Prose

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. 

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.  *** 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.

Lose your grip on the waking world and disappear into dreams in "The Waking World." *** 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.

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-par

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."

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.  *** 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.

Decide whether you really can live with...or without...someone in Emily Dickinson's "I cannot live with You."  *** 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.

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,

Revel in sylvan paradise and examine the loss of love in "Lovely, Dark, and Deep." *** 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. 

Watch a man glitter while he walks in Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory." *** 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.

Consider the divinity of that girl you love and how you might be affecting her in "To Be Divine." *** 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. 

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 podc

Hope for something worth having in old age in Lord Byron's "Growing Old." *** 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. 

Get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel with "The Hanging."  *** 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.

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 alon

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."  *** 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.

Reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime in "The Magdalene."  *** 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.  

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 lat

Examine why small dogs are wonderful and fear those woods near your home in "The Leash."  *** 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. 

Begin training to help save the human race from an inevitable alien invasion in Part I of "Sonbol," titled "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.  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.