Tales from the Archives: Volume One
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Creator: Philippa Ballantine and Tee Morris | Scribl
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From the author who started it all and New Zealand's original podcast authoress, Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine return to Podiobooks.com with Tales from the Archives, a collection of original steampunk short stories set in the world of their award-winning series, The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. Featuring voices familiar and new, Pip and Tee invite you to sample the fantastic world of their shadowy organisation that fights for Queen and Empire against the mysterious and unknown. This volume includes: The Evil that Befell Sampson by Pip Ballantine- Eliza D Braun is a young field agent in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (South Pacific Branch) when she is asked by New Zealand's preeminent suffragist to investigate some strange goings within the organisation. She cannot possibly imagination that this little case will alter her entire life and thrust her into a world barely prepared for her. Dust on the Davenport by O M Grey - Agent Simon R. Boswell, still considered the green agent of the Ministry, takes on his own a supposed haunting in Islington. Hauntings tend to be nothing too serious for agents specializing in the unexplained; but for Simon, this case supplies surprises of all kinds, around every corner… The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas by Nathan Lowell- Agent Heathcliff Durham finds himself crisscrossing Africa, looking for an Amulet that could spell disaster for any who come near it. Battling blistering heat, starvation, wild animals, and despair, he is not comforted by the company of a rough and ready sort named Morrison. Soon Durham begins to suspect he may never return home—and to top it all off the tea has almost run out. A Ruby in Rain by Grant Stone - From the farthest edge of the Empire, New Zealand agents Lachlan King and Barry Ferguson are called to interview a recent arrival to Auckland’s prisons. An infamous gambler, according to the constable’s account, has turned himself into their custody, not for the safety of society but for his own. The Ministry steps in to uncover a man’s story of impressive luck, and more incredible vision.
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Episodes:
Archives 14: The Precarious Child (Pip Ballantine)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:23:38 -0000
The street urchins that will one day be called the Ministry Seven, have a task from Agent Harrison Thorne. It seems simple enough, however their leader Miss Verity Fitzroy discovers that a surprise from her past is tangled up with this mysterious man which leads to a very precarious situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 13: From Paris, with Regret (Starla Huchton)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:21:41 -0000
On assignment in the City of Light, Ministry agents Eliza D. Braun and Harrison Thorne chase down a murderer condemning descendants of a royal bloodline to a horrific death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 12: Darkest before the Darkwater (Tee Morris)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:19:03 -0000
A group of survivors from the airship GUY FAWKES find themselves washed ashore on an uncharted island. In their search for survival, they uncover one mystery after another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 11: The Shadows of Calcutta (Phil Rossi)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:15:00 -0000
Agent Robert Smith, on return from a mission in Nepal, is diverted to India where he is charged to find a missing agent. Alex Tanner had been investigating a series of thefts and murders holding the Ministry’s attention, and now it falls on Agent Smith to find his missing comrade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 10: Night's Plutonian Shore - Part Two (Jack Mangan)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:11:56 -0000
We rejoin our epic tale across the America’s as Agent Bruce Campbell remains on the trail of Usher assassin, Mikael Scharnusser, who has fellow Ministry agent Brandon Hill captive. With a narrow window of time granted by the enigmatic agent of the States’ OSM agency, Bruce must rescue Agent Hill from this madman’s locomotive lair… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 09: Night's Plutonian Shore - Part One (Jack Mangan)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:10:03 -0000
This epic tale opens in 1849 when a poet is murdered in the streets of Baltimore. The man behind the seemingly random murder manages to elude the law until — in 1889 — Agents Bruce Campbell and Brandon Hill track him down. The assassin, Mikael Scharnusser, gives the slip to the agents on revealing his “talent” and the madman’s intentions to bring down the House of Usher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 08: Hanuman's Gift - Part Two (Helen E.H. Madden)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:07:46 -0000
After hearing Agent Harrison Thorne’s impossible tale of cursed monkeys and undead womenWhitby must file away the physical evidence. However it just may be that Hanuman’s Gift was not totally left behind in India, and the Archives are not as boring and safe as he believes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 07: Hanuman's Gift - Part One (Helen E.H. Madden)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:05:52 -0000
Deep in the Archives, Augustus Whitby toils through his duties in the Archives, dreaming up romantic stories far more plausible than the supposed “investigations” of the field agents. A story from Agent Harrison Thorne and an unassuming artifact from his recent case, however, proves much to Whitby’s chagrin that there are some truths that are far stranger than fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 06: A Ruby in Rain (Grant Stone)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:03:24 -0000
From the farthest edge of the Empire, New Zealand agents Lachlan King and Barry Ferguson are called to interview a recent arrival to Auckland’s prisons. An infamous gambler, according to the constable’s account, has turned himself into their custody, not for the safety of society but for his own. The Ministry steps in to uncover a man’s story of impressive luck, and more incredible vision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 05: The Seven (P.C. Haring)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:01:12 -0000
Agent Brandon Hill is on assignment in South America, enjoying the local culture and women, when a mystery that could lead to El Dorado falls into his lap. Before the intrepid agent knows it, he is the jungle uncovering a plot but the devilish Illuminati. He will need all his monkey knife fighting skills to survive this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 04: The Sun Never Sets (Val Griswold-Ford)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:58:52 -0000
Agent Isaac Martin receives a note, imploring him to investigate the nearly completed clock tower at the Palace at Westminster. He and his partner, Agent Andrew Kensington, start looking into the construction and uncover unanswered questions concerning this new landmark’s creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 03: The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas (Nathan Lowell)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:54:15 -0000
Agent Heathcliff Durham finds himself crisscrossing Africa, looking for an Amulet that could spell disaster for any who come near it. Battling blistering heat, starvation, wild animals, and despair, he is not comforted by the company of a rough and ready sort named Morrison. Soon Durham begins to suspect he may never return home—and to top it all off the tea has almost run out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 02: Dust on the Davenport (O.M. Grey)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:51:42 -0000
Agent Simon R. Boswell, still considered the green agent of the Ministry, takes on his own a supposed haunting in Islington. Hauntings tend to be nothing too serious for agents specializing in the unexplained; but for Simon, this case supplies surprises of all kinds, around every corner… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Archives 01: The Evil that Befell Samson (Pip Ballantine)
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:50:00 -0000
It is revealed just how Miss Braun ended up being exiled from her native country, New Zealand, and working for the Ministry in its London Offices. It’s a tale of nefarious doings, stalwart ladies, and the sound of clockwork. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices