Lot 058 : Zero Hour

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Speaker 1 equals Q

Speaker 3 Come in, come in, come in!

Speaker 4 So happy you could make it. I have something to pass along to you rather urgently.

Speaker 3 Oh, oh, oh,

Speaker 1 a vintage tube radio console from the golden age.

Speaker 4 Look at it, huh?

Speaker 6 Funny.

Speaker 1 There was a time when this magic box was considered a miracle. The ability to entertain, share ideas, and ignite our imaginations from places far and wide.

Speaker 7 The family who owned this had a little girl who let her imagination run away with her.

Speaker 1 The thing is, this thing has no power coursing through it whatsoever.

Speaker 1 But every 30 minutes or so, a broadcast comes through saying the show

Speaker 1 is about to begin.

Speaker 7 And wouldn't you know it, you are right on

Speaker 3 time.

Speaker 1 They are calling this one

Speaker 5 zero hour.

Speaker 1 Before we begin, I want to point out some of the customers whose names have been etched in brass on this beautiful plaque I had made above the front desk.

Speaker 1 These are some of the members of the inner circle of the antiquarium. We go by the Obsidian Covenant.
Recent initiates include Flipspin, Lynn Montalbano,

Speaker 7 Autumn Richmond, Fox Force 5, John David, Adam Gamble,

Speaker 7 T.O.B. Roan,

Speaker 3 Drekvac,

Speaker 1 and Helper23.

Speaker 1 We are ever appreciative of your devotion to the Order. Go to theObsidian Covenant.com to receive the sacrament.

Speaker 3 Now,

Speaker 5 where were we?

Speaker 1 Oh, yes.

Speaker 1 Welcome to the Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings

Speaker 1 and Odd Goings On.

Speaker 1 Oh, boy, this is fun.

Speaker 1 What a game.

Speaker 4 Such excitement they hadn't known in years.

Speaker 4 Mink talked earnestly to someone near the rose bush, though no one was there.

Speaker 4 Then the two little girls, shouting, laughing at each other. Such fun, such tremendous joy.

Speaker 4 Mink ran into the house, all dirt and sweat. For her few years, she was loud loud and strong and definite.

Speaker 4 And her mother, Mrs. Morris, peeling vegetables at the sink, watched with amusement as her daughter threw into a sack old pots and tools and things which were relegated to child play.

Speaker 9 My goodness, Mink, what's going on? Oh, the most exciting game ever, just ever. Oh?

Speaker 9 It's already tickets, Mom?

Speaker 10 Just open it then, and it's all right. Thanks, Mom.
We won't.

Speaker 11 Bye.

Speaker 11 All right, dear.

Speaker 10 Oh, what's the name of the game, dear?

Speaker 7 Invasion.

Speaker 10 Invasion?

Speaker 4 Invasion.

Speaker 4 And in the garden now, a serious concentration. Mink, with an assortment of pots, pans, and wrenches, forks, spoons, and her friend, Anna, tongue and teeth, taking notes on a pad.
This,

Speaker 12 this,

Speaker 12 and this. What's it say next?

Speaker 13 Wait a minute, Mink.

Speaker 14 Well, hurry up.

Speaker 13 Four, nine, and seven.

Speaker 15 A and B and X.

Speaker 3 Four,

Speaker 14 nine,

Speaker 14 seven,

Speaker 14 A and B, and X.

Speaker 13 A folk and a string and a hex.

Speaker 8 Hexagonal.

Speaker 8 A folk and a string and a hexagonal.

Speaker 16 What do we do next, Mr. Drill?

Speaker 4 And then Mink talking to the rosebush again, and to her own satisfaction, at least receiving some kind of answer, which she relayed to Anna.

Speaker 8 Triangle.

Speaker 13 How do you spell it?

Speaker 16 Oh, any old way, it doesn't matter.

Speaker 14 Now, right, beam.

Speaker 13 I haven't got triangle yet.

Speaker 16 Well, hurry, zero hours by five o'clock.

Speaker 7 We haven't got all day.

Speaker 4 Then, time out from Invasion for lunch. Mink bolted down the soup and coincidentally crammed a sandwich into her mouth.

Speaker 17 Now, you slow down, Mink.

Speaker 10 Whatever's waiting will wait a few minutes long.

Speaker 17 But I can't.

Speaker 15 Drill's waiting for me. Drill?

Speaker 17 That's a peculiar name. Is he a new boy in the neighborhood, dear?

Speaker 16 He's new, all right.

Speaker 15 Well, I don't think I've ever seen him.

Speaker 10 Which one is Drill?

Speaker 16 He's just around. You'll make fun.
Oh, everybody makes fun. All the kids do.

Speaker 17 Why, I don't think that's very nice.

Speaker 10 Is Drill shy?

Speaker 16 Yes, in a way.

Speaker 14 I don't know.

Speaker 16 I gotta go now, Mom, if we're gonna have the invasion.

Speaker 18 Now, you finish your milk, miss.

Speaker 17 Who's invading what?

Speaker 16 Martians invading Earth from up there.

Speaker 15 Oh, I see.

Speaker 17 And, um, Drill's a Martian?

Speaker 14 I think so.

Speaker 16 He's had a very hard time getting here.

Speaker 17 I should imagine.

Speaker 16 They couldn't figure out a way to attack Earth, how to get in or something.

Speaker 16 And Drill says they have to do it by surprise and even get help from your enemies.

Speaker 15 Oh, a fifth column, huh?

Speaker 19 Uh-huh.

Speaker 16 And all this time, they haven't been able to figure out how to attack until one day they thought of children.

Speaker 17 Well, that was bright of them.

Speaker 16 And they thought of how grown-ups are so busy they never look under rose bushes or on lawns.

Speaker 17 Oh, that's where Drill is now?

Speaker 15 Under the rosebush?

Speaker 16 Uh-huh, with all his friends, too. And there's something about kids under 11 with imagination.
It's real funny to hear Drill talk.

Speaker 17 Well, it must be.

Speaker 11 You better run along out if you want to have your invasion before dark.

Speaker 15 Oh, and bath tonight.

Speaker 10 School tomorrow, you know?

Speaker 16 Drill says I won't have to take any more baths.

Speaker 10 Oh, he does, does he?

Speaker 16 And we can stay up until 10 o'clock.

Speaker 17 Well, your friend, Mr. Drill, better mind his P's and Q's, or I'm gonna call up his mother and.
That's just it!

Speaker 16 Drill says you're dangerous because you don't believe in Martians. Just like you think Drill's a kid.
Well, he's not. And they're gonna let us run the world when they get in.

Speaker 16 All of us kids, and I might even be queen.

Speaker 15 Well, that's nice, dear.

Speaker 8 Now run along.

Speaker 17 Mom?

Speaker 17 What is it, dear?

Speaker 16 When the invasion comes, we'll have to get rid of you and daddy. But I'll be sure it won't hurt very much.

Speaker 10 Well, thanks.

Speaker 20 Thanks a lot.

Speaker 12 Hello?

Speaker 8 Hey, Mary. How are things in New York? Oh, Helen, how nice.

Speaker 11 Are you in town?

Speaker 3 Oh, no, I'm in Danbury. I was just thinking of you and thought I'd call.

Speaker 7 How's Henry?

Speaker 17 Oh, it's long distance, though.

Speaker 15 You shouldn't.

Speaker 22 Oh, I can afford three minutes.

Speaker 22 How's Henry?

Speaker 11 Fine.

Speaker 22 And Bill? Oh, just fine.

Speaker 8 What about Mink? Oh, wonderful.

Speaker 11 Noisier than ever. Oh, she's got a

Speaker 23 new game now.

Speaker 11 It's taken the place of hopscotch.

Speaker 24 Invasion.

Speaker 3 Is she playing that too?

Speaker 15 Well, yes.

Speaker 21 Are yours?

Speaker 22 Same thing. Some kind of geometric jacks, I suppose.
Isn't it a scream?

Speaker 22 You know, all the kids their age are playing it up here. Timmy's got a crush on some guy named Drill.

Speaker 22 I think that's what it is.

Speaker 17 Oh, it must be a new password. Mink likes him, too.

Speaker 22 I didn't know it had gotten to New York. Word of mouth, I suppose.
You know, kids. Funniest thing, I got a letter from my sister in Boston.
Says her kids are playing it too.

Speaker 22 It's just sweeping the country.

Speaker 8 I wonder where they learned it.

Speaker 4 And they talked a little more. Schoolgirl friends.
Casual woman talk.

Speaker 4 But Mrs. Morris was thoughtful.
She was thinking of other things. Of adults, of children with imagination, rosebushes, dimensions.

Speaker 4 She thought about how much she had forgotten about being a child, and she wondered about Mink and all the kids who were at that moment playing Invasion.

Speaker 17 I'm so glad you called.

Speaker 22 Oh, give my love to Henry and a kiss from Mink.

Speaker 5 I will.

Speaker 24 And to Bill and the kids. Thanks.

Speaker 19 Bye. Goodbye.

Speaker 4 An hour drowsed by.

Speaker 4 It was three o'clock. There was an occasional hum inside the coolness of the house as a car passed outside.

Speaker 4 The street was lined with good green and peaceful trees, and all across the city, in other gardens, in other places, children under 11 were excitedly playing a game, talking to rose bushes and grass lawns, trees, shrubs, even children in apartment houses, high in the air, conferring with potted plants, cactus, and ivy.

Speaker 4 Mrs. Morris finished her housework and went to the kitchen.

Speaker 19 Oh, hello, dear. Hi, Mom.
Can I have a glass of water?

Speaker 20 Of course. I'll get it.

Speaker 16 I R squared.7 A over fifty-six to the seventh degree, XT7.

Speaker 7 What, dear?

Speaker 16 Oh, uh, nothing, Mom. Oh,

Speaker 18 here you are.

Speaker 8 Thanks.

Speaker 10 How are things going?

Speaker 11 Huh? The uh

Speaker 15 invasion?

Speaker 7 Oh, that.

Speaker 10 Yes, that.

Speaker 14 Almost finished.

Speaker 16 When everything's right, Drill says we should be ready on time.

Speaker 15 Five o'clock?

Speaker 16 That's right.

Speaker 14 How'd you know?

Speaker 15 Helen called me from Danbury.

Speaker 10 She says that uh

Speaker 9 Timmy's playing it too.

Speaker 14 Hey, that's teen.

Speaker 20 I guess all the kids are, aren't they?

Speaker 16 No, not all of them. Not guys like Jimmy Wood and Bob Wilson.
They're growing up and they make fun of us. They're worse than parents.
They just won't believe in Drill.

Speaker 16 They're so smart just because they're growing up. You'd think they'd know better.
They were little only a couple years ago. We'll get rid of them first.
Drill says it's okay to kill them first.

Speaker 11 Now, Mink, I don't like that kind of talk. Do you hear me?

Speaker 12 I don't like it at all. Come on, Mom.

Speaker 20 Now I mean it.

Speaker 21 You keep on that way, and there'll be no more playing. You'll have to tell Anna to go home.

Speaker 17 You'll stay inside until bedtime.

Speaker 16 I'm sorry.

Speaker 10 Well, I should think so.

Speaker 16 Thanks for the water, Mom.

Speaker 15 Mink?

Speaker 16 Yes, Mom?

Speaker 20 What did those, uh,

Speaker 9 those numbers mean?

Speaker 16 What numbers?

Speaker 10 Those numbers you were saying to yourself before?

Speaker 17 Oh, that?

Speaker 16 They're the things we have to do to get Drill and his friends out.

Speaker 20 That's all.

Speaker 10 Look, dear, why don't you and Anana go down to the drugstore and get some ice cream?

Speaker 18 You don't even have to use your allowance. I'll pay for it.

Speaker 16 I haven't got time, Mom. Thanks.

Speaker 15 Well, I.

Speaker 18 I never believe I hear you say that.

Speaker 14 I gotta go now, Mom.

Speaker 21 Wait a minute.

Speaker 9 Mink.

Speaker 17 I want you to tell me the truth.

Speaker 21 What is this

Speaker 9 invasion silliness? It isn't silly.

Speaker 16 It's just a game, that's all. Mom, we're just playing an invasion.
Excuse me, I gotta get back now. I'll see you later.

Speaker 4 It was a game called Invasion. Mrs.
Morris' little girl, Mink, was playing it. So was Mink's friend, Anna, and all the other children under 11.

Speaker 4 It was called Invasion, and Zero Hour was to be at 5 o'clock. Mrs.
Morris was disturbed. She wasn't sure why,

Speaker 4 but there was something.

Speaker 4 Something about parents shutting ears and eyes to what was happening. And because she was disturbed, she did something she didn't usually do.
She called her husband at the office.

Speaker 1 Well, I'll be darned.

Speaker 1 It does this.

Speaker 1 All part of this thing's charming personality, unfortunately. Listen, I've got something to tend to in the back while the radio finds its way.

Speaker 1 I'll be right back, friend.

Speaker 1 Why, hello there. You've reached the antiquarium.

Speaker 3 If you wish to leave a message, please do so at the town and have a great day.

Speaker 25 Hi, uh, I stopped at your shop a couple days ago and I've been driving for about

Speaker 25 feels like

Speaker 3 days now after I bought that little hula girl. You know, one of those

Speaker 25 on the dashboard. I'm running out of food and water.

Speaker 25 I just had the last little granola bar that I found underneath my passenger seat and

Speaker 25 I ran out of water about a day ago. I think it was a day ago.
I don't don't know where I am.

Speaker 3 I feel like it's a loop. I just keep seeing the same old-school diner every couple of hours.
I tried stopping by, but there's nobody there. If you could send somebody or come and get me,

Speaker 3 I tried calling 911, but just keeps going to this number.

Speaker 3 Can you please help?

Speaker 3 End of messages.

Speaker 3 Ah, there we go.

Speaker 1 The show must go on, as they say. Let's tune back in on the Morris family and their

Speaker 1 active imaginations,

Speaker 1 shall we?

Speaker 4 She did something she didn't usually do. She called her husband at the office.

Speaker 15 Oh, hello, Henry.

Speaker 10 I'm sorry to bother you, but Miss Maxon said you weren't busy. Oh, not too.

Speaker 8 I should be able to get home early today.

Speaker 8 Everything all right?

Speaker 19 Yes.

Speaker 19 You all right?

Speaker 19 I.

Speaker 19 I'm fine. Mink?

Speaker 7 Oh, she's.

Speaker 7 Henry?

Speaker 7 What?

Speaker 7 Oh, uh.

Speaker 20 Nothing.

Speaker 10 I just.

Speaker 10 wanted to talk to you for a minute.

Speaker 20 That's all.

Speaker 20 Listen, are you sure you're alright?

Speaker 20 Yes.

Speaker 20 Mink been getting on your nerves? No.

Speaker 4 Not really.

Speaker 4 Well, you tell her to behave, or when I get home, she and I are gonna have a talk.

Speaker 3 As a matter of fact, she's been a little fresh lately, and I don't think it's good.

Speaker 23 Well, she's playing outside.

Speaker 9 She's fine.

Speaker 3 Honey, it's is something wrong?

Speaker 21 Why?

Speaker 11 No, I told you I.

Speaker 17 I was thinking about you and wanted to talk.

Speaker 20 That's all.

Speaker 15 Nothing wrong with that.

Speaker 2 Not a thing.

Speaker 10 You go back to your work, dear. I'll see you soon.
All right.

Speaker 15 What time do you think you'll be home? Oh, about five.

Speaker 3 Maybe a little earlier.

Speaker 7 Five.

Speaker 7 Oh.

Speaker 7 Hey, what?

Speaker 19 Come on, what? Really?

Speaker 6 Nothing, really.

Speaker 24 Just Mink and you and me.

Speaker 10 Goodbye, dear.

Speaker 3 You are okay, aren't you?

Speaker 23 Yes, I'm fine.

Speaker 13 Goodbye.

Speaker 2 All right, goodbye.

Speaker 4 Another hour passed, and it was half past four.

Speaker 4 The day began to wan. The sun lowered in a peaceful blue sky.
Shadows lengthened on the green lawn. Outside, it was quiet.

Speaker 4 The two little girls more intent than ever upon their endless movement of design and pattern with the implements before them.

Speaker 4 Mrs. Morris watched from the window, and she had never known Mink to have such powers of concentration.
She had turned on the radio and sat drinking a cup of coffee and turned over over her thoughts.

Speaker 9 Children, children, children.

Speaker 10 Love and hate side by side. Sometimes children love you, hate you all in half a second.

Speaker 9 Strange children.

Speaker 10 Do they ever forget or forgive the whippings and the harsh, strict words of command?

Speaker 10 I wonder.

Speaker 8 I wonder.

Speaker 10 How can you forget or forgive those over and above you? Those tall, silly dictators.

Speaker 10 Those

Speaker 6 parents.

Speaker 17 What is it, dear? Have we got a piece of wood pipe and a hammer?

Speaker 19 Well, I.

Speaker 8 I don't know.

Speaker 11 There might be in the garage.

Speaker 11 What do you want them for? We just need them.

Speaker 11 Well, if you tell me what for, dear, maybe I can.

Speaker 5 I can get them. Thanks.

Speaker 20 Is something wrong? Just stuck halfway, and if we can get them all the way through, it'd be easier. Then all the others can come through after her.

Speaker 12 Well, can I help?

Speaker 12 Thanks, Mom.

Speaker 24 I can take some. You better get through, Mink.

Speaker 18 I want you to take your bath before your father comes home.

Speaker 17 All right.

Speaker 17 Now, he's coming home early.

Speaker 15 And Mink.

Speaker 23 Mink.

Speaker 4 Mink had disappeared behind the shrubs, and Mrs. Morris knew it was ridiculous to make an issue of it.
Besides, what was the issue? Invasion? Drill? Zero hour?

Speaker 4 Unaccountably, a cool breeze came up, and although normally for that time of year, would have been a relief, Mrs. Morris felt a chill.

Speaker 4 She closed the window.

Speaker 4 Time passed.

Speaker 4 A curious waiting silence came upon the street, deepening. Then, from the living room, Mrs.
Morris heard...

Speaker 4 Five o'clock, the zero hour. It had come, and now it had gone.

Speaker 4 But was the clock right?

Speaker 4 Mrs. Morris, knowing how foolish it was, knowing it, went to the phone and dialed.

Speaker 9 Oh, it's silly.

Speaker 23 It's silly.

Speaker 10 When you hear the tone, the time will be exactly 4.54 and 20 seconds.

Speaker 4 4.54 and 20 seconds. And Mrs.
Morris knew it wasn't as silly as she thought because

Speaker 4 it wasn't 5 o'clock yet. Not zero hour yet.

Speaker 4 Then the car drove up into the driveway

Speaker 2 Well, hello Mink, how's it going? Hi, Anna. Hi, Daddy.

Speaker 16 Hi, Mr. Morris.
Fine.

Speaker 2 Got a kiss for your old man? Haven't got time now, Daddy. Well, that's a nice thing.
What are you doing?

Speaker 16 We're playing invasion.

Speaker 8 Oh, swell.

Speaker 2 Your mother is in the house. Uh-huh.

Speaker 6 Okay, be good. I will.

Speaker 5 Zero hour in a few minutes, Daddy.

Speaker 8 All right, I'll be ready.

Speaker 4 Mrs. Morris heard him chuckle, then his steps up the walk to the front door.

Speaker 24 Mary? I'm in the living room, dear.

Speaker 2 Our daughter didn't have time for a kiss. How about you?

Speaker 7 Hard day? Not particularly.

Speaker 17 Would you like a cocktail?

Speaker 7 You read my mind.

Speaker 20 Martini?

Speaker 2 Perfect.

Speaker 2 So, anything exciting happened today?

Speaker 19 No.

Speaker 14 Oh, uh, Helen called from Dan Murray.

Speaker 11 I told her she was crazy, but she just felt like calling.

Speaker 2 Like you calling me this afternoon, crazy, huh?

Speaker 7 Hey, what was that all about?

Speaker 18 Well, I told you I

Speaker 10 just wanted to.

Speaker 2 Hey, incidentally, what's this new game that kids are playing?

Speaker 4 Invasion.

Speaker 2 That's a nice, depressing thought.

Speaker 7 Is she all right?

Speaker 2 Come to think of it, she looked kind of funny.

Speaker 17 She's all right.

Speaker 19 What's the time, Henry?

Speaker 2 Oh, uh, a couple of minutes after five. Why?

Speaker 17 No, no, the clock's wrong.

Speaker 15 Buy your watch.

Speaker 2 Hmm, I've got uh two minutes to. I'm probably slow.
You got something on the stove?

Speaker 21 No, I

Speaker 9 just wondered.

Speaker 3 Honey, hey, look at me.

Speaker 23 What's the matter? Nothing, really.

Speaker 15 Now, really?

Speaker 2 Mink's been up to something?

Speaker 14 No, of course not. Then what?

Speaker 21 I guess I'm.

Speaker 26 a little tired.

Speaker 15 Upset, that's all. You want to go out for dinner? Oh, no, I've uh...

Speaker 2 got a steak here. I'll tell you what, I'll barbecue.
How'll that be?

Speaker 14 Oh, fine.

Speaker 15 What was that? What?

Speaker 15 Well, I.

Speaker 15 I thought I heard something.

Speaker 7 Well, I didn't.

Speaker 17 I must have imagined it.

Speaker 2 Hey, you are jumpy. Why don't you have a drink? It'll do you good.

Speaker 21 No, I don't want one.

Speaker 11 What's the time?

Speaker 8 Mary, what is this?

Speaker 2 Now I mean it. Something's wrong, and I want to know.

Speaker 21 It's silly. It's so silly

Speaker 21 I'm on edge that's all Mary I am I don't like this that kid's done something hasn't she I'm gonna get her anywhere no Henry please don't she hasn't it's nothing at all I just

Speaker 7 what's that

Speaker 7 I

Speaker 7 I

Speaker 7 don't

Speaker 7 know

Speaker 2 those kids haven't got anything dangerous out there have they I noticed a lot of junk lying around

Speaker 2 I

Speaker 11 thought it was a game.

Speaker 21 She wouldn't have done it herself.

Speaker 21 They made her do it.

Speaker 14 What the devil?

Speaker 24 Maybe you better go out and tell her to stop playing now. It's after five.
You tell me to put off the invasion until tomorrow.

Speaker 6 It is coming from outside.

Speaker 8 What are they up to? I'd better take a look. Think! Think!

Speaker 8 Good lord!

Speaker 8 They're bombing!

Speaker 7 No, no! It's upstairs! I know it is!

Speaker 6 In the attic. That's where it is.
Mary! Mary, it is not up there!

Speaker 4 Mary! He ran after her, confused, not a little frightened. She seemed to know something.
In the attic. Her mind had worked that quickly.

Speaker 4 Any excuse to get him away from the outside, to get him upstairs to the attic in time. And outside, there were more explosions, and they could hear the children screaming with delight.

Speaker 4 It's not in the attic, it's outside. Minks out there.
What is the matter with you? No, no, I'll show you. Hurry.
Get inside quick.

Speaker 4 Mary.

Speaker 7 Now we're safe until the night.

Speaker 8 Are you crazy? Why did you throw that key away?

Speaker 7 Maybe we can...

Speaker 21 We can sneak out later. We can escape.

Speaker 8 For heaven's sake, the kid's out there. Do you want her to get killed?

Speaker 21 No, no, no, no. You don't know.
You don't. We've got to stay here.
We've got to. It's.
It's horrible. We've got to.

Speaker 21 You've got to stay in here with me. You've got to stay here with me.

Speaker 8 At this point, I don't know how the devil I can get out.

Speaker 5 Where's that light? Be quiet.

Speaker 21 Please, please, be quiet.

Speaker 18 They'll hear us. They'll find us.

Speaker 21 They'll find us. Henry, please.

Speaker 6 Well, who's going to answer the telephone?

Speaker 3 There's a noise again. It's in this house.

Speaker 7 Mary, what is this? Mary, what's happening? You know now. Answer me.
Please, please. Please, please.

Speaker 7 Stop it, Mary. Stop it.

Speaker 5 Somebody's downstairs. Who's down there? Who?

Speaker 5 Between his wife's terror and the electric humming from below, Mr.

Speaker 4 Morris felt a great fear.

Speaker 4 They trembled together in silence in the attic.

Speaker 4 Mr. and Mrs.
Morris, parents of the little girl.

Speaker 1 Then they heard steps coming up, up

Speaker 1 the stairs.

Speaker 1 And a voice.

Speaker 1 Mommy,

Speaker 1 Daddy,

Speaker 1 where are you?

Speaker 4 And a queer, cold light became visible under the door crack. The strange odor and the alien sound of eagerness in Mink's voice was almost more than they could bear.
Each wanted to scream. Mommy.

Speaker 4 Daddy.

Speaker 4 And another sound.

Speaker 4 And the attic lock melted.

Speaker 4 Mink.

Speaker 4 Mink, with bright little eyes and tousled hair, peered inside.

Speaker 5 And behind her, tall, wavering blue shadows,

Speaker 5 frightful shadows

Speaker 5 X.

Speaker 5 O.

Speaker 5 C.

Speaker 5 Q.

Speaker 5 N.

Speaker 5 C.

Speaker 5 Q.

Speaker 5 A.

Speaker 5 N.

Speaker 5 N.

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Speaker 4 in the space between sleep and dream

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Speaker 3 You have a good night now.

Speaker 2 The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings, Lot 058, Zero Hour. Written by Ray Bradbury.
Adapted by Anthony Ellis. Narrated by Mark Redfield.
Starring Gracia Damsgaard as Mink. Romy Evans as Mary.

Speaker 2 Jade Shand as Anna. Trevor Shand as Henry.
Dee Quintero as Helen. Natalie Allen Lind as the operator.
Featuring Stephen Knowles as the antique dealer.

Speaker 2 Engineering production and sound design by Trevor Shand. Theme music by the Newton Brothers.
Additional music by COAG and Vivek Abishek.

Speaker 2 The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings is created and curated by Trevor and Lauren Shand. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at AntiquariumPod.
Call the Antiquarium at 646-481-7197.

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