This is the Mysterious Traveler,
inviting you to join me on another journey into the strange and terrifying.
I hope you will enjoy the trip,
that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little.
So settle back, get a good grip on your nerves and be comfortable
– if you can!

Since May 18th, 2009 I’ve been working for Powerspeak, writing and directing a radio-play style adventure story that will be implemented into their language instruction software (which is a major reason I haven’t updated this site for a while). It’s been a very interesting project to write since the story is told 100% aurally. I come from a school (both figuratively and literally) that believes that stories are to be told visually, and that dialogue should be the very last resort for a storyteller. You know . . . “Show, don’t tell.” So it was a challenge to get my head around the ramifications of writing a story with no visuals. EVERYTHING has to be conveyed naturally through the only two tools available; dialogue and sound effects.

So I started listening to old Radio Plays to figure out how it is done. I love old radio plays . . . I find it so interesting to see good storytelling shine through the outdated vernacular of the media of that time. They use to say things like, “It makes breakfast more fun than a circus!” and other fantastic stuff like that.

While doing my recent research into radio plays I discovered The Mysterious Traveler a great macabre suspense anthology radio show which opens with the titular narrator introducing himself with the monologue I opened this post with. My favorites (so far) are “Death Is The Visitor” and “The House of Death”.

Check them out . . . if you have the predilection.