An audio magazine of vintage and not-so-vintage fiction curated and narrated by Christopher James Mayer
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When I said slow down, I wasn't anticipating going this slow. We've hit some bumps in the road, but I'm trying to get the train back on the track. The schedule is going to be a little erratic as I try to get us caught up. But for now, some more Mayerzine goodness!
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Hello and welcome to the Mayerzine!
Well, it's been a hot minute, but we're back with a new issue. The Mayerzine has to unfortunately slow down to every other week, but this will allow me to spend time on all that bonus stuff I've been promising to the patrons.
This issue wraps up A May-Day Gift and I am so thrilled to have been able to bring that to you. Aven will be back with more, don't you worry. We also have another guest narrator joining our ranks: Amanda Stribling - and I'll be getting more stuff from her, too.
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Hello and welcome to the Mayerzine!
Happy Memorial Day, my fellow Americans. At some point during your Kickoff-to-Summer barbeque, please take a moment to remember and celebrate those who have fallen in service to our country. My grandfather was on a boat providing cover fire at Normandy but he thankfully came home. So many others didn't from so many other conflicts. Today we salute their courage and sacrifice.
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Welcome to the Mayerzine!
This week we watch Abby and Larry make an oratory and witness the secret to eternal youth.
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Welcome to the Mayerzine!
This week continues Bear Trap.
Also this week we begin a delightful little story about the month of May, the Virgin Mary, and two kids who mean well. They really do.
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Welcome to the Mayerzine!
This week I included another story which featured war with Russia in the form of a post-WW3 story with an interesting twist ending. While I didn't mean it to be timely or a commentary, one cannot escape the larger picture. Everything we do is in the context of current events, and I'd be a hypocrite to say otherwise, considering how I try to contextualize the stories I give you and point out the social mores of the time that would be inappropriate (to say the least) today.
I've personally made friends and had dealings and acquaintances with Russian peoples, so I've been exposed to the larger Russian culture. My heart breaks for what's happening. The Mayerzine stands with the people of Ukraine, but there's realistically nothing we can do to put words into actions (and if you have suggestions beyond donating to causes, I'm all ears). My heart also breaks for the people of Russia because I know that this is also taking a heavy toll on that country and its everyday Russian.
I try to keep the Mayerzine apolitical, and I didn't mean for this week's stories to coincide so, but when you choose a story like Bear Trap to anchor the month, it kind of dictates what else you program, even if subconsciously.
That said, we still have hundreds of stories to go through and catalogue, so if anyone wants to help out, feel free to sound off in the Patreon or email Mayerzine@chrismayervoiceover.com.
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Welcome to the Mayerzine!
This week continues Bear Trap and we discover the real story behind the iconic Mickey Mouse cartoon The Brave Little Tailor.
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Welcome back to the Mayerzine!
This week starts volume 3. We have another ghost story as well as the beginning of a dastardly plot and an enormous war.
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This week is Lucy Maud Montgomery week with another fantastic appearance by Aven Shore!
Aven saved my bacon this week. I had originally planned to bring you In the Old Valley, which is a really sweet story, but March was pretty hectic and I didn't manage to get it recorded. However, Aven surprised me with an extra story which fit in very well alongside When Jack and Jill Took a Hand.
Seriously, go look up Aven Shore on Audible and check out her books if you haven't done so. She's amazing and turns this podcast into podclass. Get it? Because she brings the class? Eh?
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This week concludes The Amateur and brings you a ghost who isn't so good at ghosting.
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Now we all have a face that we hide away forever, but we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone....
Oh wait, wrong show... This episodes starts a two-parter: The Amateur, about an investigative journalist who fancies himself something of a detective. So this week we take a closer look at what people might have to hide...
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This week brings us a gambler and a ghost ship. We will be on hiatus next week, returning on March 14th with our next serialized story and yet more Edgar Allen Poe.
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This week is all about mesmerism courtesy of our old friend Edgar Allen Poe.
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The big Two-Zero! Episode 20 of The Mayerzine celebrates Valentine's Day with a little help from a friend. Aven Shore drops by with a lovely story, and surprise! The Mayerzine is moving to Mondays. Mayerzine Mondays. It's alliteration at its finest. I don't know why I didn't do that in the first place.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
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This week we check into a couple of different hotels.
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This week we have the final Jim Shorthouse story of the month and it's a fantastic classic haunted house story.
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This week concludes the awkwardly-titled "The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York." What did you think of us serializing a story? Was it fun? Annoying to wait for it? Well, we'll probably do this again in the future, taking any feedback into account. Sound off in the Patreon.
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This week is the middle chapter of Jim's adventure on Long Island.
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Remember how I said we're going to start serializing longer stories? Well, Jim Shorthouse month continues with just such a story. This week is part one of a rather bizarre encounter on Long Island.
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Happy New Year everybody! I'd like to think of volume 1 as our soft opening, and volume 2 as grabbing the new year by the horns and really seeing where we can go with this. I can promise that Volume 2 will see more guest narrators, and we'll even start serializing longer stories like in a proper fiction magazine. January is Jim Shorthouse month! What does that mean? Tune in and find out.
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I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas holiday. Welcome to the final Mayerzine of 2021. With this we wrap up volume 1. It has been a fun three months and I'm looking forward to volume 2. I think you'll like what we've got planned.
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That's a wrap, folks. See you in 2022.
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Merry Christmas everybody! My dear friend Stephanie Nemeth-Parker drops by to give us all the gift of her lovely voice. Christmas is very special to me. It's a time for friends and family to celebrate each other. I wish you all, my extended Mayerzine family, a very happy Christmas. Whether you celebrate the holiday or not doesn't matter - I appreciate you all and extend my love and friendship to all of you. As the Wise Men once said, be excellent to each other.
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A big thank you to Steph for contributing to this week's issue. You can find her at https://www.stephanienemethparker.com/ and look her up on Audible.
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My good buddy Mike Carnes joins me this week on the Mayerzine and I am just tickled turquoise! His contribution helped make a very interesting episode, and I can't wait to have him back on the podcast again. You can skip ahead to the stories, but you might want to listen to the shenanigans in between this time.
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A big thank you to Mike again for contributing to this week's issue. You can find him at http://www.mikecarnesvo.com and look him up on Audible.
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I seem to have forgotten that Thanksgiving was two weeks ago, not one. In any case, I hope everyone who celebrates is having/has had a great Hanukkah. I really enjoyed putting this issue together, and I hope you like it.
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I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was a good one and there was much food eaten and copious naps taken! This week we finally get our first science fiction story. I promise you won't have to wait this long for the next one. Also, it occurred to me that letting you know when these things were originally published might help your appreciation of the material, so I'm starting that with this issue. It certainly helps the science fiction since this story has some made up "science" in it that we absolutely know to be untrue now.
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It's Thanksgiving week! From bread to turkey to a cozy fire, we've got your holiday right here. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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This week celebrates the harvest with French and Tyrolean legends. Our featured story this week is one you may have seen on social media.
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All fiction except for The God of Arepo is in the public domain. The copyright for The God of Arepo remains with its authors and is used here with permission. This podcast is copyright 2021 by Christopher James Mayer. All music and sound effects are licensed from storyblocks.com.
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A little change of pace for everyone as I attempt to recover from beating you all over the head with horror stories.
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This is the reason why I started the podcast in October: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow! But first, a word about pumpkins and a message from a very special sponsor.
Happy Halloween everybody! If you like the podcast, be sure to check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/mayerzine if you'd like to support us. You can even just follow the page for free to stay abreast of all things Mayerzine.
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This week gives us some H.P. Lovecraft. It won't be the only episode to feature Lovecraft, but I needed to throw a little in - what's a horror month without the man who popularized cosmic horror (albeit posthumously)?
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I hope you guys are enjoying this podcast as much as I'm enjoying making it. For week 3 of Horrortober, or Creepytober, or whatevertober you want tober, we look at the origin of the pumpkin and hear a tale from Washington Irving in preparation for the main event.
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We made it to week 2! Yay! This week's featured author is Edgar Allan Poe and I'm slowly getting the hang of this podcasting thing.
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Annnnnd we're live! I had so much fun putting this together and I want to thank you for checking out the very first issue of The Mayerzine. I'm still getting the hang of this whole podcast thing, so episode contents:
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