Mike Manz

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American Fairy Tales

American Fairy Tales

A new narration of L. Frank Baum's 1901 classic American Fairy Tales, but with the two really, really racist ones omitted.Table of ContentsThe Box of RobbersThe Glass DogThe Queen of QuokThe Girl Who Owned a BearThe Enchanted TypesThe Magic BonbonsThe...

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

There is more to insane murderer Joe Slater than meets the eye, but can our intrepid narrator solve the mystery that no one else seems to see, or will death and madness win the day?Written and first published in 1919, this is one of H.P. Lovecraft's...

H.P. Lovecraft's short story "Celephais" written in 1920 and first published in 1922. Duration - 16m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1922 none ©.

Who knows what unspeakable horrors lie in the deep places of the world, beneath fathoms of cold, dark water and eons of cold, dark time? One man knows, though he wishes he did not.Dagon was written in 1917 and first published in 1919. This is one of...

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

A very slightly updated version of the traditional Norwegian folk tale from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book from 1889. The Blue Fairy Book was the first of 12 Fairy Books to be written and published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...

Entrepreneur to Author

Entrepreneur to Author

Small business owners are struggling to stand out in authority-driven fields. They’re losing deals to the competition, getting ignored by the media, and missing out on partnerships that could change the trajectory of their business.Increasingly,...

Our senses are limited, and we can perceive only a very limited range of what we know is out there in the world around us. But Crawford Tillinghast aims to change all that by awakening the latent abilities that lay dormant in all of us. What could...

What happens when you go seeking after knowledge that man was never meant to hold? What happens when that knowledge gives you ideas about rearranging the cosmos to suit your fancy? Well, it turns out that challenging the merciless, inevitable elder...

Who is Nyarlathotep and from whence does he come? Few dare seek the answers to such questions, and fewer still find what they seek. Duration - 7m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - ©...

A cautionary tale that Lovecraft wrote as a partially tongue-in-cheek admonition in order to dissuade his friend from trying all of the booze before prohibition took effect, this story wasn't published until 40 years or so after it was written....

Picking Through The Pieces

Picking Through The Pieces

If you have ever wondered what a transportation safety investigation looks like from the inside, or aspire to be an accident investigator yourself, this book is for you.Nearly four decades ago, I transitioned from being a full-time pilot to become a...

When one lives a rich and vibrant life of dreams, how does one tell which is the dream and which the reality? And how can one be sure?Polaris was written in 1918 and first published in 1920. It contains the first reference to one of Lovecraft's...

Summary and Discussion of Madeline Martin's The Last Bookshop in London

Summary and Discussion of Madeline Martin's The Last Bookshop in London

The Ophania Book Club Companion series exists to help provide a foothold into literary criticism and analysis for those who don’t have a background in the area. If you enjoy reading, and are interested in thinking about and talking about the books you...

The Cats of Ulthar

The Cats of Ulthar

The story of why it is illegal to kill a cat in the town of Ulthar. Written by H.P. Lovecraft in 1920. Duration - 7m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1920 none ©.

The Doom that Came to Sarnath

The Doom that Came to Sarnath

The harrowing tale of the ancient city of Sarnath and the doom that befell it. Duration - 15m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1920 none ©.

The Early Works of H.P. Lovecraft (1917-1923)

The Early Works of H.P. Lovecraft (1917-1923)

It's a well known fact that H.P. Lovecraft was a horribly racist man, and that some of his earliest stories reflect that particular worldview. This can make it awkward for those who would like to read his work and see what all the fuss is about but...

It's important to acknowledge where you come from, and to keep old family traditions alive. The old ways should be remembered. But maybe, just maybe, some traditions are best left behind. Duration - 20m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz....

What to do when suffering from a terminal case of boredom? If you're a character in a Lovecraft story, why, you take up grave robbing and set up a twisted little museum of death, of course.What do you do when the occupant of one of the graves you...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

A new telling of the classic Washington Irving tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (without the racist bits). Author - Washington Irving. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1820 none ©.

The Lurking Fear

The Lurking Fear

Something is killing the hill folk in the Catskills, and our intrepid narrator is determined to find out what it is. What he finds is much, much more than he bargained for. Duration - 46m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date...

An Irish-American man decides to renovate the ancestral family home and lands, but the ancestral lands have.. other plans. Duration - 18m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1921 none...

The Music of Erich Zann

The Music of Erich Zann

A poor student of metaphysics becomes obsessed with the odd music of an elderly German viol player who lives in the same boarding house on the mysteriously mysterious Rue d'Auseil - a street that no one else has ever heard of, and which the man is...

The Nameless City

The Nameless City

After a long search, a man finally discovers a city mentioned only in whispered legends and tales, whose name is lost to antiquity. Unfortunately for his sanity, he finds a lot more than he bargained for. Duration - 29m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft....

Barzai the wise has become so knowledgeable that he has gained mastery over all the gods of Earth. What he has not accounted for, however, is the Other Gods. Duration - 11m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22...

Alienation has become the normal state of affairs in modern life, but none of us has ever been quite as lonely or ill at ease as The Outsider. Duration - 15m. Author - H.P. Lovecraft. Narrator - Mike Manz. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023....