The Dark Tome

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    • Episode 1 – Natural Skin by Alyssa Wong
    • Episode 2 – The Bacchae, by Elizabeth Hand
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    • Episode 5: Mr. Carter’s Story, by Fred Greenhalgh
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October 23, 2019 By fred

S2E1 – Natural Skin by Alyssa Wong

“I’m not a ghost!” — “All ghosts say that.” In the return of the acclaimed dimension-jumping anthology fiction podcast, we find Cassie flung to a world where body modifications are routine and one daughter of a Chinese immigrant is prepared to make an unbelievable sacrifice to save her own skin. This is the world of Alyssa Wong’s NATURAL SKIN, a harrowing tale of distorted ideas of beauty in a near-future dystopian Toronto, Canada.

Based on the short story, “Natural Skin,” by Alyssa Wong. Adapted for audio by Fred Greenhalgh. Produced by William Dufris and Fred Greenhalgh.

CAST:

Lilly Thorne – Cassie

Tim Sample – Mr. Gussy

Myra Diehl – Xuemei

Ronin Wong – Baba

Yaser Bantan – Urchin

Jocelyn Tam – Liin Jie

Minju Kim – Zhao (Surgeon)

Adam Henderson – Catcaller

Eric Pollins – Catcaller

CREW:

Dialogue Editing – Fred Greenhalgh

Sound design – William Dufris

Original Music – Peter Van Riet

Additional Music – Mind’s Eye Productions

Recorded at Aardvark Audiobooks in Vancouver, Canada and Mind’s Eye Productions, South Portland, Maine, and on location.

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