"A Nebraskan Choir" + "The Plague Comes From Chinatown"
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"A Nebraskan Choir" + "The Plague Comes From Chinatown"

C1AdvancedJuly 15, 202655 min

This episode features "A Nebraskan Choir" by Steve Toase (©2026 by Steve Toase) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and "The Plague Comes From Chinatown" by Claire Jia-Wen (©2026 by Claire Jia-Wen) read by Si Chen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Nightmare Magazine Story Podcast. Enter freely and of your own free will. I am your humble host, Terrence Taylor, one very much at home with the children of the night. Stay close as my muse, the medieval demon Gubana, guides us down into beautiful darkness.

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In this episode, before our full-length story, we have a short shot. A Nebraskan Choir, written by Steve Toves and narrated by Roxanne Hernandez. But first, a word from our sponsors. And now, Roxanne Hernandez.

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A Nebraskan Choir by Steve Toes The engines echo across the emptiness of the plain like a chorale, individual melodies weaving together to create a tune in the voiceless air. We hear them miles away, eons in the distance,

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