Mark McNease Mysteries
Mark McNease Mysteries is a podcast showcasing the author's fiction, along with commentary and observation. The author, as well as other narrators, read from his mysteries, as well as from his selected fiction and writing.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #73: Fatal Mistake: A Harry Hell Novella Chapters 1 – 4
05/08/2024
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #73: Fatal Mistake: A Harry Hell Novella Chapters 1 – 4
Spring has sprung into action with something brand new. Fatal Mistake: A Harry Hell Novella just released, and I’m offering four chapters each week for your listening pleasure. This is not intended as an audiobook and no professional narrators were harmed in the making of this clip.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #71: 'I, Warlock' 3 Chapter Sample, Narrated by Sean Rhead
02/12/2024
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #71: 'I, Warlock' 3 Chapter Sample, Narrated by Sean Rhead
New year, new exciting announcements! The audiobook for 'I, Warlock: The Warlock Wars Book I' is now out. Narrated by the terrific Sean Rhead (our third book together), this first book in the series introduces us to Julius Tide, reluctant warlock with vampire blood in his veins that has cursed him with an extraordinarily long life. He meets his beloved Charlotte at a fair in Vermont, and soon their destinies become one. This is the first book in a projected 3-book series, and it lays the groundwork for an epic battle between good and evil, with their surival hanging in the balance.
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Paper Hearts: A Short Story
01/26/2024
Paper Hearts: A Short Story
Paper Hearts, a short story.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #72: A House in the Woods 2 (Chapters 7 - 9, Podcast Edition)
12/22/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #72: A House in the Woods 2 (Chapters 7 - 9, Podcast Edition)
Enjoy another three chapters of my newest book as a Mark McNease Mysteries podcast exclusive! This week it's chapters seven, eight and nine of 'A House in the Woods 2: The Devil's Due.' I'll be offering three chapters every week, narrated by my very own Wondervox. No audiobook narrators were harmed in the production of this podcast! Fasten your headphones for weekly commentary, updates, and serialized fiction from yours truly.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #71: A House in the Woods 2 (Chapters 4-6, Podcast Edition)
12/12/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #71: A House in the Woods 2 (Chapters 4-6, Podcast Edition)
Enjoy another three chapters of my newest book as a Mark McNease Mysteries podcast exclusive! This week it's chapters four, five and six of 'A House in the Woods 2: The Devil's Due.' I'll be offering three chapters every week, narrated by my very own Wondervox. No audiobook narrators were harmed in the production of this podcast! Fasten your headphones for weekly commentary, updates, and serialized fiction from yours truly.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #70: A House in the Woods 2 (Chapters 1-3, Podcast Edition)
12/07/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #70: A House in the Woods 2 (Chapters 1-3, Podcast Edition)
How exciting is this! I'm revving up the Mysteries podcast again, with all new audio offerings of my mysteries, thrillers and fiction. This week it's the launch of my newest book, 'A House in the Woods 2: The Devil's Due.' I'll be offering three chapters every week, narrated by my very own Wondervox. No audiobook narrators were harmed in the production of this podcast! Fasten your headphones for weekly commentary, updates, and serialized fiction from yours truly. And now ... we begin. Comments and encouragement are welcome! You can leave a voice message for me here. I'm listning!
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #69: Historical Fiction with Author Bruce W. Bishop, Ann Cleeves Hits a Home Run, and an 'I, Warlock' Audio Sample
11/05/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #69: Historical Fiction with Author Bruce W. Bishop, Ann Cleeves Hits a Home Run, and an 'I, Warlock' Audio Sample
Welcome to the new and expanded Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast! I'll be bringing you interviews, book and series recommendations, and a regular audio small plate from my writing. This week I chat with author Bruce W. Bishop, who I had the pleasure of meeting in person when we were in Halifax two weeks ago on a cruise. Then I talk about Ann Cleeves' Matthew Venn series, and finish up with a two-chapter sample from 'I, Warlock,' my upcoming audiobook narrated by Sean Rhead. Fasten your headphones, and stay tuned for more in the coming weeks.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast Returns! Show #68: Halloween Expert and Author Lisa Norton
10/18/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast Returns! Show #68: Halloween Expert and Author Lisa Norton
I've taken the Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast out of cryo-storage. It was never dead, just taking a long nap. And now it's back! More audio mysteries and fiction, announcements and giveaways, and this time with guest interviews, book and audiobook recommendations, and more! Listen to this archive gem with Halloween expert and author Lisa Norton. About Lisa Morton Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and award-winning prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening”. She is the author of four novels and 150 short stories, a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, and a world-class Halloween expert. She co-edited (with Leslie S. Klinger) the anthology Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers 1852-1923; forthcoming in 2020 is Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances. She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the 2012 Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival. A life long Californian, she lives in Los Angeles.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #67: Dead Eyes: A Harry Hell Novella (3 Chapter Sample)
08/19/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #67: Dead Eyes: A Harry Hell Novella (3 Chapter Sample)
Harry Hell has lived in my head for several years now, and he's finally found a way out! Intended as a three-book series, the Harry Hell Novellas have begun as a Kindle Vella serial, with a new chapter coming out every Sunday. The first three chapters of every Vella story are free to read, then subsequent chapters are accessed with token you can purchase for the stories. HEAD ON OVER TO AMAZON (Dead Eyes McNease) and read the first, intense three chapters of Dead Eyes: A Harry Hell Novella. RCStTxhXebBVUvLc0LPx
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #66: Six Chapter Sample of 'I, Warlock: The Warlock Wars Book I'
07/14/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #66: Six Chapter Sample of 'I, Warlock: The Warlock Wars Book I'
Fasten your headphones for a 6 chapter sample of the just-released 'I, Warlock: The Warlock Wars Book I.' It's a great new adventure for me, and I can't wait to get started on Book II. You can get 'I, Warlock' on Amazon, eBook or paperback editions, starting NOW! About 'I, Warlock' When the world's survival depends on the struggle between good and evil, only one can triumph. The victor will preserve for humankind what makes life worth living, or he will rule atop a mound of skulls, served by the souls he defeated. I, Warlock tells the story of Julius Tide, born part-vampire, destined to be all warlock. Follow his journey from a near-innocent, living quietly in the Vermont countryside, to a man whose decisions will determine the fate of the world. Every step of the way he has his beloved Charlotte, whose beauty first stuns him one spring day at a local fair, and continues to comfort him as he undertakes a battle against monumental evil that can have only one winner. Grief, joy, ecstasy, tragedy--it all comes into play as Julius, Charlotte, and a dizzying cast of characters march to their destinies in I, Warlock, The Warlock Wars Book I.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #65: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 31 - 41)
06/25/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #65: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 31 - 41)
Fasten your headphones for the final ten chapters of Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery. This was perhaps the darkest book in the series, in terms of its psychology. Kyle and his friend, retired homicide detective Linda Sikorsky, solve the cold case of a murdered teenage girl. As they reveal the truth, they bring answers to her grieving father, even as they bring down the New York City District Attorney. The shock waves will reverberate in the city for years to come. About Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery In the 5th installment of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, Kyle finds himself in therapy after ending the life of the Pride Killer, the most successful serial killer New York City has ever known. Putting an end to evil was the right thing to do, but it left Kyle in need of the services of psychotherapist Peter Benoit. Kyle decides the best way to re-engage with life is to do what he can't stop doing: solving murders. Joined once again by his friend Detective Linda Sikorsky, Kyle takes on his first cold case, the murder of a teenager three years ago. Corinne Copley was killed on a Manhattan side street for nothing more than her cell phone. Or was that really the reason? Come along as Kyle delves into the murky undercurrent of New York City politics, pursues a crime boss who kills as easily as she breathes, and seeks justice for the father of a murdered child.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #64: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 28-30)
06/21/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #64: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 28-30)
Fasten your headphones for another three chapters of Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery. This was perhaps the darkest book in the series, in terms of its psychology. We have Kyle traumatized and seeing a therapist. We have a cold case involving the brutal, seemingly random murder of a teenage girl. But was it random? Follow along as Kyle and his friend, retired detective Linda Sikorsky, try to solve the case, for Kyle’s own well-being, and to provide answers to a grieving father. The shock waves from what they discover will reverberate all the way to the New York City District Attorney’s office and beyond. About Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery In the 5th installment of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, Kyle finds himself in therapy after ending the life of the Pride Killer, the most successful serial killer New York City has ever known. Putting an end to evil was the right thing to do, but it left Kyle in need of the services of psychotherapist Peter Benoit. Kyle decides the best way to re-engage with life is to do what he can't stop doing: solving murders. Joined once again by his friend Detective Linda Sikorsky, Kyle takes on his first cold case, the murder of a teenager three years ago. Corinne Copley was killed on a Manhattan side street for nothing more than her cell phone. Or was that really the reason? Come along as Kyle delves into the murky undercurrent of New York City politics, pursues a crime boss who kills as easily as she breathes, and seeks justice for the father of a murdered child.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #63: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 25-27)
06/21/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #63: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 25-27)
Fasten your headphones for another three chapters of Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery. This was perhaps the darkest book in the series, in terms of its psychology. We have Kyle traumatized and seeing a therapist. We have a cold case involving the brutal, seemingly random murder of a teenage girl. But was it random? Follow along as Kyle and his friend, retired detective Linda Sikorsky, try to solve the case, for Kyle’s own well-being, and to provide answers to a grieving father. The shock waves from what they discover will reverberate all the way to the New York City District Attorney’s office and beyond. About Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery In the 5th installment of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, Kyle finds himself in therapy after ending the life of the Pride Killer, the most successful serial killer New York City has ever known. Putting an end to evil was the right thing to do, but it left Kyle in need of the services of psychotherapist Peter Benoit. Kyle decides the best way to re-engage with life is to do what he can't stop doing: solving murders. Joined once again by his friend Detective Linda Sikorsky, Kyle takes on his first cold case, the murder of a teenager three years ago. Corinne Copley was killed on a Manhattan side street for nothing more than her cell phone. Or was that really the reason? Come along as Kyle delves into the murky undercurrent of New York City politics, pursues a crime boss who kills as easily as she breathes, and seeks justice for the father of a murdered child.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #62: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 22 - 24)
06/18/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #62: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 22 - 24)
Fasten your headphones for another three chapters of Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery. This was perhaps the darkest book in the series, in terms of its psychology. We have Kyle traumatized and seeing a therapist. We have a cold case involving the brutal, seemingly random murder of a teenage girl. But was it random? Follow along as Kyle and his friend, retired detective Linda Sikorsky, try to solve the case, for Kyle’s own well-being, and to provide answers to a grieving father. The shock waves from what they discover will reverberate all the way to the New York City District Attorney’s office and beyond.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #60: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 19-21)
06/13/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #60: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 19-21)
Fasten your headphones for another three chapters of Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery. This was perhaps the darkest book in the series, in terms of its psychology. We have Kyle traumatized and seeing a therapist. We have a cold case involving the brutal, seemingly random murder of a teenage girl. But was it random? Follow along as Kyle and his friend, retired detective Linda Sikorsky, try to solve the case, for Kyle’s own well-being, and to provide answer to a grieving father. The shock waves from what they discover will reverberate all the way to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office and beyond.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #59: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 16 - 18)
06/04/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #59: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 16 - 18)
I'll be bringing you the audiobook edition of Kill Swtich: A Kylle Callahan Mystery, in three-chapters released over the next 12+ weeks! The narration is provided by my own WondervoxAI. Kill Swtich is the 5th installment in the Kyle Callahan Series, and it finds Kyle dealing with the trauma of having ended the life of a vicious serial killer. Fasten your headphones, and check in every week for the next three chapters. About Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery In the 5th installment of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, Kyle finds himself in therapy after ending the life of the Pride Killer, the most successful serial killer New York City has ever known. Putting an end to evil was the right thing to do, but it left Kyle in need of the services of psychotherapist Peter Benoit. Kyle decides the best way to re-engage with life is to do what he can't stop doing: solving murders. Joined once again by his friend Detective Linda Sikorsky, Kyle takes on his first cold case, the murder of a teenager three years ago. Corinne Copley was killed on a Manhattan side street for nothing more than her cell phone. Or was that really the reason? Come along as Kyle delves into the murky undercurrent of New York City politics, pursues a crime boss who kills as easily as she breathes, and seeks justice for the father of a murdered child.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #58: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 13 - 15)
05/24/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #58: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 13 - 15)
I'll be bringing you the audiobook edition of Kill Swtich: A Kylle Callahan Mystery, in three-chapters released over the next 12+ weeks! The narration is provided by my own WondervoxAI. Kill Swtich is the 5th installment in the Kyle Callahan Series, and it finds Kyle dealing with the trauma of having ended the life of a vicious serial killer. Fasten your headphones, and check in every week for the next three chapters. About Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery In the 5th installment of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, Kyle finds himself in therapy after ending the life of the Pride Killer, the most successful serial killer New York City has ever known. Putting an end to evil was the right thing to do, but it left Kyle in need of the services of psychotherapist Peter Benoit. Kyle decides the best way to re-engage with life is to do what he can't stop doing: solving murders. Joined once again by his friend Detective Linda Sikorsky, Kyle takes on his first cold case, the murder of a teenager three years ago. Corinne Copley was killed on a Manhattan side street for nothing more than her cell phone. Or was that really the reason? Come along as Kyle delves into the murky undercurrent of New York City politics, pursues a crime boss who kills as easily as she breathes, and seeks justice for the father of a murdered child.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #57: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 10 - 12)
05/17/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #57: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 10 - 12)
I'll be bringing you the audiobook edition of Kill Swtich: A Kylle Callahan Mystery, in three-chapters released over the next 12+ weeks! The narration is provided by my own WondervoxAI, using the voice of someone I call Android Josh. Kill Swtich is the 5th installment in the Kyle Callahan Series, and it finds Kyle dealing with the trauma of having ended the life of a vicious serial killer. Fasten your headphones, and check in every week for the next three chapters.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #56: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 7 - 9)
05/14/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #56: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 7 - 9)
I'll be bringing you the audiobook edition of Kill Swtich: A Kylle Callahan Mystery, in three-chapters released over the next 12+ weeks! The narration is provided by my own WondervoxAI, using the voice of someone I call Android Josh. The best thing about putting this out on audio is remembering how much I like the story! Poor Skate Copley, his life ruined by his daughter’s unsolved murder. And Kyle struggling with the psychological after-effects of killing an evil, evil man. Can their brokenness help repair them both? Fasten your headphones for another three chapters. Kill Swtich is the 5th installment in the Kyle Callahan Series, and it finds Kyle dealing with the trauma of having ended the life of a vicious serial killer. Fasten your headphones, and check in every week for the next three chapters.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #55: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 4 - 6)
05/08/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #55: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 4 - 6)
Welcome back to the podcast post-vacation. I'll be bringing you the audiobook edition of Kill Swtich: A Kylle Callahan Mystery, in three-chapters released over the next 12+ weeks! The narration is provided by my own WondervoxAI, using the voice of someone I call Android Josh. The best thing about putting this out on audio is remembering how much I like the story! Poor Skate Copley, his life ruined by his daughter’s unsolved murder. And Kyle struggling with the psychological after-effects of killing an evil, evil man. Can their brokenness help repair them both? Fasten your headphones for another three chapters. Kill Swtich is the 5th installment in the Kyle Callahan Series, and it finds Kyle dealing with the trauma of having ended the life of a vicious serial killer. Fasten your headphones, and check in every week for the next three chapters.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #54: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 1 - 3)
05/05/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #54: Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery (Chapters 1 - 3)
Welcome back to the podcast post-vacation. I'll be bringing you the audiobook edition of Kill Swtich: A Kylle Callahan Mystery, in three-chapters released over the next 12+ weeks! The narration is provided by my own WondervoxAI, using the voice of someone I call Android Josh. You can find out a little more about my thoughts on AI narration and my embrace of the technology in the introduction. Kill Swtich is the 5th installment in the Kyle Callahan Series, and it finds Kyle dealing with the trauma of having ended the life of a vicious serial killer. Fasten your headphones, and check in every week for the next three chapters. About Kill Switch: A Kyle Callahan Mystery In the 5th installment of the Kyle Callahan Mysteries, Kyle finds himself in therapy after ending the life of the Pride Killer, the most successful serial killer New York City has ever known. Putting an end to evil was the right thing to do, but it left Kyle in need of the services of psychotherapist Peter Benoit. Kyle decides the best way to re-engage with life is to do what he can't stop doing: solving murders. Joined once again by his friend Detective Linda Sikorsky, Kyle takes on his first cold case, the murder of a teenager three years ago. Corinne Copley was killed on a Manhattan side street for nothing more than her cell phone. Or was that really the reason? Come along as Kyle delves into the murky undercurrent of New York City politics, pursues a crime boss who kills as easily as she breathes, and seeks justice for the father of a murdered child.
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‘Final Audition: A Marshall James Thriller’ Audiobook Two Chapter Sample (Available on Kobo)
04/29/2023
‘Final Audition: A Marshall James Thriller’ Audiobook Two Chapter Sample (Available on Kobo)
The future has arrived! The audiobook for Final Audition: A Marshall James Thriller is now available on Kobo. Produced and narrated by my very own WondervoxAI, synthetic narration. The sound is amazing. You may even find yourself with a crush on the voice I call Android Anthony. That also happens to be my middle name. Cosmic? You can listen to a two-chapter sample, and purchase the entire audiobook for a mere $8.99 on Kobo. About Final Audition: A Marshall James Thriller In the third installment of the Marshall James Thrillers, Marshall has one more tale to tell, one last journey to take, back into a past that is inextricably connected to his present. Marshall decides to search for the man who had once been the center of his life: LAPD Homicide Detective Mac McElroy. Mac had told him all those years ago, when Marshall had his last showdown with death and the men who traffic in it, that he never wanted to speak to him again, and he hasn’t. But is Mac still alive? Can Marshall find him? And what will be the end of their story if he does? Find out in Final Audition, as Marshall returns once more to a life he’d abandoned, only to find out it had never abandoned him. Along the way he introduces us to a Los Angeles long gone, a theater group where some dreams are nightmares, an innocent man whose life will hang in the balance, and evil determined to destroy him if it can.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #52: Jawbone (A Short Story)
03/31/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #52: Jawbone (A Short Story)
Fasten your headphones for another short story from my collection, Tundra (Short Fiction 2000 - 2022). This one is called Jawbone, and it tells the story of a young man forever changed by an accident one night on a snowy Michigan road. He learns in the most difficult ways possible about people's true motives, their fears, their judgements, and ultimately their abandonment. His name was Richard, but everybody called him Jawbone ...
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #51: Memory Box (A Short Story)
03/25/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #51: Memory Box (A Short Story)
The adventures in AI continue, with this WondervoxAI produced audio edition of my short story, Memory Box. It's one of the selected stories in my recent collection, Tundra (2000 - 2022). Memory Box tells the story of Risa, a young girl whose father dies suddenly, and how she grapples with that loss. We're introduced to the colorful and sometimes unsavory characters in her life, as she navigates a world that can often seem merciless. We experience her resilience, determination and spirit as she comes to terms with a young life forever changed. Fasten you headphones! If you'd like to purchase it as an MP3 file, you can find it at my Payhip storefront for $2.99.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #50: The Cat in the Window
03/15/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #50: The Cat in the Window
This episode brings you another AI-narrated special, 'The Cat in the Window.' It's a short story that has pleased a lot of readers, and one of my better ones. You can find all my best stories collected in Tundra (2000 - 2022). For now, enjoy this short audio edition narrated by Android Bella. You can purchase it as an MP3 file, available only at my Payhip storefront.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #49: WondervoxAI Presents 'Rough and Tumble' Audiobook
03/08/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #49: WondervoxAI Presents 'Rough and Tumble' Audiobook
Something special again for this episode: My short story, 'Rough and Tumble: A Dystopian Love Tragedy,' produced and narrated by WondervoxAI. It's my new venture, as well as an adventure into the world of AI narration. Fasten your headphones! - Mark About 'Rough and Tumble' "Rough and Tumble were not their names by birth." Boy meets boy at the end of civilization in this extended short story. The year is distant, the reality of those living appears dark and harsh. Among them, surviving by wit and easy violence, are Rough and Tumble, two young men whose lives became entwined so long ago neither of them remembers exactly when, only that it was love at first sight. Now, as Rough imagines an escape from the Slopes, the area they live and expect to die in, he yearns to take Tumble with him. But is it possible? Does Tumble want to go across the murky water, too, or are dreams for the foolish and the dying? Join them as they go on a last nightly prowl, looking for loot and any way out.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #48: Final Audition - A Marshall James Thriller, Narrated by AI (3 Chapter Sample)
03/01/2023
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #48: Final Audition - A Marshall James Thriller, Narrated by AI (3 Chapter Sample)
Just ... wow. I had no intention of using AI to narrate my writing, but I tried it with ElevenLabs, and I love it. I'll be able to use this for my blog posts, my fiction and non-fiction writing, you name it. Will it replace working narrators? I hope not. But I would otherwise have narrated this myself. It saves an enormous amount of time, and the technology is stunning. The glitches are very few, and only with tone and emphasis, not on the words themselves. So ... enjoy this three-chapter sample of Final Audition: A Marshall James Thriller, narrated by the robot Josh.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #47: 'I, Warlock,' A Kindle Vella Serial (Chapters 1 - 3)
11/29/2022
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #47: 'I, Warlock,' A Kindle Vella Serial (Chapters 1 - 3)
Welcome back to the Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast! In this episode, I'm narrating the first three chapters of my Kindle Vella serial, 'I, Warlock.' I'm uploading new chapters every Wednesday and Saturday, so please be sure to check them out. Follow the story, and give it a thumbs-up when you have a chance. It's a new platform for me, a new genre, and an exciting adventure in creativity. Happy holidays! - Mark
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #46: Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery (3 Chapter Sample)
10/03/2022
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #46: Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery (3 Chapter Sample)
Welcome to a new Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast. It's been awhile, and it's good to be back at the mic, with a new book. In today's podcast I'm narrating a three chapter sample of Open Secrets: A Maggie Dahl Mystery. It's the second book in the series, and it has Maggie pursuing another killer in Lambertville, NJ, a not-so-idyllic river town where murder has a way of showing up when Maggie's around. She's also faced with the possibility of new love, or at least new like, after grieving the sudden death of her husband for the past year. Will she date again? Will it be more than that? Read Open Secrets to find out.
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Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #45: Welcome to the Listen Lounge - Murder at Pride Lodge
05/04/2022
Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #45: Welcome to the Listen Lounge - Murder at Pride Lodge
Who killed Teddy the handyman - if anyone killed him at all? Was it Sid, one of the new owners of Pride Lodge whose past gets darker the closer you look? Was it the woman whose name was once Emily, when she witnessed the murder of her parents in a burglary gone terribly wrong, and who has waited 30 years for vengeance? Was it young Happy Corcoran, promoted to bartender only to vanish three days before Teddy was found dead at the bottom of the empty pool? Find out as Kyle Callahan refuses to believe it was an accident, doggedly pursues the truth in his friend's death, and does his best not to join him.
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