AMBIENT ARCANA

 In this episode a selfless Nightingale sings her heart out to create a Red Rose for a lovelorn Student, but is he truly worthy of such a precious gift?
It's Oscar Wilde's poignant tale of blood thirsty horticulture - "The Nightingale and the Rose."
All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar
Narration by Joey Pesce
 
Nightingale recordings by Pro Sound Effects

 In this episode we present a twisted tale of twin brothers. The younger brother -a murderous, narcissistic hedonist who will stop at nothing to get what he wants; the older brother -a man who enjoys wearing silk kimonos, taking early morning walks in the garden, and neatly folding his towels after every use. Physically identical except for a small mole on the younger brother's thigh - a mole with a suspiciously sinister looking goatee! 
"The Twins" by Edogawa Rampo.
All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar
Narration by Jim Billbrough
 
 
 
 

It's Family Values Gone Wild in Ambrose Bierce's Dark Comedy
"A Bottomless Grave."
Narration by David Mulholland
Music by Man Tray
Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar.

Have you ever felt like a helpless pawn being manipulated by mysterious and hidden higher-dimensional beings?
If so then this is the episode for you!
It's Nebula Award Winning Author Bob Leman's  trans-dimensional, mind and body altering trip through an almost endless game of bizarre, sanity shattering, yet seemingly mundane tasks:
"Instructions."
All Music, Audio Production, and Narration by Bob Familiar

 This is a special episode of Ambient Arcana marking the 80th Anniversary of V.E. Day - Victory in Europe Day - May 8th, 1945 when Germany officially surrendered to the Allied Forces ending World War II in Europe.
A reading from “Jeep Show” by Robert B. O’Connor.Jeep Show is the story of entertainment specialist Jim Tanzer who finds himself trapped in the front lines during the Battle Of The Bulge. The unexpected German assault catches the American forces off guard, yet determined not to give way, even at the cost of their own lives.
"Jeep Show" by Robert B. O’Connor is out now and available at most booksellers.
https://jeepshowbook.com/
All music and audio production by Bob Familiar.Narration by Rick Weidner
Bob Familiar as Henry “Allie” Allison and Sergeant KowalskiJim Billbrough as Jim TanzerMatt Gruenberg as the 2nd Lieutenant and Captain Rose
 
Additional sound effects by Pro Sound Effects
Ambient Arcana will be back to our usual schedule at the end of June.

 We finish our current coverage of the works of British author Robert Aickman with a story that explores what happens when the face looking back at you in the mirror is not your own.
"Le Miroir" by Robert Aickman
All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar
Narration by Jim Billbrough

 In this episode two young British women, serving in the 'Woman's Land Army' during WWII,  decide to skip a dour farmer's Christmas party only to discover there are worse ways to spend the Holiday in Robert Aickman's
"The Coffin House."
 All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar
 Narration by Jim Billbrough
 
 
 

Mod dress? Thigh-boots? Impossibly long worm-infested hallways?
It's Robert Aickman's  strange tale of a mysterious, ageless woman orbiting the life of a hapless man:
"Laura."
All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar
Narrated by Alex Fitzsimmons

In this episode we explore the heavy price of turning back the hands of time with Philip K. Dick's "The Cookie Lady."
 
All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar.
Narration by Jim Billbrough
 
 

Once again we spend our Holiday Season at the Top Of The World with yet more stories from
Albert Leroy Shelton's 1925 book "Tibetan Folk Tales"
All music and audio production by Bob Familiar
Narrated by Bob Familiar and Jim Billbrough