Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

Car trouble strands a man on a freezing cold night. He can feel death encroaching from the tips of his fingers and toes.
John A. Monaghan lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia with his wife and children and three dogs. He can be found on Twitter at TitusLivy72, but be warned, he does not tweet much.
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This week's animal theme continues with a story where dreams and reality cross, where fears and worries should be heeded, and where ignoring the warnings can lead to dire consequences.
Made in '93, Tejaswinee is a lawyer with a Master's degree in Business Laws from the Department of Law, University of Calcutta. She resides in the city of Chandannagar in West Bengal, India. Tejaswinee often finds catharsis through the written word, but mostly she spends half the day daydreaming and imagining stuff, and she loves writing across genres. She also dabbles in the occasional poetry. Music is her drug, travel brings her peace, and solitude is her therapy.
Her socials are: Twitter - @TejaswineeRC & Instagram - @tejaswineeroychowdhury
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Linn Woodard's story is about humans hunted as prey by cats. It launches a week of supernatural stories about animals.
Linn Woodard is retired and living in Wisconsin. Although not a professional writer, she began recording her personal thoughts in a daily diary in fifth grade. As an adult she wrote a weekly column for a small newspaper in New Castle, Delaware, called “Personal Glimpses” where she could share her random comments with a wider readership. She now writes a blog “Personal Glimpses...Musings from Milwaukee” as a way to satisfy the continuing need to put thoughts to paper....and sometimes, just sometimes, a dream becomes a blog entry.
Cat Scratch Fever is read by Anneliese Nakahara-Knight, who lives in Tokyo and helps people of all ages and backgrounds get in touch with their musical selves through the power of their voice and body. www.albamusictogether.com
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What's behind the door is a question from game shows, literature and countless tales of mystery and adventure. Mark Tulin puts a new spin on the old theme in his story What's Behind The Door?
Mark Tulin is a former family therapist who lives in Palm Springs, California, with his wife, Alice. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee and has authored four books of poetry and a short story collection available at Amazon and other fine book dealers. Mark’s work has appeared in over a hundred small-press, national, and international publications. To find out more about his writing, visit his blog at https://www.crowonthewire.com
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This week, we honor Martin Luther King Jr. Today’s story uses three voices—a house, narrator and historian—and music to tell the stories of generations of people from a town in the Deep South of the US. Yes, it is a tale of bigotry and racism at the micro and macro scales. But also hope and determination to make a better world and a better life. It’s a beautiful example of how ghost stories can change our own stories, the course of history, and our dreams.
Anne Watson has been writing, in one form or another, all her life, most recently focusing on fiction. She’s written news articles, book and art reviews, blogs, documentary films, podcasts, and for radio. She has two blogs, echolaliaredacted.com, which meanders through life's joys and sorrows; and countriesandcobblestones.com about traveling for a year with her daughter. Her writing can also be found on Canada's National Observer. Her first book,Thin Lines of Broken Time, represented by Anne Depue, is looking for a publisher. She’s currently working on a second book.
The music in this podcast is performed by Earle Peach, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter from Vancouver who directs choirs and plays in musical groups, volunteers at and hosts music events, pursues social activism, and is still actively involved in the folk music community.
The voice of the historian is Tim Gould (my wonderful and helpful husband. He also wrote and performed the Kaidankai's opening music.)
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