Humor Audiobooks
Friday, February 27th, 2009
by Mark Twain
20 minutes, 55 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1904
“My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself…”
A funny, sweet short story by the incomparable Mark Twain.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on February 27, 2004, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and beloved humorist best known for his serial novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Born Samuel Clemens, Twain made a name for himself with his travel writing, anti-imperialism satire, and a white linen suit he wore when speaking in public.
Alex Wilson is a writer and actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. His stories and comics have appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Outlaw Territory II (Image Comics), Weird Tales, Futurismic, LCRW and elsewhere. Locus has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Website)
Alex has performed lead roles in the North American premiere of (Richard Taylor's musical) Whistle Down the Wind and (Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido's film) The Third Cord. He has recently appeared in the Deep Dish Theater productions of Hedda Gabler and Moon for the Misbegotten, and recorded narrations for Escape Pod and Night Shade Books. (Acting Resume/Reel) On early Telltale recordings, Alex is sometimes credited as "Alexander Wilson." He founded Telltale in 2004.
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Tags: 15-30 minutes, 1904, 2004 Release, 2009 Release, Adventure, Alex Wilson (reader), Fiction, Free, Humor, Mark Twain, Podcast, Short Story
Mark Twain, Podcast
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
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by John Kendrick Bangs
21 minutes, 41 seconds
Unabridged Christmas Ghost Story
1894
A humorous ghost story in which a particularly damp apparition appears on Christmas Eve.
“Far be it from me to be impolite to a woman, madam, but I’m hanged if it wouldn’t please me better if you’d stop these infernal visits of yours to this house. Go sit out on the lake, if you like that sort of thing; soak the water-butt, if you wish; but do not, I implore you, come into a gentleman’s house and saturate him and his possessions in this way. It is damned disagreeable.”
Performed by Susie Berneis.
Freshwater Seas can be found online at freshwaterseas.com. [new window]
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution License on November 30, 2013 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
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Tags: 1894, 19th Century AD, 2008 Release, 75 cents, Christmas, Fiction, Ghosts, Humor, John Kendrick Bangs, SF Story, Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune (readers)
John Kendrick Bangs
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
by Alex Wilson
3 minutes, 16 seconds
Unabridged SF poem/parody
2008
A Filk of the Republic Sung in the Year 2088.
A political parody based on Ernest L Thayer’s Casey at the Bat. First appeared in Inconsequential Art #4. Text online here. Cover art by Constantine Markopoulos.
Alex Wilson is a writer and actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. His stories and comics have appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Outlaw Territory II (Image Comics), Weird Tales, Futurismic, LCRW and elsewhere. Locus has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Website)
Alex has performed lead roles in the North American premiere of (Richard Taylor's musical) Whistle Down the Wind and (Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido's film) The Third Cord. He has recently appeared in the Deep Dish Theater productions of Hedda Gabler and Moon for the Misbegotten, and recorded narrations for Escape Pod and Night Shade Books. (Acting Resume/Reel) On early Telltale recordings, Alex is sometimes credited as "Alexander Wilson." He founded Telltale in 2004.
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Tags: 2008, 2008 Release, 21st Century AD, Alex Wilson, Alex Wilson (reader), Fantasy, Filk, Free, Government, Horror, Humor, Lyrical Verse, Podcast, Science Fiction, SF Poetry
Alex Wilson, Podcast
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
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by James Joyce
17 minutes, 2 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1914
Sometimes romance needs a bit of deliberation; this is Joyce at his most satiric.
“The Boarding House” is the seventh story in his collection Dubliners, classic tales dealing thematically with miscommunication, isolation, class differences, and emotional paralysis in Joyce’s Ireland.
Narrated by Alex Wilson.
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Tags: 15-30 minutes, 1914, 2007 Release, 20th Century AD, 75 cents, Alex Wilson (reader), Fiction, Humor, James Joyce, Relationships, Romance, Short Story
James Joyce
Friday, July 13th, 2007
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by Jerome K Jerome
1 hour, 2 minutes
Unabridged Humor/Ghost/Christmas Novella
1891
A Christmas mystery story where even the narrator can’t be trusted to stay sober or keep his clothes on.
“There must be something ghostly in the air of Christmas–something about the close, muggy atmosphere that draws up the ghosts, like the dampness of the summer rains brings out the frogs and snails.”
Performed by Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune.
Jerome K Jerome (1859-1927) was an English author best known his the comedic novel/travelogue (and its subsequent adaptations and homages) Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog). Wikipedia Entry, The Jerome K Jerome Society
Freshwater Seas can be found online at freshwaterseas.com. [new window]
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial License on July 13, 2012 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
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Tags: 1-2 hours, 1891, 19th Century AD, 2007 Release, 300 cents, Christmas, Fiction, Ghosts, Humor, Jerome K Jerome, Mystery, Novella, Short Story, Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune (readers)
Jerome K Jerome
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
by Kelly Link
27 minutes, 20 seconds
Unabridged Short SF Story
2001
“Sexy blond aliens invade New York City?” A short story from Link’s short story collection Stranger Things Happen, a Salon Book of the Year and one of the Village Voice’s 25 Favorite Books of 2001.
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Tags: 15-30 minutes, 2001, 2005 Release, 21st Century AD, Alex Wilson (reader), Fantasy, Fiction, Free, Humor, Kelly Link, Podcast, Popular Author, Science Fiction, SF Story, Short Story, Slipstream, Speculative
Kelly Link, Podcast
Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
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by Tom Gerencer
54 minutes, 33 seconds
Unabridged SF Story Collection
1999-2002
“Brilliant. ‘Primordial Chili’ is as delightful a debut story as I can recall.”
–Mike Resnick
“All four are delightfully bizarre, and are read nicely by Gerencer. His comic timing is spot-on, and his authorial voice is so distinct that when I later read a story by him in hardcopy, I could almost hear his voice in my head.”
–John Joseph Adams,
LocusFour short science fiction and fantasy stories, read by the author.
Primordial Chili
Have you ever had one of those days when everything just seems to go ? right? Even when it’s wrong? “Primordial Chili” is a laugh-out-loud thrill-ride of culinary perfection, taken to cosmic proportions. The planets align, the gods speak, and supper turns out pretty good, too. First published in Science Fiction Age Magazine.
A Taste of Damsel
Anyone can slay a dragon. Well, provided they are dragonslayers, which Colson isn’t. But even clerks from copy shops can have heroic qualities and even the very, very old can learn new tricks. First published in Realms of Fantasy Magazine.
Demo Mode
In the future, schools will be outdated and we’ll all have knowledge grafted straight into our heads. Just make sure they configure the innoculotron correctly, or you might wind up contracting Esperanto by mistake! First published in Science Fiction Age Magazine.
Trailer Trash Savior
So the millennia have passed, and the time of the reckoning is once more nigh … not to mention that you’ve got a busted velvet-Elvis and the oil heat isn’t working. Find out what happens when the owner of a mullet and a used AMC Gremlin becomes “the chosen one,” and has to battle demons, various and sundry. First published in Brutarian Magazine.
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Tags: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 Release, 20th Century AD, 21st Century AD, 250 cents, 30-60 minutes, Fantasy, Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction, SF Story, Short Story, Speculative, Story Collection, The Longer Stuff, Tom Gerencer, Tom Gerencer (reader)
Tom Gerencer
Wednesday, July 7th, 2004
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by Yuri Rasovsky, story by William H. Patton
1 hour, 6 minutes
Full Cast Mystery/Comedy Radio Drama
2001
“Well, the decision has been made to go ahead with the killing. To tell you the truth, I’m kinda looking forward to it.”
Retired cops in a Florida community seek out “The Wizard” whenever they need a smart guy to get them out of a jam. Now they come to him for help murdering Big Wally, who’s cheated ‘em out of their share of lottery winnings. Wiz’s Plan A involves Woodside Village’s resident prostitute, Secondhand Rose. Plan B is a diabolocal softball game. And Plan C—?
Full cast mystery/comedy radio drama. J. Carrol Enterprises presents the Hollywood Theatre of the Ear production. Taped before a live studio audience at the Museum of Television and Radio.
Cast & Crew:
ANNOUNCER: Ralph Votrian
WIZARD: Terry Kiser
VINCENZO: Larry Brandenburg
MARILYN: Janet Carroll
HERMAN: Cliff Norton
TOM THE CRAZY GREEK: Michael Saad
SAM: George Eric Brown
RICCIO: J. J. Johnston
SECONDHAND ROSE: Melissa Greenspan
BIG WALLY: Jack Wallace
BAD LEROY: Tom Towles
SEX KITTEN: Lorna Raver
Original Music: Ken Stange
Sound Director: Warren Dewey
Foly Walkers: David L. Krebs, Tony Palermo
Executive Producers: Janet Carroll and Mike Patton
Produced, directed, and written for audio by Yuri Rasovsky, based on a story by William H. Patton.
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Tags: 1-2 hours, 2001, 2004 Release, 21st Century AD, 275 cents, Full Cast, Humor, Mystery, Popular Author, Radio Drama, The Longer Stuff, Yuri Rasovsky
Full Cast Audio Drama
Friday, February 27th, 2004
by James Leigh Hunt
1 minute, 54 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poem
1836
“‘No Love,’ quoth he, ‘but vanity sets love a task like that…’” A famous lyrical poem by James Leigh Hunt.
Read by Alex Wilson.
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Tags: 1-15 minutes, 1836, 19th Century AD, 2004 Release, Free, Humor, James Leigh Hunt, Lyrical Verse, Podcast, Poetry, Romance
James Leigh Hunt, Podcast
Friday, February 27th, 2004
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by Justin Meckes
33 minutes, 27 seconds
Unabridged Nonfiction Stories
2001
These are nonfiction stories from the mountains of North Carolina. They are a unique look at the underbelly of an eccentric city. Twenty-four vignettes read by the author.
This audiobook collects all six 25-cent volumes of the “Stories from Asheville” series, the first modern storytelling/memoir to appear at Telltale Weekly.
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Tags: 150 cents, 2001, 2004 Release, 21st Century AD, 30-60 minutes, Essay, Free Verse, Humor, Justin Meckes, Justin Meckes (reader), Nonfiction, Prose-poetry
Justin Meckes
