"A Nebraskan Choir" by Steve Toase + "The Plague Comes From Chinatown" by Claire Jia-Wen
Summary
Host Terrence Taylor presents Steve Toes’ horror story "A Nebraskan Choir," where entities in an isolated ranch house lure and consume bikers. The episode also features a lengthy narrative about 1878 San Francisco, exploring anti-Chinese racism, plague paranoia, and supernatural revenge through multiple perspectives. Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez, the stories delve into themes of violence, xenophobia, and dark fantasy.
Topics discussed
Introduction and host welcome
Short story: Nebraska Inquirer
Author bio: Steve Toes
Sponsorship and next story intro
Historical context and the lynching
Interrogation of the two-cent girl
The parlor girl and her moth-covered patron
The blood border around Chinatown
Life inside the quarantine and gambling
Peony's plan to use blood as a weapon
The wife of the border painter
The wife's perspective and the blood's taste
The patron's transformation and the moths
The bohemian tourist and the blood line
Peony's death and the threat
The parlor girl's revenge plan
The border painters' night and the girl's origin
The final confrontation and blood sacrifice
Conclusion of The Plague Comes from Chinatown
Narrator bio and sponsor ads
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