The Blackout

The blackout

Sylvia, alone and pregnant in the Manhattan high-rise she shares with her husband Noah, awaits her husband and a dinner guest, Mr. Swanson. In spite of the blackout, Swanson arrives and engages Sylvia in a disturbing conversation. But when Noah gets home, Swanson vanishes. As the night continues, sights and sounds become even stranger and more ominous. Are they Sylvia’s hallucinations, or is the danger real?

Written by: Karin Fazio Littlefield. Produced by Breanda Cross

Duration: 35m 43s

Script by Karin Fazio Littlefield, Produced by Breanda Cross

Performed by:

Candace Reid…Sylvia

Bryan Enk ….Noah

Roark Littlefield … Mr. Swanson

Glenda Littlefield … Mrs. Purefoy

Elijah Klein … Dr. Blake

Additional VoicesChristiaan Koop, Rachel Austin Bernstein

Poems on which to Ponder

Poems on which to Ponder

Four poems that are open to interpretation. The Calf Path begins many hundreds of years ago but finishes in major capital cities. The Law of the Land is not only a lesson in Climate Change tactics but also a metaphor for many aspects of life. The Learning Curve is just that, while Euthanasia begins with the line, “Today I nearly killed a woman.”

Duration: 9m.48s

Narrated by: Breanda Cross

Too many Crooks spoil the Plot

A Wannarbee Bond Adventure.

Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot is another mad-cap adventure with the not-so-smart, smart-talking Private Investigator, Wannarbee Bond. Once again she’s in lust with a B.B.B. femme fatale (Big Blonde and Beautiful!). In this adventure, she meets up with some old adversaries like Splinter Woods and Smokey Embers, Razor Sharpe, and his sidekick, Rusty Chaine. But her real problem is The Hon. Tim Larden, who is a corrupt politician. Now, that’s a change!

Written and Produced by Breanda Cross

Duration: 34m.53s.

Performed by: Julie Hoverson as Wannarbee Bond, Breanda Cross as Gloria Stitts, Mark Anthony as Ric the Barman, Toby Chittenden as The Hon. Tim Larden, John Cross as Razor Sharpe

Gordo Revisited

Gordo Revisited is a new audio drama by Hilary Kaiser*

 A young French girl from Paris marries a vet of WWII and moves to a cotton farm in rural Alabama. Life there is hardly the “American dream”, and relations with her husband and her in-laws eventually break down. What will she do and who will help her?

Duration : 36m.12s (Anchor.fm)

Cast: Rich Amada is Joe, Wanda O’Connel – Mary, Andre Randolph – Bill, Shugga D. Rosenbloom – Ruby, Lucie Subra – Danielle

Music : Empty Bottles – Mini Vandals

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The Times and Tunes of Irving Berlin

The Times and Tunes of Irving Berlin

The Times and Tunes of Irving Berlin provides a brief history of his life through his music. Copyright laws limit the choices that may be made. But we are still able to show the extraordinary brilliance of the man who was known as the Musical Voice of America. Enjoy.

Duration: 29m.12s

Written and Produced by Breanda Cross

Performed by Breanda Cross and Mark Anthony.

Music: Julie Simpson, Kate Smith, Craig Toungate.

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The Book that stole 2011

The Book that Stole 2011. When I first decided to write the in-depth stories behind the 2011 Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley floods I had no idea what was awaiting me. My own personal journey from beginning to end would provide at least ten near-catastrophes that needed to be overcome, which concluded in a nail-biting last 24 hours trying to get the manuscript to the printer. I invite you to go back to that year while I take you through the highs and lows of being an oral historian.

Duration 47.33

Written and Narrated by: Breanda Cross

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Sweet Fillings

Sweet Fillings is Wannarbee Bond’s new adventure. This time she is enamored with Candy CupCakes. But Candy is intent on finding her granny. Who took Granny CupCakes? Why? And do they find her? All will be revealed in just 11m and 36s.

Produced by Breanda – who also played Candy with Julie Hoverson as Wannarbee Bond.

Duration: 11m.36s

Cast: Julie Hoverson and Breanda Cross

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Highway 47.

Highway 47: Cassie, a young advertising account executive, learns that she can talk to the dead on her daily Highway 47 commute to the office. Meghann is a 16-year-old dead girl who loves to talk with Cassie about clothes and boys — even Cassie’s inappropriate boss, Ralph. Melvin T. Gotlink, a gentleman farmer who was killed on his tractor, provides the kind of homespun wisdom only someone dead can provide. When Casse’s world is shaken, Melvin gives her insight and loyalty.

Written by: Kathy Brady,

Produced by Breanda Cross

Cast: Jule Hoverson as Meghan, Breanda as Cassie and Toby Chittenden as Melvin

Note: FastFictionPodcasts are delighted to welcome Dr. Kathy Brady, Professor and Chair, Communication Department, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. We hope to be able to produce more of her intriguing dramas in the near future. Thankyou Kathy.

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