Riverside Readings
Episodes
Part Five: The Final Letter - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final part of Riverside Readings' exploration of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, we conclude the story of Victor, Robert Walton, and th...
Part Four: Retribution - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Four, we explore whether Victor Frankenstein will heed his monster's plea to foster a love that longs for him. What might happen if he rewires...
Part Three: The Abhorred Monster - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part Three: The Abhorred Monster takes our story to a cave, where the creator and the monster try to understand each other, to hear about its struggle...
Part Two: The Mad Scientist - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part Two: The Mad Scientist takes us into Victor Frankenstein's perspective. We learn about his background, dreams, ambitions, and the youthful enthus...
Part One: Prologue: The First Letters - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We begin this dark tale in the streets of St. Petersburg, the alleyways of Archangel, and on a ship crossing the icy seas, all narrated by Robert Walt...
Little Women Part 2
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! We continue our journey along the River, guided by more people than ever before for Part 2 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott!We were ...
Little Women Part 1
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Riverside Readings, we are traveling the waters of Massachusetts in Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”! Considered to be one of the most sign...
Ep 22 - Pride Month Special Pt 5 - Emily Dickinson
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our final author of Pride Month is none other than Emily Dickinson, who is regarded as one of the most influential and essential authors and poets who...
Ep 21 - Pride Month Special Pt 4 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our Fourth Author of Pride Month has yet to be normalized in America. He hails from Kvikne, Norway, and his name is Bjornstjerne Bjornson. He also won...
Ep 20 - Pride Month Special Pt 3 - Katherine Mansfield
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our third author of Pride Month is Katherine Mansfield, who has connections with other LGBTQ icons, such as last week's Oscar Wilde and prolific autho...
Ep 19 - Pride Month Special Pt 2 - Oscar Wilde
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our second Author of Pride Month is none other than Oscar Wilde!Traveling around the world from Ireland and self-proclaiming that he kissed another fa...
EP 18 - Pride Month Special Pt 1 - Sappho
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To begin Pride Month, we will read some of the works of the Ancient Greek Lyricist Sappho. Unlike many stories I have done in the past, these selected...
Ep 17 - The Call of Cthulhu
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and Welcome to Riverside Readings. I am your host, Trent Mylie, and today, we will undertake the spooky, murky, and mystique world called The Ca...
Ep 16 - (Christmas Special) A Christmas Carol
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Good Morning, and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! As we gather around the tree or play with our gifts and toys after opening them on Christmas E...
Ep 15.5 - A Christmas Special
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are in the season of giving, and I thought of no better gift for my lovely listeners than three Christmas stories tied up in a bow for one episode....
Ep 15 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! The Fall of The House of Usher
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this special Halloween episode, we ask ourselves, what makes a house really haunted? Is it the aura of the house (the house on the hill, watch out,...
Ep 14 - Anthem
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where do we belong and to what do we belong to? We go about life trying to find our own identity, whatever it may be, and go about our lives finding o...
Ep 13 - The Willows
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Regarded by H.P. Lovecraft as his "favorite weird story." Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" follows two friends along the Danube River and the harrow...
Ep 12 - Alice in Wonderland
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we head down the Rabbit Hole for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" (1865). Through this 12-chapter, 3-hour story we journey along the river...
Ep 11 - Skeleton Lake
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we continue our journey into Algernon Blackwood, we talk about fate and how one’s journey and discrepancies can lead to an unwanted conclusion....
Ep 9 - To Build a Fire
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Man and his Dog. A journey into a harsh, unforgiving wilderness with the goal to build a fire. Will they attain this goal or does an eternal chilled...
Ep 10 - The Olive
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is fate? Is it an unseen force that guides us to people, places, and things? Are there ways we can break fate or when being in a peaceful situati...
Ep 8 - Red by John Logan w/Will Bradley
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the first stop along the River, I am joined by my good friend Will Bradley as my first guest on Riverside Readings. Today we will explore an art s...
Ep 7 - Shakespeare Sonnet Series: What’s done is done.
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of the Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we see our lovers continue on their impasse. Bound by a love that is inescapable, we see a cont...
Ep 6 - Too Much of a Good Thing
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate part of our Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we saw our lovers admit their infidelity, accept each other, bash the public for their judgm...
Ep 5 - The Clothes Make the Man
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A continuation of the paranoia from before we see our poet become an accuser, saying his lover has chosen another over him. This is something that can...
Ep 2 - It’s Greek to Me
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we have waded into the sonnets of Shakespeare we are immediately made aware of the poet's purpose, to attain love and convince the beautiful woman ...
Ep 1 - In My Heart of Hearts
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome! This episode is the beginning of our journey into Shakespeare’s 154 Sonnets. Though this may seem long, there is countless intrig...
Ep 3 - Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our journey deeper into these sonnets, we see a change and start questioning whose voice is being written from prose. Is it the poet of old...
Ep 4 - Something Wicked this Way Comes
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our poet no longer views his lover as unique and she is now nothing more than a commoner. Is this the truth, or is his mind riddled with a paranoia pa...