Season 4 Episode 1: Prologue
Season 4 Episode 1: Prologue, Love note From A Stranger
We are all just costumes death wears for a season.
The prologue to Season 4: The Spring Tree is told by an unnamed clerk at Incunabula Video, a narrow refuge of rare films and stranger books. Every night, the same dream: a ledge, a fall, snow turning to light, a city where something is always watching.
Nearly a decade behind the counter has dulled his ambitions into routine. He writes to keep a spark alive, using customers as raw material. Nyssa—a young woman with electric-blue hair and a scent he can’t place—becomes his latest subject. Her name unravels into meanings and myths. Her presence sharpens the dream.
Curiosity drifts toward obsession: noting her gestures, following her in the park, waiting outside her home. In sleep, she appears in a circle of flowers carved into winter ice, a horned figure moving toward her through the mountains. They are hunter and quarry, a pattern older than memory.
When she returns to the store with a fading bruise and rents The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, he follows her into the cold. Something follows him. And his life would never be the same.
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“Tales From When I Had A Face” was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.
This episode is accompanied by an immersive soundtrack produced by James Curcio, featuring collaborating artist David Bessell.
This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes.
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