THE GATES OF DREAM
SERIES II · SUMMER 2020
INTRODUCING
THE GATES OF DREAM
AUGUST 2020
A  series exploring encounters between the heroes and heroines of Greek Myth, and the Gods and Spirits of the Greek Underworld - the Lands of Dream, Death, and Darkest Fate...
30 JULY
THE WARLORD'S DREAM
SERIES · II PROLOGUE · III
Between the mighty walls and the wave blasted shore, the Warlord sleeps in his tent upon the battlefield.
And as he sleeps, he sees terrors in his dreams...
3 & 10 SEPTEMBER
PENELOPE'S DREAM
SERIES · II EPISODE · II
Around the sixteenth year they had come, first a few, then in swelling numbers until it seemed that every rough blooded adventurer in the Seven Islands was gathered under her roof...
15 OCTOBER
THE HERO'S DREAM
SERIES · II EPISODE · V
Exiled from his native Corinth, the Kin-Slayer known as Bellerophon is given a hero's task: slay the mighty Khimera. But do the gods really believe in Bellerophon? And can he really believe in them?
26 NOVEMBER
THE GENERAL'S DREAM
SERIES · II EPISODE · VIII
Smoke rises over the Greek camp, the rolling fields of battle, and the walls of Troy. A city, an army, and a harvest of souls—who today live only beyond the Rivers of Death, and behind the Gates of Dream
16 JULY
THE DREAMING PIT
SERIES · II PROLOGUE · I
At first there was only the darkness, long and endless, and She lay in the earth, the deep and the rock. Deep within, He is chained - Khronos, the Father of Time - rolling in the throes of sleep...
06 AUGUST
THE LORD OF DREAMS
SERIES · II PROLOGUE · IV
Wing-footed Hermes floats through the caverns of dream. What songs have been sung of Hermes, Herald of the Dead, Bringer of Dreams? Now he rises up, towards the Gates of Dream...
17 SEPTEMBER
THE DROWNED KING
SERIES · II EPISODE · III
King Ceyx set his ship upon the ocean despite his wife's warning. Every day, Queen Alkyone climbed the steps of the temple and begged the gods to send her husband home to her...
5 NOVEMBER
THE DREAMS OF KINGS
SERIES · II EPISODE · VI
There was an Aged King who ruled over the Kingdom of Ithaca in the the time when the Age of Heroes was coming to an end. In the night he was visited by dreams of joy and dreams of terror...
10 DECEMBER
THE DREAM OF THE FATES
SERIES · II EPISODE · IX
The fire had begun to dwindle in the hearth, and all the shadows were drawing in closer to the King and to his servants. The moon shone high above them, a bright round shield that glowed with silver light...
23 JULY
THE BINDING OF CASSANDRA
SERIES · II PROLOGUE · II
She was in the Temple when she heard the voice. Before the image of Apollo, exhausted from her worship, she had subsided into the stream of sleep...
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20 AUGUST
THE DREAM OF ENDYMION
SERIES · II EPISODE · I
In ancient days when the human race was young, the story is told that there was a youth who fell in love with the Divinity of the Moon, whose name was Selene...
1 OCTOBER
THE HEALER'S DREAM
SERIES · II EPISODE · IV
In the City of Korinth, a traveller approaches the steps of an unfamiliar god. What is the story of the physician Asklepios, and his disciple Polyeidas?
12 NOVEMBER
THE BIRTH OF SERPENTS
SERIES · II EPISODE · VII
The House of Atreus stands in the City of Argos, in the Kingdom of Mycenae. Outside it's blood-stained halls there lies a tomb, and on that tomb, a name is written...
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SPECIALS
WINTER-SPRING 2020
30 JANUARY
STEEL CITY TALES
WITH SIMON HEYWOOD
Simon Heywood shares the tales of a ghoulish Barghest that stalked the city of Sheffield , and a blind fiddler with a puzzling request.
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14 MAY
THE KELPIE’S BRIDLE
WITH JASON BUCK
Jason tells his original tale of the Kelpie’s Bridle. He discusses the relationship between a storyteller and his audience, and the many influences on his storytelling.
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14 FEBRUARY
THE BLUE ROSE
ST. VALENTINE'S SPECIAL
A war-weary King unexpectedly finds a Queen and soulmate. But when tragedy befalls them, what unhallowed powers will he turn to in his quest to get her back?
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11 JUNE
SIR BERENGIER
OF THE LONG ARSE
WITH DASIY BLACK
Daisy tells a French Comic fable and talks about how her storytelling complements her work as a lecturer in medieval literature and theatre.
26 MARCH
WHEN TRUTH MET STORY
WITH GRAHAM LANGLEY
Meet Rick's storytelling mentor, Graham Langley, who shares the tales of Turondot, Enoch and Eli, and what really happened When Truth Met Story...
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AUTUMN 2020
31 OCTOBER
THE LORD OF THE DANCE
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL · PART III
Coming soon to a podcast near you...
WINTER 2020
TBA
THE CHERRY TREE
MIRACLE
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL · PART I
At the Christmas Feast in the Court of King Arthur, none may touch a morsel of food or drink before some wondrous tale is told, or some marvellous deed is performed...
TBA
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL · PART II
At the Christmas Feast in the Court of King Arthur, none may touch a morsel of food or drink before some wondrous tale is told, or some marvellous deed is performed...
TBA
THE THIEVES
IN THE TOWER
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL · PART II
At the Christmas Feast in the Court of King Arthur, none may touch a morsel of food or drink before some wondrous tale is told, or some marvellous deed is performed...