Adapted by Julie Hoverson from a story by H.P. Lovecraft. Cast List Richard - Philemon Vanderbeck Edward - Bryan Hendrickson Charles - Michael Coleman (Tales of the Extraordinary) Warren - Glen Hallstrom Herbert - Carl Cubbedge Auguste - Reynaud LeBoeuf Music by Kevin MacLeod       (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound:   Julie Hoverson Cover Design:  Brett Coulstock [cover art attributions] "What kind of a place is it? Why it's an artist's loft, can't you tell?" ************************************************************************** The View from Within Cast: Richard, artist Charles, wealthy dilettante Herbert, scientist Warren, professor Edward, pulp writer Auguste, visitor OLIVIA     What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's an artist's loft, can't you tell? MUSIC SOUND    FOOTSTEPS RECEDE, ECHOES RICHARD    [calling out] Thanks - ever so! SOUND    DOOR SHUTS RICHARD    You have to love a restaurant that will send orders out. EDWARD    Smells delicious. I suppose we should... wait? RICHARD    Take a breadstick. No one needs to know. EDWARD    [chewing] From one starving artist to another, my stomach thanks you. RICHARD    [chuckles] SOUND    KNOCK ON DOOR RICHARD    Aha! SOUND    FEET, DOOR OPENS WARREN    Oh! This is-- ah! It is the right place, then? RICHARD    Either that, or we're all lost together. WARREN    [dubious] Oh? EDWARD    [off] Don't confuse the poor academic! Invite him in! RICHARD    Come in, then. WARREN    Ah. This is the first time-- RICHARD    Welcome to my studio.  I don't usually have much company.  Through here. SOUND    FOOTSTEPS WARREN    It is a bit out of the way. RICHARD    Just be happy we're not meeting in the basement. EDWARD    Oh, why? RICHARD    [chuckles slightly] Mildew.  Though the atmosphere is most ... stimulating. WARREN    I'm rather surprised the building is still standing. RICHARD    It's an antique. WARREN    More like a relic. SOUND    KNOCK AT DOOR RICHARD    Any bets on who's next? EDWARD    Heads or tails? HERBERT    [off] Open the door! EDWARD    Tails. RICHARD    [snickers] [up, trying not to laugh] I'm coming. SOUND    FEET RETREAT WARREN    Good thing Richard knows how to give directions - I'd hate to be lost in such a decrepit and forbidding part of town. EDWARD    Don't tell anyone, but I wrote them. His were needlessly labyrinthine. No one would have found this place in time. WARREN    Dinner would have gone cold? EDWARD    Weather would have gone cold. SOUND    FOOTSTEPS ENTER HERBERT    You wouldn't believe the types of fungi that can grow in the plaster and wood in buildings this ancient. I suggest a thorough going over with Listerine, possibly followed by razing it to the ground. RICHARD    [laughs] You modern-minded scientists. Can't see the value of anything lacking in hygiene unless it's in a Petri dish. WARREN    Culture isn't born in a day. HERBERT    It might be - in a Petri dish. RICHARD    Sit. Relax. I suppose we could commence eating if Charles isn't-- SOUND    KNOCK ON DOOR RICHARD    But... he is. Back in a moment. SOUND    FEET RECEDE HERBERT    [sigh] Fire trap. EDWARD    What? HERBERT    These old gambrel-roofed buildings. The attic framing is particularly susceptible to the flow of air. WARREN    Well, I doubt that it will go up tonight. EDWARD    And I doubt that a going over with lister's formula will make it any less flammable. HERBERT    Did Richard say anything about this story of his? WARREN    Only that he felt it an impenetrable mystery. HERBERT    It had better be something a bit more engaging than a plebian crime drama. That's no entertainment for a thinking man. EDWARD    You didn't come just for the food? [bites a breadstick] I certainly did. CHARLES    [coming in] Did I hear someone mention a thinking man? WARREN    That would be Herbert. EDWARD    Neither of us is inclined to think at all - if there isn't an immediate need. WARREN    Of course I think - I'm always-- CHARLES    Buried in the college library. Absorbing