Classic Pulp: Season One

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The Silence

FROM THE MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION
On a pristine, welcoming world, newly arrived settlers mistake quiet for safety—unaware that the land itself is listening, waiting to decide when silence will answer back.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human] 
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 The Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Phelps
 Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellan Dray
 Carlson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Nesbit
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
The Silence by Ray Bradbury is used by permission of Don Congdon and Associates.

Tenderfoot at Love

On a hard-pressed cattle ranch, a sharp-witted young woman finds her grit and judgment tested when a charming drifter rides in, stirring old wounds, fresh suspicions, and a risky game of trust under the wide-open western sky.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human] 
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thelma May
 Marcie Rollins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twila Krantz
 Grandpop Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . Harvey Fenwick
 Ed Wyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul L. Williams
Aunt Judy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Penske
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

Bullets for the Sky Wolf [2]

[2/2]Grounded egos, clashing command styles, and an unexpected threat force an old-school British officer and a hotshot American pilot into an uneasy partnership when the war suddenly comes home to the night skies over England.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willard Lannister
 Matt Thompson, Jr . . . . . . . . . . Phil Bishop
 Matt Thompson, Sr . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Rush
 Captain Hugh Stratford. . . . . . . Reggie Calloway
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

Bullets for the Sky Wolf [1]

[1/2] When a chance landing links a battle-scarred veteran and a reckless American ace, their uneasy bond is tested in the skies over wartime England, where courage, loss, and duty collide far from the front lines.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willard Lannister
 Matt Thompson, Jr . . . . . . . . . . Phil Bishop
 Matt Thompson, Sr . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Rush
 Captain Hugh Stratford. . . . . . . Reggie Calloway
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

Die, Hamlet [2]

[2/2] On the night a legendary actor plays Hamlet for the last time, he invites his enemies to a glittering penthouse supper—then keeps his fatal promise, leaving a hard-boiled newspaperman to unmask the killer before the final curtain falls for good.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone 
 Daffy Dill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellan Dray
 Lt. "Pappy" Hanley. . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
 Dr. Kerr Kyne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oscar Rayburn
 Babcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Familia
 Maris Delaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dinah Mason
 Sir Arnold Spence . . . . . . . . . . Nigel Bruce 
 Cecil Penwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Man
 Declan Mire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Reilly
 Aria Lynth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daisy Field
 Waller Kilgore . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronan Quill
 Ascha Menid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elias Stroud
 Thelma May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Rosson
 Barry Eubanks . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Rosson
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

Die, Hamlet [1]

[1/2] On the night a legendary actor plays Hamlet for the last time, he invites his enemies to a glittering penthouse supper—then keeps his fatal promise, leaving a hard-boiled newspaperman to unmask the killer before the final curtain falls for good.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone 
 Daffy Dill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellan Dray
 Maris Delaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dinah Mason
 Sir Arnold Spence . . . . . . . . . . Nigel Bruce 
 Cecil Penwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Man
 Declan Mire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Reilly
 Aria Lynth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daisy Field
 Waller Kilgore . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronan Quill
 Loretta Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelyn Rourke
 Ascha Menid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elias Stroud
 Thelma May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Rosson
 Barry Eubanks . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Rosson
 Loo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy Tsong
 Lt. "Pappy" Hanley. . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

Veronica Talks Detective Fiction Weekly

Veronica talks DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY magazine.

At the Earth's Core [8]

[7/8] David  and Dian return to Sari to set up the federation of nations..
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone 
 David Innes. . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Dian the Beautiful . . . . . . Marjorie Belmont
 Perry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Barry Eubanks. . . . . . . . . Narrator
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth's Core [7]

[7/8] David battles a ravenous dragon and a seven-foot savage to rescue the woman he loves—only to discover her heart is fiercer than any beast.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone 
 David Innes . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Dian the Beautiful . . . . . . Marjorie Belmont 
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth's Core [6]

[6/8] Condemned to the vivisection pits of Phutra, a desperate fugitive slays his way to the Mahar’s forbidden secret and flees into the wilds—only to face traitors, ravenous beast-kings, and tireless Sagoth hunters on his blood-soaked trail! 
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Adam Stone 
 David Innes . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Perry  . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Ghak  . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Glenn
 Sagoth Guard . . . . . Oscar Humphries               
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth's Core [5]

[5/8] Cast back into the shadowed halls of Phutra, a weary wanderer faces merciless investigators and ravenous prehistoric terrors, gambling his life for a desperate chance to save his friends—and win back the woman haunting his dreams!
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Adam Stone 
 David Innes . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Perry  . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Ja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howie French
 Sagoth Guard 1 . . . . Barry Eubanks
 Sagoth Guard 2 . . . . Oscar Humphries               
 Sagoth Guard 3 . . . . Jerry Eubanks
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth's Core [4]

[4/8] Fleeing the hypnotic slaughter-pits of the Mahars, a lone castaway braves island jungles, monstrous sea serpents, and treacherous tribes as he fights to win freedom—and return for the friend he left behind!! 
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Adam Stone 
 David Innes . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Perry  . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Dian the Beautiful . . Marjorie Belmont 
 Ja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howie French
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth's Core [3]

[3/8] Dragged into the reptile-ruled depths of Phutra, desperate slaves plot a mad escape beneath the unblinking inner sun—while the monstrous Mahars prepare a blood-soaked spectacle of beasts and doom!
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 David Innes . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Perry  . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Dian the Beautiful . . Marjorie Belmont 
 Ghak  . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Glenn
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth's Core [2]

[2/8] Hurled into the blazing noonday of the earth’s hollow heart, two helpless captives are driven in chains toward the monstrous Mahars—winged overlords who rule Pellucidar with terror and slave-blood!
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Adam Stone 
 David Innes . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Perry  . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Dian the Beautiful . . Marjorie Belmont 
 Ghak  . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Glenn
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

At the Earth’s Core [1]

[1/8] A runaway “iron mole” plunges two unsuspecting explorers into a hidden inner world where ravenous beasts, savage tree-folk, and a motionless sun hurl them headlong into screaming adventure!
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core" appeared as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY (April 4 to 25, 1914).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Barry Eubanks . . . . Narrator
 David Innes . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
 Perry  . . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain

Veronica Talks All-Story Magazine

Veronica talks THE ALL-STORY magazine

The Curse of Capistrano

BONUS: We did this just for fun on our season hiatus. It's the first appearance of Johnston McCulley's iconic Zorro from All-Story Magazine.
Please let us know if you's like us to do the whole story this coming season.
Enjoy!

Grandma was a Lady

When Jock Stanford bets the company on a flashy new speedboat, old Chugger Brown turns back to a forgotten mahogany relic—“Nell,” the lady of yesterday.
Can an aging boat, souped up with forbidden power, out-race a cutthroat rival and save them all—or will she splinter like a tree in a storm?
Written by John Prescott for ADVENTURE (May, 1949)

Veronica Talks Adventure Magazine

Veronica talks ADVENTURE magazine

By Night They Creep [6]

[6/6] Trapped in an underground hell of disease and death, Paul Lawton turns his torment into fury to face the monstrous master of the plague!
In a climax of fire and madness, the green horror is unmasked—and the true face of evil stares back from beyond the grave! 
Written by Hugh B. Cave for HORROR STORIES (February, 1935).

By Night They Creep [5]

[5/6] Dragged into the heart of the swamp, Paul Lawton faces the ghastly truth behind the plague—a nightmare kingdom ruled by a man who has become a monster!
As living corpses close in and the mad surgeon reveals his hideous revenge, Lawton’s only hope lies between love, horror, and the blazing fires of hell itself!
Written by Hugh B. Cave for HORROR STORIES (February, 1935).

By Night They Creep [4]

[4/6] In a town gripped by a hideous plague, Paul Lawton races against madness and time to save the woman he loves from a fate written in green fire and death.
But when the dead rise and the living vanish into the swamp, the line between man and monster dissolves in a nightmare of horror and revenge!
Written by Hugh B. Cave for HORROR STORIES (February, 1935).

By Night They Creep [3]

[3/6] When the green plague tightens its grip on Rillwood, vengeance rises from the grave with arrows and blood-soaked warnings!
Paul Lawton faces madness, murder, and a terror from beyond the veil that no man—or corpse—can escape!
Written by Hugh B. Cave for HORROR STORIES (February, 1935).

By Night They Creep [2]

[2/6] From the blighted heart of Blackwater Swamp comes a nightmare of deathless tribes and ghastly sacrifice!
When Paul Lawton’s fevered wound turns green and a woman’s body hangs riddled with ancient arrows, the swamp’s unholy secrets crawl once more into the light of day!
Written by Hugh B. Cave for HORROR STORIES (February, 1935).

By Night They Creep [1]

[1/6] From the black, stinking depths of Blackwater rises a horror the Wampanoags dared not name!
When Paul Lawton’s camera catches the ghastly truth—a human face behind the green glow—madness and murder slither from the slime to claim the living!
Written by Hugh B. Cave for HORROR STORIES (February, 1935).

Veronica Talks Horror Stories Magazine

Veronica talks HORROR STORIES magazine

You'll Always Remember Me

As chilling a masterpiece of psychological derangement as any story published in an American magazine in the 20th century!
Steve Fisher's thriller appeared in BLACK MASK MAGAZINE (March, 1938).

Veronica Talks Black Mask Magazine

Veronica talks BLACK MASK magazine

Atrakin and the Man

Hunted by machine-men and betrayed by science, one father and son hold the only key to humanity’s survival.
Can flesh and blood outwit Atrakin, the immortal metal tyrant who would rule the universe?
Written by Walter Kubilius for SUPER SCIENCE STORIES (February, 1942).

Veronica Talks Super Science Stories Magazine

Veronica talks SUPER SCIENCE STORIES magazine

Terror of the Corpse Balloons [2]

[2/2] As the death toll rises Edward V. King and Pat Lee race to solve the murders by levitation. Can they release New York from the grip of fear?
Written by Nat Scachner for STRANGE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES (March/April1939).
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel A. Cranston
Patricia Lee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bette Nance
Ed V King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
Ivan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitrofan Kirillova
Yan Dimitri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louie Tinsdale
Girl  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nellie Vinson
Thug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quentin Margolies
Masked Man  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
A.I.R.T. actors created using elevenLabs.ai
Source text is in the Public Domain

Terror of the Corpse Balloons [1]

[1/2] People rise screaming into the night sky until their bodies are engulfed in horrendous fiery explosions, as a masked mastermind terrifies a city with unimaginable murders.
Only Edward V. King stands between the killers and their next victim—but even he may be too late.
Written by Nat Scachner for STRANGE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES (March/April1939).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel A. Cranston
Patricia Lee  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bette Nance
Ed V King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Ackerman
Ivan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitrofan Kirillova
Yan Dimitri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louie Tinsdale
Girl  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nellie Vinson
Thug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quentin Margolies
Masked Man  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
A.I.R.T. actors created using elevenLabs.ai
Source text is in the Public Domain

Veronica Talks Strange Detective Mysteries Magazine

Veronica talks STRANGE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES magazine

Cave of the Criss-Cross Knives

Against a backdrop of blood-soaked altars, vanished natives, and a traitor who rules like a mad deity, two Secret Service agents must fight not only for their mission, but for their very sanity, as every shadow promises treachery, and every kiss may be the prelude to a knife thrust!
Written by C. C. Spruce for SPICY ADVENTURE (April, 1935).
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
Keeper of Legend . . . . . . . . . . Alex Fong
Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
Chief Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Jamison
Lilandra Sweeney / T-4  . . . . . Julia Penske
Toridzone Kinley / R-8  . . . . . . Larry Eardman
Peretti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
A.I.R.T. actors created using elevenLabs.ai
Source text is in the Public Domain

Veronica Talks Spicy Imprint Magazines

Veronica talks the SPICY magazine imprints.

Who is Natalie?

Tawny March thought juggling a Marine and a Soldier was trouble enough—until a wrong number brought a Navy man with eyes like storm-tossed seas!
Now three uniforms, two proposals, and one sizzling secret threaten to set her heart—and her future—on fire!
Written by Ruth Brown for ALL-STORY LOVE (November, 1947)

Veronica Talks All-Story Love Magazine

Veronica talks ALL-STORY LOVE magazine

Tin Star

Under the punishing blaze of midday, Sheriff Coale rides south, his resolve set and his guns gleaming—tracking the Baxters’ faint trail as promised.
But he’s not alone. Rixey, his deputy a former commanding officer, rides alongside, their uneasy alliance tested by dust, sweat, and the unspoken tensions that flare hotter than the noon sun. Every hoofbeat pushes them deeper into danger, where survival demands more than grit: it demands trust, even as rivalry and old scores simmer beneath the surface.
In "Tin Star" by George C. Appell, the chase is more than a manhunt—it’s a battle of wills, where justice and loyalty are as unpredictable as the trail itself.
Published in FIFTEEN WESTERN TALES(December, 1950,)
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
Narrator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
Pop Rixley . . . . . . . . . . . . Spence Ferris
Covington Coale . . . . . . . Paul L. Williams
Tumbleweed  . . . . . . . . . . Marion Simms
Les Yeager . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendel McPherson
Perico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alejandro Ballesteros
Drew Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Merriman
 
Audio production © 2025 Keith Brian Shaw
A.I.R.T. actors created using elevenLabs.ai
Source text is in the Public Domain

Veronica Talks Fifteen Western Tales Magazine

Veronica talks FIFTEEN WESTERN TALES magazine