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The Skylark Bell

The Skylark Bell

By: Melissa Oliveri
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A mysterious house with a frightening history, a new resident with a deeply held secret, a strange old woman who may be the key to it all... get ready to fall into the world of Meadow Lane and the Skylark Bell.The Skylark Bell is a serial podcast written and hosted by Melissa Oliveri. Each episode contains one chapter of the book. Additionally, once per month, on Fantôme Friday, she recounts a real life paranormal or, at the very least, unexplained experience. If you like ghosts, psychic visions, and the supernatural in general, you'll love this podcast!This podcast is brought to you by: Things with Wings Productions and Phaeton Starling Publishing.All music composed by Cannelle (www.cannellemusic.com)Find The Skylark Bell online: www.theskylarkbell.comInstagram: @theskylarkbellTwitter: @melissaoliveriPatreon: www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

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  • The Skylark Bell - Teaser Trailer

    The Skylark Bell - Teaser Trailer
    Oct 17 2020

    Teaser Trailer for The Skylark Bell Podcast - launching January 2021!

    Intro Music: Nightbridge by Cannelle (www.cannellemusic.com)

    Find The Skylark Bell online: www.theyskylarkbell.com

    Instagram: @theskylarkbell

    Twitter: @melissaoliveri

    Patreon: www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri



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    1 min
  • The Skylark Bell - Introduction

    The Skylark Bell - Introduction
    Jan 29 2021

    In this episode, we will be introduced to the story of Meadow Lane and the Skylark Bell. Our main character, Magpie, must figure out what has caused the mysterious silence at Meadow Lane before it spreads to the entire town!

    Music: Nightbridge by Cannelle (www.cannellemusic.com)

    Find The Skylark Bell online: www.theyskylarkbell.com

    Instagram: @theskylarkbell

    Twitter: @melissaoliveri

    Patreon: www.patreon.com/melissaoliveri

    TRANSCRIPT:

    Things with Wings Productions, with the support of Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds presents: An Introduction to The Skylark Bell. I'm your host, Melissa Oliveri.

    Each episode of this podcast will feature one chapter of my book, Meadow Lane and the Skylark Bell. On the last Friday of each month, we'll take a break from the story, and cover a real-life supernatural, or at the very least unusual and unexplained experience.

    In today's episode, we'll be introduced to the town of Pocket, it's newest resident, Magpie, and the mysterious house at the end of Meadow Lane.

    So get settled in, grab a blanket, a warm drink, and let's get started...

    Meadow Lane sits on the outskirts of a small town called Pocket. There is no sound on Meadow Lane. No crunching gravel under people's feet, and not a sound if they yell or clap their hands. It stays surrounded in a thick veil of silence at all times. The wind doesn't blow there, there's not a bird in the sky overhead, and not a critter running through the tall, dry grass.

    Since Magpie and her mother moved to Pocket, Magpie has felt drawn to the mysterious, disheveled house. She hears stories about the young brokenhearted woman who cursed the property, and whisperings about the mysterious Skylark Bell.

    What really happened at Meadow Lane, nearly a century ago, that could erase all sound from the land? And who is the strange old lady who wanders through town without ever speaking a word?

    Magpie has a secret that not even her mother knows about. She has visions from the past, like slow-moving pictures, and suddenly they all seem linked to the inexplicable silence that hangs over Meadow Lane.

    Will she put the puzzle pieces together before the silence spreads to the entire town?

    Thank you so much for listening! Join me next week as we officially embark on our adventure and read Chapter 1 of Meadow Lane and the Skylark Bell, where we'll be introduced to our main character, and the town of Pocket's newest resident, Magpie.

    Be sure to subscribe, you don't want to miss a thing!

    Before I go, I'd like to thank Phaeton Starling Publishing for this fantastically eerie story, and Cannelle Elanion for writing equally fantastic and eerie music for this podcast.



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    4 mins
  • The Skylark Bell - Chapter 1, The Old Farmhouse

    The Skylark Bell - Chapter 1, The Old Farmhouse
    Feb 5 2021
    In this episode we are introduced to our main character, Magpie, who is just moving into an old farmhouse on the outskirts of a curious little town called Pocket.Music: Nightbridge by Cannelle (www.cannellemusic.com)Find The Skylark Bell online: www.theyskylarkbell.comInstagram: @theskylarkbellTwitter: @melissaoliveriPatreon: www.patreon.com/melissaoliveriTRANSCRIPTION:Things with Wings Productions, with the support of Whimsical Productions and Collected Sounds presents: Episode 1 of The Skylark Bell. I am your host Melissa Oliveri. In today’s episode we’ll begin our adventure with Chapter 1, The Old Farmhouse, where we are introduced to our main character, Magpie, who is just moving into an old farmhouse on the outskirts of a small town called Pocket.So get comfortable… grab a blanket, a warm drink… and let’s get started. “Phew, I think this is the last one!” says Mrs. Phaeton, setting a large box on the dining room table.“We did it!” says Magpie, her bright blue eyes twinkling and a proud, excited grin on her face.Magpie’s real name is Margaret Phaeton; as far as she can remember no one has ever called her by her actual name. As a baby she was attracted to shiny things, just like the Magpie, and it was her father who gave her the nickname. Magpie doesn’t remember her father, he left when she was just a baby, so it has always just been her and her mom. Until today, Magpie and her mom lived in a small apartment in the city, but her mother finally managed to save up enough money for a down payment on a large Victorian farmhouse on the outskirts of Pocket. The house is like an old-fashioned dollhouse, with a wraparound porch, peaked roof, reddish-brown siding, and white shutters on the windows. It sits far back from the road at the end of a long driveway lined with trees. Large, blooming lilac bushes reach up to the second-storey windows, which are all adorned with window boxes just waiting to be filled. Tulips and daffodils grow along the bottom of the porch and lush, green fields radiate all around. Behind the house, a small storage shed is covered in ivy and wild rose bushes whose sweet fragrance drifts through the entire backyard.Magpie loves the farmhouse. It feels like it is filled with history, and the energy of the families that lived there before hers. The massive front door opens to a wide stairway leading to the second storey. Wide planks of dark wood make up the floors of the house. The sheen of varnish can still be seen along the edges of the walls in some places, but mostly, an uneven patina has formed in the areas where countless footsteps have tread.To the right of the entryway, a large opening with pocket doors leads to a dining room which features a large built-in hutch with ornate etchings in its rich, dark wood. Behind the dining room is the kitchen where bright light filters through ruffled lace café curtains in the windows and a large porcelain sink divides the heavy wooden countertops that line the back wall. Along the side wall, an old-fashioned turquoise enamel stove gives the kitchen a feel of days gone by, it faces the long kitchen island in the middle of the room. A row of hand-made wooden stools lined up along the back of the island provides a more casual place to grab a quick bite. To the left of the entryway is a spacious living room with a brick fireplace and a thick wood mantle on which someone has left an old clock. But Magpie’s favourite room is the sunroom; it sits in the back corner of the house, connecting the living room and the kitchen, and is painted bright yellow with white trim around its many windows and along the ceiling and floor. Through the sheer curtains billowing in the breeze she can see rolling fields of tall grass. Upstairs, three mid-sized rooms with creaky wood floors make up the bedrooms. Two of them face the front of the house while the master bedroom faces the back and connects to a small bathroom with a claw-foot bathtub. Magpie’s room has a big, bright window looking out toward the front of the house where she can see the quarry and pond across the road. The uneven floorboards are faded and scratched from years of furniture being moved across them, but Magpie is absolutely charmed by the sense of history. Her favourite thing about the room is the closet. Though it is awkward, with its door tucked in the corner of the room, the inside stretching along the entire wall like a tunnel, and its ceiling angled by the roofline of the house, Magpie doesn’t mind that it’s weird. She plans to use it as a secret hiding place where she can bring a lamp and do some quiet reading or draw sketches.There are a few remnants of the previous owners strewn throughout the house. The back shed is filled with gardening tools, a wheelbarrow, shovels and plant pots. Inside the house, a thick rug sits in front of the stone fireplace and fills up most ...
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    9 mins
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