Paul Woodson – Spoken Realms https://spokenrealms.com Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:32:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/spokenrealms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-logo-purple-black-white-outline.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Paul Woodson – Spoken Realms https://spokenrealms.com 32 32 136118765 The Birthmark https://spokenrealms.com/2018/02/28/the-birthmark-pwoodson/ https://spokenrealms.com/2018/02/28/the-birthmark-pwoodson/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:27:45 +0000 http://www.spokenrealms.com/?p=8146 In this classic Hawthorne short story set in the late 18th century, the ambitious young scientist Aylmer cannot bear the fact that his otherwise flawlessly beautiful wife Georgiana bears a tiny birthmark on her cheek, an imperfection that he believes his scientific methods can cure. Devoted wholeheartedly to her husband, Georgiana allows Aylmer to work his scientific wonders upon her, so that the blemish no may no longer torment him. But tampering with nature can prove a fearful business….

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]]> https://spokenrealms.com/2018/02/28/the-birthmark-pwoodson/feed/ 0 8146 The Efficiency Expert https://spokenrealms.com/2015/06/11/the-efficiency-expert-pwoodson/ https://spokenrealms.com/2015/06/11/the-efficiency-expert-pwoodson/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:58:44 +0000 http://spokenrealms.net/?p=4821 efficiencyexpert-pwoodsonJimmy Torrance, Jr., was a champion athlete in college, if not the brightest scholar. Upon graduation in 1919, he emerges starry-eyed into the grand metropolis of Chicago, cocksure that he will immediately be hired as the manager of a large business. But the real world differs measurably from Jimmy’s grandiose expectations.

As the rough-and-tumble, gritty world of Chicago knocks the scrappy youngster down a few pegs, he crosses paths with all the archetypal characters of early pulp fiction: Little Eva, the hooker with a heart of gold; Harold Bince, the scheming embezzler; Elizabeth Compton and Harriet Holden, two classy society ladies; and, most intriguingly, The Lizard, a sagacious safe cracker and pickpocket who just might hold the key to Jimmy’s future.

Written by the grandfather of science fiction and master pulp writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (author of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars), this oft-overlooked urban adventure of the 1910s-1920s brings all the classic elements of a gripping story into one short novel about an enterprising, determined young man out to begin his professional career in the real world – even if it means pawning his possessions, consorting with criminals, and forging his recommendation letters to land his first “respectable” job.

Professional film and stage actor/narrator Paul Woodson brings this American classic to life, bringing to life each of the over 30 characters in this coming-of-age piece, which is by turns both dramatic and comical.

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]]> https://spokenrealms.com/2015/06/11/the-efficiency-expert-pwoodson/feed/ 0 4821 The Artist of the Beautiful https://spokenrealms.com/2015/05/20/the-artist-of-the-beautiful-pwoodson/ https://spokenrealms.com/2015/05/20/the-artist-of-the-beautiful-pwoodson/#respond Wed, 20 May 2015 11:54:16 +0000 http://spokenrealms.net/?p=4744 artistofthebeautiful-pwoodsonObsessive, reclusive, artistically inclined watchmaker Owen Worland spends his entire life trying to capture natural beauty in his scientific inventions. But he is frequently discouraged and set back by the interference of the townspeople, his former master, and the lovely Annie Hovenden. Will Owen ever fulfill his life’s goal and create the ultimate perfection?

Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables, explores the themes of artistic temperament and the meshing of nature and technology in this charming little tale.

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