Episode 18: Something Scary - Halloween Special

- Friday 1st November 2024 10am (replays at 10pm on the same day + Sunday 3rd Novermber 2024 at 9am) NZ time

- Quote: The true currency of life is time, not money, and we’ve all got a limited stock of that. — Robert Harris (USA, b 1957)

- Short story reading: "The Monkey’s Paw" by W.W. Jacobs (UK, 1863-1943)

- Halloween Haiku by Randy Brooks (USA), Sherry Grant (NZ), Zoe Grant (NZ) and Brendon Kent (UK, 1958-2024) (Re:Virals Commentary here)

- Introducing: Raining Rengay Issue 4, a tribute to haiku poets Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana, 1977-2023) and Deborah P Kolodji (USA, 1959-2024)

- Music: (1) Alexander Scriabin: Funebre (4th mvt from Piano Sonata No.1) - Sherry Grant (NZ), piano (2) Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op.40, Philarhmonic Orcheestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski (1976 recording) (3) Guiseppe Tartini (1692-1770): Devil's Trill, Violin Sonata in G minor, Yehudi Menuhin (violin) at age 16 (1932 recording)  (4) Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1941): Night on Bare Mountain, shortened theatrical version

- News: Raining Rengay Issue 4 publication on 31st October 2024

- Artwork: A Halloween haiga by Katherine Colleen Quisumbing (USA)

(Image by Mayur Gadge from Pixabay)