Tales of Terror Vol. 6
Tales of Terror Vol. 6
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Music: The Queen Rat by Coin Locker Kid • If You Can’t be the Sun, be the Sun by Schemawound • All Too Human by Coin Locker Kid • Through the Eyes of Man by emFrik • Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain by Schemawound • Halloween Everyday by Kelsey Mira • Time Travel is Possible by Schemawound • The Unknown (Halloween Version) by Savant Trigger
Tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
The Shorts — Commit Fully
Commit Fully
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“Our four seater plane touched down on a small gravel bar in the heart of the Brooks Range. We unloaded. The engine roared back to life, and the plane disappeared down valley into the blue-gray mountains. Then, the mosquitoes came,” writes Fitz Cahall. In May, Fitz received an email that contained a golden ticket–a float trip down the Kongakut River through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with the Sierra Club. His role: to film and photograph the trip as part of a campaign to permanently protect the Refuge. There was just one problem: the timeline collided with prior commitments to family and friends. How one email, one trip, and one decision to say yes crystallized Fitz’s commitment to responsibility and desire.
Music: Mad Scientist by Fog Lake • I Got a Plan to Rule the World by MC Cullah • Nocturnal Blues by Fog Lake • Sunset by Kai Engel • Little Black Balloon by Fog Lake
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive.
The Shorts — Squalls
Squalls
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Today, we bring you the story of Kim’s first sailing trip, of horizontal masts and lightning strikes and, in her words, a “kernel of confidence that bloomed over the years.”
You can find more of Kim’s writing at: http://blog.kimzyn.com/
Music: Drop of Water in the Ocean by Broke for Free • Past The Sun by The Cassettes • Cue Me by Chiwawa • Chain by Harmonica Lewinsky • (The tragic life and brutal death of) Seamus McSweeny by The Naxalites
Tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley, Free Music Archive and Amy Stolzenbach.
Beyond the Lines
Beyond the Lines
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Maps. We’ve all studied them. Stuffed them into backpacks or the seatback pocket of our car. Maybe we’ve even been led astray by a map. But have you ever thought about the person who made that map? Or how that person might influence your initial impression of a landscape?
“A map is not a perfect representation of a landscape. It’s an abstract representation,” says cartographer Marty Schnure. Today, we have a story about a mapmaker, Patagonia Park, and the process Marty uses to create a map–a map that she hopes will connect you to a place.
Music: Road that Burned My Boots by Jahzzar • Asuncion and Dayanara by Health&Beauty • Neo Zen by Ketsa • Quasi Motion by Kevin MacLeod • Wake Me Up by Publish the Quest • Gone by Noush Skaugen
Most tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive
Additional music by Amy Stolzenbach
The Shorts — The Hourglass
The Hourglass
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You can find more of Niki’s work at: TheMilesTickAway.squarespace.com. And you can listen to her previous Short, “By Slim Chance.”
Music: The Departure by nisei23 • Strings Break by The Union Trade • Blossom by Carina Nebula • Then You Were There by Ketsa • Stop by Vienna Ditto
Additional music by Amy Stolzenbach.
Most tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
Amy is a friend of the Diaries.
