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We found 2 episodes of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “short story”.
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The Masque of the Red Death
October 26th, 2024 | 25 mins 15 secs
death, disease, edgar allen poe, halloween, horror, literature, masquerade, phantom, phantom of the opera, poe, short stories, short story
It's a bonus episode on top of a bonus episode! We're doing another Halloween reading, this time we're commemorating the Phantom of the Opera's favorite costume by revisiting Edgar Allen Poe's immortal classic, The Masque of the Red Death. The short story features Poe's gloomy mysterious prose, and strikes at our shared anxieties about pestilence and mortality.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
October 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
american literature, disney, ghost story, ghosts, halloween, headless horseman, horror, ichabod crane, literature, new york, revolutionary war, short story, sleepy hollow, tim burton, washington irving
Over 200 years old and still scaring people, Washington Irving's masterpiece remains a Halloween classic and an all-time great ghost story. On this episode we not only discuss it, but as a bonus, the entire tale is here as an audiobook for your enjoyment.