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The Veil

By: Rachel Harrison
Narrated by: Louisa Krause
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Sally has recently left an unfulfilling job to volunteer at a living history museum, where she is assigned to the Death House. Every day, she dons Victorian mourning garb and describes traditional funeral services to tourists. It sounds depressing as hell, but for Sally, it’s less depressing than her tepid marriage to her childhood sweetheart.

This becomes all too clear when she accidentally travels through time and space to a liminal world where the ghosts of the living history museum haunt its grounds. There, she meets and falls hard for Victorian-era pretty boy Nathaniel. Their heady, romantic encounters douse Sally in the sad reality that her marriage is anything but and leave her tempted to join Nathaniel permanently in his realm.

Is Sally’s marriage literally a fate worse than death, or is there another way altogether?

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About the Creator

Rachel Harrison is the author of the forthcoming novel Cackle. Her debut, The Return, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica and Electric Literature. She lives in western New York with her husband and their cat/overlord.

About the Performer

Louisa Krause’s talent and versatility has established her as a face to watch. She appears in the upcoming feature film Here Today from writer, director, and star Billy Crystal. She plays Amber in Dash Shaw’s animated feature Cryptozoo, alongside Michael Cera. She recently starred opposite Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway in Dark Waters, directed by Todd Haynes.
Her previous film credits include Martha Marcy May Marlene, Jason Reitman’s Young Adult, Skin opposite Jamie Bell and Danielle McDonald, New Money, Woman Walks Ahead opposite Jessica Chastain, The Phenom with Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti, Port Authority, Ava’s Possessions, Bluebird (Best Actress, Karlovy Vary Film Festival), King Kelly (Best Actress, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival), Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Paul Schrader’s Dog Eat Dog, and Jane Wants a Boyfriend (Best Actress, Napa Film Festival).
On television, she starred in the critically acclaimed Starz series The Girlfriend Experience. She recently appeared on Showtime’s Ray Donovan opposite Liev Schreiber, and had a recurring arc on Showtime’s Billions. Her other television credits include HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, CBS’s Blue Bloods, and NBC’s Law & Order and Law & Order CI.
Onstage, she originated the role of Rose in the Pulitzer Prize- and Obie Award-winning play The Flick, directed by Sam Gold and produced by Scott Rudin, in two Off-Broadway runs and a run at the National Theatre in London. Other theater credits include lead roles in Charles Mee’s Iphigenia 2.0 directed by Tina Landau for Signature Theater and Neil LaBute’s In a Dark Dark House, directed by Carolyn Cantor for MCC.

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This is short but it kept my attention throughout. Nice message at the end of the journey. Worth the time.

Quick pleasure

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*no spoilers*

Louisa Krause was a great narrator. She did various voices with an satisfactory precision. I was pleased.
I’ll be on the lookout for her work in the future.

Now onto this odd little tale of woe, uncertainty and growth. Sally is a typical young woman going about her day to day life, when it becomes too stagnant even for her own simple taste she takes up a volunteer position at “The Death House.”

We don’t learn much about the period museum she works for, but enough to be content as it isn’t pertinent to the story we’re being told. However, I didn’t learn enough about why the oddities of The Death House exist or what brought about her experiences in the museums new addition… I would love to read Rachel Harrison’s full story but for now I will say it was enjoyable, though rather “young,” in the way it feels.

I’d recommend it to my little sister who is in her early 20’s. It was enjoyable but I wanted more. Which isn’t really a terrible thing when you consider it.

Finally, I’ll say I found it rather predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Odd Yet Entertaining

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The last scene in the hearst is a wake up call for the entire story.

unique

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I wish this story was longer ! The author pulls you in and takes you on a ride in only 45 mins.

Too Shoet

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Really sweet story. Nice to get the message that you are ok just the way you are and you do not need to please anyone but yourself.

Sweet story

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The concept is very interesting, but I feel like this one would benefit from more room to breathe— i.e. a format that allowed for slower pacing . I will give it credit for an unexpected ending.

Would Benefit from More Space

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I was not expecting that. The creepy factor was decamped up listening to it versus reading it! I loved this so much! A great short story!

Woah!

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I liked it. Nice lesson about independence and love. The narration was great and I would recommend. I listened while I made dinner.

Nice romantic ghost story

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This was a fun little fantastical story combining old fashioned romance with modern relationship complications and a little extra steaminess for good measure. Charmingly original concept, accomplished with enough realism to ground the tale and a delightfully humorous tone. The reader was great, handling the transitions between the characters (even the British accent) beautifully. I enjoyed this one a lot!

Original and fun!

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This was an enjoyable, cute short story geared toward younger listeners (15-29 year olds).

Cute Short Story

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