Tune in on Fri­day for the lat­est episode of our excit­ing 5‑part radio ser­i­al from our friends at ZBS Foun­da­tion: “Madon­na In A Green Vel­vet Chair” - at noon or 4pm Pacific/SLT every Fri­day! In which the Madon­na Vampyra — of The Fourth Tow­er of Inver­ness — is trans­port­ed by a mys­te­ri­ous piece of furniture…

Now read on…

MADONNA IN A GREEN VELVET CHAIR

One dark & stormy night, a secret pan­el in the library of the Inver­ness man­sion slow­ly slides open, and out steps the Madon­na Vampyra! Where she has been, no one knows, where she is going, we’re about to find out.

The Madon­na sits in Jack’s over­stuffed green vel­vet arm­chair. She sighs, sink­ing into the soft goose down cush­ions. She remem­bers those who once lived in that old Vic­to­ri­an man­sion — Lord Jowls, Lady Jowls, Lit­tle Frie­da, Chief Wampum, Old-Far-See­ing-Art, Meanie Eenie, Dr. Mazo­ola, Jives the but­ler … When the clock begins to strike mid­night, the over­stuffed chair begins to breathe. She strug­gles to get out as huge feath­ered wings unfold from the back of the green vel­vet chair. And then sud­den­ly off they go – fly­ing away into the star­ry night.

Need­less to say…

The Madon­na is not hap­py about this, espe­cial­ly when she real­izes they’ve set down in a jun­gle at night. She won­ders, “Is this some sort of stu­pid dream?” When morn­ing comes, the Madon­na push­es through the foliage and finds she’s on a street with hotels, restau­rants, and cafés. But the street is lined with only the “fronts” of the build­ings – She is in a City of Facades. “Is this a set for a movie?” But when she steps into the Café Conun­drum, she dis­cov­ers on the oth­er side of the façades, is an end­less noth­ing­ness, an immense blank void.

Back in Inverness…

Mojo is con­front­ed by Zoey’s sis­ter, Chloe, who feels Inver­ness has put a spell on her sis­ter. While try­ing to get a sig­nal for her cell­phone, Chloe finds an old juke­box up in one of three tow­ers of Inver­ness. It’s a clas­sic Wurl­itzer “bub­bler,” one of the most beau­ti­ful juke­box­es ever made. And it works! But this is no ordi­nary juke­box, as Homer finds out when he push­es a but­ton titled “Lila,” and is drawn into this Wurl­itzer of Bewitchments!

5 episodes

Here’s an audio sam­ple of Part 1 of the series:

For fans of radio dra­ma and exot­ic meta­phys­i­cal mysteries.

Tune in at http://main.vcradio.org — or on your smart speak­er, “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio!”

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