19 Nocturne Boulevard - Atomic Julie - FLOWERING EVIL by Margaret St. Clair

Atomic Julie - FLOWERING EVIL by Margaret St. Clair

06/28/22 • 23 min

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19 Nocturne Boulevard

A maiden aunt's intergalatic hothouse may be housing danger.

Previous Episode

19 Nocturne Boulevard - THE DEADEYE KID (Reissue of the week)

When reformed gunslinger Lemual Roberts (formerly the Deadeye Kid) and his sidekick, British travel writer Clarence Fanshaw, roll into town, things sometimes get a bit... spirited....

But sorting out a feud in Ozark hill country might be more than they can handle.

Cast List

Lemuel Roberts /Deadeye Kid - J. Spyder Isaacson Clarence Fanshaw - J. Hoverson Sheriff Nell - Hillary Dixon Bartender - Joel Harvey DRUMMONDS Eb Drummond - Dan Conklin Jake Drummond - Jake Stratton TARBOXES Abner Tarbox - Bill Hollweg (of Brokensea Audio) Hap Tarbox - Reynaud LeBoeuf Marilee Tarbox - Beverly Poole Jenfaire Tarbox - Jody Montague

Harmonica music by Jere Canote (Canote.com) Other Music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Design: Brett Coulstock Cover Photo: Lauren Burbank (courtesy of Stock Xchange.com)

"What kind of a place is it? Why it's hill country somewhere in the Old West..."

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THE DEADEYE KID

Cast:

Olivia

Lemuel Roberts (Deadeye Kid), retired gun, seen it all

Clarence Fanshaw, British writer, highfaluting

Hap Tarbox, last of the Tarboxes

Jake Drummond, last of the Drummonds

Marilee Tarbox, cause of the feud

Jenfaire Tarbox, Marilee's sister

Abner Tarbox, "old man" of the Tarboxes

Eb Drummond, old and more than a might tetched

Barkeep

Sheriff Nell Milford - ex-schoolmarm, talks purty.

OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's an Ozark cart-road, can't you tell?

WESTERN MUSIC

AMBIANCE DAYTIME WOODS - BIRDS, ETC.

SOUND HOOF BEATS - TWO HORSES

LEM Tell me again why you wanted to come on up here?

FANSHAW I've told you a dozen times already, old chap.

LEM Keep tellin' me and might could I'll believe it some time.

FANSHAW [chuckle] I am fascinated by the impact of emigrant culture into the Americas. This particular area of the Ozark Mountain Range was heavily influenced by the Scottish who came here over the years.

LEM I never heered no one from hereabouts sounding Scotch.

FANSHAW Not surprising, my good man - Scotch is a whiskey. Scottish is an accent. [chuckles]

LEM [disgusted] I reckon.

FANSHAW And you see, this area is most commonly known for carrying over the Scottish concept of the feud.

LEM Well, I guess I did know that.

FANSHAW Some feuds in Scotland went on for generations - long after everyone had forgotten the root cause of the conflict.

LEM Yup.

FANSHAW And this area is so isolated, nothing will have changed much for - oh, 200 years. It's like a window into the past.

LEM Speaking of holdin' grudges, Fanshaw, You might not want to say too much - folks round here might still be smartin' from that little dustup with your folks.

FANSHAW My folks?

LEM You know, hunnert-some years back?

FANSHAW Hundred? Oh! Oh, yes. I take your point, Lemuel. Yes. I shall keep mum, then, until we have tested the waters, so to speak, and understand the local population a mite better.

LEM Long as you keep shet, I reckon we'll do fine.

SOUND JUST THE HORSES FOR A MOMENT

SOUND GUNSHOT

ABNER Stop right there!

SOUND HORSES PULL UP

LEM [resigned] Don' want no trouble, podner.

ABNER You one o' them?

LEM Don' even know who them is.

ABNER [hatred oozing] Them Drummonds?

LEM Not no Drummond. Don' know no Drummonds. Jest passin' through. Name's Lemuel Roberts.

ABNER Roberts? You the Deadeye Kid?

LEM [sigh, weary] Used t'be. I's retired.

ABNER But you don't stand with them Drummonds?

LEM I stand pretty much as you see me.

ABNER [thinks a moment] You's s'posed to be mighty good with a shootin' iron - any chance you'd like a job?

LEM I don' take sides.

ABNER It wooden take long. You and me, we cud end this hyear thing once and fer all.

LEM [sigh] I ain't a shootist no more. Fight yer own battles.

SOUND HOOVES, CONTINUING UNTIL STOPPED

FANSHAW [whispered] I say, what if he shoots you in the back?

LEM [snort] Won't make no never mind. He ain't no danger.

FANSHAW [realizing something] Oh! [beat] I'm always surprised that you see things like that so much more clearly than I.

LEM Yep. [dry sarcasm] I'm the lucky one.

MUSIC

AMBIANCE WESTERN TOWN

SOUND ONE SET OF BOOTS ON WOOD

SOUND SALOON DOOR OPENS, BOOTS STOP

AMBIANCE SALOON

PEOPLE [talking, slight lull in conversations]

SOUND BOOTS CONTINUE, DOOR SWINGS SHUT

PEOPLE [Conversation resumes]

FANSHAW [quietly] You certainly know how to...

Next Episode

19 Nocturne Boulevard - A Hanging At Pickens Rock (Deadeye Kid #2), reissue episode of the week

Lem and Fanshaw roll into a little town just in time to stop an unjust hanging... but can they find out who truly deserves the rope?

Written and Produced by Julie Hoverson

Cast List Lemuel Roberts / Deadeye Kid - J. Spyder Isaacson Clarence Fanshaw - J. Hoverson Sheriff Mortimer - Rick Lewis Larkey Collins - J.D. Lloyd Harp Fowler - Molly Tollefson Maddy Fowler - Krystal Baker Lute Fowler - Gene Thorkildsen Amity Fowler - Kris Keppeler Meg Pickens - Julia Lorraine Rafe Jenkins - Reynaud LeBoeuf Kentucky Pete - Sidney Williams (Fear On Demand) Jeb - Robyn Paterson (Kung Fu Action Theatre) Gabby, dead drunk - Sean Connor

"What kind of a place is it? Why it's a mountain pass in late spring, can't you tell...?"

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A HANGING AT PICKENS ROCK

Cast:

[credits/olivia]

Lemuel Roberts, the Deadeye kid

Clarence Fanshaw

Lute Fowler, accused murderer

Harp Fowler, 11

Madrigal "Maddy" Fowler, 7

Amity Fowler, dead mother

Rafe Jenkins, victim

Sheriff Mortimer

Larky Collins, henchman

Meg Pickens, Rafe's fiancee

Kentucky Pete, Gambler

Gabby, town drunk

OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's a mountain pass in late spring, can't you tell?

1_ARRIVING

MUSIC

SOUND EARLY MORNING NOISE, WOODS, TWO HORSES AMBLING

FANSHAW So many things I miss - out in the wilderness like this.

LEMUEL What? You got air and water. Freedom. What else you need?

FANSHAW [longing] Tea.

LEMUEL There's tea all over. But you cain't even--

FANSHAW It's not the drink itself, it's the act - the ceremony, if you will, of taking tea. Tea and crumpets.

LEMUEL What on god's green earth is a crumpet?

FANSHAW It's a... a... rather like a muffin, but more... refined.

LEMUEL So you want boiled leaves and a refined muffin? Next town we roll into, I'll make sure and rustle y'up some.

FANSHAW You don't understand. Tea is a symbol. Sitting down to tea with someone - it represents refinement. Civilization.

SOUND CREAK OF SIGN HUNG FROM TREE

LEMUEL Speakin o' civilization--

FANSHAW [sarcastic] Ah. Yes. I'm certain any town out here will be chock-a-block with tea and crumpets.

LEMUEL "Pickens Rock". Makes me think of...

FANSHAW Slim pickings?

LEMUEL [agreeing] I reckon.

2 TOWN

MUSIC

SOUND SLOW HOOFBEATS ON HARDPACK. SLIGHT ECHO, EMPTINESS

FANSHAW Slim pickings, indeed. No one appears to be in residence.

LEMUEL Don't look abandoned, though. Ev'thing's shut up tight. Mebbe there's a county fair or sumpin?

FANSHAW Possible, yes. Oh, there's someone--

LEMUEL Sir?

GABBY [drunk and confused] Whaa-a-at?

LEMUEL I'm shore sorry to bother you, feller, but--

GABBY h-h-hh- who are you?

LEMUEL --where is ev'body?

GABBY They's a-a-a-all just gone off to the hangin. Who a-a-are y'all?

LEMUEL Which way? [prompting] To the hangin'?

GABBY Follow the rud, as you're goin. At the fork, take a-a-a-a left. You'll hear 'em by then. They's mighty worked up.

FANSHAW Lemuel, what are you thinking?

LEMUEL Tell me, old feller - who they fixing to set dancin?

GABBY Nice boy, thaa-a-at Lute Fowler. Never woulda pegged him for a-a-a drygulcher.

LEMUEL Figgers. We never end up nowhere, but they's an emergency awaitin us. Come on. [clicks to the horses]

SOUND HOOVES TAKE OFF

FANSHAW [calling back] Thank you very much!

GABBY [calling] D-d-d-ont mention it!

3 CROWD

MUSIC

SOUND ANGRY CROWD

SOUND HOOVES APPROACH

LEMUEL Whoa, there.

SOUND HORSES PULL UP SHORT.

CROWD QUIETS, THEN BUZZ STARTS

FANSHAW I can't wait to hear this.

LEMUEL [through gritted teeth] Shut up. [voice raised] I hear there's fixin to be a hangin?

CROWD BUZZ

SHERIFF [off, yelling] Who's askin?

LEMUEL Y'ever hear of the Texas Rangers?

CROWD BUZZ!!!!!

SOUND PEOPLE MOVE, FEET APPROACH

SHERIFF [Coming on, suppressed fury, trying to be civil] Well, now. This is strictly local business. We don't need no help. But I do thank you for looking in on us.

LEMUEL That feller on the horse? He's your - uh -

SHERIFF Duly tried and convicted murderer.

LEMUEL Lucky town, to have a judge ha...