PARADOX | New Fiction by Cor Zim

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

Written & Narrated by Cor Zim Produced by Radio Verté Executive Producer, Cor Zim https://radioverte.works Cor Zim is the executive producer of Radio Verté and the author of two fiction novels, THE WILD WIND and AHOOGA!, each of which has been adapted into an audio podcast series. He is the author of two nonfiction novels, SPOON RIVER GOTHIC: Narrative of a Double Homicide and DEATH RIDES THE...

SEASON TWO: AHOOGA! - A Dime Novel by Cor Zim

SEASON TWO: AHOOGA! - A Dime Novel by Cor Zim

The mayor purchases enough Krag carbine rifles for the new civilian police force on Mr. Olsen’s dime. At the nudging of the Mayor, Oscar is allowed by his father to fire one of the rifles at the town dump, and the experience leaves him with a loss of hearing in one of his ears. And as it turns out, the Mayor and Sgt. White has been up to no good, no good at all. A PLACE OF PARADOX is a Literary Fi...

AHOOGA! —Riff Raff/Act 1 - Imaginative and carefree, Oscar spends his afternoons playing in the woods, envisioning himself as an Indian warrior. His peaceful world is disrupted when his father becomes deeply affected by the robbery at the bank, the deceptive news that R.C Saunders has escaped, and the death and destruction left in his wake. Mr. Olsen, once a respected figure, descends into paranoi...

AHOOGA! —Misery Guts/Act 4 begins as bank robber R.C. Saunders, entering the First National Bank, struggles to take control, using threats and intimidation to force the stubborn bank employees and customers to comply with his demands. Things go further off the rails during the robbery as Saunders engages in a philosophical debate with the bank president, Mr. Olsen, about morality and the nature of...

AHOOGA! —Misery Guts/Act 3 is set in the town of Canton, where a newsboy announces Ford's one-millionth car rolling off the assembly line. The town square is beginning to bustle with activity as a new 1915 Paige Fleetwood arrives at the snobbish First National Bank. While opening the bank for the day, Mr. Olsen, the bank president, and Edward, a friendly but clumsy man, discuss Edward's wife’s awa...

AHOOGA! —Misery Guts/Act 2 is set in the peaceful Spoon River Valley during the Great War and rising industrialization. Narrated by 12-year-old Oscar Clyde Olsen, it follows the Olsen family. Oscar admires his banker father, who opposes the Federal Reserve Act, causing outbursts that contrast with his mother's efforts for a peaceful home. The story captures a slice of life in the early 20th centur...

AHOOGA! —Misery Guts/Act 1 follows R.C. Saunders, a recently paroled inmate, as he faces post-prison life, including temptation, self-doubt, and the lingering pull of his criminal past. Set in rural Illinois, the narrative blends Saunders’ optimism with setbacks, including a farmer run-in and finding an abandoned Ford Model T, where he reflects on the past mistakes that led to his incarceration. A...

PARADOX | SEASON TWO: AHOOGA! - A Dime Novel by Cory Zimmerman AHOOGA! begins as a coming-of-age tale set in rural America. The protagonist, a young boy named Oscar, grapples with his father's strict rules and expectations. Despite this, Oscar forms a friendship with Josefina, a Mexican girl from the impoverished side of the tracks. The story, written in a lyrical style with vivid descriptions of...

Season One—THE WILD WIND—Chapter 20: The circus arrives at the Hilltop. After BIG BEN escapes in search of blueberry pie, the commissioner leads a lynch mob to the doors of the Bronson Building in the dead of night. The day brightens with a loony game of Donkey Ball. But tuberculosis soon plagues the Hilltop, keeping the gravediggers busy around the clock, as a deathly toll is taken on the patient...

Season One—THE WILD WIND—Chapter 19: Sarah feels safe amongst the insane and learns the simple joy of walking in circles, marching in place, spinning around, skipping, hopping, crying, lying, and laughing. She meets footloose patient Fannie in the rose garden, who teaches her to "swing it in that way that makes the boys go wild.” Sarah falls in love with Fannie and puts her newly acquired skills i...

Season One—THE WILD WIND—Chapter 18: Doctor Zolla commemorates a new monument and has a standoff with the COMMISSIONER over his progressive management of the Hilltop and the shocking amount of freedom he provides his insane patients. As reporters flock to the asylum, the doctor introduces them to Rose, whose toad-like figure is startling. And her unrelenting spirit leaves GOVERNOR PIERCE inspired...

Season One—THE WILD WIND—Chapter 17: The circus brings a drunken Wild One to the Hilltop, and he gets a job trimming rose bushes in the garden. Meanwhile, Fannie finally surrenders to Dr. Zolla, calling the Hilltop home, where she spends time in the rose garden with Bookbinder. But Fannie finds herself under the spell of the Wild One with his blonde, wind-swept bangs. As the two neck behind the Gr...