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Creator: Jared I. Magee
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Journey together through innumerable worlds of fiction with Prose, a biweekly podcast series that offers up short stories of all genres and subject matters. If you like fiction of all sorts with the occasional bit of poetry or verse thrown in for good measure, join us on our adventures through the labyrinths of the human psyche and the infinite spaces of the imagination.
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211: Sonbol (The Full Novella)
Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000
This week, join the Primrose 33 family as we dive back into the full novella Sonbol. Let's get ready for some sci-fi adventure!
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Show Notes and Attributions:
Part I: The Breach
This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from both from Freesound.org the Free Music Archive. All of the backing tracks save to the next to last one come from the artist Jelsonic and were taken from the Free Music Archive. The tracks are titled “The Last Whale,” coming from the album Various Moods, “Seasong,” and “No Doubt,” coming from the album Various Moods II. All of these tracks from Jelsonic are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. The track from Freesound.org was uploaded by creator Romeriogrande and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License.
Part II: Persenche
This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from Freesound.org. The first ambient track comes from user cabled_mess and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The second bit of music and the alarm sounds come from the same soundscape uploaded by user Drakensson and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The final track comes from user ispeakwaves and is being used under a under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Part III: Circumjacent
All sounds present come from Freesound.org, and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the site—editijo. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Part IV: The Fallout
All sounds present come from Freesound.org, and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the sit—soundathon. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Episode 210: “Black on Brown” and “Holding the D Train"
Sun, 26 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet a lovely, powerful empath and put forth a small act of kindness into the world of the New York City subway system.
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Sun, 12 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000
This week, hear a war story.
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Episode 208: "Slim Worms on Sale Now!" and "Holidaymaker"
Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000
This week, get a second chance at youth and vitality if you’ll swallow a space worm and go on a different sort of holiday.
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Episode 207: "Where You Come From" and "Someplace, Somewhere"
Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000
This week, define home and try to remember where you're going and why you're here.
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Episode 206: “The Forgetting” and “The Language of the Lesser”
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000
This week, both stories have a shared theme of memory. So, let’s all ponder what it means to remember and what it costs to forget, shall we?
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Episode 205: “Charred” and “The Whimper”
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000
This week, let’s take another foray into the world of Ash and Bone with Rowan pen Warren to see his side of the story and come visit the post-apocalypse world.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Éirinn go Brách
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Episode 204: "Before The Fall" And "The Lovers Come To Town: A Tale Of Πέρσης And Ἀστερία"
Sun, 03 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000
This week, let’s take a foray into the world of Ash and Bone with Mynah and see what happens when a Greek city does not pay tribute to a titan of destruction.
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Episode 203: “Borrow My Bliss” and “The Neon Halo”
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000
This week, speculate about the world of tomorrow with a galactic offer that is BOUND to make anyone happy and a recounting of the power of democracy and death through the lens of a futuristic traffic accident.
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Valentines Dayisode 2024: Seven Poems
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to the Prose Valentine’s Day special 2024. For this holiday, we’ll be diverting from Prose’s, well, prose and tackling seven, count ‘em, SEVEN poems about varying sorts of love. All but one poem are classics. So sit back, relax, and prepare to have some sultry lovetastic poetry come your way!
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Episode 202: "Mus" and "All the Lights in Vegas"
Sun, 04 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000
This week, become a hardened exterminator and bask in the vampiric glow of the lights of Las Vegas.
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Episode 201: “Getting Ahead” and “The Food"
Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:49:00 +0000
This week, we return to our roots in flash fiction with a reevaluation of success and a chef’s plight in Limbo.
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Episode 200: "That Accent" and “The Wedding-Knell” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sun, 07 Jan 2024 13:02:00 +0000
This week feel the drift of language through isolation and attend a macabre wedding.
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New Year's Dayisode 2024: “Yel•Low, or One Hundred Indecisions”
Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
This New Year's Day 2024, contemplate indecision and cowardice.
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Mon, 01 Jan 2024 02:10:00 +0000
For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll drink a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne
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Christmas Dayisode 2024: Thumbnail History on Twelfth Night
Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Welcome to the Christmas Day special!
What are those Twelve Days of Christmas about? Ever consider having a drunken rager to top off your Christmas celebrations? Join Prose this week in revisiting the Thumbnail History series in an investigation of the holiday of Twelfth Night.
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Christmas Eveisode 2024: The Christmas Story according to Luke
Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0000
This Christmas Eve, come enjoy the Great Mystery of Christmas from the Gospel according to Luke, our annual tradition here at Prose.
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Sun, 24 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, take a second look at the oft vilified Herod the Great, of Biblical fame/infamy.
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Episode 198: "Grafting Street" Parts I and II
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet a desperate man, one of many visitors of the infamous Grafting Street.
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Episode 197: “Simon Peter and the Roof” and “Reverend Tommy”
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet a God-fearing Southern boy who people say is slow and who just can’t get a break and go from dangerous debauchery king to pious preacher.
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Thanksgivingisode: "The Night Before Thanksgiving"
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:00:00 +0000
For this Thanksgiving special, consider how much you might mean to someone in “The Night Before Thanksgiving” by Sarah Orne Jewett.
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Episode 196: “How Green the Grass” and “New Traditions”
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, use ancient techniques to breach the new science of the multiverse and discover what happens when old traditions give way to new.
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A November Special: "Memories of Mississippi in the Fall" by Henry I. Magee
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
On this day special to my family, reminisce on childhood memories in the Mississippi back country.
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Halloweenisode 2023: HP Lovecraft’s “The Statement of Randolph Carter” and “Lebiri Meus Volume II”
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This Halloween, explore an ancient swamp full of putrid secrets and go back to that future man’s journal once again to see how we humans just never change.
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Episode 195: "Harvest Time" and "The Chaddick"
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, live the bucolic dream in the crab orchards and writhe through a city as a ghastly being seduces the masses.
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Episode 194: "In the Season of Leaves" and "In the Season of Sticks"
Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, fear the living trees as much as the dead and beware the sticks reaching out from the dark.
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Episode 193: “The Fog in the All Hallows Kingdom” and “Lebiri Meus Volume I"
Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, find yourself in an autumn kingdom as a savior and peek in on a future man’s look into the boredom and intimacies of the past
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Episode 192: "Afloat" and "D.O.A."
Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, pray for salvation from a ruined world and honor the nameless dead.
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Episode 191: "Come Again Soon" and "Split"
Sun, 03 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, consider some time traveling on your time off, and become a bit confused along with some poor schmuck just trying to make a coffee run.
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Episode 190: "Paragon of Animals" and "Geodetic North"
Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, revisit an intrepid space explorer from the short story “Just Earth,” and try again to find the truest of truth norths.
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Episode 189: "A Quick Steam" and "The Omega"
Sun, 06 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, practice heroism in the steam room of a gym, and bear witness to the execution of a witch.
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Episode 188: “Notes from Woolverton Mountain Reunion, May 8, 2011” and “Summus Optimium"
Sun, 23 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, go find the truth about a devil of a man protecting his pretty daughters on an Arkansas mountain and experience a world where super powers alienate and oppress.
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Episode 187: “We are a Spasm of Civilization” by Elizabaeth Peterson and “Experience the Culture”
Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, we focus on the elevance of perspective and reality, with one story looking at the power of viewpoint and the other asking whether adventure is even possible anymore.
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Episode 186: "Lodestar" and "Back to Before" by James Harrington
Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, see what happens when magic and negative emotions mix and delve into the power of memory, reminiscing, and our ability to reach back but not into the past
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Episode 185: Prologue from "From Sea to Shining Sea" by Cliff Heney
Sun, 11 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, have your life upended by a little bit of magic.
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Episode 184: "Any Given Sunday" and "So, They Stopped"
Sun, 28 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, revisit a Southern Baptist church in the South on a Sunday and interact with an alien race.
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Episode 183: “Balanced” and “Glorious, Glorious, Delusion” by Elizabeth Peterson
Sun, 14 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, let's experience together the horrid honesty of online dating and commune with an artificial intelligence about its unattainable desire to be something more.
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Episode 182: "Lady Firehair" and “A Letter to NASA, or Dreams Deferred”
Sun, 30 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, observe a goddess of love bless a tortured half-dragon and witness a dream fall from the stars.
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Episode 181: "Silence" and Jessica Yates's "Leaving"
Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:55:00 +0000
This week delve into two sides of a similar experience, seeking to understand the horrific power of silence and feeling the overwhelming gravity of leaving.
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Episode 180: Brandon Nolan's "Red Saint"
Sun, 02 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet an assassin in a brothel and revel in her scars.
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Episode 179: “The Kingdom” and HP Lovecraft’s “Dagon.”
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000
This week, defend a kingdom of the dead in the high places of the world and try your best not to see a...a thing, particularly "when the moon is gibbous and waning."
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Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000
This week, get some advice on how to avoid that dark being lurking behind and navigate away from any would-be faux paus in the face of a haunting.
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Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000
This week, get a touch dark and existential while on a run.
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Everett Byram: Support for the Family of Everett Byram
"Our beloved Everett left us on February 10. The first of nine siblings, Everett leaves behind one son in Virginia, his one-year-old twins, and his wife Ursula in Los Angeles, California. They married in 2020 and bought a home to raise their twins in.
Valentines Dayisode 2023: "Graduated Realization"
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:32:00 +0000
This week, think of those times you turned left instead of turning right and changed your life.
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Episode 176: "2068" and "Goodnight,Sleep Tight"
Sun, 05 Feb 2023 20:54:00 +0000
This week, peer and ponder into the quasi-distant future and relive listening to a bedtime story as an adult.
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Episode 175: "The 25th Hour" and "Bringing Honor"
Sun, 22 Jan 2023 21:07:00 +0000
This week, indulge in (or endure?) an extra hour every day when the rest of the world stops and experience an orchid turn into a killer.
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Episode 174: "Elevator Music" and "Clean Dirt"
Sun, 08 Jan 2023 18:11:00 +0000
This week, cling to the music in your life (and past glories) and learn a little bit about getting clean with dirt.
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Sun, 01 Jan 2023 01:10:00 +0000
For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll drink a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne
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Episode 173: "Riding Along" and "An Exhalation of Angels"
Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000
This week, seek connection on a train and breathe with the cherubim.
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Christmas Eveisode 2022: The Christmas Story
Sat, 24 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000
This Christmas Eve, come enjoy the Great Mystery of Christmas from the Gospel according to Luke, our annual tradition here at Prose.
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Christmas Eveisode 2022: A Visit from St. Nicholas
Sat, 24 Dec 2022 15:33:00 +0000
Come join in the fun of a vist from jolly old St. Nicholas.
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Episode 172: "To Spite My Face, or 祸害"
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000
This week, go to extreme lengths to escape a dystopian state.
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Episode 171: "La Faim" and "Venezia"
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 12:55:00 +0000
This week experience a hunger that harrows the body and soul and reminisce about that almost-was with eyes trained toward Italia.
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“Venice, Unaccompanied” copyright © 2003 by Monica Youn. From Barter, published by Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
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Episode 170: "Charlie Played Oboe" and "I Saw a Turtle"
Sun, 13 Nov 2022 11:59:00 +0000
In a special tribute show to guest author Henry I. Magee this week, triumph on a woodwind and relax with a shelled friend.
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Episode 169: "Gateway" and "True Horror"
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:05:00 +0000
This week, find a taste for flesh and stumble into the worst of all horrors.
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Episode 168: “Ms. Obituary”, “Under My Skin”, and “The Brownie Children.”
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:22:00 +0000
This week, help a dead woman, say a farewell when faced with impending doom, and suffer for your choice in baked goods.
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Episode 167: "The Poison Well"
Sun, 02 Oct 2022 11:55:26 +0000
This week, embrace change and become death and poison.
Episode 166: "Waking Up" and "Exchange"
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 11:55:26 +0000
This week, feel safe with two beloveds and beware who you let tromp around in your garden.
Episode 165: "Living in the Firmament" and "In the Season of Sticks"
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:00:54 +0000
This week, live up in the air among the clouds in a tale from Dole-Aishara and look out for sticks grasping out for you from the dark.
Episode 164: "Folie à Deux ou Plus" and "The Lord is My Light"
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 12:00:42 +0000
This week, re-estimate the power of shared delusion and take a long, hard look at King David’s murder of Uriah the Hittite.
Episode 163: "The Afflicted" and "The Queen of California"
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:27:59 +0000
This week, see the downside of those superhero accidents and meet a prostitute from Shanghai who becomes a queen.
Episode 162: "Fading" and "Music Box Nights"
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000
This week, try not to fade away into oblivion and experience the carnal turn to horror.
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Episode 161: "The C Train" and "Just Another"
Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:00:48 +0000
This week, deperately seek connection and eat some energy of another.
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Episode 160: "Nogal" and "Gravediggers"
Sun, 26 Jun 2022 11:55:02 +0000
This week, experience fear in South Africa and dig a grave.
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Episode 159: "The Mendicant King" and "Apple Thief Charlie"
Sun, 12 Jun 2022 12:00:28 +0000
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Episode 158: "Lodestar" and "Hexbag for a Douchebag"
Sun, 29 May 2022 12:00:08 +0000
This week, experience two breakups being dealt with...with magic.
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Episode 157: "To Protect the Innocent" and "Holidaymaker"
Sun, 15 May 2022 12:00:51 +0000
This week, dabble in innocence and go on a different sort of holiday.
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Episode 156: "Shopping" and "Bringing up the Ghosts"
Sun, 01 May 2022 12:01:00 +0000
This week, shop for eternity and raise the dead from beneath the ocean.
Episode 155: "Even Vixens Ache, or Lessons Learned from the Life of an Enchantress"
Sun, 17 Apr 2022 11:30:53 +0000
This week, meet a woman with magic in her voice.
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Episode 154: "Robin's Egg Blue" and "Okay, My Dream"
Sun, 03 Apr 2022 09:31:41 +0000
This week, fear for your life while out for a run and bring the dream world into the waking world.
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Episode 153: "Across the Way" and "Underneath"
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000
This week, enjoy a day of prepositions and New York City; indulge your voyeuristic tendencies that land you a new family above the streets, and confront utter silence beneath them.
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Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000
Éire go Brách.
Please enjoy this year's St. Patrick's Day special.
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Episode 152: “The Worst Line,” “The Chaddick,” and “Freddie"
Sun, 06 Mar 2022 12:33:14 +0000
This week, get re-stuck in a line for eternity, revisit a ghastly being, and become immortal through song…while rotting.
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Episode 151: "On to Mound City"
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:30:00 +0000
This week, visit a city of the, for the dead.
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Valentines Dayisode 2022: A Quartet of Poems
Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:17:02 +0000
This Valentine's Day, enjoy a quartert of poems exploring different manifestations of love.
Included:
“The Sun Rising” by John Donne, “Recreation” by Audre Lorde, “[Lying in bed I think about you]” by Joshua Beckman, and “Valentine” by Lorna Dee Cervantes
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Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:30:00 +0000
This week, see what happens when a White House love story falls apart.
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Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000
This week, grapple with a bumpy relationship...that might bring down a presidential administration.
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Episode 148: "Let Me Sleep" and "Little by Little, They've Come for Me"
Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000
This week, yearn to be unconscious and hear the death throes of a woodland.
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New Year's Eveisode 2021 - Auld Lang Syne
Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000
Join Prose in our annual reading of "Auld Lang Syne," ringing in the new year together.
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Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:30:00 +0000
This week, prepare for war with the man many call Jolly 'Ole St. Nick.
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Christmas Dayisode 2021: "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
Sat, 25 Dec 2021 11:30:00 +0000
Consider who the real Magi are and what gifts are all about with O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi."
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Christmas Eveisode 2021: The Christmas Story according to Luke
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000
Welcome once again to my own family's Christmas Eve Tradition that I post every year for Prose - a reading of the Christmas story from the New Testament gospel of Luke. For those who celebrate, I hope that you'll enjoy and maybe make this a part of your Christmas tradition. For those that do not celebrate, I hope you'll enjoy for a good story's sake!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and I hope you all find warmth in the season!
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Episode 146: "Distant Points" and "Swipe"
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:30:00 +0000
This week, bond in the future over the climatic disasters of the past and peruse a dating app.
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Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:30:00 +0000
This week, contemplate how to rid your property of dog-headed men and dismantle a misconception.
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Thanksgivingisode 2021: "The Night before Thanksgiving"
Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:00:00 +0000
For this Thanksgiving special, consider how much you might mean to someone in “The Night Before Thanksgiving” by Sarah Orne Jewett.
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Wed, 24 Nov 2021 17:31:00 +0000
November 24, 2016 at 12:31 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, from the forests of northern Massachusetts, I published Episode 0, an "Introduction to Prose." So, as of, well, this very moment, Prose has been putting forth entertainment into the universe for half a decade.
Since that afternoon in 2016, the show has released 144 regular episodes, too many holiday specials to recall, a handful of bedtime stories for children amid the heat of the pandemic, and 347 original pieces of short fiction, not counting those holiday specials.
To celebrate today, I thought we could enjoy the first three stories ever published there in Episode 1. Please enjoy "Just Earth," "Lusus Naturae," and "Marlboro Man."
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Episode 144: "The Half Man" and "On That June 25th"
Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:30:00 +0000
This week, beware the autumn creatures and take a peek into an intimate day of pain.
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Episode 143: "Count Magnus" Halloween Special
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0000
This week, lose your sanity while trying to write a travel book in Sweden.
For the original text to the short story, please go check out "Count Magnus" from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James.
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Episode 142: "Saints Alive" and "The King of Jerusalem Come to Gotham"
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, have some saints work through you and encounter a ghostly prisoner of fabric.
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Episode 141: "The Cant of Hibernia" and "Les Dames Blanches"
Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, cling to the magic of your mother tongue and meet some powerful women in white.
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Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, join the Primrose 33 family as we dive back into the full novella Sonbol. Let's get ready for some sci-fi adventure!
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Show Notes and Attributions:
Part I: The Breach
This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from both from Freesound.org the Free Music Archive. All of the backing tracks save to the next to last one come from the artist Jelsonic and were taken from the Free Music Archive. The tracks are titled “The Last Whale,” coming from the album Various Moods, “Seasong,” and “No Doubt,” coming from the album Various Moods II. All of these tracks from Jelsonic are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. The track from Freesound.org was uploaded by creator Romeriogrande and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License.
Part II: Persenche
This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from Freesound.org. The first ambient track comes from user cabled_mess and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The second bit of music and the alarm sounds come from the same soundscape uploaded by user Drakensson and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The final track comes from user ispeakwaves and is being used under a under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Part III: Circumjacent
All sounds present come from Freesound.org, and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the site—editijo. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Part IV: The Fallout
All sounds present come from Freesound.org, and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the sit—soundathon. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Part V: The Smock
The ambient noise track in the background of the story is from Freesound.org, and come from user Sclolex. It is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The music you hear was taken from the Free Music Archive. The track comes from Lee Rosevere’s album 5 Minute Meditations and is titled “5 Minute Meditations (album mix with alpha waves).” Mr. Rosevere’s track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Thank you to all of these artists and these web collectives for making these works available for artists like me to further lift up their own work.
Episode 139: The Water Sellers
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, amid the climate apocalypse, make a tough decision, so you can live to see another day.
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Episode 138: "Suicide King" and "Cain of the New World"
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, play cards with three dangerous women and judge Cain reborn.
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Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:32:44 +0000
An alien invasion is coming. Humanity was given five years to prepare.
Robert "Mack" McAlister, an overachieving young man from Tennessee, wants something more out of life, so he is off to train at the newly formed Global Confederation's Academy Prime in Dublin.
With two full years of the allotted five spent in rallying the planet, McAlister quickly realizes that preparing for the invasion is only a part of the challenge at hand. He must seek to bond with the three other members of his assigned quad of Primrose 33, fighting to form the relationships that make humanity worth saving before the world comes under attack.
After years of promising to do so, Sonbol the multi-part series published here on Prose many year ago has been released in e-book and paperback forms!
Please do consider heading over to Amazon and picking one up today!
Episode 137: "Erase the Good" and "Reverberations of Mourning"
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, try to abandon good memories and meet a reluctant prophet lying for God.
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Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0000
This week, be introduced to the funky place known as Notianimoba University, where you’ll hunt ghosts and fall in love.
Content Warning: Sexual assault
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Episode 135: “You Can’t Fear What You Don’t Know” by Claire Parker and “The Blood Circle”
Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, brave a monster’s cave once again to find purpose and feel the loss of purpose and self while being hunted in the streets of a grand city.
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July 4isode: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Sun, 04 Jul 2021 02:30:00 +0000
Come join in on a reading of all four of the verses of Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Episode 134: "All Red" and "Wicked Dreams Abuse"
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, get stuck at the ultimate red light and find horror and violence in a man’s dreams.
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Fathers Dayisode 2021: "I Saw a Turtle" by Henry I. Magee
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000
Happy Fathers Day!
Come celebrate fathers and father figures everywhere with a children's story from my own father. Let's go witness the kindness of slowing down for the things that really matter.
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, try to make it over a mountain pass with a famous pioneer family.
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Episode 132: "Hexbag for a Douchebag"
Sun, 30 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This week, practice what most would call witchcraft on your ex’s new partner.
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Episode 131: "Dead Dick Eye" and "Collecting"
Sun, 16 May 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, get saucy with some dead men and find out where all those wishes you placed on stars ended up.
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Sun, 09 May 2021 11:30:00 +0000
Happy Mother's Day 2021!
In this short special, we'll have a reading of "To My Mother" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Rock Me to Sleep" by Elizabeth Akers Allen.
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Episode 130: "Justice Turned Mercie", "Dart of Harkness", and "Pulling Strings"
Sun, 02 May 2021 10:59:59 +0000
This week, protect a merciful sword, take another look at Heart of Darkness, and see the strings of Fate.
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Episode 129: "They Took My Life" and "Es Vedrà"
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This week, some freeloading fair folk take a life and we encounter a very real mythical island.
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Sun, 04 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This week, dance with your beloved down memory lane, see what a saint has to do with the Assyrians, and read along with the resurrection story according to the Gospel of Luke.
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Episode 127: "“Unrepentant Church of the Almighty Pound” and “On the Way to Yoga"
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000
This week, worship materialism and have a woman change your life on the subway.
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St. Patrick's Dayisode 2021: Lorica of St. Patrick
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000
This St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll read through the Lorica of St. Patrick, a wonderful prayer that marries the pagan with the Christian in something rather special and rather Irish.
Éirinn go Brách!
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Episode 126: "The Menagerie" and "A Merrier Colony"
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This week, look again at the world, this time without childlike wonder, and work to stamp out happy colonists.
Two quick show notes:
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Justin Magee, the creator of our theme song and one of the first and greatest supporters of the podcast.
- Just as a reminder - all stories, even the historical fiction, are works of the inner workers of the creators' minds. Though some things may bear resemblance to reality, they are, most assuredly, not true portraitures or direct reflections of the real world.
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Episode 125: "Living in the Firmament" and "In the Season of Sticks"
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This week, live with your head in the clouds and beware the sticks reaching out from the dark.
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Artists Supporting Artists Partner:
Caitlin V. Photography is, put simply, the purveyor of the best boudoir and branding photography in New York City. Please check Caitlin and her work at @bare.bycaitlinv on Instagram Follow her. Like and share her images. Celebrate an artist at the top of her game! Be bold. Celebrate the beauty of your brand and your body with Caitlin V. Photography.
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"Bring 'Em Back X-20" Rerelease: Artists Supporting Artists Edition with Megan Tresca
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:30:00 +0000
I am rereleasing our sci-fi-tastic short story "Bring 'Em Back X-20" in celebration of the newest member of the Artists Supporting Artists family - Megan Tresca.
Megan Tresca is an artist from Rhode Island. She holds a BFA in Painting and MAT in Art and Design Education from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has spent the last two years teaching fine art at The Winchendon School in Massachusetts. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Connecticut. She's captivated by things cryptic and mysterious. Her work acts as an enigmatic scenario; whether it be magical or gruesome. The unknown is enticing and serves as a major catalyst in her work. It’s common for her to go in with some idea of a blueprint but often lets the work improvise and dictate itself and take on a life of its own. Sometimes she even abandons original plans altogether, and just lets the ebb and flow of the moment create the work. The body of her work ranges from mystical lightness to the dreary and dark; allowing her to explore the full spectrum of the human experience.
To check out some of Megan’s work , please follow Megan at @oldwelshwitch23 on Instagram. Follow her. Like and share her images. Celebrate this dreamy artist with me!
Now, let's get back to resurrecting our lovers, shall we?
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Valentine's Dayisode 2021: "Bring 'em Back X20"
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This Valentine's, let's rejoin a neuro-cast sponsored by the Galactic Magistery that is already in progress. For all those interested in bringing back a loved one that's departed, this is a must!
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Episode 124: "A Love Note to Mayari" and "Clean Dirt"
Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000
This week, fall in love with the moon and worship some dirt.
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Caitlin V. Photography is, put simply, the purveyor of the best boudoir and branding photography in New York City. Please check Caitlin and her work at @bare.bycaitlinv on Instagram Follow her. Like and share her images. Celebrate an artist at the top of her game! Be bold. Celebrate the beauty of your brand and your body with Caitlin V. Photography.
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Artists Supporting Artists: Caitlin V. Photography
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 04:30:23 +0000
REMINDER
Artists Supporting Artists Partner:
Caitlin V. Photography is, put simply, the purveyor of the best boudoir and branding photography in New York City. Please check Caitlin and her work at @bare.bycaitlinv on Instagram Follow her. Like and share her images. Celebrate an artist at the top of her game! Be bold. Celebrate the beauty of your brand and your body with Caitlin V. Photography.
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Episode 123: "Esther from the Heavens" and "Bringing Honor"
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:30:00 +0000
This week, our stories both follow a theme of honor and love. We will encounter an angel come to talk the Earth and experience an orchid turn into a killer.
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Artists Supporting Artists Partner:
Caitlin V. Photography is, put simply, the purveyor of the best boudoir and branding photography in New York City. Please check Caitlin and her work at @bare.bycaitlinv on Instagram Follow her. Like and share her images. Celebrate an artist at the top of her game! Be bold. Celebrate the beauty of your brand and your body with Caitlin V. Photography.
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Episode 122: "The Bronzen Serpentess" and "The Golden Way"
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000
This week, meet the snake goddess you already worship and find a religion that work.
One major note I want to toss out is that this is actually a rather special show for another reason—today will mark the THREE HUNDREDTH story put out via the show. Now, I don’t count some of the specials and/or poems I’ve featured over the years, but, yeah. This is a big deal, and I can’t begin to thank all of those that continue to support the show!
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New Year's Eveisode 2020- Auld Lang Syne
Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:50:08 +0000
Join Prose in our annual reading of "Auld Lang Syne," ringing in the new year together.
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Episode 121: "Palimpsest, The Damned" and "Snow Falling"
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 13:30:00 +0000
This week, die all your life and think on the snows of winter.
Though most content coming from Prose is not suited for young ones or those that are easily offended, this week’s fist story contains a lot of reference to suicide. Please listen with caution.
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Christmas Dayisode 2020 Volume II: Thumbnail History on The Christmas Pickle
Fri, 25 Dec 2020 13:02:00 +0000
Welcome to the second volume of the Christmas Day special!
What's all this talk about lobbing pickles into pine trees? Did the Germans really start all this? Join Prose in the newest installment of the Thumbnail History series - an investigation of the mystery of the origins of the Christmas Pickle.
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Christmas Dayisode 2020 Volume I: Thumbnail History on Twelfth Night
Fri, 25 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000
Welcome to the Christmas Day special!
What are those Twelve Days of Christmas about? Ever consider having a drunken rager to top off your Christmas celebrations? Join Prose this week in revisiting the Thumbnail History series in an investigation of the holiday of Twelfth Night.
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Christmas Eveisode 2020 Volume 2: The Christmas Story according to Luke
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000
Welcome once again to my own family's Christmas Eve Tradition that I post every year for Prose - a reading of the Christmas story from the New Testament gospel of Luke. For those who celebrate, I hope that you'll enjoy and maybe make this a part of your Christmas tradition. For those that do not celebrate, I hope you'll enjoy for a good story's sake!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and I hope you all find warmth in the season!
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Christmas Eveisode 2020 Volume 1: "Guðrún and the Darkness"
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000
For this first Christmas Eve special, let's revisit the darker side of the yuletide.
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Episode 120: "The Cursed Word" and "A Vignette while Out and About"
Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, get cursed for life at a Starbucks and experience humanity.
Though most content coming from Prose is not suited for young ones or those that are easily offended, this week’s second story contains a lot of tough language. Please listen with caution.
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Episode 119: "12/23/07" and "The Man Who Lost the Music"
Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, simply ask why and look further into why the silence came down to blanket the house at the end of the lane.
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Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This Thanksgiving, enjoy two poems in the spirit of thanks - one that many mistake for a Christmas piece, one that is a translation from a traditional Iroquois prayer.
Please enjoy "Thanksgiving Day" by Lydia Maria Child and "The Thanksgivings" by Harriet Maxwell Converse.
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Episode 118: "The Worst Line" and "The Chaddick"
Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, get stuck in a line for eternity and meet a terrifyingly crafty being.
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UPDATE: Patron Thank You AND Fan Favorite
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 16:30:00 +0000
Because I publish so far into the future, let's take the time to revisit a classic Prose tale and let me thank a new Patreon Patron!
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Episode 117: "Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo", Parts I-III
Sun, 01 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, we will revisit a world of intrigue and violence and discovery and wonder, fighting our way to a new world alongside some very brave ants. Yes, ants.
Episode 117 will be a rerelease of the first three chapters of Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo, an original novel by Jack Lee.
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Halloweenisode 2020 - "Guðrún and the Darkness"
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This Halloween, recall your sins too late on Christmas Eve…and experience the horror born of recollection.
Note: Apologies for all mispronunciations. Min islandsk og norsk er forfærdelig!
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UPDATE - Prose Official Website News!
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 01:26:03 +0000
We have rebuilt it. We have the technology. We have made it better, than it was. Better, stronger, faster...and with MERCH! Go check out the improved prosepodcast.com.
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Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, spend every waking moment obsessing over time, money, and work.
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Episode 115: "20:30" and "Weaponization"
Sun, 04 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, confront an ugly man trying to deal in beauty and give into baser desires, letting go of morals and principles.
Though most content coming from Prose is not suited for young ones or those that are easily offended, this week’s two short stories do deal with two pretty horrific men, particularly the first story. Please listen with caution.
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Episode 114: "Majestic Plural" and "Oberammergau"
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, investigate the royal we and visit a German village spared by God from the plague for the price of a play.
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Episode 113: "Losing You Again"
Sun, 06 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, say goodbye to your most beloved a second time.
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Episode 112: "Apple Thief Charlie" and "Autumnrunner"
Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, steal some apples and inadvertently change the world and bid farewell to summer while remembering the importance of memory.
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Episode 111: "Folie à Deux ou Plus" and "The Lord is My Light"
Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, re-estimate the power of shared delusion and take a second look at King David’s murder of Uriah the Hittite.
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Episode 110: "The Afflicted" and "The Queen of California"
Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, open your eyes to the other side of superhero-inducing catastrophes and meet a Shanghainese prostitute who becomes a Queen.
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Yet again, I am going to forego the usual asks for engagement through ratings, reviews and social media and recommend, again, some podcasts by black voices.
Go listen to:
Black On The Air with Larry Wilmore
StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Be Heard Talk (formerly Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio) with Selena Hill
2 Dope Queens with Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams
Still Processing with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris
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Episode 109: "Just Another" and "The Inescapable"
Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, engage with a different type of vampire and set out on a road trip that slouches toward eternity.
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Though I’m rather late in doing so because of prerecording a month in advance, I would like to recommend some podcasts by black voices.
Go listen to:
Black On The Air with Larry Wilmore
StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Be Heard Talk (formerly Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio) with Selena Hill
2 Dope Queens with Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams
Still Processing with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris
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Episode 108: "The Summer Sovereign and the Winter Wight" and "Ethel Elaine Endelle Ericson"
Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet two of the four women who reign over the seasons and ease an old woman’s passing.
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech
Sat, 20 Jun 2020 20:55:06 +0000
Hello, Prose listeners. Because I record as much as a month in advance, I’ve not been able to comment on the calls for justice going on in the US right now. It is most assuredly not my time to speak; therefore, I will post the all too often clipped “I Have a Dream Speech” by Martin Luther King, Junior in its entirety. Thank you to American Rhetoric for ensuring the world continues to have access to this shining example of humanity and a still powerful call for justice, a still necessary call for justice.
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Though I’m rather late in doing so because of prerecording a month in advance, I would like to recommend some podcasts by black voices.
Go listen to:
Black On The Air with Larry Wilmore
StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Be Heard Talk (formerly Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio) with Selena Hill
2 Dope Queens with Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams
Still Processing with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris
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Episode 107: "The 25th Hour" and "The Aged Mother" by Matsuo Basho
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, indulge in an extra hour every day when the rest of the world stops and experience the love of a son for his mother in 17th century Japan.
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Episode 106: "You Can't Fear What You Don't Know" by Claire Parker and "The Blood Circle"
Sun, 31 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, brave a monster’s cave to find purpose and feel the loss of purpose and self while being hunted in the streets of a grand city.
Both stories this week feature some wonderfully strong women.
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Episode 105: "Two Ships Passing" and "Hercules"
Sun, 17 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, see how the multiverse is keeping two soulmates apart and celebrate a love that will never be realized.
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Episode 104: “Birthdays and the Wind” by Jessica Yates and “Geodetic North”
Sun, 03 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, a trip to the Holy Land defines a young woman and try again to find the truest of truth norths.
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Bedtime Stories Series: "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox"
Fri, 01 May 2020 18:00:00 +0000
Come along for two versions with two very different endings for Mrs. Fox.
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Episode 103: "The First" and "Charlie Played His Oboe" by Henry Iverson Magee
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:30:00 +0000
This week, meet a temporary savior of a doomed people and re-experience the importance of the oboe.
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Easter Part II 2020 - Luke's Telling of the Resurrection
Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000
In this second part of the Easter special from Prose, we have a reading from the King James Version of the Gospel of Luke telling of the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Easterisode 2020: "Lady Jesus: Beyond the Magdalene"
Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000
This Easter, join a young woman as she seeks to become something more Christlike.
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Bedtime Stories Series: "Jorinda and Jorindel"
Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0000
Come along for an adventure with a loving couple, a witch, and a great many beautiful birds.
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Bedtime Stories Series: "The Frog Prince"
Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:47:38 +0000
Come along for an adventure with a princess and her golden bauble.
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Episode 102: "Without Sleep" and "Sing Your Heart Out"
Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:03:49 +0000
This week, long for the walkers of dreams and have a taste of positivity and kindness in the music industry.
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Episode 101: "Farewell to Home" and "All This? And, for What?"
Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000
This week, experience Notre-Dame through a millennia old resident and make a mediocre deal with the devil.
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Episode 100: "Lakshmi" and "Tomorrow Explained"
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, meet a goddess while waiting in for coffee and tune in for a hit podcast that forecasts the future.
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Episode 99: "Notes from Woolverton Mountain Reunion, May 8, 2011" and "Summus Optimium"
Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, go find the truth about a devil of a man protecting his pretty daughters on an Arkansas mountain and experience a world where super powers alienate and oppress.
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Episode 98: "Riding Along" and "Yuki-Onna" by Lafcadio Hearn
Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, seek out connection under ground and meet a foreboding woman in white in a classic Japanese ghost tale.
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Episode 97: "Anywhere but Here" and Philip K. Dick's "The Eyes Have It"
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, confront exile from the South and bravely face down an alien invasion.
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Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000
This week, watch someone meet a ghost in the worst of places at the best of times and meet a cursed girl that has a blessing.
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Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0000
Come say farewell to 2019 and hello to 2020 with the help of five masterful poems on the subject of how best to do so.
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Mon, 30 Dec 2019 06:22:41 +0000
This week, let's take another look at a misadventure in South America and experience a messy breakup once again. Here's to 2019, friends!
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Christmas Eveisode 2019 Volume 2 - The Christmas Story according to Luke
Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:00:00 +0000
Welcome to my own family's Christmas Eve Tradition that I post ever year for Prose - a reading of the Christmas story from the New Testament gospel of Luke. For those who celebrate, I hope that you'll enjoy and maybe make this a part of your Christmas tradition. For those that do not celebrate, I hope you'll enjoy for a good story's sake!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and I hope you all find warmth in the season!
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Christmas Eveisode 2019 Volume 1 - "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)
Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0000
Join in on a man's delight when he encounter Santa Clause in this classic poem by Clement Clarke Moore. Take joy in "A Visit from St. Nicholas", more regularly referred to as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas!"
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Episode 95: “The Statement of Randolph Carter” by HP Lovecraft and “Lebiri Meus Volume II”
Sun, 15 Dec 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, explore an ancient swamp full of putrid secrets and go back to that future man’s journal once again to see how we humans just never change.
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Episode 94: "Lebiri Meus Volume I" and "An Exhalation of Angels" by Elizabeth Peterson
Sun, 01 Dec 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, peek in on a future man’s look into the boredom and intimacies of the past and experience the defeat of shadow and an ascent into Heaven.
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Thanksgivingisode 2019: "Who Carried the Turkey" and "Blessings"
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:30:00 +0000
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! In this special, we will encounter a great man doing a simple act of kindness and count our blessings.
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Text for "Blessings" by Jay Parini
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Ep. 93 "The Sleepy Dragon" by Elizabeth Peterson and "The Trav'ler" by Brandon Nolan
Sun, 17 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, empathize with (and sing about) a rather exhausted dragon and get a lesson in how even the broken can be pieced back together.
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Ep. 92: "Across the Universe" and "Play It Again"
Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, send a voicemail to another reality and experience the same memory twice over, thanks to the joys of time travel.
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Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000
This horrific holiday, look into the darkness and meet yourself...if you dare!
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Happy All Hallow's Eve to you all! For the holiday, we're revisiting two tales of darkness from the early days here at Prose. Please enjoy "The Very Dark" and "Doppleganger" by Nicholas B. Morris.
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Episode 91: "The Kingdom" and "Dagon" by HP Lovecraft
Sun, 20 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, defend a kingdom of the dead in the high places of the world and try your best not to see a...a thing, particularly "when the moon is gibbous and waning."
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Episode 90: "Silence" and Jessica Yates's "Leaving"
Sun, 06 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week delve into two sides of a similar experience, seeking to understand the horrific power of silence and feeling the overwhelming gravity of leaving.
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Episode 89: "The C Train" and "Noise"
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, ride public transportation with a vampire and all throughout life, whatever you do, don’t be silent.
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Episode 88: "Red Saint" by Brandon Nolan
Sun, 08 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet an assassin in a brothel and revel in her scars.
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Episode 87: "Mus" and "The Lights of Vegas"
Sun, 25 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, become a hardened exterminator and bask in the vampiric glow of the lights of Las Vegas.
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Episode 86: "Under My Skin" and "The Brownie Children"
Sun, 11 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, scratch an insatiable itch and muse on the importance of brownies to your survival.
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Episode 85: Re-experiencing Darkness with "Take a Break" and "Lovely, Dark, and Deep"
Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, at the request of some erstwhile listeners, look back into the darkness via two of the most downloaded stories in Prose's catalog.
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Episode 84: "Madame Moonbeam" and Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, watch a young woman embrace her wan and luminous super powers and enjoy a bit of a formal hello to Prose's new home base with one Mr. Walter Whitman.
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Episode 83: "Camera Shudders" by Shelby Arnold
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, shudder and celebrate at the ins and outs of a woman's life lived, often through a lens.
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Episode 82: "It Started With" and Nicolas Shump's "Utopia and the Search for Place"
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, tear your body apart to become something greater and embark on a search for Utopia.
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Sun, 02 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, a bluesman is really down on his luck in Tupelo, Mississippi and intercept a communiqué from a zealous underling of the Chief Evangelist.
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Episode 80: "Don't Let Her Cry" and Jessica Yates's "Plants"
Sun, 19 May 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, lay hands on two tornadoes and discover the power of plants in the South.
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Episode 79: "What a Fool Believes" and "The Mattress" by Jeff Glauser
Sun, 05 May 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, we are fortunate to have two quasi-adapted scripts/screenplays from a previous guest author Jeff Glauser. Through that medium, get on board for an awkward interaction demonstrative of a thorough lack of understanding and look to a mattress as a bit of an albatross for a hapless young father.
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Easterisode 2019: Easter Loves History - What's in a Name?
Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to the Prose Easter Special 2019! This year, we launch back into my Thumbnail History series with this Easter’s special: “Easter Loves History: What’s in a Name?" where we will explore the truth behind the name of the holiday.
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! Come check it out!!!
Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:20:35 +0000
Alright, supporters of Prose, the day is here. I hope that you'll all consider supporting the show via Patreon. In doing so, you help it continue ever-forward, grow, AND you get cool benefits to boot!
https://www.patreon.com/prosepodcast
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Episode 78: "Lady Firehair" and "A Letter to NASA, or Dreams Deferred"
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, observe a goddess of love bless a tortured half-dragon and witness a dream fall from the stars.
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Episode 77: "How Green the Grass" and "New Traditions"
Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, use ancient techniques to breach the new science of the multiverse and discover what happens when old traditions give way to new.
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St. Patrick's Dayisode 2019: Éirinn go Brách!
Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:30:00 +0000
A very happy St. Patrick's Day to you all! (Well, it's a couple days early, but I'm betting many of you are getting some early celebrating in this weekend, as I know I shall be off in glorious Boston!) For a bit of a special Prose treat, we'll be enjoy a short poem, a classic Celtic faerytale, and St. Patrick's traditional prayer. Enjoy! Éirinn go Brách!
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Episode 76: "Falling into Bed" and "You're Going to Get It Wrong" by Claire Parker
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:00:00 +0000
This week, have two stories that share the theme of love, sort of – so prepare yourself to seduce a couple and steel yourself against surviving a living hell of dates.
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Episode 75: "Getting Ahead" and "The Food"
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, we return to our roots in flash fiction with a reevaluation of success and a chef’s plight in Limbo.
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Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Welcome to the Prose Valentine’s Day special 2019. For this holiday, we’ll be diverting from Prose’s, well, prose and tackling seven, count ‘em, SEVEN poems about varying sorts of love. All but one poem are classics. So sit back, relax, and prepare to have some sultry lovetastic poetry come your way!
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Episode 74: "The Forgetting" and "The Language of the Lesser"
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, both stories have a shared theme of memory. So,let’s all ponder what it means to remember and what it costs to forget, shall we?
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Prose - Update and Re-release of "The Cypriot Empress and Her Empire"
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:17:52 +0000
Just a quick belated update from Prose, along with a rerelease of an early short story based on #history -- "The Cypriot Empress and Her Empire."
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Episode 73: “The Stark Brick Wall,” “Embraced by the Universe,” and “The Fall of Eden”
Sun, 13 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0000
This week, see an artist come to life, dance into deification, and look to hope for the future in a burned out husk of a world.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2019 03:25:54 +0000
Come say goodbye to 2018 with Prose's rendition of "Auld Lang Syne."
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Episode 72: "South America" and "Dead on Arrival" by James Harrington
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000
This week, go on a South American adventure down in Argentina and find out what happens to a grumpy old church-going woman after death.
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Christmas Dayisode 2018- Thumbnail History: Twelfth Night
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Welcome to the Christmas Day special!
What are those Twelve Days of Christmas about? Ever consider having a drunken rager to top off your Christmas celebrations? Join Prose this week in the newest installment of the Thumbnail History series in an investigation of the holiday of Twelfth Night.
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Chistmas Eveisode 2018 - The Christmas Story according to Luke
Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000
Welcome to my own family's Christmas Eve Tradition that I post ever year for Prose - a reading of the Christmas story from the New Testament gospel of Luke. For those who celebrate, I hope that you'll enjoy and maybe make this a part of your Christmas tradition. For those that do not celebrate, I hope you'll enjoy for a good story's sake!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and I hope you all find warmth in the season!
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Episode 71: "The Whimper" and "Charred"
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000
This week, come visit the post-apocalypse world and let’s take another foray into the world of Ash and Bone with Rowan pen Warren to see his side of the story.
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Episode 70: "Before the Fall" and "The Lovers Come to Town: A Tale of Πέρσης and Ἀστερία"
Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000
This week, let’s take another foray into the world of Ash and Bone with Mynah and see what happens when a Greek city does not pay tribute to a titan of destruction.
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Thanksgivingisode 2018: "The Food" and "The World is Burning"
Thu, 22 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! For this special, see what the food is like in Limbo and think on the thanks some might have for the Earth and all her bounty.
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Episode 69: "The Amended" and "Lame"
Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000
This week, experience true vulnerability with a…different sort of couple AND confront a much different take on one of the major events in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Episode 68: "On the Lake" and "Sasha Leaving"
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000
This week, travel back in time to a small pond in Yell County Arkansas and freeze by a bonfire in the wake of a breakup and a loss of self.
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Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:01:00 +0000
Happy Halloween! For All Hallow's we have a trio of tales, one new and two old. Please sit back and prepare to enjoy "Ms. Obituary" and the combined "Grafting Street" Parts I and II.
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Episode 67: "Lodestar" and "Back to Before" by James Harrington
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:30:00 +0000
This week, see what happens when magic and negative emotions mix and delve into the power of memory, reminiscing, and our ability to reach back but not into the past.
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Episode 66: “Your Stories,” “Yin and/or Yang,” and “Sushi Night, or すてきな.”
Sun, 07 Oct 2018 11:30:00 +0000
This week, get confused as a man ruins his chance at stardom, weigh universal good and bad in a Chinese restaurant, and revisit the horror if a Kafkaesque transition after a night out.
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Episode 65: "Borrow My Bliss" and "The Neon Halo"
Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:00:00 +0000
This week, we continue the last couple weeks’ themed packing, the focus being speculating about the world of tomorrow, with a galactic offer that is BOUND to make anyone happy and a recounting of the power of democracy and death through the lens of a futuristic traffic accident.
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Episode 64: "We Are a Spasm of Civilization" by Elizabeth Peterson and "Experience the Culture"
Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:30:00 +0000
This week, we have another themed week, the focus being relevance of perspective and reality, with one story looking at the power of viewpoint and the other asking whether adventure is even possible anymore.
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Episode 63: "Balanced" and "Glorious, Glorious Delusion" by Elizabeth Peterson
Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:30:00 +0000
This week, we have a bit of a technology-themed week with one story on the horrid honesty of online dating and one story about artificial intelligence and its unattainable desire to be something more.
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Episode 62: “Deleted” AND Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo Parts XXXIII “The Vow.”
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 12:30:00 +0000
This week, look at a future where men have no place and embrace an epic ending in the final installment of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
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Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000
This week, find the wonder in death magic and enjoy the exciting penultimate section of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
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Sun, 15 Jul 2018 12:00:00 +0000
This week, meet a God-fearing Southern boy who people say is slow and who just can’t get a break and continue to rage against the usurpers in Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
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Sun, 01 Jul 2018 10:30:00 +0000
This week, go to a very intimate place with someone suffering with body issues and see how Telo is faring in Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
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Sun, 17 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000
This week, experience the horror of going back where you came from, join the din of battle in the newest installment of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo, and think on what it means to be a father.
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Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode fifty-seven of Prose.
This week, define home and confront some roaches and maybe even an incoming terror or two in the continuation of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
I do want to toss a few quick updates out while I have your ear. Firstly, for those that follow on Instagram, you’ve seen that I have been purchasing some new equipment to upgrade the Pose studio, particularly in the hope of beginning to produce all sounds and music in-house. You’ll begin hearing those sounds in the next 4-8 weeks of productions. Be kind as I learn. Secondly, I am reevaluating my hosting service, so prosepodcast.com might see some major fluctuations or just out and out changes in the next month or three. Thirdly, as you might notice, today’s episode is all in one piece. I’m experimenting with this long format at the behest of several of you listeners and, believe it or not, a potential advertiser or two. Let me know what you think about this in stead of my usual format (which was invented because of listener requests) by chatting with me through social media or emailing the show directly and prosepodcast@gmail.com. Which brings me to my final message: if you’ve not yet followed the show on social media, please do so on any and all platforms under the name @prosepodcast. The best way to really help the show, though, is leaving a rating and review iTunes (aka Apple podcasts) or on any podcast service. Ratings and reviews are what help others find our little podcasting family. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite
Thanks for listening and for bracing yourself for all these new updates. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “Where You Come From” and Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo Parts XXIII and XXIV "Reinforcements" and "Shield"
Enjoy!
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56.2 - In Brief (or The Laws of Brevity)
Sun, 20 May 2018 11:02:00 +0000
Commiserate with a lonely heart in a bar in "In Brief (or The Laws of Brevity)."
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Sun, 20 May 2018 11:01:00 +0000
Meet a young woman reminiscing about a rock star life in "Elevator Music."
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Sun, 20 May 2018 11:00:00 +0000
This week, meet a young woman reminiscing about a rock star life and commiserate with a lonely heart in a bar.
Just as a quick note, we are giving Telo a week off this week, which means that we are taking a one episode hiatus from Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo by Jack Lee. That being said, the next installment will be coming your way two weeks from today. So, worry not! All those of you that are invested in our ongoing story, it’s on its way! Telo just said she needed a break before this major march into the unknown.
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Sun, 13 May 2018 12:30:00 +0000
Here's a quick shout out to all you moms out there in the form of three poems about mothers.
I hope you are being celebrated today.
And to my own mother? I love you loads, momma!
Happy Mothers' Day, all!
55.3 - Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XXI and XXII "Roaches" and "Discovered"
Sun, 06 May 2018 10:03:00 +0000
Rejoin Telo in the very heart of her insidious enemy’s territory in the continuation of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XXI and XXII "Roaches" and "Discovered."
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Sun, 06 May 2018 10:02:00 +0000
Consider some time traveling on your time off in "Come Again Soon."
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Sun, 06 May 2018 10:01:00 +0000
See the other half of a relationship falling apart in 55.1 - "A Telephone Rings Several Times: A Response to 'All the Lights in New York City'" by Elliot Harvey.
Elliot Harvey has met about twenty thousand people over a half-century, each with their unique understanding of the world. He enjoys sharing his own passionate and curious reality. He thinks that culture is made from layers of individual decisions, desires, and dreams, like a trifle.
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Sun, 06 May 2018 10:00:00 +0000
This week, see the other half of a relationship falling apart, consider some time traveling on your time off, and rejoin Telo in the very heart of her insidious enemy’s territory in the continuation of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
Please the follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. I love interacting with listeners there. Plus, the social network additions add some additional fun to the stories. Also, head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews are what help others fin our little podcasting family, and they help me move ever-forward with the project. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite. This should now include Spotify. If I’m wrong about that, do let me know!
Thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “A Telephone Rings Several Times: A Response to ‘All the Lights in New York City’" by Elliot Harvey, “Come Again Soon,” and Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo Parts XXI and XXII titled “Roaches” and “Discovered.”
Enjoy!
54.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XIX and XX "Sidewalks" and "Sisters"
Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:02:00 +0000
Rejoin Telo in her quest for her place in the newest installment of Jack Lee’s Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo.
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54.1 - "Only the Best are Chosen"
Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:01:00 +0000
Join a vague and displaced family to learn the meaning and power of being chosen.
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Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:00:00 +0000
This week, join a vague and displaced family to learn the meaning and power of being chosen and rejoin Telo in her quest for her place in the newest installment of Jack Lee’s Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo.
53.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XVII and XVIII “Webs" and “Lonely"
Sun, 08 Apr 2018 10:34:00 +0000
Launch back into the world of Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo with Parts XVII and XVIII of the novel titled “Webs" and “Lonely."
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53.1 - "All the Lights of New York City"
Sun, 08 Apr 2018 10:32:00 +0000
Peek in on an intimate one-sided exchange via answering machine message in "All the Lights of New York City."
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Sun, 08 Apr 2018 10:00:00 +0000
This week, peek in on an intimate one-sided exchange via answering machine message in "All the Lights of New York City" and launch back into the world of Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo in parts XVII and XVIII of the novel titled “Webs” and “Lonely.”
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Easterisode 2018 - The Resurrection according to the Gospel of Luke
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:31:00 +0000
In this Easter special from Prose, we have a reading from the King James Version of the Gospel of Luke telling of the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
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April Foolsisode 2018 - Chaucer: History's First April Fool?
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:30:00 +0000
In this Prose April Fools Day special, explore the history of April Fools and enjoy a truly epic reading of the Nun's Priest's Tale from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales!
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52.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XV and XVI “The Hatchery" and “The Decision"
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 10:32:00 +0000
Rejoin Telo as she tries to find herself in a strange, new, potentially hostile colony in Parts XV and XVI of the novel Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled The Hatchery” and “The Decision."
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52.1 - "Goodnight, Sleep Tight"
Sun, 25 Mar 2018 10:31:00 +0000
Relive the joy of listening to a bedtime story in "Goodnight, Sleep Tight."
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Sun, 25 Mar 2018 10:30:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode fifty-two of Prose.
This week, relive listening to a bedtime story and rejoin Telo as she tries to find herself in a strange, new, potentially hostile colony.
51.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XIII and XIV: “The Others” and “The Madness”
Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:32:00 +0000
Figure out the way of the new world with Telo as she meets some new potential friends in Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo by Jack Lee, Parts XIII and XIV: “The Others” and “The Madness.”
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Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:31:00 +0000
Plan a holiday beamed directly to your brain in "Holidaymaker."
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Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:30:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode fifty-one of Prose.
This week, plan a holiday direct to your brain and figure out the way of the new world with Telo as she meets some new potential friends.
I have no special messages this week save my usual pleading with you all: I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite. Just as a side note, access via Spotify is in the works, for those asking!
Thanks for listening.
This week we have “Holidaymaker” and Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo Parts XIII and XIV titled “The Others” and “The Madness.”
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:39:05 +0000
Today, Prose is bringing you a very special midweek episode in honor of its founder's younger brother and bff's birthday! This celebration takes the form of a reading of an elegant poem: "The Gardener Lxviii: None Lives For Ever, Brother" by Rabindranath Tagore. The text is below for those unfamiliar who might like to follow along.
None lives for ever, brother, and
nothing lasts for long. Keep that in
mind and rejoice.
Our life is not the one old burden,
our path is not the one long
journey.
One sole poet has not to sing one
aged song.
The flower fades and dies; but he
who wears the flower has not to
mourn for it for ever.
Brother, keep that in mind and
rejoice.
There must come a full pause to
weave perfection into music.
Life droops toward its sunset to be
drowned in the golden shadows.
Love must be called from its play
to drink sorrow and be borne to the
heaven of tears.
Brother, keep that in mind and
rejoice.
We hasten to gather our flowers lest
they are plundered by the passing
winds.
It quickens our blood and brightens
our eyes to snatch kisses that would
vanish if we delayed.
Our life is eager, our desires are keen,
for time tolls the bell of parting.
Brother, keep that in mind and
rejoice.
There is not time for us to clasp a
thing and crush it and fling it away to
the dust.
The hours trip rapidly away, hiding
their dreams in their skirts.
Our life is short; it yields but a
few days for love.
Were it for work and drudgery it
would be endlessly long.
Brother, keep that in mind and
rejoice.
Beauty is sweet to us, because she
dances to the same fleeting tune with
our lives.
Knowledge is precious to us, because
we shall never have time to
complete it.
All is done and finished in the eternal
Heaven.
But earth's flowers of illusion are
kept eternally fresh by death.
Brother, keep that in mind and
rejoice.
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50th Rerelease 3 - "Marlboro Man"
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:06:00 +0000
Bathe in the cathartic release in violent, burning justice.
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50th Rerelease 2- "Lusus Naturae"
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:05:00 +0000
Embrace the night.
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50th Rerelease 1 - "Just Earth"
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:04:00 +0000
Watch a man that strove with gods be laid low.
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50.3 - "When Giving is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:03:00 +0000
Accept my humble thanks via a poem, more specifically my reading of "When Giving is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos.
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Thank you for listening to my reading of “When Giving is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos.
To quote Poets.org, “Born in 1952, Alberto Ríos is the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona and the author of many poetry collections, including A Small Story about the Sky (Copper Canyon Press, 2015). In 1981, he received the Walt Whitman Award for his collection Whispering to Fool the Wind (Sheep Meadow Press, 1982). He currently serves as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.”
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50.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XI and XII: "Alone" and "The Trail"
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:02:00 +0000
Endure the unknown on a trail with young Telo in Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XI and XII: "Alone" and "The Trail."
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50.1 - "To Protect the Innocent"
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:01:00 +0000
Traverse the pitfalls of life with two would-be, can’t-be, won’t be lovers in "To Protect the Innocent."
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Elizabeth Peterson is an educator, mathematician, and playwright who can be found between New England, Scotland, and Canada. She likes logic and words, and her favorite words are syzygy, eleemosynary, and logodaedaly. You can read her theatre reviews and thoughts on the world at her website, https://mathematicalmedievalist.wordpress.com/. It was a real treat for us all to hear her dulcet voice in place of my usual droning. Hopefully, we’ll hear even more from her soon, both as a voice actor and as an author.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000
Well, friends, we made it. I can finally say it…
Hello and welcome to episode fifty of Prose.
This week, traverse the pitfalls of life with two would-be, can’t-be, won’t be lovers. Then, endure the unknown on a trail with young Telo. Lastly, accept my humble thanks via a poem.
Just, wow, people. Thank you all SO much for sticking with me for this long. Some loose math on what, precisely, we’ve encountered thus far on our journey together is in order. Again, loosely, we have wandered through around 70 hours of tales, philosophical meanderings, poems, and histories over the course of a little over 150 original episodes. Those numbers include two Christmas specials, two Easter specials, a New Year’s Eve special, some random thank-you specials, and, most recently, a Valentine’s Day special.
As per my normal pleas, I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “To Protect the Innocent,” Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo Parts XI and XII titled “Alone” and “The Trail,” and my reading of “When Giving is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos. All that being said, maybe there are more surprises coming your way, too…
Enjoy, and, one more time for the record. THANK YOU.
Valentinesisode 2018 - 9 Poems
Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:30:00 +0000
Happy Valentine's Day to those who celebrate! To those who don't, stick around. We'll have some fun today, too.
For the holiday, Prose is proud nine poems of sensuous, sumptuous loooooooove, plus plus some fun musical interpretation at the end. Today we have:
"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe, Sonnets 18 and 130 by William Shakespeare, "The Definition of Love" by Andrew Marvell, "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning, and three original poems be me, Jared I. Magee - "Because You've Cut Our Lives Together Short," "Asclepius," and "The Lion and the Raven."
Enjoy!
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49.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts IX and X: “Fleeing” and “Betrayal”
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:03:00 +0000
Find out what happened to the wayward male drone that escaped Nurse’s hive and what that means to Telo in Parts IX and X of Jack Lee's Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled "Fleeing" and "Betrayal."
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Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:01:00 +0000
Lose yourself and who you are destined to be only to find yourself again in "Friday's Child."
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Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-nine of Prose.
This week, lose yourself and who you are destined to be only to find yourself again and find out what happened to the wayward male drone that escaped Nurse’s hive and what that means to Telo.
As always, thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “Friday’s Child” and Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts IX and X: “Fleeing” and “Betrayal.”
48.3 - Untitled Poem by Hannah Cook
Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:03:00 +0000
Become enamored of the inner workings of another in this poem from first time guest author Hannah Cook.
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Hannah Cook is a native of the beautiful state of Arkansas. Her true loves in life include the art of writing, the great outdoors, and dancing at unexpected moments with her nieces and nephew. Her days are spent laughing with her family, stealing moments to scribble her stories, and enjoying the twists and turns that life throws her way.
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48.2 - Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts VII and VIII: "The Flies" and "Stung"
Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:02:00 +0000
Rejoin Nurse and Telo as they run for their lives from vicious winged foes in Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo, a novella by Jack Lee, Parts VII and VIII: "The Flies" and "Stung."
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Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:01:00 +0000
Jolt at some unintended consequences of a rather callous breakup in "Take a Break."
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Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to the long-awaited Episode 48 of Prose. This week, rejoin Nurse and Telo as they run for their lives from vicious winged foes and jolt at some unintended consequences of a breakup.
For Episode 48, we have Ants of the Fire:Legend of Telo, Parts VII and VIII entitled “The Flies” and “Stung” and “Take a Break.” Also, as a way of apologizing, I have a special poem for you today from a new guest author, Hannah Cook. Do stick around for that after the second story. Enjoy!
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:00:38 +0000
A quick announcement about Episode 48.
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"Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns
Mon, 01 Jan 2018 04:50:00 +0000
And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!
and gie's a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak' a right gude-willie waught,
for auld lang syne.
...Happy New Year from Prose.
47.2 Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts V and VI: "Arguments" and "The Sound"
Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:05:00 +0000
See what happens to our intrepid explorers, Nurse and Telo, after the adrenaline of taking down some big game from last week’s adventure in Parts V and VI of Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled "Arguments" and "The Sound."
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Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:02:00 +0000
Get a second chance at youth and vitality...if you’ll swallow a space worm.
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Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-seven of Prose.
This week, get a second chance at youth and vitality if you’ll swallow a space worm and see what happens to our intrepid explorers, Nurse and Telo, after the adrenaline of taking down some big game from last week’s adventure.
I’m sure everyone is fully aware that we’re tackling a New Years Eve episode, though this is coming out quite early to be labeled as such. Still, keep your eyes open for other potential surprises beyond our general episodes, and do ring in 2018 safely and surrounded by those you love and that love you in return.
As per my normal pleas, I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “Slim Worms for Sale Now!” and Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts V and VI: “Arguments” and “The Sound.”
Enjoy.
The Christmas Story according to the Gospel of Luke
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:02:00 +0000
Experience a reading of the Christmas Story as it is related in the Gospel of Luke, sharing in one of my family's oldest traditions.
Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to those that observe other wonderful traditions!
"The Three Kings" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Enjoy a second take on the Magi and the gifts they bring from a very famous poet. This is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Three Kings."
Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to those that observe other wonderful traditions!
46.2 Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Part IV: "Big Game"
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:06:00 +0000
Check back in on Nurse and Telo, seeing if Telo can embrace who she must be in the fourth installment of Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled "Big Game."
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46.1 - "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:02:00 +0000
Consider who the real Magi are now that we’re quickly approaching the Christmas season with O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi."
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Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-six of Prose.
This week, consider who the real Magi are now that we’re approaching the Christmas season and check back in on Nurse and Telo, seeing if Telo can embrace who she must be.
We have “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Part IV “Big Game”
Enjoy.
45.2 - Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts II and III: “The Markings” and “Bad Dreams”
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:04:00 +0000
Rejoin Fayle in the world of ants, where we will learn her fate and be introduced to the legendary Telo.
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Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:02:00 +0000
Mourn the death of our sun in "Kamatayan."
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Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-five of Prose.
This week, mourn the death of our sun and rejoin Fayle in the world of ants, where we will be introduced to the legendary Telo.
The second story this week is the continuation of a multi-part series for Prose based on the novella by guest author Jack Lee. As I mentioned last week, this marks the first time that Prose has tackled a work of this size, depth, or length, and I hope that you will all continue to enjoy what will become an ambitious journey together with the characters that Mr. Lee has brought to life.
As per my normal pleas, I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “Kamatayan” and Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts II and III: “The Markings” and “Bad Dreams”
Enjoy.
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:37:00 +0000
Try to remember where you're going and why you're here with Somewhere Man in "Someplace, Somewhere."
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44.1 - Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Part I- “The Selection”
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:35:00 +0000
This week, begin an epic journey into the world…of ants. Jump into Jack Lee's Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Part I- “The Selection."
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Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:32:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-four of Prose.
This week, begin an epic journey into the world…of ants.
The story this week is actually the first of a multi-part series for Prose based on the novella by guest author Jack Lee entitled. This marks the first time that Prose has tackled a work of this size, depth, or length, and I hope that you will all enjoy what will become an ambitious journey together with the characters that Mr. Lee has brought to life.
Though I’m moving away from the stories I wrote during Inktober, I still want to encourage any artists, writers, or other creators out in the world to take on a challenge of creating for thirty-one days in a row. It’s a healthy exercise and certainly one worth undertaking.
I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have Ants of Fire: The Legend of Telo – Part I: “The Selection."
Enjoy.
43.2 - "On a Saturday Night in October"
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:08:00 +0000
Come figure out who the hell you really are in "On a Saturday Night in October."
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Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:05:00 +0000
Become a bit confused along with some poor schmuck just trying to make a coffee run in "Split."
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Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-three of Prose.
This week, become a bit confused along with some poor schmuck just trying to make a coffee run and figure out who you are.
The stories this week continue to be based on Inktober prompts. What this means is that each story is composed in roughly thirty minutes and is limited to 1000 words or less. Though October, and therefore Inktober, is over, I encourage any artists, writers, or other creators out in the world to take on a challenge of creating for thirty-one days in a row. It’s a healthy exercise and certainly one worth undertaking. As always, I beg you all to follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I beg you even more to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
This week we have “Split” and “On a Saturday Night in October.”
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Halloweenisode - "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 04:30:00 +0000
Happy Halloween from Prose!
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Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:50:00 +0000
Ponder an age-old cliché’s meaning in "Mightier."
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Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:40:00 +0000
Experience the death of an old friend with a side of guilt in "An Old Friend."
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Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:30:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-two of Prose.
This week, experience the death of an old friend with a side of guilt and ponder an age-old cliché’s meaning.
The stories this week are super special because they are connected to the October tradition that many artists cleave to—Inktober. I go a bit more in depth about how that is so at the end of the first story this week, so keep your ears open for that connection. Please do follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Well, thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “An Old Friend” and “Mightier.”
Enjoy.
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Sun, 08 Oct 2017 10:40:00 +0000
In "2068," peer and ponder into the quasi-distant future.
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Sun, 08 Oct 2017 10:35:00 +0000
Find a connection between a brutal murder and a matchbook collection in "Roberta's Optimism."
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Sun, 08 Oct 2017 10:30:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty-one of Prose.
This week, find a connection between a brutal murder and a matchbook collection and peer and ponder into the quasi-distant future.
I actually save some of the updates for the ends of the stories, but, please do follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Well, thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “Roberta’s Optimism” and “2068.”
Enjoy.
40.2 - "Sonbol: Part V- The Smock"
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:45:03 +0000
Join Barb, Anton, Hy, and Mack for one last adventure in "Sonbol: Part V- The Smock."
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The ambient noise track in the background of the story is from Freesound.org, and come from user Sclolex. It is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The music you hear was taken from the Free Music Archive. The track comes from Lee Rosevere’s album 5 Minute Meditations and is titled “5 Minute Meditations (album mix with alpha waves).” Mr. Rosevere’s track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
40.2 - "Sonbol: Part V- The Smock"
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:44:43 +0000
Join Barb, Anton, Hy, and Mack for one last adventure in "Sonbol: Part V- The Smock."
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The ambient noise track in the background of the story is from Freesound.org, and come from user Sclolex. It is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The music you hear was taken from the Free Music Archive. The track comes from Lee Rosevere’s album 5 Minute Meditations and is titled “5 Minute Meditations (album mix with alpha waves).” Mr. Rosevere’s track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:41:53 +0000
Come embrace the cold as a companion in "Geodetic North."
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All sounds present are from Freesound.org, and come from user Pufermufin. The track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License.
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:38:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode forty of Prose.
This week, let cold become your constant companion and join Anton, Barb, Hy, and Mack for one last adventure out near Academy Prime.
39.2 - "Sonbol: Part IV- The Fallout"
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 13:49:02 +0000
Rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see what happened after Hy and Mack had an intimate moment in the flight simulator.
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All sounds present come from Freesound.org, and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the sit—soundathon. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 13:46:04 +0000
Lose your grip on the waking world and disappear into dreams in "The Waking World."
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All sounds present come from Freesound.org. The ocean waves come from rucisko, and the piano track comes from soundathon. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 13:40:14 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-nine of Prose.
This week, lose your grip on the waking world and disappear into dreams and rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see what happened after Hy and Mack had an intimate moment in the flight simulator.
Now, for a some updates.
Firstly, thank you all so much for being understanding about the need for a hiatus. A little time away from the podcast does the stories good. Thank you a second time for being willing to come back and join me for some new adventures through the infinite realms of the imagination.
I have a lot of news to toss your way, so please do let me just get started, so we can get to the fiction…
Yes, the show will now come out every other Sunday rather than every Sunday. Hopefully, this allows me to give each story the time it deserves and to give you all the content you deserve.
Yes, I do have a Patreon plan and will begin implementing it by the month of October. Thank you for your patience.
Yes, I will finish up some multi-part stories that, as of right now, have left you all hanging.
Yes, I am accepting short fiction from authors that might like their work featured on the podcast.
Yes, the website is still in flux. There, I’ll have to beg your continued patience.
Please follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
**Season 2 Update and "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" by John Keats**
Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:29:02 +0000
Come for the update on Season 2. Stay for the reading of John Keat's "Season 2 Update and "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer."
Episode 38.2 - "Sonbol- Part III: Circumjacent"
Sun, 06 Aug 2017 14:04:57 +0000
Rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see how they escaped from what seemed like certain death in their last set of adventures.
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All sounds present come from Freesound.org, and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the sit—editijo. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Episode 38.1 - "I cannot live with You" by Emily Dickinson
Sun, 06 Aug 2017 14:01:41 +0000
Decide whether you really can live with...or without...someone in Emily Dickinson's "I cannot live with You."
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Both sounds present behind the poem come from Freesound.org. The first cello tuning sound comes from speedryce, and the melody comes from editijo. The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Sun, 06 Aug 2017 13:56:20 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-eight of Prose.
This week, decide whether you really can live with someone and rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see how they escaped from what seemed like certain death in their last set of adventures.
The big announcement upon my returning to the USA is that the podcast will be going on a partial hiatus until the month of September. I will take these four weeks to write new tales and poetry, upgrade equipment and software, and prepare for the launch of Season 2 after producing right at 115 pieces of varying length and type over these past eight months.
By no means does this mean that the podcast is ending. In fact, the reason I can only dub this a partial hiatus is that stories and poetry will be released, just not with the same frequency. New items will still drop on Sundays, but they’ll be shorter. Additionally, some midweek drops will be coming up soon, too; these will be largely made up of poetry to tide us all over until Season 2. Again, please don’t unsubscribe or disappear! Content will continue to come in drips, and then we’ll be back at traversing the infinite spaces of the human imagination in no time.
If you have any friends that are writers, please have them reach out to me at prosepodcast@gmail.com, as I’d love to feature more voices on the show.
Please follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.
Well, thanks for listening. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week we have “I cannot live with You” by Emily Dickinson and the third installment of “Sonbol” titled “Circumjacent.”
37.3 - "Lovely, Dark, and Deep"
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:19:00 +0000
Revel in sylvan paradise and examine the loss of love in "Lovely, Dark, and Deep."
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The music you have heard here comes from the Free Music Archive. The beginning and end of the story is “Worlds Fall Apart (Instrumental Version)” by Josh Woodward from his album Addressed to the Stars. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The tune for the vast middle of the story is “5 Minute Meditations (album mix with Alpha Waves)” by Lee Rosevere coming from his album 5 Minute Meditations. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
37.2 - "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:17:00 +0000
Watch a man glitter while he walks in Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory."
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All the sounds present behind the poem come from Freesound.org. Users reasanka, cabled_mess,burning-mir, and edtijo are those whose work is included here. All tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
I do want to take another moment and let anyone listening that is having dark thoughts in the vein of this poem that they should reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or, if a phone call isn’t right for you, chat live online with a counselor at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Again, please reach out and don’t suffer in silence.
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:10:00 +0000
Consider the divinity of that girl you love and how you might be affecting her in "To Be Divine."
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The tracks you have heard behind this poem are all taken from Freesound.org. The first sound was uploaded by user Sclolex and is being used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Both of the piano tracks were created by Setuniman and are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licenses.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed this short poem, as it is quite ear to me. It is soon to be published in a regional poetry magazine, and I dedicated it to one Ms. Katherine Anne Harkins.
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-seven of Prose.
This week, consider the divinity of that girl you love and remember that smiles do not equivocate happiness.
In case you missed the memo last week, instead of taking two weeks off for my summer course at Oxford, I have elected to have some shorter offerings here on Prose. So, for episodes thirty-six and thirty-seven, this has, indeed, been the case. Additionally, these episodes are coming to you having been preprogrammed, so I pray that all is well with them upon delivery. I also hope that you will all forgive me for not rushing the next edition of “Sonbol” out to you. I don’t want to mar the story, hence the slow going. Short of some oddities springing up while I’m overseas, the show should be back with at least another short episode and/or update for episode thirty-eight. Again, my deepest thanks for your patience.
As per always, I toss out the entreaty for all of you to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. If you’d like an easy way to have access to all this, head over to prosepodcast.com.
Let’s get to the short but potent poems we’re featuring this week, shall we?
This week, we have “To Be Divine” and “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Enjoy!
36.2 - "Growing Old" by Lord Byron
Sun, 23 Jul 2017 12:18:00 +0000
Hope for something worth having in old age in Lord Byron's "Growing Old."
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The music behind the poem comes from Freesound.org. It was uploaded by user IESP and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Sun, 23 Jul 2017 12:10:00 +0000
Get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel with "The Hanging."
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The music behind the story comes from Free Music Archive. The first track comes from the artist Jelsonic. It titled is “Another Brilliant Age” from the album Various Moods II. The second track is by the artist Axletree. It is titled “Goodnight Esme (Instrumental Version)” from the album Cormorant EP. Both tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses.
Next up we have a poem by Lord Byron; however, I do want to take a moment and let anyone listening that is having dark thoughts in the vein of this story that they should reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or, if a phone call isn’t right for you, chat live online with a counselor at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Again, please reach out and don’t suffer in silence.
Sun, 23 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-six of Prose.
This week, get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel and hope for something worth having in old age.
Instead of taking two weeks off for my summer course at Oxford, I have elected to have some shorter offerings here on Prose. So, for episodes thirty-six and thirty-seven, do keep this in mind. Additionally, these episodes are coming to you having been preprogrammed, so I pray that all is well with them upon delivery. I also hope that you will all forgive me for not rushing the next edition of “Sonbol” out to you. I don’t want to mar the story, hence the slow going.
In prosepodcast.com news, the website it back up and 98% functional. I hope that makes at least a handful of you fans happy!
Patreon, though, is still in development. As I’ve explained ad nauseam, I don’t plan on asking for even a penny of listeners’ hard-earned money without providing something in return.
As per always, I toss out the entreaty for all of you to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.
That’s enough blathering. Let’s get to the offerings, shall we?
This week, we have “” and “Growing Old” by Lord Byron.
Enjoy!
35.2 - "Sonbol: Part II - Persenche"
Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:20:00 +0000
Continue the journey toward fighting back against an incoming alien horde at Academy Prime with the residents of Primrose 33 in the second installment of "Sonbol" titled "Persenche."
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This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from Freesound.org. The first ambient track comes from user cabled_mess and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The second bit of music and the alarm sounds come from the same soundscape uploaded by user Drakensson and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The final track comes from user ispeakwaves and is being used under a under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Thank you to these artists and Freesound.org for making these works available for artists like me to further elevate their own work.
Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:10:00 +0000
Reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime in "The Magdalene."
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The two backing tracks for this story were taken from the Free Music Archive and are by Fleslit. The first track is “Detour Ahead” and is its own collection in the archive. The second track is “Wack” and is also its own collection in the archive. They are being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. Thank you to Fleslit and the Free Music Archive for giving the world access to these tracks.
Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-five of Prose.
This week, reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime and continue the journey toward fighting back against an incoming alien horde at Academy Prime with the residents of Primrose 33.
One note about the first story this week, Episode 35.1, it is the first story in quite some time that is actually rather graphic, so if you or any little ears nearby are easily by coarse language or explicit, casual sexuality, please consider this particular episode not at all for you. Use your discretion.
Just as a reminder from last week, for the time being, the summer’s episodes will consist of only two stories, though I plan on leaping back into the three stories per episode format in September.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record for the third week in a row, Patreon and prosepodcast.com are still undergoing major construction/reconstruction. However, I do have a nice update in regards to the latter. The website should be fully up and functional just in time for me to head off to Oxford for a summer course, so for those that follow along via the website—it’s coming!
As per always, I toss out the entreaty for all of you to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.
Okay. Enough chatting. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “The Magdalene” and “Sonbol: Part II – Persenche”
Enjoy!
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 12:20:00 +0000
Examine why small dogs are wonderful and fear those woods near your home in "The Leash."
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The sounds you are hearing even now and have heard through the entire story are Tibetan singing bowls. The track was uploaded to from Freesound.org by user the_very_Real_Horst and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
34.1 - “Sonbol: Part I – The Breach”
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 12:10:00 +0000
Begin training to help save the human race from an inevitable alien invasion in Part I of "Sonbol," titled "The Breach."
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This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from both from Freesound.org the Free Music Archive. All of the backing tracks save to the next to last one come from the artist Jelsonic and were taken from the Free Music Archive. The tracks are titled “The Last Whale,” coming from the album Various Moods, “Seasong,” and “No Doubt,” coming from the album Various Moods II. All of these tracks from Jelsonic are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. The track from Freesound.org was uploaded by creator Romeriogrande and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Thank you to both of these artists and both of these web collectives for making these works available for artists like me to further lift up their own work.
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-four of Prose.
This week, begin training to help save the human race from an inevitable alien invasion and fear those woods near your home.
Yet again, you may notice that we only have two short stories this week. For the time being, the summer’s episodes will consisted of only two stories, though I plan on leaping back into the three stories per episode format in September. Mark that as the first of the major announcements alluded to last week.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Patreon and prosepodcast.com are still undergoing major construction/reconstruction. Please continue to offer up your patience for and with me, and I am hoping to have the website cleared up no later than Episode 35, here in about another week. Patreon, however, is still at least a month out.
To continue my broken-recording, please, Please, PLEASE follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.
Alright. That does it for updates. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Sonbol: Part I – The Breach” and “The Leash.”
Enjoy!
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:14:00 +0000
Take a second look at the oft vilified Herod the Great, of Biblical fame in "The Boy."
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All the sounds behind this track were taken from Freesound.org. User Tomlija created the sounds on the stringed Sargija, user spidervis is responsible for the dark surged sound in E, user notembug painstakingly recorded then uploaded the tribal drum sample, and user gopalkoduri recorded the Turkish flute sounds. All these tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenses, except the Turkish flute, which is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:11:30 +0000
Come join me for some dark thoughts and precise definitions to accompany "Breakfast."
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All the sounds behind this track were taken from Freesound.org. User notembug recorded the happy little harmony sample, which is being used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License, and user blimp66 is responsible for the fun little vocal tune, which is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:06:20 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-three of Prose.
This week join me for some breakfast and take a second look at the oft vilified Herod the Great, of Biblical fame.
This week, I have several announcements regarding Prose. So, let’s hop right in.
Firstly, as you may have noticed in my mini-description, we only have two short stories this week. This is in part due to the July 4th holiday coming around here in the states and one part me not wanting to rush as story that I want to do and do well for all of you. I hope you’ll grant me this deviation.
Secondly, some major announcements regarding Prose will be coming your way in the next week or two. So, I hope that you’ll continue to listen to these introductory episodes, just so we can all stay on the same page regarding our beloved shared walks through fiction.
Thirdly, just as a reminder, prosepodcast.com continues to have major issues. I pray you’ll continue to have patience if you use the site often. And, by all means, as I plead last week, if there are any Wordpress gurus out there listening, shoot me a message prosepodcast@gmail.com. I am hoping to have this cleared up no later than Episode 35, here in about two weeks.
Fourthly, I have continued to be asked about possibly setting up funding possibilities via Patreon or similar services. Yes, I am working on these ideas. No, I don’t have a date for when this might launch. Much along the lines of Aaron Mahnke of Lore, Mike Duncan of Revolutions and The History of Rome, and other podcaster heroes of mine, I refuse to simply ask for handouts. That means I have to come up with some cool extra content and/or merch for any fans of Prose that might be considering supporting the show financially. I appreciate the interest, and I promise, I’m working on it!
Lastly, please, Please, PLEASE follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.
This week, we have “Breakfast” and “The Boy.”
Enjoy!
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:44:13 +0000
Enjoy three fantastic poems with a decidedly Irish bent by WB Yeats.
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The fun Irish pub sounds you here behind these narrations come from Freesound.org. User traggeldy created this sound. It is being used under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
32.2 - "Thumbnail History: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, a.k.a. Brian Boru"
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:41:56 +0000
Learn about a legendary Irish king in "Thumbnail History: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, a.k.a. Brian Boru."
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Many thanks to Massive Lad for the track he tossed my way!
32.1 - "The Old Man and the Old Woman"
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:38:13 +0000
Fear old age in "The Old Man and the Old Woman."
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Two of the four sound effects heard behind this story come from Freesound.org. The Irish flute sound effect comes from user P. Howe. The restaurant ambience comes from user sageturtle. Both of these sounds from Freesound.org are being used under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. The remaining sounds are original created by Prose.
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:33:14 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-two of Prose.
This week fear old age, learn about a legendary Irish king, and enjoy some poetry.
This week, Prose is coming to you from Massachusetts once more, but only just barely. So, if things are a bit shorter this week and posting a bit later in the day, it’s because of my attempts to get back to a US schedule. The show this week consists of one short story, one thumbnail history, and one set of poems, all with a bit of an Irish bent. Also, just to serve as a reminder, prosepodcast.com seems to be having some major issues. I pray you’ll have patience if you use the site often. And, by all means, as I plead last week, if there are any Wordpress gurus out there listening, shoot me a message prosepodcast@gmail.com.
As always, please follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and do zip over to
iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose.
This week, we have “The Old Man and the Old Woman,” “Thumbnail History: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, a.k.a. Brian Boru,” and Three WB Yeats Poems.
Enjoy!
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:30:00 +0000
Have battery life change your life in "3%."
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The two songs come from the Free Music Archive and are both from the album Chinese Lights by Parvus Decree. The first track is titled “Digital Wind (Ambient Mix)” and the second is “A Summer With You (Empty Mix)”. They are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licenses.
All the other effects come from Freesound.org. The text message alert sounds come from CommanderRobot and josepharaoh99. The cell phone typing was created by vsipereck. And lastly, the water sounds for the storm were uploaded to the site by user lauraina. All of these sounds from Freesound.org are being used under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Thank you to these artists, the Free Music Archive, and Freesound.org for making this work free and available to enhance projects such as this one.
If anyone is counting, “3%” is both the last story for Prose this week AND the 100th short piece uploaded by Prose. Thank you for joining me for all these journeys through all these lives. Keep your eyes peeled for next week’s episodes, stay patient as I work with my host provider in fixing the slightly wonky prosepodcast.com, and stay thirsty for more flights of fancy via fiction. See you next week!
31.2 - "Narcissus, or Ad Mortem"
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:00:00 +0000
Come to a conclusion about why you workout.
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The backing tracks for this story was taken from Freesound.org. The tracks were created deleted_user_3667256 and are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
31.1 - "Two Sides to Every Tale: The Fall of Troy"
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:30:00 +0000
Take a second look at the fall of Troy.
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The track for this story was taken from Freesound.org. The track was created deleted_user_3667256 and is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License.
Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:00:00 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-one of Prose.
This week take a second look at the fall of Troy, come to a conclusion about why you workout, and have battery life change your life.
This week, Prose is coming to you from Ireland, so the posting isn’t actually live. As I said last week, my apologies if anything goes wonky with the pre-scheduled, away-from-home base release. In that vein, just as a general FYI, prosepodcast.com seems to be having some major issues. I pray you’ll have patience if you use the site often. And, by all means, if there are any Wordpress gurus out there listening, shoot me a message prosepodcast@gmail.com.
As always, please follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and do zip over to
iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose.
Since, I’m off vacationing with my mother I thought we’d keep this intro super short. I hope that’s okay! So, without any further ado, let’s get to the stories, shall we?
This week, we have “Two Sides to Every Tale: The Fall of Troy” (the second in my “Two Sides to Every Tale” series), “Narcissus, or Ad Mortem”, and “3%.”
Enjoy!
30.3 - "Downward Dog: Why Dog-Faced Men Frequent Your Property"
Sun, 11 Jun 2017 05:36:09 +0000
Find out how to rid your property of dog-headed men.
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “I am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor” from the album of the same name by Chris Zabriskie. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Sun, 11 Jun 2017 05:32:26 +0000
Contemplate imperfection.
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive and is “Stories About the World That Once Was” from the album Music from Neptune Flux by Chris Zabriskie. It is being used under aCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
30.1 - "Bless You, John, for Giving Me the Courage"
Sun, 11 Jun 2017 05:30:15 +0000
Contemplate suicide in "Bless You, John, for Giving Me the Courage."
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Before I go on with the licensing, I recognize that this story might be quite difficult for some and might even strike a heavy chord. If you or anyone you know is having thoughts of self-harm and might need someone to talk to, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or, if a phone call isn’t right for you, chat live online with a counselor at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Again, please reach out and don’t suffer in silence.
The first backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “Trekanten” from the album Sjöarna by Ars Sonor. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The final sounds and track come from Freesound.org. The track was created jymdavis and is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License
Sun, 11 Jun 2017 05:27:15 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirty of Prose.
This week is the episode in which we contemplate suicide, imperfection, and how to rid your property of dog-headed men.
Last week, we had our guest host Abigail Lambert’s stamp on everything. Unfortunately, she’ll not be back with us for a while, but please do keep the kind emails and comments rolling in, as they meant the world to her and will encourage her to join us on Prose again in the nearer future.
I have two quick notes for this week.
First, I always try to have episodes marked as explicit, so parents and those sensitive to adult content of all sorts, ranging from violence to sexuality to explicit language and more, can listen to those stories that they feel most comfortable consuming. That being said, the first two stories for this week are quite dark and touch on some tough subject matter. A great deal of stories featured here DO, so please let this serve as a reminder that you really do need to ensure you avoid any episodes marked as Explicit.
Second, Prose will be coming to you from New York City, Dublin and other large chunks of Ireland, and Boston in the coming couple weeks. If anything is off or a bit wonky, I apologize in advance. I’m trying my best to guarantee smooth releases, but we all know how that went when I was in the Philippines! Point being, this is my advance mea culpa and apology if anything is a bit odd these next two to three weeks.
I’ve said this many times before now, but let me just repeat: if any listeners fancy themselves authors and would like to contribute to the podcast, please email me possible submissions at prosepodcast@gmail.com or submit them via prosepodcast.com. Moreover, feel free to send anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two. And, guess what! Prose officially has an Instagram account, too. So, if you want strange pictures that sometimes accompany stories but most often are just random and fun, follow the podcast through @prosepodcast there on Instagram.
Surely you know what time it is now? Time to head over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for making Prose part of your day. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “Bless You, John, for Giving Me the Courage”, “Perfection”, and “Downward Dog: Why Dog-Faced Men Frequent Your Property.”
Enjoy!
29.3 - "Bridget Evangeline Sellars"
Wed, 31 May 2017 14:56:56 +0000
Dismantle a misconception.
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Abigail Lambert is a student, a singer, a dancer, a Gemini, an all around artiste. She’s lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in the wilds of northwest Massachusetts. When high school isn’t keeping her busy, Ms. Lambert enjoys passing her time in the company of Netflix and spending time with her family and friends. Prose plans on featuring Ms. Lambert on at least one more story. If I can convince her to continue pursuing voice acting, narration, and sound editing, we’ll see her popping up even more often. That would be a win for us all!
The backing tracks for this story were taken from the Free Music Archive and are “That Hopeful Future Is All I’ve Ever Known” and “We Were Never Meant to Live Here” from the album Music from Neptune Flux by Chris Zabriskie. They are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses.
29.2 - "The Eye" by Katherine Harkins
Wed, 31 May 2017 14:55:41 +0000
Meet Mother Earth’s keepers in "The Eye" by Katherine Harkins and featuring Abigail Lambert.
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Katherine Harkins is a Massachusetts girl born and bred. After attending American University in Washington DC, she has been traveling and teaching ever since, with major stints in Spain and California. She spends most of her time obsessing over her beloved dog Béni and a variety of video games and television series.
Abigail Lambert is a student, a singer, a dancer, a Gemini, an all around artiste. She’s lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in the wilds of northwest Massachusetts. When high school isn’t keeping her busy, Ms. Lambert enjoys passing her time in the company of Netflix and spending time with her family and friends. Prose plans on featuring Ms. Lambert on at least one more story. If I can convince her to continue pursuing voice acting, narration, and sound editing, we’ll see her popping up even more often. That would be a win for us all!
All sound effects and backing tracks for this story were made in house by Prose.
29.1 - "Empty, Alone, and Afraid" by Abigail Lambert
Wed, 31 May 2017 14:54:32 +0000
Undergo harrowing mistaken identity in Abigail Lambert's "Empty, Alone, and Afraid."
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Abigail Lambert is a student, a singer, a dancer, a Gemini, an all around artiste. She’s lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in the wilds of northwest Massachusetts. When high school isn’t keeping her busy, Ms. Lambert enjoys passing her time in the company of Netflix and spending time with her family and friends. Prose plans on featuring Ms. Lambert on at least one more story. If I can convince her to continue pursuing voice acting, narration, and sound editing, we’ll see her popping up even more often. That would be a win for us all!
The first backing track, the maniacal laughter, and the gunshot all come from Freesound.org. The track was created by Drakensson and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The laughter was created by Jasonthedemon and the gunshot by ShawnyBoy. Both of these sounds are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
The second backing track from this piece is “Death Valley” from Shadows on the Snow’s album Electric Sounds Vacation and was taken from the Free Music Archive, and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Wed, 31 May 2017 14:53:12 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-nine of Prose.
This week, undergo harrowing mistaken identity, meet Mother Earth’s keepers, and dismantle a misconception.
Last week, we had our first story that was co-narrated, co-edited, co-produced, and co-everythinged by my young protégé for the last couple weeks Abigail Lambert. This weeks, Ms. Lambert narrates all three of our stories, and has all those same co-credits on all of them, save one—the first story is written by her as well! We also have a first from guest Author Katherine Harkins.
As I said last week, if any listeners fancy themselves authors and would like to contribute to the podcast, please email me possible submissions at prosepodcast@gmail.com or submit them via prosepodcast.com. Moreover, feel free to send anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Head on over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for making Prose part of your day. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “Empty, Alone, and Afraid” by Abigail Lambert, “The Eye” by Katherine Harkins, and “Bridget Evangeline Sellars.”
Enjoy!
28.3 - Dybbuks (דיבוק מרוח רעה ) and You: A Practical How-To Guide
Sat, 27 May 2017 19:30:54 +0000
Learn how to live with a not-so-benevolent spirit clinging to you.
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “I am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor” from the album of the same name by Chris Zabriskie. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
28.2 - "Summer Hunt: After Ovid" by Nicholas B. Morris
Sat, 27 May 2017 19:10:34 +0000
Encounter a mythic peeping Tom reborn in "Summer Hunt: After Ovid" by Nicholas B. Morris.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
The track behind Mr. Morris’s story this week was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Untitled I” which comes from the album Live at WFMU on Irene Trudel's Show on March 26, 2012 by Daniel Bachman. The track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported License. A million thanks to Free Music Archive and Daniel Bachman for sharing this music with the world.
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Sat, 27 May 2017 19:06:49 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-eight of Prose.
This week, analyze the importance of opening doors, encounter a mythic peeping Tom reborn, and learn how to live with a not-so-benevolent spirit clinging to you.
After having celebrated Prose’s six month anniversary this past Wednesday, we have three more surprises for you this week! We have new stories from popular guest authors Nicholas B. Morris and Alena Abrosimova, and we have the first story that was co-narrated, co-edited, co-produced, well, co-everythinged by my young protégé for the week Abigail Lambert.
If any listeners fancy themselves authors and would like to contribute to the podcast, please email me possible submissions at prosepodcast@gmail.com. Moreover, feel free to send anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Head on over to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for making Prose part of your day. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “Open the Door” by Alena Abrosimova, “Summer Hunt: After Ovid” by Nicholas B. Morris, and “Dybbuks (דיבוק מרוח רעה ) and You: A Practical How-To Guide.”
Enjoy!
28.1 - "Open the Door" by Alena Abrosimova
Wed, 24 May 2017 19:27:23 +0000
Analyze the importance of opening doors in "Open the Door" by Alena Abrosimova & featuring Abigail Lambert.
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Alena Abrosimova is originally from Tomsk, Russia (think Siberia, not to be confused with Serbia) but currently resides in Sydney, Australia. She sails as much as she can, though she is often interrupted by a pesky full-time job. When not sailing or working, she enjoys writing, reading, learning new things (especially all things impractical), and getting to know people, especially positive people who share her unending curiosity about our world. You can see more from Ms. Abrosimova at her blog “Sails and Commas,” found at sailsandcommas.wordpress.com.
Abigail Lambert is a student, a singer, a dancer, a Gemini, an all around artiste. She’s lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in the wilds of northwest Massachusetts. When high school isn’t keeping her busy, Ms. Lambert enjoys passing her time in the company of Netflix and spending time with her family and friends. Prose plans on featuring Ms. Lambert on at least one more story. If I can convince her to continue pursuing voice acting, narration, and sound editing, we’ll see her popping up even more often. That would be a win for us all!
The track behind this story comes from MusOpen at musopen.org. Musopen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on increasing access to music by creating free resources and educational materials. They provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. As they say, their mission is to set music free. The title of the piece is “Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36” was composed by Nikolai-Rimsky-Korsakov and was performed by the Musopen Symphony. The piece is being used under a Public Domain Mar, 1.0 License.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this first little foray into dual narration and production, and we can’ tell you how much we appreciate your patience as we learn together. Ms. Lambert will be back again on a track next week. For now, we’ll move along to a story by our beloved guest author Nicholas B. Morris.
*6 Month Anniversary and "Always the Sidekick"*
Wed, 24 May 2017 05:39:33 +0000
Get a State of the Podcast message in celebration of Prose's six month anniversary, and fall just short of becoming something more extraordinary with the celebratory release "Always the Sidekick."
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The tracks behind this week’s story were taken from the Free Music Archive. The first is titled “Calm Flight” from the album Journey by Fleslit. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The second track is titled “Soul Search” from the album i::::soul::::ate Vol. 1 by Trans Atlantic Rage/Balogh. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. A million thanks to Free Music Archive and the artists for sharing this music with the world.
27. 3 - "Graduated Realization"
Sat, 20 May 2017 18:10:17 +0000
Use that 20/20 hindsight that is so very crystal clear in "Graduated Realization."
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The tracks behind this song are numerous, so please check out the provided links to the artists and their work. Simply click on the mentioned track titles, album titles, or artists’ names to go to their various pages. All of these tracks are being used under various Creative Commons Licenses.
The music included behind this story was take from the Free Music Archive and includes:
- “Like Starlight through a Veil” from the album Sound-trax by Philipp Weigl.
- “I Need to Start Writing Things Down” from the album The Dark Glow of the Moon by Chris Zabriskie.
- “Old Regrets” form the album Music for Podcasts 3 by Lee Rosevere.
- “You Were My Robot Lover” from the album The February Album by Quiet Music for Tiny Robots.
- “20/20 Vision” from the album Ad Astra,Vol. 2 by PC III.
- “A Thousand Skins (Part 2) (No Vocals)” from the album Ashes by Josh Woodward.
All of the Creative Commons Licenses being used are Attribution 4.0 International Licenses, save for Mr. Woodward’s track, which is being used under an Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Thank you to these artists and the Free Music Archive for making their work available to enhance such projects as this one.
27.2 - "Love's Imperfections" by Jeff Glauser
Sat, 20 May 2017 17:21:37 +0000
Ponder love with Jeff Glauser in "Love's Imperfections."
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Jeff Glauser is a freelance writer, digital marketing, and public relations professional. Over the past twenty years, his works have been featured in dozens of publications around the world, including regular contributions for the Associated Press and Bleacher Report. Jeff has previously served as an adjunct professor of Composition and Creative Writing. He currently lives in St. Augustine, Florida with his family.
The track behind Mr. Glauser’s story this week was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Traces” from the album Soundtrack for the Weary Vol. I by Hyson. The track is being used under an Attribution-Non-Commercial-No-Derivatives 4.0 International License. A million thanks to Free Music Archive and the artist for sharing this music with the world.
27.1 - "Charlie Played Oboe" by Henry Iverson Magee
Sat, 20 May 2017 17:00:45 +0000
Experience the importance of an oboe to a boy and his town.
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Henry Iverson Magee is an accomplished public speaker, pastor, educator, and farmer. He grew up in southern Mississippi and made a name for himself in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and, indeed, his home state. He’s always been a writer, publishing in numerous newspapers and other publications over the years. Like many stories, this story comes from yarns he used to spend for his sons and other children over the years. Hopefully, we’ll feature more work from him in the near future
The backing tracks for this story were taken from MusOpen at musopen.org. Musopen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on increasing access to music by creating free resources and educational materials. They provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. As they say, their mission is to set music free. The first piece heard here is “Fantasy in C” composed by Georg Philipp Telemann and performed by Paul Arden-Taylor. The second piece is “Chansonette” composed by Hamilton Harty and performed by Balder Dendievel. The remainder of the music is different sections of “La gracieuse” composed by Louis de Caix d'Hervelois and performed by Jennifer Paull. The first piece is being used under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License. The second piece is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. All the music by Ms. Paull are being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No-Derivatives 3.0 Unported License. A sincere thank you to MusOpen, Mr. Arden-Taylor, Mr. Dendievel, and Ms. Paull for providing access to such great music.
Sat, 20 May 2017 16:30:52 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-seven of Prose.
This week, experience the importance of an oboe, ponder love, and use that 20/20 hindsight that is so very crystal clear.
Episode 27 is an important one, firstly, as Prose’s six month anniversary hits between it and Episode 28. The actual date is Wednesday, May 24, so expect a special Prose surprise coming your way that day. Secondly, we have the first story featured by my very own father Henry Iverson Magee and the third and final story in the three-part mini-feature of Jeff Glauser’s work.
As always, I hope that you all know that you should feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Please do head on over to iTunes and leaving a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for making Prose part of your day. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “Charlie Played His Oboe” by my father Henry Iverson Magee, “Love’s Imperfections” by Jeff Glauser, and “Graduated Realizations.”
Enjoy!
Special Release: "To My Mother" by Wendell Berry
Sun, 14 May 2017 15:23:44 +0000
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, especially you, dear mother of mine!
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The poem is, of course, “To My Mother” by Wendell Berry. It was accessed through the Poetry Foundation.
The backing track for this piece was taken from Freesound.org, is titled “Ambient Acoustic” and is provided by user StrangerEight. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Thank you to the artist for making their music available to the world.
Fri, 12 May 2017 02:17:20 +0000
Rush to judgment and regret it, in "Scrolling Through."
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Undercover Vampire Policeman” from the album of the same name by Chris Zabriskie. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Fri, 12 May 2017 02:14:05 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-six of Prose.
This week, rush to judgment and regret it, peek into a life, and get snarky at and with an academic.
The second of those stories is the second short piece by our new guest author, Jeff Glauser.
As always, I hope that you all know that you should feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
I would also ask that you please consider going to iTunes and leaving a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for making Prose part of your day. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “Scrolling Through,” an excerpt from “A Life in Progress” by Jeff Glauser, and “Update from the Halls of Academia.”
Enjoy!
26.2 - Excerpt from "A Life in Progress" by Jeff Glauser
Sat, 06 May 2017 19:28:51 +0000
Peek into a life with Jeff Glauser in an excerpt from "A Life in Progress."
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Jeff Glauser is a freelance writer, digital marketing, and public relations professional. Over the past twenty years, his works have been featured in dozens of publications around the world, including regular contributions for the Associated Press and Bleacher Report. Jeff has previously served as an adjunct professor of Composition and Creative Writing. He currently lives in St. Augustine, Florida with his family.
The track behind Mr. Glauser’s story this week was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “untitled” by un automne à Lob-Nor. The track is being used under an Attribution 4.0 International License. A million thanks to Free Music Archive and the artist for sharing this music with the world.
26.3 - "Update from the Halls of Academia"
Sat, 06 May 2017 18:55:28 +0000
Let's get snarky with and at an academic on this fine Sunday, shall we?
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Sector Vector” from the album Future Shapes by Little Glass Men. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Fri, 05 May 2017 01:45:08 +0000
Say bye-bye to citrus fruits, but not humor, in "The Rotten State."
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The backing track for this story is an original composition written and performed by David Ezell, the third piece Mr. Ezell has written specifically and exclusively for a Prose story. David Ezell is a devoted father, a devoted creator, a devoted friend, and a devoted defender of the Republic, not to mention an extremely talented musician. As I have noted before, long ago, in our heyday, he and I used to make some pretty good music together. He is currently working for podcasts and various other media to create and edit audio with his company SoundProof Editing. If you have any digital audio needs, contact him via email at soundproofaudioediting@gmail.com. Also, keep your eyes peeled, ears sharp, and be on the ready for even more music from Mr. Ezell sooner than later.
25.3 - "A Letter to My Unborn Daughter" by Jeff Glauser
Fri, 05 May 2017 01:36:18 +0000
Hear a letter of love from a father to his soon-to-be-born daughter in "A Letter to My Unborn Daughter" by Jeff Glauser.
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Jeff Glauser is a freelance writer, digital marketing, and public relations professional. Over the past twenty years, his works have been featured in dozens of publications around the world, including regular contributions for the Associated Press and Bleacher Report. Jeff has previously served as an adjunct professor of Composition and Creative Writing. He currently lives in St. Augustine, Florida with his family.
The track behind Mr. Glauser’s story this week was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Lullaby” which comes from the album Yearning and is by Podington Bear. The track is being used under an Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported License. A million thanks to Free Music Archive and Podington Bear for sharing this music with the world.
25.2 - "The Once and Former and Future King"
Fri, 05 May 2017 01:25:30 +0000
Spit in the face of Benjamin Button in "The Once and Former and Future King."
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The track behind this story was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “So Sing the Black Birds” which comes from the album of the same name by Ending Satellites. The track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Fri, 05 May 2017 01:21:57 +0000
This week, say bye-bye to citrus fruits, spit in Benjamin Button’s face, and hear a letter of love from a father to his soon-to-be-born daughter.
The last of those stories is the first short piece by a new guest author, Jeff Glauser.
Everyone, I hope that you all know that you should feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
I would also act that you please consider going to iTunes and leaving a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for making Prose part of your day. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “The Rotten State,” featuring the music of David Ezell, “The Once and Former and Future King” and “Letter to My Unborn Daughter” by Jeff Glauser.
24.3 - "Scorched" by Nicholas B. Morris
Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:47:24 +0000
Experience the ashes and remnants of lives left after one too many battles. in "Scorched" by Nicholas B. Morris.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
The track behind Mr. Morris’s story this week was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “My War Blues” which comes from the album Live at WMFU on The Long Rally with Scott McDowell December 16, 2011 and is by Cian Nugent. The track is being used under an Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported License. A million thanks to Free Music Archive and Cian Nugent for sharing this music with the world.
Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:43:03 +0000
Hear a war story that goes beyond our normal boundaries and challenges perceptions.
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The sound effects and tracks present were taken from a multitude of artists that were kind enough to upload their work at Freesound.org. They are: PhonZz, peridactyloptrix, cityrocker, vumseplutten1709, gis_sweden, stk13, and cheesepuff. Please follow the links provided in the show notes to check out more work from all of these fabulous individuals. All of the sounds are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. Again, many thanks to these creators.
Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:39:42 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-four of Prose.
This week, hear a war story, go from dangerous debauchery king to pious preacher, and experience the ashes and remnants of lives left after one too many battles.
As always, if you are enjoying the show, its deviations, and/or anything in between, or even if you are not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Additionally, as you are listening today, please consider going to iTunes and leaving a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “Them,” “Reverend Tommy,” and “Scorched” by Nicholas B. Morris.
Enjoy!
Sun, 23 Apr 2017 04:32:27 +0000
Go from dangerous debauchery king to pious preacher.
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The tracks behind this story were taken from the Free Music Archive. Both tracks are from Doctor Turtle from the album The Double-Down Two-Step. The first is “Lullaby for Democracy” and the second is “My Little One Trick Pony.” The tracks are being used under Creative Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licenses. Please do consider checking Doctor Turtle out. The music is fantastic.
Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:02:26 +0000
Bear witness to the execution of a witch.
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The tracks behind this story were taken from the Free Music Archive. The first track is “Nothing (Bonus Track)” by Kai Engel from the album Chapter One / Cold. The second track is “Snow Drop” by Kevin MacLeod from his album Classical Sampler. The tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenses respectively. I cannot thank Free Music Archive and the artistsenough for providing such great music free to the masses.
23.2 - "Lazarus, After the Miracle" by Nicholas B. Morris
Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:59:45 +0000
Witness Jesus Christ curse a man by resurrecting him in "Lazarus, After the Miracle" by Nicholas B. Morris.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
The tracks behind Mr. Morris’s story were taken from the Free Music Archive. The first track is “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me from their album Pleasure. The second track is “Blue Feather” by Kevin MacLeod from his album Classical Sampler. The tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenses respectively. I cannot thank Free Music Archive, Haunted Me, or Mr. MacLeod enough for providing such great music free to the masses.
Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:55:12 +0000
Practice heroism in the steam room of a gym.
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Thank you for listening to “A Quick Steam.” The backing tracks enhancing this story were both taken from the Free Music Archive. The first track is by Blue Dot Sessions and is called “Chopin – Mazurka Op50No3” and comes from the album The Mazurka. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The second track is by Josh Woodward and is called “Worlds Fall Apart (Instrumental Version)” and comes from his album Addressed to the Stars. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Thank you to Free Music Archive and these two fantastic artists for sharing these pieces with the world.
Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:51:08 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-three of Prose.
This week, practice heroism in the steam room of a gym, witness Jesus Christ curse a man by resurrecting him, and bear witness to the execution of a witch.
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If you’re thinking that this sounds a bit more normal for Prose, well, you guessed it correctly—we are back to our regular tales. Thank you for enjoying the holiday special and allowing me that little deviation from our norm. This isn’t our only treat though; Nicholas B. Morris joins Prose again for another short story this week. We’ll hopefully continue to hear stories from Mr. Morris interspersed throughout our terrific tale traversing. To toss out another thank you, I appreciate the kind words and advice offered as I continue to better my equipment and the recording processes. You’re ears are not deceiving you. Prose continues to grow, both via equipment and my own knowledge. Again, your patience and encouragement in that are greatly appreciated.
If you are enjoying the show, its deviations, and/or anything in between, or even if you are not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by going to prosepodcast.com or following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Additionally, as you are listening today, please consider going to iTunes and leaving a rating and/or review for Prose. These ratings and reviews help your friends and others find the podcast, and they ensure it can continue ever-forward.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “A Quick Steam,” “Lazarus, After the Miracle” by Nicholas B. Morris, and “The Omega.”
Enjoy!
22.4 - The Easter Story according to the Gospel of Mark
Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:30:00 +0000
Arguably the oldest account in the gospel regarding the Easter Story.
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “The Magic of Bamboo” from the album Freedom by Siddhartha. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
22.3 "Easter Loves History: The Battle of The Milvian Bridge"
Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:26:30 +0000
Come see the Tussle on the Tiber, Jehovah versus Jupiter.
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Apache Force” from the album Future Shapes by Little Glass Men. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
22.2 "Easter Loves History: Charlemagne"
Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:53:31 +0000
Get to know why the old Frankish king matters to Christendom.
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Moon Shadow” from the album The Jewel and Me by Little Glass Men. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
22.1 - "Easter Loves History: Tiglath-Pilessar III"
Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:51:25 +0000
Come meet Tiglath-Pilessar III, a fab man from Assyria.
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “The Magic Bullet” from the album The Jewel and Me by Little Glass Men. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
22.0 - Episode 22, The Prose Easter Special
Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:49:12 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-two of Prose.
This week’s episode, like last week’s, is quite a bit different than your average episode of Prose. The first three parts of the episode are entries in a mini-series called “Easter Loves History” that was a part of another series of mine called Thumbnail History. So, yes, it’s yet another deviation from our norm, and, yes, I am, yet again, hoping you’ll be up for the ride once more.
If you are enjoying the show, its deviations, and/or anything in between, or even if you are not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Lastly, it would not be an introduction if I did not tell you to head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Let’s see some reviews and ratings come rolling in.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “ Easter Loves History: Tiglath-Pilessar III,” “Easter Loves History: Charlemagne,” “Easter Loves History: The Battle of the Milvian Bridge,” and the traditional Biblical Easter Story. Happy Easter.
Enjoy!
21.4 - "Easter Loves History Preview: St. Ambrose and the Assyrian Empire"
Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:42:49 +0000
In "Easter Loves History Preview: St. Ambrose and the Assyrian Empire," enjoy a brief history lesson that will serve as in an introduction to next week's Easter-themed history snippets.
Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:38:54 +0000
Doesn't everyone love being over-dramatic with a poet?
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Three Kites Circling” from the album Cormorant EP by Axletree. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:35:52 +0000
In "du Lac," make an attempt to avoid unavoidable lust.
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Cast Away” and comes from the album Return by Alex Mason. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:33:42 +0000
Really work to seen an invisible man in "A Response."
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The backing track used here was taken from Freesound.org and was provided by user unfa, who also goes by Tobiasz “Unfa” Karon. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:28:21 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty-one of Prose. This week, work to see an invisible man, attempt to avoid unavoidable lust, be over-dramatic with a poet, and enjoy a brief history lesson.
This week’s episode is quite a bit different than your average episode of Prose. The first three parts of the episode are long form poetry with a dash of narrative thrown in for good measure, and the final portion of the episode is a preview of a bit of an Easter special that will be released on Easter Day next week. So, yes, it’s a deviation from our norm, and, yes, I’m hoping you’ll be up for the ride.
If you are enjoying the show, its deviations, and/or anything in between, or even if you are not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Lastly, it would not be an introduction if I did not tell you to head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Let’s see some reviews and ratings come rolling in.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the pieces, shall we?
This week, we have “A Response,” “du Lac,” “I Wander,” and the Easter Loves History Preview: St. Ambrose and the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:35:42 +0000
Hey. Come meet an unremarkable young man in "Jim."
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The backing tracks for this story were taken from MusOpen at musopen.org. Musopen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on increasing access to music by creating free resources and educational materials. They provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. As they say, their mission is to set music free. The first piece heard here was “12 Variations on a French Nursery Theme,” and the second piece was “Fantasia in C Minor.” Both are by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Stefano Ligoratti is performing both. The first piece is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence, and the second piece is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. A sincere thank you to MusOpen.org and Mr. Ligoratti for providing access to such great music.
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Mon, 27 Mar 2017 01:51:12 +0000
In "Always the Servant," take another look at the Garden of Gethsemane.
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The backing track was taken from the Free Music Archive. It is titled “Raggedy Bob” and comes from Ben McElroy’s album by the same name. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
20.1 - "Two Sides to Every Tale: The Laestrygonians"
Mon, 27 Mar 2017 01:48:38 +0000
Reconsider the Odyssey in "Two Sides to Every Tale: The Laestrygonians"
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All three of the backing tracks for this story were taken from the Free Music Archive. The first track is titled “Farm Montage (Instrumental)”and the second “New England is Interesting,” both original pieces from the album Old Paper Houses by BOPD. They are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licenses. The last track is titled “Marimo” and is by Blue Dot Sessions. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Mon, 27 Mar 2017 01:45:30 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twenty of Prose. This week, reconsider the Odyssey, take another look at the Garden of Gethsemane, and meet an unremarkable young man.
If you are enjoy thing the show, or even if you are not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Lastly, it would not be an introduction if I did not tell you to head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Let’s see some reviews and ratings come rolling in.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Two Sides to Every Tale: The Laestrygonians,” “Always the Servant,” and “Jim.”
Enjoy!
19.3 - "The Knowledge Keepers"
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:23:01 +0000
In "The Knowledge Keepers", make the acquaintance of the keepers of all knowledge.
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “I am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor”, an original piece by Chris Zabriskie. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The drums here at the end were taken from Freesound.org. User RTB45 uploaded these sounds, and they are being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:19:19 +0000
Experience the world end in "A Sunrise."
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “New England Air”, an original piece from the album Old Paper Houses by BOPD. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:16:11 +0000
In "Sushi Night, or すてきな", endure a Kafkaesque transition.
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All three of the backing tracks for this story were taken from the Free Music Archive, and all three are by Blue Dot Sessions from their album Algea Fields. They are, in order of appearance, “Algea Trio,” “Algea Tinder,” “Collecting Samples,” and “Arame.” They are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licenses.
Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:13:10 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode nineteen of Prose. This week endure a Kafkaesque transition, watch the world end, and make the acquaintance of the keepers of all knowledge.
You should also go follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
I want to take a moment to plug an amazing documentary titled Downstream People. To quote from their Indiegogo page: “Established in 1972 as the first federally protected river in the United States, the Buffalo National River flows freely for 135 miles and is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48 states. Managed by the National Park Service, this gem of the Ozarks is a paradise for camping, swimming, canoeing, fishing, and kayaking.
“It flows through several rural, impoverished communities of the Ozark Mountains, including those in Newton County, now home to C&H Hog Farm. Built in 2013 under a questionable permit process with little public notice, this corporately contracted Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) poses an enormous pollution risk to both the Buffalo National River watershed as well as the people who dwell within that watershed. Downstream People explores issues of rural gentrification and environmental injustice through a community in the crosshairs of both.”
When asked why he made this film, Director Andy Sarjahani said:
“‘As an avid outdoorsman who grew up in the foothills of the Ozarks with an education in sustainable agriculture and food systems, this project came at me "like a burglar in the night" as Werner Herzog would say. It was one of those things in life that I don't feel like I had a choice in the matter --I had to make this film. I left academia to pursue a career in documentary film to tell stories like this and I could not think of a more fitting first project.
“I made Downstream People because I believe that human beings and the environment are not separate entities and both should be respected rather than exploited. When these hidden rural areas are exploited, the people who live there are taken advantage of too. I hope this film is seen by not only the residents of Newton County, but by viewers everywhere who can learn about the importance of addressing rural gentrification and the exploitation of natural resources.’
Please head to their Indiegogo page to learn more, watch the preview, and support the project.
Lastly, I can’t end an introduction without telling everyone to please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Sushi Night, or すてきな ,” “A Sunrise,” and “The Knowledge Keepers.”
Enjoy!
18.3 - "Grafting Street", Part II
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:47:17 +0000
In "Grafting Street", Part II, rejoin the dwellers and visitors of Grafting Street and briefly meet a thaumaturgist.
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I am honored to use a great many artists’ sounds and backing tracks to add to this story. Most of the sounds were taken from Freesound.org and its users. The intro piano is by Porphyr, the footsteps by savataivanov, the ominous bass by ERH, the horror track sounds by Xanco123, and the hellish bells by martysonic. Savataivanov’s track is being used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Porphyr and ERH’s tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenses. Xanco123 and martysonic’s tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licenses.
The larger soundtrack piece was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “It Feels Good (To Feel Good Again)”, an original piece off the album Ad Astra Vol. 2 by PCIII. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Thank you to PCIII and all these amazing artists for giving the world such unfettered access to their creations.
Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:08:32 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode eighteen of Prose. This week experience a deified old man, encounter an ominous word in the Philippines, and rejoin the dwellers and visitors of Grafting Street.
In Episode 17.2, the second original musical piece for Prose is present. This is, yet again, by Mr. David Ezell. So, do be sure to check that out. Additionally, you should start to notice other stories that carry over in multiple parts in the coming weeks. As I mentioned last week, I do hope that intrigues you as much as it does me. If it does, or even if it does not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Lastly, I can’t end an introduction without telling everyone to please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “The Sweetness of Sugar Grove, or Matthew 25: 40-41,” Part I of “Lomar,” and Part II of “Grafting Street.”
Enjoy!
18.1 - "The Sweetness of Sugar Grove, or Matthew 25: 40-41"
Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:39:26 +0000
Experience a deified old man in "The Sweetness of Sugar Grove, or Matthew 25: 40-41"
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The backing track for this story is an original composition written and performed by David Ezell, the second piece Mr. Ezell has written specifically and exclusively for a Prose story. David Ezell is a devoted father, a devoted creator, a devoted friend, and a devoted friend of the Republic, not to mention an extremely talented musician. As I have noted before, long ago, in our heyday, he and I used to make some pretty good music together. His previous project was a podcast called Dad Hacks, where he gave voice to a community of dads who have learned the tips and shortcuts of parenting and now want to share that with any and all parents, grandparents step-parents, or guardians that find themselves struggling in the midst of the parenting grind. To find more about Dad Hacks, you can find them at Dad Hacks podcast on Facebook and under Dad Hacks on iTunes, Bluebrry, Stitcher, Google Play, and other similar podcast catchers. He is currently working on a new podcast, which I’m sure I’ll tell everyone about in the very near future. You will hopefully be continue to hear more music from Mr. Ezell behind my stories sooner than later.
Mon, 13 Mar 2017 02:59:12 +0000
In the first part of "Lomar," encounter an ominous word in the Philippines.
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The backing track for this piece was taken from the Free Music Archive and is titled “FOREST (mixtape)”, an original piece by Violeta Päivänkakkara. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Thank you to Ms. Päivänkakkara for putting her piece up on the Free Music Archive and to Free Music Archive for providing access to such wonderful works.
17.3 - "Stalker" by Alena Abrosimova
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:15:11 +0000
In “My Little Creatures,” meet some individuals with imagination.
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Alena Abrosimova is originally from Tomsk, Russia (think Siberia, not to be confused with Serbia) but currently resides in Sydney, Australia. She sails as much as she can, though she is often interrupted by a pesky full-time job. When not sailing or working, she enjoys writing, reading, learning new things (especially all things impractical), and getting to know people, especially positive people who share her unending curiosity about our world. You can see more from Ms. Abrosimova at her blog “Sails and Commas,” found at sailsandcommas.wordpress.com.
Both backing tracks come from PC III. The first is titled “Through the Storm” and the second is titled “Klichi.” Both were taken from the Free Music Archive and are being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Thank you to PC III and the Free Music Archive for their contribution.
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:05:58 +0000
Dine on glass in "Crunching."
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The first backing track from this piece is “Mu Part 2” from Shadows on the Snow, was taken from the Free Music Archive, and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The crunching sounds were made by rLess and come from FreeSound.org. This track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Thank you to Shadows on the Snow, rLess, the Free Music Archive, and Freesound.org for the contributions
17.1 - "Grafting Street", Part I
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:59:58 +0000
In Part I of "Grafting Street," meet a desperate man in a near future.
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The first backing track from this piece is “Not the Streets You Used to Walk Along” from Phillip Weigl. It comes from his album Sound-trax was taken from the Free Music Archive, and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The second track is “The Talons of Adventure, the Antlers of Romance” by Doctor Turtle. It was also taken from the Free Music Archive and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Please use the links provided to check both of these artists and the Free Music Archive out.
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:53:39 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode seventeen of Prose. This week, meet a desperate man, dine on glass, and reconsider your definition of stalker.
In Episode 17.1, you will encounter the first part of a multi-part series that I hope will span a few episodes of Prose. I hope this appeals to you as much as it does me! If it does, or even if it does not, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Lastly, as I always plead, head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have Part I of “Grafting Street,” “Crunching,” and “Stalker” by Alena Abrosimova.
Enjoy!
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 16:03:21 +0000
In "Probable Infidelity," confront the rotting stench of adultery.
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The backing tracks for this story were taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Frankum provided both tracks on this poem, “White Spirit” and “Enchantment.” This track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to Frankum and Freesound.org for the contribution.
16.3 - "The Long Night, or Frogs"
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:57:25 +0000
In "The Long Night, or Frogs," fear the disappearance of amphibians.
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The backing tracks for this story were taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Madbob69 is responsible for the frogs throughout the story, and Efecto Fudador is responsible for the ambient noises at the end. These tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to these two and Freesound.org for the contribution.
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:52:32 +0000
In "The Vodka Talks" question sanity and monogamy.
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The backing track for this story was taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Frankum wrote and recorded this track, titled “Sweetness Dark.” This track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to Frankum and Freesound.org for the contribution.
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:45:38 +0000
In "Cheeks," experience a dream come true.
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The backing track for this story was taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Summonhue provided the track, which is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to Summonhue and Freesound.org for the contribution. The track that you are listening to now is titled “Neither Here Mix 1” and is by Massive Lad. You can find more from Massive Lad at his Sound Cloud page: soundcloud.com/massive-lad. Massive Lad happens to be my younger brother and has given me permission to use his track; however, these tracks are, indeed, copywritten materials and should be treated accordingly. Thanks so much for the tunes, little brother. The stories are better for them.
Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:36:56 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode sixteen of Prose. This week, have a dream come true, question monogamy, fear the disappearance of amphibians, and confront the rotting stench of adultery.
In Episode 15, I mentioned that our most current guest author in residence Nicholas B. Morris’s set of stories was at an end here on Prose. After which, several people emailed in about possibly getting some more of his work to show up on the show. Well, I’ve heard you, and I’m reaching out to Mr. Morris to see if that might be possible. In that vein, please to feel free to contact me through prosepodcast@gmail.com with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello.
Also, as I always plead, head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going. You can also keep up with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Cheeks,” “The Vodka Talks,” “Long Night, or Frogs,” and “Probable Infidelity.”
Enjoy!
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:33:37 +0000
In "Asclepius," take a poetic crash course in comparative religion.
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The backing tracks for this poem were taken from the FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The opening track comes from Roigianno, the second track is the work of Kickhat, and Frankum is responsible for the final track on the poem. Roigianno and Frankum’s tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses, and Kickhat’s track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. A sincere thank you to these three and Freesound.org for the contribution.
15.2 - "Gravediggers" by Nicholas B. Morris
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:30:17 +0000
In "Gravediggers," find yourself two feet in the grave.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.
The backing tracks for “Gravediggers” were taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The track is called “Pompeii” and is by Josh Woodward. If you have yet to make it over and check out his website at joshwoodward.com, you’re really missing out. This track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. The second track is called “Exiled in the Land of Absentees” and is by adarcah [ianku]. This track is being used under an Attribution 4.0 International License. Lastly, the piano improvisation comes from another fantastic community based on artistic sharing—Freesound.org. The improv is provided by user unfa. A sincere thank you to all of these artists for sharing their work with the world and to both the Free Music Archive and Freesound.org for the contributions.
As always, keep your eyes peeled or the next episode of Prose.
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:26:06 +0000
"Nogal" features a leap into forgiveness and death intertwined.
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The first and last backing track for this story you hear is an original by David Ezell, written specifically for this story. David Ezell is a devoted father, a devoted creator, a devoted friend, and a devoted friend of the Republic, not to mention an extremely talented musician. Long ago, in our heyday, he and I used to make some pretty good music together. His most current project is Dad Hacks, where he gives voice to a community of dads who have learned the tips and shortcuts of parenting and now want to share that with any and all parents, grandparents step-parents, or guardians that find themselves struggling in the midst of the parenting grind. To find more about Dad Hacks, you can find them at Dad Hacks podcast on Facebook and under Dad Hacks on iTunes, Bluebrry, Stitcher, Google Play, and other similar podcast catchers. You will hopefully be hearing more music from Mr. Ezell quite soon. The second track was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The title of the rack is “You, yourself and the main character” by Komiku, and it is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Lastly, though most of the sound effects present are original for Prose made by me, some of the drums that are not mine or Mr. Ezell’s, those accompanied by that beautiful piano melody, come from Freesound.org, another wonderful artistic community based on sharing. These sounds were uploaded and put out for Public Domain Dedication usage by user Sound_Designer_105. I cannot begin to thank these artists enough, particularly Mr. Ezell. With these sound effects and music tracks, Prose is far richer.
Next up on Prose, “Gravediggers,” the last story in our series from Nicholas B. Morris. Stay tuned.
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:11:44 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode fifteen of Prose. This week, leap into forgiveness and death intertwined, find yourself two feet in the grave, and take a poetic crash course in comparative religion.
Episode fifteen has three major special features of note: Episode 15.1 contains the first ever musical composition written exclusively for Prose, a track by the indelible David Ezell, Episode 15.2 will be the final feature story in this hopefully first but not last story series from Nicholas B. Morris, and Episode 15.3’s narrative will take the form of a formal poem, a villanelle that has been slightly shifted for narrative purposes, to be precise.
Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going. Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.
14.3 - "The Boy in the Well", Chapter 3 by Nicholas B. Morris
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 03:43:26 +0000
Finish our harrowing journey with the boy in the well in the final chapter of "The Boy in the Well" by Nicholas B. Morris.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.
14.2 - "Yel•Low, or One Hundred Indecisions"
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 03:36:40 +0000
In "Yel•Low, or One Hundred Indecisions," contemplate indecision and cowardice.
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 03:32:41 +0000
Experience a terrifying fall in "The Fall."
Mon, 20 Feb 2017 03:29:52 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode fourteen of Prose. This week, experience a terrifying fall, contemplate indecision and cowardice, and finish our harrowing journey with the boy in the well.
Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going. Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “The Fall,” “Yel•Low, or One Hundred Indecisions,” and the final chapter, chapter three, of “The Boy in the Well” by Nicholas B. Morris.
Enjoy!
13.3 - "The Boy in the Well", Chapter 2 by Nicholas B. Morris
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:27:01 +0000
Continue our tense journey with Chapter 2 of "The Boy in the Well."
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.
The backing tracks for the second chapter of “The Boy in the Well” were taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The first track is “Death Takes the Maiden Away” by Abishai and being used under an Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License. The second track is “Young Lieutenant after 24hrs on Duty” by Porc O’Pine and is being used under an Attribution 4.0 International License. A sincere thank you to both of these amazing artists for sharing their work with the world and to the Free Music Archive for the contribution.
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:10:31 +0000
Look to the seas for relief from burdens in "On the Horizon."
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The title of the rack is “The Big Blue” by Sea of Åland is being used under an Attribution-Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License. A sincere thank you to Sea of Åland for sharing their work with the world and to the Free Music Archive for the contribution.
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:07:18 +0000
In "Too Much," we will combat internal voices with sound and silence.
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The backing track for this story was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The title of the rack is “Episode 027 △ Witch House ][ BL▲CK V∃LV∃⏄ ORCH†D))” by Das Kabinett is being used under an Attribution-Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License. A sincere thank you to Das Kabinett for sharing their work with the world and to the Free Music Archive for the contribution.
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:00:45 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode thirteen of Prose. This week, we will combat internal voices with sound and silence, look to the seas for relief from burdens, and continue our journey of discovery with a young boy.
Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going. Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Too Much,” “On the Horizon,” and chapter two of “The Boy in the Well” by Nicholas B. Morris.
Enjoy!
12.4 - *BONUS* "The Death of Freedom" by David Ezell
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:56:49 +0000
"The Death of Freedom" by David Ezell is a timely poem pondering trying times.
12.3 - "The Origin of Shadow" by Jack Lee
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:49:34 +0000
Come experience a town with two stoplights, three churches, and a small dose of conflict.
12.2 - "My Little Creatures" by Alena Abrosimova
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:42:08 +0000
In "My Little Creatures," meet some individuals with imagination.
12.1 - "The Boy in the Well", Chapter 1 by Nicholas B. Morris
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:35:50 +0000
"The Boy in the Well", Chapter 1 begins us on a journey of discovery with a young boy.
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:31:30 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode twelve of Prose. This week, we will take a journey of discovery with a young boy, meet some individuals with imagination, and experience a town with two stoplights, three churches, and a small dose of conflict. We also have a bonus episode that considers liberty through verse. This episode of Prose marks a major first, in that all three short stories and the bonus poem are all from authors that submitted work to the podcast. Episode 12.1 features Nicholas B. Morris, Episode 12.2 features Alena Abrosimova, Episode 12. 3 features Jack Lee. The bonus episode features David Ezell. More about these authors can be found in each of their episodes.
As I always plea, if you are enjoying Prose, Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review. Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have chapter one of “The Boy in the Well” by Nicholas B. Morris, “My Little Creatures” by Alena Abrosimova, “The Origin of Shadow” by Jack Lee, and the bonus “Freedom’s Death” by David Ezell.”
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 03:26:33 +0000
"Any Given Sunday" takes a trip to a Southern Baptist church in the South on a Sunday.
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The piano backing tracks for this story were performed from my dear mother. The rain sound effect comes from Freesound.org and was provided by user Jongrubbs under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The beautiful loop at the end of the track comes from Little Robot Factory and is used under a Creative Commons attribution license 3.0.
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 20:01:21 +0000
"Love Lost" examines a once beautiful goddess that is now wasting away.
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The backing tracks for “Love Lost” was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. These tracks are “Dances and Dames” and “Night at the Docks,” both from the amazing Kevin MacLeod. A sincere thank you to Mr. MacLeod and the Free Music Archive for the contribution. This track is being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 3.0.
11.2 - "A Lesson for Ducklings" by Nicholas B. Morris
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:58:11 +0000
"A Lesson for Ducklings" by Nicholas B. Morris looks into the brutal realities of nature.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.
The backing tracks for this story were taken from MusOpen at musopen.org. Musopen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on increasing access to music by creating free resources and educational materials. They provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. As they say, their mission is to set music free. The track used here is “When You Last Say Goodbye” by York Bowen. MusOpen lists this track as anonymously uploaded. A sincere thank you to MusOpen.org for the contribution. This track is being used under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 license.
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:55:55 +0000
Hello and welcome to episode eleven of Prose. This episode takes a trip to a Southern Baptist church in the South on a Sunday, looks into the brutal realities of nature, and examines a once beautiful goddess that is now wasting away. The second of thee three stories, “A Lesson for Ducklings,” is the third from Prose’s current guest author in residence, Nicholas B. Morris. More information about Mr. Morris and his works can be heard in episode 11.2.
If you are enjoying Prose, Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review. Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Any Given Sunday,” “A Lesson for Ducklings” by Nicholas M. Morris, and “Love Lost.”
Enjoy!
10.3 - "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death" by Thomas Paine
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:15:18 +0000
In the wake of the 2017 US Presidential Inauguration, Episode 10.3 reminds us all upon what ideas the USA was founded by way of the words of Thomas Paine.
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:07:37 +0000
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:00:27 +0000
Episode 10.1 revisits the intrepid space explorer with a dark from episode 1.1’s “Just Earth,” SJFC Ezekial Jatayu.
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 14:54:15 +0000
Welcome to episode ten of Prose. This episode revisits the intrepid space explorer from episode 1.1’s “Just Earth,” gives instructions for aging gracefully, and, in the wake of the 2017 US Presidential Inauguration, reminds us all what the USA was founded upon by way of the words of Thomas Paine.
If you are enjoying Prose, Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review. Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Paragon of Animals,” “Senior Sixty, or A Treatise on Complacency, or Farewell Self, or a Handbook to Simple Living”, and Thomas Paine’s “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death” speech.
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:17:30 +0000
"My Autumn Companions" speaks to having small, woodland friends.
9.2 - "Mirror" by Nicholas B. Morris
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:09:03 +0000
"Mirror" by Nicholas B. Morris highlights a man trying to hide.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.
The soundtrack was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Kosta featuring A-a provided this song titled “Het” from their Avant-Garde album with what I assume is a gorgeous and creative title that happens to be in Russian You can find more music from them, and that Russian title, at the Free Music Archive or at their website, kostat.bandcamp.com. This track is being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 4.0
9.1 - "Study of a Young Married Couple in Hobby Lobby”
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:59:50 +0000
"Study of a Young Married Couple in Hobby Lobby” peeps in at a young married couple’s home life.
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The soundtrack for this short story was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. All three tracks are original pieces by Axletree, who also goes by the name Alexander Westmacott. More music from Axletree is available at the Free Music Archive or their website at axletreewood.com. I have a link in this story’s description where you can head over to his webpage. A sincere thank you to the artist and FreeMusicArchive.org for the contribution. This track is being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 4.0.
All sound effects were taken from Freesound.org, another community dedicated to bettering audio art. User Jmayoff created the grocery store sounds, user JohnsonBrandEditing provided the parking lot sounds, user Fillsoko recorded the handwashing sounds, and user IESP brough the toilet flushing sounds to the story. Thank you to these contributors for enlivening the story. These sounds are being used under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal, Public Domain Dedication license.
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:46:30 +0000
Welcome to episode nine of Prose. This episode peeps in at a young married couple’s home life, highlights a man trying to hide, and speaks to having small, woodland friends. The second of thee three stories, “Mirror,” is the second from Prose’s current guest author in residence, Nicholas B. Morris. More information about Mr. Morris and his works can be heard in episode 9.2.
Yes, Prose is still pushing ever-toward implementing PayPal giving and Patreon backing possibilities for the show; those are both still coming
If you are continuing to enjoy Prose, I would be greatly appreciative if you could head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review. These are the lifeblood of podcasts and would help Prose to keep sending tales your way.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Study of a Young Married Couple in Hobby Lobby,” “Mirror”, and “My Autumn Companions.”
Enjoy!
8.3 - "Doppleganger" by Nicholas B. Morris
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:21:39 +0000
"Doppleganger" by Nicholas B. Morris takes in the terrors of having another you out in the world.
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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.
Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.
Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.
All music and sound effects, save the paul-stretched flute, were taken from Freesound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Lazymonk contributed the door bells, Jormap contributed the street sounds, and Editijo contributed the Epic Orchetra piece. A sincere thank you to the artist and Freesound.org for the contribution. This track is being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 4.0. The paul-stretched flute is an original sound effect.
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:09:21 +0000
"Snoring Throughout" questions use of time.
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The sound effects for this story were taken from the Freesound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. User Eric Prizens provided the snoring effect, and user Olver provided the clock ticking. A sincere thank you to these two and Freesound.org for the contribution. These effects are being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 4.0.
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:06:11 +0000
"Fast" laments aging and mediocrity.
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The backing tracks for “Fast” were taken from the MusOpen at musopen.org. "MusOpen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on increasing access to music by creating free resources and educational materials. They provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions." As they say, their mission is "to set music free." These two tracks are the Allegro and Adagio from String Quartet no. 1, Op. 46 by Swan Hennessy, a composition in four sections. The MusOpen artist performing is Steve’s Bedroom Band, a frequent contributor to the site and its mission. A sincere thank you to the artist and MusOpen.org for the contribution. This track is being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 4.0.
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:01:43 +0000
Welcome to episode eight of Prose. This episode laments aging and mediocrity, questions a use of time, and takes in the terrors of having another you out in the world. The last of these three stories, “Doppleganger,” is the first from an amazing guest author, Nicholas B. Morris. More information about Mr. Morris and his works can be heard in episode 8.3.
In the realm of updates, I am continuing to work toward PayPal giving and Patreon backing possibilities for the show; those are both coming. Do please be patient, and I’ll let everyone know as soon as those are ready to roll. (Again, I’d like to note how very humbled and grateful that this is something that’s even being asked about!)
Remember, if you are enjoying Prose, I would be greatly appreciative if you could zip over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review. These are the lifeblood of podcasts and would help Prose to keep sending tales your way.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Fast,” “Snoring Throughout”, and “Doppleganger.”
Enjoy!
7.3 - "Cinderella in Beige Heels"
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:57:39 +0000
This story makes known to us a damsel very much not in need of saving.
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:55:23 +0000
Come ponder the effectiveness of philanthropy.
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:53:21 +0000
Meet a dangerous and fiery young lady.
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:51:08 +0000
Welcome to episode seven of Prose. This episode introduces us to a fiery young lady, ponders the effectiveness of philanthropy, and makes known a damsel very much not in need of saving. For those sensitive to language, sexuality, or violence, episode 7.1 is not at all for you, so please do proceed with caution.
This is also a good time for a quick update, as we are just starting what will hopefully be a new year filled with joy and progress for us all, Prose included. In the coming months, a couple authors that I respect greatly will have stories show up in Prose alongside my own original compositions, and, as I noted in the very first introductory episode, once the first season comes to a successful close, a general call for submissions will open up via the official website at www.prosepodcast.com. Be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled for both of those happenings. Also, I have been asked several times now about the upcoming PayPal giving and Patreon backing possibilities for the show; those are both coming. Do please be patient, and I’ll let everyone know as soon as those are ready to roll. (I am GREATLY humbled that this is something that’s even being asked about!) Lastly in the realm of updates, I have been sorely behind in reminding everyone that, if you are enjoying Prose, I would be greatly appreciative if you could zip over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review. These are the lifeblood of podcasts and would help Prose to keep sending tales your way.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “Black Widow,” “Technically Food”, and “Cinderella in Beige Heels.”
Enjoy!
6.3 - The Christmas Story (Gospel of Luke)
Mon, 26 Dec 2016 02:51:44 +0000
In the spirit of the holidays, our third tale is from the Bible and is the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke. For those that celebrate Christmas, I hope you’ve had a very merry Christmas, indeed. For those that celebrate something else altogether or are just enjoying family, friends, and general, merriment, happiest of holidays to you all.
Mon, 26 Dec 2016 02:42:28 +0000
Come face to face with the source of all horror in our world.
Mon, 26 Dec 2016 02:39:36 +0000
Episode six of Prose presents us with the source of all horror in our world and a sordid affair. For those sensitive to language, sexuality, or violence, episode 6.2 is not at all for you, so please do proceed with caution.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose podcast. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “The Very Dark” and “A Modern Affair.”
In the spirit of the holidays, our third tale is from the Bible and is the Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke. For those that celebrate Christmas, I hope you’ve had a very merry Christmas, indeed. For those that celebrate something else altogether or are just enjoying family, friends, and general, merriment, happiest of holidays to you all.
Enjoy!
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
Episode Five of Prose touts two writers who might be in love, a cynical look at adult reality, and an obsession with scent. All three short stories are appropriate for most audiences.
This week, we have “Just a Look,” “The Noose”, and “A Natural.”
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Sat, 17 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
Two writers might be in love in "Just a Look."
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Sat, 17 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
We take a cynical look at adult reality in "The Noose."
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Sat, 17 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
An obsession with scent takes the spotlight in "A Natural."
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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
For episode four of Prose, a man is in pain at leaving a job, a woman takes charge amid a crisis in the days of the Byzantine Empire, and an alien race interacts with humanity. All three short stories are appropriate for all audiences.
This week, we have “Moving On,” “The Cypriot Empress”, and “So, They Stopped.”
Enjoy!
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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
A man is in pain at leaving a job in "Moving On."
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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
A woman takes charge amid a crisis in the days of the Byzantine Empire in "The Cypriot Empress."
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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000
An alien race interacts with humanity, and then...doesn't in "So, They Stopped."
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:35:13 +0000
Experience the fall of a golden child of life in "Necessity."
For those sensitive to language, sexuality, or violence, please proceed with caution. This story contains adult themes and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:34:00 +0000
Hear the tale of a stargazer in "I Might Just Get Lost."
Note: This story is based on similar-to-life, historical happenings, but the work itself is complete fiction.
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:33:25 +0000
Consider the friendship of a plant in "A Friend."
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:32:46 +0000
Under the banner of episode three of Prose, we will consider the friendship of a plant, hear the tale of a stargazer, and experience the fall of a golden child of life. For those sensitive to language, sexuality, or violence, episode 3.3 is not at all for you, so please do proceed with caution.
This week, we have “A Friend,” “I Might Just Get Lost”, and “Living History.”
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Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:52:18 +0000
Experience a man cursed by his family history.
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:48:11 +0000
Listen in on two friends discussing underpants.
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:45:35 +0000
Meet an unraveling crime writer.
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:42:43 +0000
In the second release from Prose, we will meet an unraveling crime writer, two friends discussing underpants, and a man cursed by his family history. For those sensitive to language, sexuality, or violence, episode 2.1 might not be for you, so please do proceed with caution.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose podcast. Let’s get to the tales, shall we?
This week, we have “All That There Is,” “Everybody Does It”, and “Living History.”
Enjoy!
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:28:20 +0000
Listen to a dark response to an even darker crime.
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:26:37 +0000
Explore a failing relationship in "Lusus Naturae."
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:24:02 +0000
Encounter an intrepid but doomed space explorer in "Just Earth."
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:56:28 +0000
In the inaugural release from Prose, we will encounter an intrepid space explorer, a failing relationship, and a dark bit of response to an even darker crime. For those sensitive to language, sexuality, or violence, episodes 1.2 and 1.3 might not be for you, so please do proceed with caution. Thank you for taking the first leap into the Prose podcast. Let’s get to the tales, shall we? This week, we have “Just Earth,” “Lusus Naturae”, and “Marlboro Man.” Enjoy!
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:31:06 +0000
Journey together through innumerable worlds of fiction with Prose, a weekly podcast series that offers up short stories of all genres and subject matters. If you like fiction of all sorts with the occasional bit of poetry or verse thrown in for good measure, join us on our adventures through the labyrinths of the human psyche and the infinite spaces of the imagination.