Fast Asleep with Gena Marie
Episodes
“A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
188 - Tuck in and let the gentleness of Maine’s coastal region carry you to the home of its most precious winged inhabitants.
“Thank You, Ma’am” and “Bodies in the Moonlight” by Langston Hughes
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
187 - Not one, but two tales from the celebrated leader of black literature, Langston Hughes. His character Luella Bates Washington Jones, with a very...
“A Horseman in the Sky” by Ambrose Bierce
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
186 - With our hearts and minds focused on our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, we present a classic tale of family torn apart by war.
“Luella Miller” by Mary Wilkins Freeman
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
185 - Not your traditional vampire tale.
“The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
184 - Borrowing from a Scottish ballad, Jackson presents us with a woman’s frantic hunt for her betrothed.
“The Office” by Alice Munro
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
183 - A moment from Munro’s real life? “This is the first time I ever remember taking deep breaths, consciously, for purposes of self-control. I r...
“The Thing from Another World” Part 4 by John Wood Campbell, Jr.
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
182 - The conclusion: “Garry’s blood struggled to escape the tube . . . as a dissolving imitation of Garry struggled to dodge the snake-tongue wea...
“The Thing from Another World” part 3 by John Wood Campbell, Jr.
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
181 - “. . . one of us two . . . one of us is a monster.”
“The Thing from Another World” Part 2 by John Wood Campbell, Jr.
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
180 - Part 2: “What in the hell do you think I am?” . . . “A monster . . . Now shut up and listen.”
“The Thing from Another World” Part 1 by John W. Campbell, Jr.
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
179 - Originally entitled “Who Goes There?”, here’s the classic story that led to two iconic films. Don’t miss the creak of the floorboards!
“The Star” by H. G. Wells
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
178 - For your new year: “And overhead . . . lonely and cold and livid, blazed the star of the coming doom.”
“ A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
177 - His warm holiday memories with a beloved relative will soothe and delight you!
“Barn Burning” Part 2, by William Faulkner
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
176 - “I could run on and on and never look back, never need to see his face again. Only I can’t.”
“Barn Burning” Part 1 by William Faulkner
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
175 - “. . . the element of fire spoke to some deep mainspring of his father’s being . . . as the one weapon for the preservation of integrity. . ...
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” part 2 by Joyce Carol Oates
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
174 - What’s happening to Connie? “But if you don’t come out we’re going to wait till your people come home and then . . .”
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
173 - Arnold Friend wanted Connie to go for a ride: “I know your name and ALL about you, LOTS of things.”
“Pat Humbert’s” Part 2 by John Steinbeck
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
172 - Will you find the happy ending?
“Pat Humbert’s” Part 1 by John Steinbeck
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
171 - Hard working Pat Humbert has his whole life ahead of him, but will he know what to do with it?
“The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
170 - “I trembled at the thought of what might be lurking near me unseen.”
“Lost Hearts” by M.R. James
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
169 - Recently orphaned Stephen “would do well . . . to shut his bedroom window at night”. . . and to “turn the key of the door” when he went ...
“Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
168 - From Stoker’s own collection of short stories: “There are often dangers from snow and wolves and night.”
“Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
167 - Imagination and a savage sense of humor, what more could you want from an author?
“The Furnished Room” by O. Henry
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
166 - It is the season (finally) for a creepy tale. This one is melodramatic, very grim, and yes, ends with a twist.
“The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
165 - No, New Zealand’s favorite author did not write a sci-fi, but you’ll want to check this out!
“The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” by Charles Perrault
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
164 - This version was written 100 years before the Brothers Grimm.
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
163 - Magical Realism awaits you from Latin America’s Nobel prize-winning author.
“Taste” by Roald Dahl
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
162 - A quiet little dinner with friends, wine, and a little wager . . . what could possibly go wrong?
“A Red Dress - 1946” by Alice Munro
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
161- A first awkward dance in a dress that made “my breasts jut out surprisingly with mature authority . . .”
“The Greatest Man in the World” by James Thurber
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
160 - A satirical look at an American “hero” from the popular humorist.
“Big Two-Hearted River” Part 2 by Ernest Hemingway
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
159 - Fresh from war and ready to soothe his restless mind with a little fishing . . .
“Big Two Hearted River” by Ernest Hemingway, Part 1
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
158 - Finally, the peaceful healing of nature . . .
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
157 - According to Bierce, a Civil War veteran, there is NOTHING fair in love and war.
“The Stranger” by Katherine Mansfield
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
156 - “He couldn’t move; he couldn’t breathe. He felt all his strength flowing—“
“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” Part 4 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
155 - How do the wildly wealthy Washingtons end up?
“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” Part 3 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
154 - What made “John (sit) there open mouthed, feeling the nerves of his body twitter like so many sparrows perched upon his spinal column?”
“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” Part 2 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
153 - Fitzgerald’s fantasy continues, but not without darkness.
“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” Part 1 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
152 - A fabulous fairytale about the ridiculously rich . . . with a twist.
“Beware of the Dog” by Roald Dahl
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
151 - “. . . the small grain of doubt took root in his mind and it began to grow.”
“A Great Day” by Frank Sargeson
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
150 - “It’s going to be great day,” but there was something uncommonly strange about it.
“The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
149 - “I suppose the phone wires were . . . cut.” This tale: horror, crime, or something else? You decide.
“The Shining Houses” by Alice Munro
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
148 - Tuck in and let this Canadian Nobel Prize winner feed your brain.
“The Garden Party” Part 2 by Katherine Mansfield
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
147 - “Here she was going down the hill to where a man lay dead . . .”
“The Garden Party” Part 1 by Katherine Mansfield
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
146 - “Fancy cream puffs so soon after breakfast(?) . . . two minutes later (they) were licking their fingers with that absorbed inward look that on...
“The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
145 - One of Ireland’s gifts, a most poignant short story . . .
“The Listener” Part 3 by Algernon Blackwood
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
144 - “The full realisation that I was alone... with this nameless creature, almost within arm’s reach of him, overcame me . . .”
“The Listener” Part 2 by Algernon Blackwood
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
143- “I crept out of bed (and heard) the unmistakable sound of someone retreating stealthily . . . on his hands and knees.”
“The Listener” Part 1 by Algernon Blackwood
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
142 - “I noticed several people at the readers’ table staring at me and watching every movement I made “
“The Night the Bed Fell” and “The Lady on 142” by James Thurber
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
141 - America’s favorite humorist brings us the most unpleasant word ever uttered on Fast Asleep.
“The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
140 - Here’s the famous fable with the unusual punishment, and which will it be?
“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
139 - Surviving a shipwreck led to the “crown of all Crane’s work.”
“The Storm” by Kate Chopin
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
138 - Who said the classics can’t be . . .sexy?
“The New Mother” Part 2 by Lucy Clifford
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
137 - A cautionary tale . . .
“The New Mother,” Part 1 by Lucy Clifford
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
136 - In honor of all mothers, even the slightly creepy ones . . .
“Dip in the Pool” by Roald Dahl
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
135 - No such thing as a bad one from this beloved author! It’s a “dip” all right.
“The End of the Party” by Graham Greene
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
134 - Early morning twin talk: “You are having a bad dream.” . . . I dreamed that I was dead.”
“The Door in the Wall” Part 2 by H. G. Wells
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
133 - “The door that goes into ... a beauty beyond dreaming. And I have rejected it.” Will he finally find his way back?
“The Door in the Wall” Part 1 by H.G. Wells
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
132 - Haunted by a magical garden. . . Will he ever find it again?
“Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs” by the Brothers Grimm
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
131 - Two brothers have carefully collected over two hundred oral tales for your enjoyment. Tuck in for this favorite.
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Unicorn in the Garden” by James Thurber
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
130 - The very witty James Thurber is back with the most raucous of daydreams and more!
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Part 2
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
129 - Different in many ways from the 2008 film, this is just a sweet, simple story.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Part 1
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
128 - So very different from the 2008 film, you’ll love this in its original (1922) form.
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Part 2
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
127 - “The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure.”
“When It Changed” by Joanna Russ
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
125 - From a “radical feminist,” a planet without men . . .
“The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
124 - Miss Chandler. . . and Linda Stewart’s parents would have gone unsuspectingly ahead . . . never aware of the possible evil lurking nearby . . ...
“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Part 2
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
123 - Is it possible for a small woman to hang a man?
“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Part 1
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
122 - Written by the reporter that covered the shocking crime . . .
“The Story of an Hour” and “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
121 - Feminism was not well received in 1899. It took decades for Ms. Chopin to be lauded as an essential author and a true pioneer. These two stories...
“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
120 - “She was one of those pretty ... girls who are sometimes, as if by mistake of destiny, born in a family of clerks.”
“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne Du Maurier, Part 3
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
119 - The conclusion: “He stared at her, incredulity turning to horror . . .”
“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier, Part 2 of 3
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
118 - “Something had gone terribly wrong. Those women had got hold of Laura . . .”
“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier, Part 1 of 3
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
117 - A blind psychic and a grieving couple together create suspense.
“One Friday Morning” by Langston Hughes
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
116 - Are the hopes of this young black girl realistic?
“The Night Driver” by Italo Calvino
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
115 - A lovers’ quarrel like NO other . . .
“A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.” by Carson McCullers
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
114 - “Do you know how men SHOULD love?” Find out.
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
113 - An uncommon love story about uncommon love . . .
“Araby” by James Joyce
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
112 - The Irish writer observes how first love can make life seem far more beautiful than it really is.
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, Part 2 of 2
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
111 - If you lived ALL of your life like it was the END of your life, what kind of person would you be?
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, Part 1 of 2
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
110 - A harmless family excursion until . . .
“A Lodging for the Night” by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 3 of 3
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
109 - The impudent thief and the honorable knight find themselves drawn into battle.
“A Lodging for the Night” by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 2 of 3
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
108 - For a descendant of RLS . . .
“A Lodging for the Night” by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 1 of 3
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
107 - The murder of a friend on a wintry night . . .
“The Interlopers” by Saki
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
106 - Disputed land, Nature’s own violence . . . Will the interlopers allow a reconciliation?
“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
105 - “No one would mind . . . If mankind perished utterly”
“The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane, Part 2
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
104 - A simple story? It’s about to get more complicated in this conclusion.
“The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane, Part 1
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
103 - Your hotel guest’s first question: “I suppose their have been a good many men killed in this room.” How do you keep your five star rating?...
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London, Part 2
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
102 - Spoiler alert: Despite a frightening turn of events, be assured, no animals are harmed in this story.
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London, Part 1
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
101 - For your cold, wintery nights . . . (You’ll need a blanket for this one.)
“The Little Match Girl” and “The Story of the Year” by Hans Christian Andersen
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
100 - These New Year tales gently take us through sorrow, but thankfully, leave us with hope and beauty.
“The Set of Poe” by George Ade and “A Visit from Saint Nicholas . . . by James Thurber.
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
99 - Two happy endings for our last episode of the season. 🎄😊🎄
“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and “The Elves and the Shoemaker” by the Brothers Grimm.
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
98 - Two tales of the season with a focus on gift giving . . .
“Christmas at Red Butte” by Lucy Maud Montgomery
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
97 - The beloved “Anne of Green Gables” author also wrote this warm holiday tale. Tuck in and enjoy . . .
“A Christmas Dream and How It Came True” by Louisa May Alcott, Part 2
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
96 - The satisfying conclusion. . .
“A Christmas Dream and How It Came to Be True” by Louisa May Alcott, Part 1.
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
95 - A gentle gem by the the author of “Little Women.”
“A Kidnapped Santa Claus” by L. Frank Baum
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
94 - Written a few years after “The a Wizard of Oz,” this story is loved by all ages and is considered “one of his most beautiful.”
“The Fir Tree” by Hans Christian Andersen
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
93 - The most “Christmassy” of all fairy tales . . .
“Genesis and Catastrophe” by Roald Dahl
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
92 - Based on a startling, true story . . .
“Bert’s Thanksgiving” by J. T. Trowbridge & “Pancake Turkey” by Chris Francis
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
91 - The importance of family and some silliness . . .
“Chickamauga” by Ambrose Bierce
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
90 - A small child’s fantasy melds with gruesome reality in this Civil War tale. (graphic moments)
“My Cousin Rachel” by Daphne du Maurier, Part 2
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
88 - “It’s like an illness. If this goes on. . . she will spend everything.”
“My Cousin Rachel” by Daphne du Maurier, Part 1
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
87 - Let this mystery romance take you from your world to a beautiful Cornwall estate.