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Brief Cases

An all-new Dresden Files story headlines this urban fantasy short story collection starring the Windy City’s favorite wizard. 

The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue – and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you’ll make their intimate acquaintance as Harry delves into the dark side of truth, justice, and the American way in this must-have short story collection. 

From the Wild West to the bleachers at Wrigley Field, humans, zombies, incubi, and even fey royalty appear, ready to blur the line between friend and foe. In the never-before-published “Zoo Day”, Harry treads new ground as a dad, while fan-favorite characters Molly Carpenter, his onetime apprentice, White Council Warden Anastasia Luccio, and even Bigfoot stalk through the pages of more classic tales. 

With 12 stories in all, Brief Cases offers both longtime fans and first-time listeners tantalizing glimpses into Harry’s funny, gritty, and unforgettable realm, whetting their appetites for more to come from the wizard with a heart of gold. 

Collection includes: 

“A Fistful of Warlocks” (from Straight Outta Tombstone, edited by David Boon), read by Cassandra Campbell
“B Is for Bigfoot” (from Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, edited by Jonathan Strahan), read by James Marsters 
“AAAA Wizardry” (from the Dresden Files RPG), read by James Marsters 
“I Was a Teenage Bigfoot” (from Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste, edited by Kevin J. Anderson), read by James Marsters 
“Curses” (from The Naked City, edited by Ellen Datlow), read by James Marsters 
“Even Hand” (from Dark and Stormy Knights, edited by P. N. Elrodread), read by Jim Butcher 
“Bigfoot on Campus” (from Hex Appeal, edited by P. N. Elrod), read by James Marsters 
“Bombshells” (from Dangerous Women, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois), read by Julia Whelan
“Cold Case” (from Shadowed Souls, edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie Hughes), read by Julia Whelan 
“Jury Duty” (from Unbound, edited by Shawn Speakman), read by James Marsters 
“Day One” (from Unfettered II, edited by Shawn Speakman), read by Oliver Wyman 
“Zoo Day” (original), read by James Marsters 

*The author’s notes that precede each story are read by the author.  

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The X-Files: Cold Cases

The series that had a generation looking to the sky gets a breathtaking audio reprise in an original full-cast dramatization featuring actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson returning to voice FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

Based upon the graphic novels by Joe Harris – with creative direction from series creator Chris Carter – and adapted specifically for the audio format by aural auteur Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Alien: Out of the Shadows), and directed by William Dufris of AudioComics, Cold Cases marks yet another thrilling addition to the pantheon of X-Files stories. Featuring a mind-blowing and otherworldly soundscape of liquefying aliens, hissing creatures, and humming spacecraft, listeners get to experience the duo’s investigations like never before.

Set after the events of The X-Files: I Want to Believe and providing additional backstory to the incidents that pulled Mulder and Scully out of reclusion prior to 2016’s miniseries revival, a database breach at FBI headquarters allows an unknown group to access and capitalize on those investigations left unsolved – dubbed cold cases – by the secret department once known as The X-Files. As friends and foes of the agency long thought gone begin to inexplicably reappear, former agents Mulder and Scully come out of anonymity to face a growing conspiracy that involves not only their former department but the US government and forces not of this world.

Here, fans are treated once again to Mulder and Scully’s irreplicable chemistry as only the series’ leads could deliver, Duchovny’s deadpan and cynical aloofness finding its natural counterpoint in Anderson’s unwavering intelligence and rigidity. Appearances from series regulars and the actors who made them fan favorites round out this must-listen arc: the gruff, no-BS righteousness of Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi); the distinctive click-puff of the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis); and the stooge-like hijinks of three beloved conspiracy theorists called the Lone Gunmen (Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood).

Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, find your “I Want to Believe” poster. Break out that makeshift alien stiletto. Grab a pack of Morley cigarettes.

The truth is out there. You just have to listen.

Join the conversation: #istillwanttobelieve

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Miss Marple’s Final Cases: Three New BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas

June Whitfield returns as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. Specially broadcast to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth, these brand new dramas are based on three of her best short stories. Tape-Measure Murder: When Mrs Spenlow is murdered in St Mary Mead, the village gossips all agree that her husband must have killed her – until Miss Marple is called as an alibi…The Case of the Perfect Maid: Miss Marple investigates the problem of a lady’s maid who has been mysteriously sacked – while also helping her crime writer nephew Raymond West to cure his writer’s block. Sanctuary: Miss Marple and her god-daughter Bunch are horrified when they discover a dying man in the local church. Can Miss Marple deduce his identity – and his killer – from his last words? First published in the collection Miss Marple’s Final Cases, these three delightfully clever tales will keep you guessing till the end. Starring June Whitfield – reprising her role as Miss Marple for the first time since 2001 – they are dramatised for BBC Radio 4 by Joy Wilkinson. Duration: 1 hr 30 mins approx.

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A Fever in the Heart: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule’s Crime Files)

A Fever in the Heart dissects an explosive triangle that led to obsession and murder in a small town in the northwest of America. Ann Rule reveals the story of an alluring wife and the two men desperate for her love; a story with a bizarre and deadly twist that no one could have suspected. In this tale and “Mirror Image,” a true-crime story recounting the frighteningly similar methods of two serial murders, Ann Rule masterfully probes the delusions of the criminal mind, the fateful circumstances and the unrelenting investigative forces at work in the aftermath of murder.