The Mark Twain In Person Audio Book Library

31/10/2024

Happy Hallowe'en!!!

The Witch of Coös, by Robert Frost, read by yours truly...

Robert Frost's eerie poem about a witch and a skeleton... Performed by Richard Henzel, Hallowe'en 2024.

12/02/2024

A cover of Tom Waits' "Take It With Me When I Go" by Richard Henzel.

28/01/2024

https://youtu.be/PgZIhTbbjHw

The second in this series of poems shared by Richard Henzel with additional words and music by Henzel.

22/12/2023

It was the first Mark Twain audiobook I recorded. I recorded my first tracks on September 11, 2001 and published it a year later after I got FREE studio time and an engineer (9/11 lull) provided by the fine actor and excellent human being JoBe Cerny at CernyAmericanStudios. Sold on audible.

23/07/2023

"The Glorious Whitewasher"

https://youtu.be/qlTN5DNqjCw

17/04/2023

The following review of my audiobook of “Is Shakespeare Dead?” appeared 29 June 2011. Reviewed for the Mark Twain Forum by: Kevin Mac Donnell

“In past works Henzel has moved effortlessly between the voices of different characters in Twain's major works, but in this audio book he maintains a mild but steady Twain presence, with a soft drawl, appropriate pauses and phrasings, and pleasant modulations. He moves the text along in a convincing first-person voice without resorting to the exaggerated cornpone twang that might distract his listeners from Twain's message. This audio book respects the difference between Twain's stage presence and his more subdued narrative voice. If Is Shakespeare Dead? is one of Mark Twain's works that you've resisted reading until now, this audio book is an enjoyable way to experience one of Twain's last autobiographical writings.”

15/11/2022

Bowling Green State University, December 1968. Fellow student Gordon Gair took these photos as I prepared to perform "Mark Twain In Person" in The Carnation Room of The Student Union.

26/08/2022

From The Mysterious Stranger...

"What is your name?"

The boy answered quietly,
"Number 44, New Series 864,962."

Everybody's eyes came open in a stare. Of course. The master thought perhaps he hadn't heard aright; so he asked again, and the boy answered the same as before,
"Number 44, New Series 864,962."

"What a hell of a name!" ej******ed Hans Katzenyammer, piously.

15/03/2022

In the process of re-mastering the first five installments of The Bud Shumway Mystery Series--here's #1!

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. An old hermit has been killed in Utah’s wildlands, and Sheriff Bud Shumway knows it’s murder, even though some say it was a cougar kill. Others think it was done by a Bigfoot who has roamed the area for years, killing cattle and leaving peopl...

12/09/2021

NOW ON SALE!!

https://www.audible.com/pd/Rusty-Wilsons-Rocky-Mountain-Bigfoot-Campfire-Stories-Audiobook/B09DTFNPTN?qid=1631447815&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=WNXVJEPFKDCGE1ZEM0H3&fbclid=IwAR1Xepm8eDdXdjqYbgvgZyiwA0wP9iGXvqfYyvhUe273Jn3-ilAl3yOFaAc

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Welcome to another book of Bigfoot stories by the world’s greatest Bigfoot storyteller, none other than Rusty Wilson! These all-new stories from all over the Rocky Mountains are sure to give you chills, yet also make you want to meet a Bigfoot - we...

16/03/2021

Now On Sale! A brand new Bud Shumway Mystery from the great storyteller Chinle Miller! I already mentioned that this novel included a chapter where Deputy Howie tells Bud of a new song he wrote in Bud's honor--here's the whole story at last--and I'll post a link to that song again below! Hey--if you enjoyed Bud Shumay Mysteries #1-12, you LOVE #13! I feel so fortunate to have connected with Chinle--this is the 28th audiobook we've produced together. https://smile.amazon.com/Swiftcurrent-Cafe-Shumway-Mystery-Book/dp/B08KYG84GX/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

The Swiftcurrent Cafe: Bud Shumway Mystery Series, Book 13

27/02/2021

COMING SOON!! The 14th novel in the series of Bud Shumway Mysteries continues with Sheriff Shumway's deputy Howe running for mayor of Green River, while continuing to work on his music career. Happily, for the audiobook version of the book, Howie recorded, with his band "The Ramblin' Road Rangers" with a special appearance by the Green River High School Brass Ensemble. "Bud's Song" also features Sheriff Shumway on harmonica and vocal backup from bona fide opera singer Jay Landowska, Harold Naylor, and Maureen Mc Pherson. https://soundcloud.com/.../buds-song-from-the-novel-the...