Spoiler : Jim Mckee and Earwax Studios, adapted and produced this series of radio bizarre classics by Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Poe, Lovecraft, Kafka, Bierce and others for KCRWFM in Santa Monica and other stations from 1985 to 1986. It was distributed by NPR and Pacifica. All the programs were taken from the original 1960s Black Mass series, produced by John Whiting with Erik Bauersfeld. However with the passage of time and the enthusiasms of experience we couldn't resist a chance for betterment, a reproduction of three short plays with their original casts: A Predicament by Edgar Allen Poe, with sound design assistance by Clay Grillo; Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, sound design by James McKee, and the very brief but indigestible Lobster Salad by Lord Dunsany. Erik performed with some added vigor and inner dread. Lobster Salad was an entirely new performance with sound design and original music composed by Ken Heller.