Pictures of a Lavender House - Picture Three: The Books

In which it rains, and Mae explores the expanse of books– they line the walls and sit on every surface in the house. Content warning for death, murder, fascism, anxiety, existential frustration, and writer’s block. Written and edited by Bex Brzostoski, and produced by Aster Podcasting Presents with the ASUSF College Players. All rights reserved, 2021. Voice talents appear as follows: Janelle Malonzo as Mae, Eli Ramos as Doubleday, Dylan Vodzak as Laverna, and Chaitrika Budamagunta as Stephano the cat. This episode featured the additional voice talents of Melody Maishman, Gabriella Brzostoski, Kelsea Villanueva, Tal Minear, and Angel Velez. P.S. several of these poems are dedicated to a Certain Bibliophile.

Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17whr4IYxcNFxa32q9d6WeB1cVxyuAA3NQ70TiG8EUG4/edit?usp=sharing

Attributions for music and sound effects: Typewriter sounds: “typewriter18.ogg” by tams_kp https://freesound.org/people/tams_kp/sounds/43558/?page=1#comment ; Rain sounds: “steady late night rain.WAV” by mshahen https://freesound.org/people/mshahen/sounds/242892/
Wind: "Wind, Realistic, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of freesound.org ; Stairs: “Wooden Stairs” by NachtmahrTV https://freesound.org/people/NachtmahrTV/sounds/553210/ Background noise to cursed biographies: “Ambient level / location sound” by kickhat https://freesound.org/people/kickhat/sounds/347741/ Background to small fairy book: “Owl at night” by saralana https://freesound.org/people/saralana/sounds/559100/ and “Wind Chimes 1” by giddster https://freesound.org/people/giddster/sounds/437337/ “Old music box” by Pastabra https://freesound.org/people/Pastabra/sounds/366161/ Joke book: “ Music of Carousel // Karusellin musiikkia, Linnanmäki.” by YleArkisto. https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/524699/ The tune to the terrified man: Ghostly Melody by Darren-Curtis | https://soundcloud.com/desperate-measurez Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US The love poems: Waltz Of The Skeleton Keys by WombatNoisesAudio | https://soundcloud.com/user-734462061 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US End credits music: plunderer by Barradeen | https://soundcloud.com/barradeen Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US