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The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician, Oliver Haddo, attempts to create life. View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe

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The Newbery Medalist ( The Tale of Despereaux) talks about her eagerly anticipated new novel, a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected and making the extraordinary come true, with kids ages 8 and up. The event includes an excerpt performed by actress Rita Wolf, a discussion with the audience, a creative writing project, and a book signing

A hilarious farce.When the king of the grim reapers' son needs help to take a ghost haunting his home, he asks his father to help remove it but was it a mistake?Good Quotes From The Haunting of the Necromancer"We are not fake anythings!" said Lance."I could debate that with you," said Blake."Where is the ghost?" Blake said changing the subject."Now I have a ghost and a grim reaper in my lounge room!" said Lance infuriated."Grand Reaper? What's that?" the ghost asked."Another name for a couch potato!" Lance hissed,"Dork why you shouting," said Junior walking in the room."Oh, he's no bother, he ...

The Show Must Go OnWhen stage magician Blake Alexander aka Blake Fire who has a grim reaper for a soul senses someone in his audience is going to die he dances between life and death to not collect them with all his strength he must live and not take them to the afterlife because when his soul is released his body dies and he can't die on stage in front of the world let alone come back to life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Death the coroner stood in the morgue autopsying a victim attributed to his son the Necromancer. Then out of thin air appeared a grim reaper."I see dead people," it said the doctor jumped startled by the sudden appearance of the reaper."Ha! Ha! Very funny, boy," said the doctor humourlessly, "This is a friend of yours I hear say hello to him.""I've never met him in life," The reaper the Necromancer said."Are you serious?" asked Dr Death grimly."Yes who is he?" replied the Necromancer, "It's starting to look like anyone can kill someone and frame me for it.""That means there is another ...

A love story,Between a ghost reincarnated in a magician and a hybrid of Magician, and grey alien, life and death are all that stand between them. They love yet don't know who the other is, even if they are friends. They love yet can't see the other hiding in plain sight.Coming Soon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The unnamed Mortimer, the king of the Grim Reapers, tells the story of how he promised to protect the son of a friend who died long before the Magicians came out.He appears to him as a friend when the son's relatives die at their funeral, and as a friend when he needs one.He becomes the ultimate Memento Mori.An adventure of a lifetime.Music and song by Suno Ai lyrics on song story and reading by Rachel Lawson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Show Must Go OnWhen stage magician Blake Alexander aka Blake Fire who has a grim reaper for a soul senses someone in his audience is going to die he dances between life and death to not collect them with all his strength he must live and not take them to the afterlife because when his soul is released his body dies, and he can't die on stage in front of the world let alone come back to life.music and song by Suno Ai lyrics on song story and reading by Rachel Lawson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lance Sr., the Necromancer, sneaks through the night, concealed by darkness, on a relentless quest to find his prey: a notorious local serial killer. It's a game of cat and mouse, who will end up dead.more of stories in series herehttps://shows.acast.com/64bf8994bd21a900115df7e9/episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The War is LiveIn this Magician's story.A podcaster from another newspaper has a war over podcast views, with Blake and Sandy, the war becomes dangerous when the podcaster is pressed by his boss to get higher ratings, or they will lose their job. How far will this war go? Will anyone be hurt by this war? How will this war end?More Magician's stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Someone dies in hospital in a ghost shift at the hospital. A ghost shift is a scheduled shift where the shift worker skips.Blake the coroner must prove the shift was skipped to kill the victim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blake gets an new tv show called The Blake Report. Blake talks about chicken case. Lance snr's family are sad Neighbours is ending and Lance thinks he's finally lost Neighbours bad influence as he see it and jnr get a Neighbours box set for them to watch from the Masked Chicken.Snr depressed seeing it. A mad vigilante goes after the Masked Chicken for getting custody of his kid to his wife who he later killed. the Rose the Chicken's better half tries to keep alive and with Jnr they try to capture the killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shadow PlayBlake Alexander and his son Lance the Necromancer meet a celebrity ghost Federici the ghost who haunts Melbourne's famous Princess Theater ghost because he spooked a reaper who was taking him to the afterlife."You don't know the Phantom of the Opera?" Blake chuckled."Yeah Gaston Leroux wrote it and it was performed here as a musical yonks ago. He is not real," said Lance."No not that one Frederick Baker," said Blake."Fredrick Baker?" asked Lance puzzled."Federici the Phantom of the Princess Theater," said Blake."Federwhatsi?" Lance said."Reech ee, Federici he's called," Blake said...

Dr. Dr Death, The Coroner, and Dante, his assistant suspect there is a vampire in the hospital he works in they hunt for them who will end up dead in the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"How is the blood drive going?" asked a doctor called Dr. Death at the local hospital where he worked."Good," said Astra who ran it with her husband Max."It is a bit odd?" said Dr. Death."What?" asked Astra."Vampires running a blood drive," said Dr. Death."We are doing this for a good cause," said Astra Queen of vampires."What you and Max get free feed on tap?" asked Dr. Death."No food for the poor vampires of Queens Cross," said Astra."Blake how it going," asked her husband Max."Good," said Dr. Death, "you know the Red Fox will be up in arms If he realized this is for vampires.""He's police ...

Blake is in a hit-and-run and left for dead in the brush on the side of the road in the mountains near where he lives he would have been unfound but his soul is a grim reaper he visits his son for help was it a mistake? Will he die or live? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An American Indian Chief finds out Max Starfire, one of the Magicians is a werewolf and wants to kill him as he is a skinwalker aka a werewolf will Max die? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the new ambassador from Alpha Centauri dies in suspicious circumstances the Necomancer is suspected as the killer and his son is found on the scene of the murder he will be killed if the killer is not caught. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can the dead commit robbery?"It's dark tonight I hope we aren't seen," a man said to his partner in crime."It's like the old days we climb in a window and pray not to get caught," said the thief who was known as the Chameleon to his partner the Cat as they stealthily walked through the garden of their mark."The room is the third window on the second story," said the Cat examining the building. The Chameleon tested the strength of a lattice leading to it going up the wall.This should work I'm surprised people are so careless with security," the Chameleon said laughing. They climbed up the ...