C. M. Rosens

Chapter 01: Whispers airs on the Eldritch Girl Podcast today.

I am serialising my novel, YELEN & YELENA, weekly on Wednesdays starting today!

If you like to listen to your books, then I’m doing a read-along (I encourage you to pick up a copy to read along, or read ahead, or simply to support me).

It began with whispers in the marketplace, cooing from the lips of Mistress Mercer, and they spread like a stain. 

The laundress who lives on the edge of the forest is a dark sorceress. She communes with dark spirits; she is corrupted in mind and flesh. 

Laundress Yelena knew all too well that some stains never came out. As soon as she heard the whispers clinging to her name and tinging once-friendly eyes with doubt and suspicion, she knew exactly what sort of stain this was. She also knew there was nothing she could do about it.

Check out the novel with the handy video guide below!

You can also support the podcast for £1.50 per month (or more) on my Ko-Fi and get early access to the podcast episodes in the form of mp3s to download and keep… essentially, a free eBook you can listen to anywhere.

You can download Chapters 1 & 2 already for free. If you want the rest of the early access files, you’ll have to join up!

Why a Podcast?

For those new to the podcast and its ethos, I started recording my own work as a means of making it more accessible to people.

For the books I’ve sold, I’ve retained the audio rights, so my readalongs remain on the podcast unabridged (and you can skip over my ramblings at the start/end of the episodes).

I include content warnings – the ones that have been requested, and obvious to me, which may not cover all the things specific to listeners, so caution is advised – at the start of every episode, usually just before I launch into the reading.

Are There Sound Effects?

For S01 (THE CROWS) I experimented a bit with sound effects.

S02 (THIRTEENTH) and S03 (THE DAY WE ATE GRANDAD) do not have any.

S04 has a background soundtrack and sound effects, as an experiment.

Early Access and mp3 Files

S04 is also a bit different in that this time I’m offering mp3 files of the season as early access episodes, available to members. I’m going to collate these into one package, and offer them as a bundle of mp3 files for general sale at the end of the season.

I have the original recordings so I can offer a stripped-down, voice-only version of the mp3 files, if anyone would prefer that, as a second option.

EARLY ACCESS EPISODES in the form of mp3 files to download and keep are available to Ko-Fi Members (including the lowest £1.50 per month tier), and everyone gets free access to Chapters 1 and 2 as mp3 files.

Credits:

This audio file comes with content notes and warnings for the book, and the theme music is “Quinn’s Dream” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Other music used in these episodes:
Moonlight Hall – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Morgana Rides – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Redletter – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Bittersweet -Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Spring Thaw -Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Achaidh Cheide – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Sound effects courtesy of BBC Royalty Free Sound Effects