Phil Proctor, co-founder of the legendary, surrealist comedy group, the thrice Grammy-nominated Firesign Theatre, in cahoots with Peter Bergman, Phil Austin and David Ossman, helped to create the most revolutionary comedy recordings ever made. Over a 50-year career, starting in the ‘60s and ending with them all in their 70s, they predicted reality TV, hackers, computer viruses, virtual reality, the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and much more still to come. But during a breather in the Fir...

When the history of horror comics was written, one name stood and still stands above the rest: EC Comics. With equal parts suspense, gore, camp, and revenge, the triumvirate of EC’s horror output laid the groundwork for what was to come from many of the genre’s greatest writers and directors.Now, Pocket Universe Productions (producers of the X-Files and Locke & Key audio dramas) presents EC’s The Vault of Horror, its stories adapted and p...

THE MAGIC MAZE TRILOGY includes three books: Tyler and Tess in the Magic Maze; Madness in the Magic Maze;and Escape from the Magic Maze. It is about eleven-year old fraternal twins, Tyler and Tess Porter, who accidentally get sucked up into the bizarre world of the Magic Maze.Geared to appeal to children from seven to thirteen and older fantasy fans as well, the story propels the twins into an “Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz” world. In order to ...

TYLER AND TESS IN THE MAGIC MAZE, part one of the Magic Maze Trilogy, is about eleven-year old fraternal twins, Tyler and Tess Porter, who accidentally get sucked up into the bizarre world of the Magic Maze. Geared to appeal to children from seven to thirteen and older fantasy fans as well, the story propels the twins into an “Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz” world. In order to return home, they must get through twelve separate parts of the maze....

Book Three of the Magic Maze Trilogy: ESCAPE FROM THE MAGIC MAZEThe twins endure some wild and dangerous adventures finally securing all the parts of the magic amulet, which finally takes them back to their hometown.THE MAGIC MAZE TRILOGY includes three books: Tyler and Tess in the Magic Maze; Madness in the Magic Maze;and Escape from the Magic Maze. It is about eleven-year old fraternal twins, Tyler and Tess Porter, who accidentally get sucked up into the bizarre world of ...

The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. TitledThe String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd, whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to an underground bakery of one Mrs. Lovett...

This audiobook, “PULP FICTION: The Golden Age of Storytelling”, profiles an era of magazine fiction writing in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, for people gripped by the tremendous need of escapism in the post-WWI years and the Great Depression. These writers shaped American culture and created iconic characters, who live today in some of the biggest blockbuster Hollywood movies. What makes this audiobook ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE is that this story includes actual interviews with two of the super-heavywe...

With the premiere of two new film versions of the Snow White tale, Blackstone enters the fray with its own adult, edgy, and not altogether serious full-cast exposé of fairy-taledom. At last it can be told! Was Snow White really as pure as the driven snow? Did her allegedly wicked stepmother get a bum rap from the Grimm brothers? What went on behind the closed Dutch doors of the dwarves’ cottage? How many handsome princes does it take to screw in a light bulb? These and other burning questi...

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?This collection includes "In a Grove," upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel The Moon Maid; and cautionary and scary ta...

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents an hour of jungle adventure parodies. This volume includesA Lion without a RoarJohnny the GiraffeThe Colorless TigerIce in the JungleThe Tickling ScalesThe Mocking TigerJemima the Nosy GiraffeNever Make Fun of a RhinoThe Photographic ElephantPeter Bergman and the End of the WorldThe Boo Boo Monkeys

This hilarious, startling biography of Phil Proctor, cofounder of the legendary satirical comedy group, the Firesign Theatre, is read by Phil and includes sound elements illustrating his work in comedy recordings, TV, film, and even the Broadway stage—with new moments recorded by Phil and added to the audiobook edition.Phil, with Peter Bergman, Phil Austin, and David Ossman, predicted reality TV, hackers, computer viruses, virtual reality, the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and mor...

Veteran Radio Personality (NPR, Sirius XM Radio) Joe Bev presents his favorite conversations with such highly diverse people as Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, John Houseman, June Foray, Diana Canova, Fred Frees, Bob Bergen, Phil Proctor, Joe Alaskey, Steve Mendoza, Noel Blanc, David Ossman, Janet Waldo, Fred Grandinetti, and others!Bonus Track! Joe Bevilacqua hosts an hour with Bernie Sanders, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Sarah Silverman, ...