“It was the summer and no one had seen the monarchs for fifty years.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 9: Labyrinth
“She was a genius in her time, born at the right moment to the right parents.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 8: All the Khans Before Me
“When I go to sleep, I see Genghis Khan’s ghost.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 7: Solid, Liquid, Robot
“She was eighteen when she met him, nineteen when she fell in love with him, and twenty when they last spoke.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 6: Phenomenal Noumena
“George St. George, PhD, was quite convinced that his house wasn’t real.” Written by Matt Mills, narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 5: A Biography of Ghosts
“I am a biographer of ghosts, the one who watches what was once here.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 4: Beneath the Waters & All That Live in Them
“It is a beautiful night on that chimera shore.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 3: The Harbor
“It was all over the news that week: the story of the art thief striking in their very own city.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 2: Alyssa Marie & the Apple Tree
“Alyssa Marie was four years and three months old when they moved into the house on Tricklewood Lane.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 4, Story 1: Long Live the Legends
“Away from the town, among the cliffs that circled the lake, a woman made her way up to the old temple of stone.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 10: White Vida
“The worst part of the storm was that she couldn’t see her friend’s face anymore.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 9: The Oyster Girl
“It was on the prince’s first voyage out, when he was only ten years old, that he first saw the oyster girl.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 8: The Things We Know But Never Say
“This was the best cargo in months. It didn’t smell or leak, and it wasn’t illegal. It might not even be worth it for pirates to steal.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 7: The Star Map
“It was a hot, dry afternoon when Christina’s husband did that extraordinary thing, that thing no one else in Rustvale had done for as long as anyone could remember: he left.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 6: Daytime Moon
“A crescent moon stamped the night sky warily, now more obvious in the dark than it had been earlier in the day when it was just an opal sliver on a pale blue sheet.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 5: Mervin Q. Peevler & the Monkeywrench Express
“Everybody knew that if you wanted unicorn blood, you had to go see Mervin Q. Peevler.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 4: That Always Happens
“It is our third night in Asia, and I make a friend at the bar the way friends are made here—one foreigner sees another and starts talking.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 3: The Memory Thief
“Many years ago, in the city of Holem, which is across the yawning Taw, there was a man with a very peculiar skill: he could remove memories.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 2: The Tourists
“They came this far so that they could see the mountain, and their first thought, both of them, was how small it looked.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills.
Vol. 3, Story 1: Down Where the Dead Play Their Lutes
“When Hop was little, her Uncle Crumble would play the lute and sing a lot of nonsense about the ocean.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills.