ghostly night guides, and more.  Scary, amusing, and our first foray  into that "undiscovered country," live in voice.

MONDAY, September 29th at 7pm: THE WEIRDNESS OF JOHN WATERS

John has always been just a little different.  Waters is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films.  Crap Mariner, who is also a little different in his own unique way, shares some selected bits of John Waters' madness tonight.

Presented live, in voice.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!
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Events at Seanchai Libraries this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time:

Sunday, September 28th at:
  • 9am  @ SEANCHAI KITELY -  Nocturnes with Shandon Loring.  Dark, daring, utterly haunting tales of lost lovers, predatory demons, and vengeful ghosts, from author John Connolly of Dublin, Ireland.


  • 1:30 pm  TEA TIME at Baker Street!HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Begins! 
         The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of
         the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan
         Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes.
         Originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from
         August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely                        
         on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country
         and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired
         by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of
         supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his
         companion Dr. Watson investigate the case.
 
Monday, September 29th at 7 pm -  THE WEIRDNESS OF JOHN WATERS, with Crap Mariner - "...all the weirdness without the truly icky parts."

Tuesday, September 30th at 7 pm - IRISH GHOST STORIES with Caledonia 

Wednesday, October 1st at 7 pm  Connie Willis' BELLWEATHER with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, October 2nd at 
  • 7 pm  -  BENEATH THE SURFACE with Shandon Loring
  • 9 pm  -  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore
Saturday, October 4th at :
  • 9am  @ SEANCHAI KITELY -  More NOCTURNES with Shandon Loring. 
  • 10am  @ SEANCHAI KITELY -  THE GRAVEYARD BOOK with Caledonia Skytower.  Neil Gaiman's 2009 Newbery Medal adventure of a boy raised in a graveyard and by its incorporeal residents, who take on this burden to save his young life.
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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity Our featured charity for September-October is Reading Is Fundamental (http://rif.org)  RIF's mission is to motivate young children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life. RIF's highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

SATURDAY,September 27th at 9am at Kitely: "NOCTURNES"


NOCTURNES
Dark, daring, utterly haunting tales of lost lovers, predatory demons, and vengeful ghosts.

from author John Connolly of Dublin, Ireland.
ISBN: 978-1416534600

THURSDAY September 25th at 7pm: NIGHT GALLERY

THE NIGHT GALLERY
"Good evening. We welcome you to this palladium of art treasures that range from the kooky to the uncommon, from the bestial to the bizarre, and I'd like to take you on a guided tour through the Night Gallery."
Stories from the TV show by Rod Serling. Night Gallery was an extension ofThe Twilight Zone, presenting thought provoking dark fantasy


PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE
Author: Rod Serling
ASIN: B00H2NJZ8Q



WEDNESDAY, September 24th at 7PM: BELLWEATHER Begins

Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of "Doomsday Book" and "All Seated On The Ground."

Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company.   When the two are thrust together due to a mis-delivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice,

TUESDAY, September 23rd at 7PM: RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY ~ Autumn Edition

As Autumn officially begins, it's time to share some favorite poetry once again.
Photo by Benjamin D. Esham - Wikimedia Commons
"Needing one, I invented her – - -
the great-great-aunt dark as hickory
called Shining-Leaf, or Drifting-Cloud
or The-Beauty-of-the-Night.

"Dear aunt, I’d call into the leaves,
and she’d rise up, like an old log in a pool,
and whisper in a language only the two of us knew
the word that meant follow, . . ."

from "Aunt Leaf" by Mary Oliver

Join Caledonia and friends for more poems by choice and request, presented live in voice.

MONDAY, August 22nd at 7PM: FAR FROM HOME

“The People: Angel Unawares”
by Zenna Henderson
 "Angel Unawares" tells of a young girl of The People found by some humans travelling West in the year 1899.
Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.
-conclusion-

SUNDAY, September 21st AT 1:30PM: TEA TIME at Baker Street

Published in 1927, THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is the final collection of Holmesian short stories penned by Arthur Conan Doyle.  Corwyn, Kayden and Cale conclude this leg of their magical mystery tour of this canon of work.

TODAY: "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"
Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife’s disappearance. She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities. Amberley wants the two tracked down.
Holmes is too busy with another case at the moment; so he sends Dr. Watson to Lewisham to observe what he can, although Watson is keenly aware that this is more Holmes’s province. He does his best, observing that Amberley is busy painting his house, which seems a bit odd. He even sees Amberley’s wife’s unused theatre ticket; she and her young man disappeared while Amberley went to the theatre alone after his wife complained of a headache.  It is all very suspicious and Holmes soon joins Watson in ferreting out the truth behind the mystery.
Presented Live in Voice in the Seanchai Fireside Room, downstairs.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!
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Join our friends at Branwen Arts, featuring many of your favorite Seanchai Storytellers presenting selections from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien to benefit Creations for Parkinson's in SL.

CLICK HERE to learn more about this event, happening Saturday, September 20th from 11:30am to 4pm.





Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time:
Sunday, September 21st at:
  • 1:30 pm  TEA TIME at Baker Street!. THIS WEEK: "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"
  • 6:00 pm  MAGICLAND STORYTIME. THIS WEEK: The final selection from "Summer Magic" with Caledonia on stage at the Golden Horseshoe @Magicland Park
Monday, September 22nd at 7 pm -  FAR FROM HOME, with Gyro Muggins.  THIS WEEK: "Angel Unawares"  by Zenna Henderson, Concludes

Tuesday, September 23rd at 7 pm - RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY with Caledonia Skytower & Friends

Wednesday, September 24th at 7 pm  Connie Willis' BELLWEATHER begins, with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 25th at 7 pm  -  TBA with Shandon Loring


Saturday, September 27th at 9am  @ SEANCHAI KITELY -  THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN  with Shandon Loring.
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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity Our featured charity for September-October is Reading Is Fundamental (http://rif.org)  RIF's mission is to motivate young children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life. RIF's highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

THURSDAY September 18th at 7pm: NIGHT GALLERY

THE NIGHT GALLERY
"Good evening. We welcome you to this palladium of art treasures that range from the kooky to the uncommon, from the bestial to the bizarre, and I'd like to take you on a guided tour through the Night Gallery."
Stories from the TV show by Rod Serling. Night Gallery was an extension ofThe Twilight Zone, presenting thought provoking dark fantasy


PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE
Author: Rod Serling
ASIN: B00H2NJZ8Q

AND DON'T FORGET!  at 9pm SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT . . . Sci-Fi in the dark to lull you to your rest of to start your day.  Join Finn Zeddmore!


WEDNESDAY, September 17th at 7pm: PIRATES ARE COMING!

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle and even highjack.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char and in flame and ignite.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villains and knaves.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
We're jokers and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!

Friday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and its observance is a tradition at Seanchai Library!  Caledonia will be sharing some adventures ranging from the thrilling to the amusing: everything from Treasure Island to Blackbeard, presented live in voice.

Eye patches and parrots are optional, but there WILL be Rum, ye scurvy knaves!

TUESDAY, September 16th at 7pm: THE SEA FAIRIES Concludes

Faerie Maven-Pralou brings us to the end of Trot and Capn Bill's adventures under the waves, in the land of Queen Aquarine.   We'll say "goodbye" to all the new fair, sea folk . . . until the next adventure, that is!

Faeirie Maven-Pralou live in voice with this charming work from American Author, L.Frank Baum.

Fun with Frank:
Baum had a flair for being the spotlight of fun in the household, including during times of financial difficulties. His selling of fireworks made the Fourth of July memorable. His skyrockets, Roman candles, and fireworks filled the sky, while many people around the neighborhood would gather in front of the house to watch the displays. Christmas was even more festive. Baum dressed as Santa Claus for the family. His father would place the Christmas tree, behind a curtain, in the front parlor so that Baum could talk to everyone while he decorated the tree without people managing to see him. He maintained this tradition all his life.

MONDAY, September 15th at 7pm: FAR FROM HOME ~ "The People" Continues

"The People: Deluge"  by Zenna Henderson 1966, Concludes

The mysterious but friendly emmigrants to Earth return to visit Merris and Mark to tell about their Home and why they can never return.

Gyro Muggins, Live in Voice.

“Here is kinder, gentler science fiction. The People -- the characters from another world who populate this book and Henderson's other tales -- are what you might call the gentler, better and more spiritually-developed side of humanity.” ~ Amazon Reader Review

"Zenna Henderson is best remembered for her stories of the People which appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from the early 50s to the middle 70s. The People escaped the destruction of their home planet and crashed on Earth in the Southwest just before the turn of the century. Fully human in appearance, they possessed many extraordinary powers. Henderson's People stories tell of their struggles to fit in and to live their lives as ordinary people, unmolested by fearful and ignorant neighbors. The People are "us at our best, as we hope to be, and where (with work and with luck) we may be in some future." ~ nefsa biography

SUNDAY, September 14th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Published in 1927, THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is the final collection of Holmesian short stories penned by Arthur Conan Doyle.  Corwyn, Kayden and Cale continue their magical mystery tour of this canon of work.

TODAY: "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"
Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad. Sir Robert’s sister, Lady Beatrice Falder owns Shoscombe, but it will revert to her late husband’s brother when she dies. The stable has a horse, Shoscombe Prince, who Sir Robert hopes will win the Derby. He would be out of debt if that actually happened.
Mason is not quite sure what he wants Holmes to investigate, but a number of odd changes have happened at the stable:
  • Why has Lady Beatrice suddenly forgone her usual habit of stopping to greet her favorite horse? Why does she just ride on by in her carriage?
  • Why has Sir Robert become so wild-eyed lately?
  • Why has he given his sister’s dog away to a neighborhood innkeeper?
  • Why does he go to the old crypt at night, and who is that man that he meets there?
  • Why have burnt human bones been found in the furnace at Shoscombe?
This adventure was actually the last full one penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle before his death. The cover of the issue of the Strand where the story appeared is featured above.
Presented Live in Voice in the Seanchai Fireside Room, downstairs.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!
________________________________________________________________________________

Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time:

Sunday, September 14th at 1:30 pm  TEA TIME at Baker Street returns!. THIS WEEK: "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"

Monday, September 15th at 7 pm -  FAR FROM HOME, with Gyro Muggins.  THIS WEEK: "The People: Deluge"  by Zenna Henderson, Concludes

Tuesday, September 16th at 7 pm - More from THE SEA FAIRIES with Faerie Maven-Pralou

Wednesday, September 17th at 7 pm  Selections from PIRATES ARE COMING! with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 18th 
                     ~ 7 pm  -  NIGHT GALLERY with Shandon Loring
                     ~ 9 pm  -  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore


Saturday, September 20th 
                     ~ 9am  @ SEANCHAI KITELY  - MAYAN FOLKTALES at Temple Island on the Seanchai Homeworld  with Shandon Loring.
                     ~ 10:30 am  @ BRANWEN ARTS  - Branwen Arts Presenets BILBO BAGGINS BIRTHDAY PARTYat the Bran Hobbit Home, and benefiting Creations for Parkinson's in SL.

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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity Our featured charity for September-October is Reading Is Fundamental (http://rif.org)  RIF's mission is to motivate young children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life. RIF's highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

SATURDAY, September 13th at 9am in Kitely: BEYOND THE VEIL

Ireland is a land of romance. Pure and simple. Tumultuous, battle-rife history of clans, territories and kingdoms; A Pantheon of heroes, goddesses, saints and magic to rival Rome's;  Irish legend and mythology are full of the ultimate heroes and the most romantic of stories. Tales and myths and romance - full of heroes, chivalry, courtly love and adventure!


JOIN US ON CELTICWORLD
IN KITELY

grid.kitely.com:8002:Inis Arcain

THURSDAY September 11th at 7pm: AMERICAN HERO TALES

“It is a good thing for all Americans, and it is an especially good thing for young Americans, to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her history.”

PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE

Author: Henry Cabot Lodge
ASIN: B0082UL39M

WEDNESDAY, September 10th at 7PM: Selections from A TRIO OF TRAVELING TALES

"Some journeys are measured in city blocks, and some can only be measured by how they change your life."

In this new collection from Caledonia's (aka Author Judith Cullen's) Trio Tales Series, three stories are focused on journeys, large and small, which take unexpected turns or which lead to unanticipated places. Cale shares selections live in voice.\

Get news about Cale's published works and enjoy her ongoing essays and short stories at jdcstoryteller.com

TUESDAY, September 9th at 7PM: THE SEA FAIRIES Continues

Faerie Maven-Pralou continues L.Frank Baum's adventure beneath the Pacific waves, as Trot and Cap'n Bill are seized by Zog, the Evil Magician.

Will their new aquatic friends, lead by Queen Aquarine and King Anko, save them from this scheming menace?  Or will their own wit and wisdom foil the forces of ill-intention?

Live in voice.

MONDAY, September 8th at 7PM: FAR FROM HOME

Gyro continues with his Science Fiction series about people living displaced in the universe.

TONIGHT:  More from Author Zenna Henderson - "The People: Deluge" (Conclusion) The mysterious but friendly emmigrants to Earth return to visit Merris and Mark to tell about their Home and why they can never return.

Gyro Muggins, Live in Voice.

SUNDAY, September 7th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Published in 1927, THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is the final collection of Holmesian short stories penned by Arthur Conan Doyle.  Corwyn, Kayden and Cale continue their magical mystery tour of this canon of work

TODAY: "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger"

Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated. This woman, formerly very quiet, has recently taken to cursing in the night, shouting “Murder, murder!” and “You cruel beast! You monster!”
Also, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and she is wasting away.
Mrs. Merrilow has brought this case to Holmes’s attention as her tenant, Mrs. Ronder, will not involve the clergy or the police in something that she would like to say. She has told her landlady to mention Abbas Parva, knowing that Holmes would understand the reference.
Indeed he does. It was a most tragic case in which a circus lion somehow got loose and savaged two people, one of whom was killed, and the other badly disfigured. 

AND A BONUS:  From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's other non-Holmesian works The Case of Lady Sannox.

Presented Live in Voice in the Seanchai Fireside Room, downstairs.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!
________________________________________________________________________________

Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times Pacific Time:

Sunday, September 7th at:

  • 1:30 pm  TEA TIME at Baker Street returns!. THIS WEEK: "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger"
  • 6:00 pm  MAGICLAND STORYTIME. THIS WEEK: More from "Summer Magic" with Caledonia on stage at the Golden Horseshoe @Magicland Park

Monday, September 8th at 7 pm -  FAR FROM HOME, with Gyro Muggins.  THIS WEEK: "The People: Deluge"  by Zenna Henderson, Concludes

Tuesday, September 9th at 7 pm - More from THE SEA FAIRIES with Faerie Maven-Pralou

Wednesday, September 10th at 7 pm  Selections from A TRIO OF TRAVELING TALES with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, September 11th at 7 pm  -  HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY with Shandon Loring


Saturday, September 12th at 9am  @ SEANCHAI KITELY BEYOND THE VEIL -  Tales of Irish Romance in CELTICWORLD  with Shandon Loring.
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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island in Second Life, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity Our featured charity for September-October is Reading Is Fundamental (http://rif.org)  RIF's mission is to motivate young children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life. RIF's highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8.

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

THURSDAY, September 4th at 7PM: LETTERS TO MY DAUGHTER

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that taught Angelou lessons in compassion and fortitude: how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

AND DON'T FORGET @ 9pm SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore. 
TONIGHT: "Time Locker" by Henry Kuttner from "The 
Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th C"

WEDNESDAY, September 3rd at 7PM: STORIES FROM THE SHADOWS


Dark fantasy, horror, ghosts, and the macabre! From MANY different top authors in the field. Touching many different topics... victims, vengeance, identities, gypsies, carnivals, famines, rain, seal people, evil rocks, psychic vampires, curses, old gods, trains, haunted houses, dreams, coast guards, doors, photographs, wakes, and occult arts.

Shandon Loring presents, live in voice.


TUESDAY, September 2nd at 7PM: More from L.Frank Baum's THE SEA FAIRIES

Trot and Cap'n Bill have been amazed by all the things they have learned and seen in the underwater realm  of Queen Aquarine and King Anko (including an octopus who is mortified to learn that he's the symbol of the Standard Oil Company). They also encounter a villain called Zog the Magician, a monstrous hybrid of man, animal, and fish. Zog and his sea devils capture them and hold them prisoner. The two protagonists discover that many sailors thought to have been drowned have actually been captured and enslaved by Zog.  

Faerie Maven-Pralou continues their adventure tonight, live in voice.

MONDAY. September 1st at 7pm: More FAR FROM HOME

Gyro continues with his Science Fiction series about people living displaced in the universe.

TONIGHT:  More from Author Zenna Henderson - "The People: Deluge" (Part 1) The mysterious but friendly emmigrants to Earth return to visit Merris and Mark to tell about their Home and why they can never return.

Gyro Muggins, Live in Voice.