The Sound of Silence. The FastFictionPodcast team is delighted to be able to finally release our fully dramatized story, The Sound of Silence. It’s a powerful story, and sadly very much part of our times. Maybe there are a few warnings to take on board – but we will leave you to find them yourself.
And please remember to give us a review when done; iTunes would be wonderful, but if not, we would like to find ourselves given a tick of approval on your own favorite platform.
. One of the traits of the Three Monkeys. We continue into the last week of the Australian holiday season with a beach story. Short and Sweet. Or is it? We have a beautiful beach, a handsome man, romance. What could possibly go wrong? Enjoy.
Note: On our last post we promised you the dramatic Sound of Silence. Apologies. It will definitely come next post. We just thought we would keep the holiday mood going as long as possible.
We continue with the last week of the Australian holiday season with a beach story. Short and sweet. Or is it? There is
Keeping up with Mr. Jones is better described as a yarn than a story. Not ‘a shaggy dog story’. By tradition, they are long and multi-directional. This is short and focused. And keeping in line with the season just past, leaves a nice warm fuzzy feeling with you as you come to the end of the simple tale.
We introduce a new reader to fastfictionpodcasts. Trevor Bell first appeared in A Day Too Long, and later, An Ordinary Couple. Keeping up with Mr. Jones is his first narrative, and we think his voice is ideal for yarn spinning. If you want to know a little more about him, go to the Rogues Gallery.
While we like to think this is a ‘nice’ story, our next one will be ‘nasty’. Indeed, The Sound of Silence may keep you awake at night. So ensure you sleep well before we release it. Take care.
The Straight Line is a perfect podcast for the first day of January. A day when resolutions are made and people look forward with good intentions for the following year. But this little story isn’t really about resolutions, although it does relate to new beginnings. And that’s all I will say, other than a strong suggestion you stay right on to the end. Because, although we have listed it in your LifeInTheSlowLane series, it will certainly make you think. Which is an excellent habit and past-time to undertake all through the year, as well as the first day.
Driver Unknown is not a nice story. In fact, it is a Cautionary Tale, once known a story with a moral, or a message. What that message depends on the reader and how it is read.
While it is our last podcast for the year, we hasten to add that the next pod will be coming out very soon, and will be very different. So please bear with us while we impart a simple story from LifeInTheSlowLane, that MakesYouThink, while also being a candidate for the CrimeWithoutGrime series.
See you in a happier story next year.
The FastFictionPodcast team would like to thank you, our listeners, for your support throughout the 8 months we have been running. During that time we have brought you 32 podcasts ranging from the lighthearted Home Alone, 5m.54 to the ambitious bush story with a chiller ending, A long time waiting, 31.m.31
While we have tried to make sense of the analytical data available, it would seem there is no one popular length or genre. Best of all, those of you who listen once, seem to enjoy going back through the previous pods to see what you have missed. (For instance, A day too long, published over a month ago, is currently very popular.)
We admit to being surprised at the coverage off countries and cities tuning in to us too. Our most popular being San Jose in America, and Ijmuiden in the Netherlands. And by the look of it a very new listener in Wolverhampton. (As a one time Pom my only knowledge of this city is through the famed football club Wolverhampton Wanderers!)
As 2018 comes to an end we will be bringing you two new podcasts. The first one – to be released on 30th December, is a hard-biting cautionary tale, called Driver Unknown. And the next day, with the first day of the new year, a nostalgic look back to 1975, with a very modern twist, The Straight Line. More later ….
In the meantime please keep tuning in, posting reviews, and we look forward to catching up again at the very end of the year – and the beginning of the next. Take care.
An ordinary couple: This little story has a subtle undertone. It begins with a simple accident leading to a visit to a friend. Here our key character makes an extraordinary discovery. which will change their friendship for ever. The moral of the story once again is – Sometimes people you think you know best, may turn out to be those you know least.
This will be the last podcast before Christmas. So we take this opportunity to wish all our listeners a Merry Festive Season.
Time: 23 minutes.
Don’t be confused by our podcast cover showing the 8th December. We want to be well prepared ahead of time. You see for those fans of the Fab Four that is the day that John Lennon was killed by a crazed Mark Chapman in front of the Dakota building in New York back in 19880. While it is just possible that those younger listeners may ask ” Who were the Fab Four,” and “Who is John Lennon,” it is more likely they really know. But it is unlikely they feel as much anguish as Violet Flaherty, the luckless lady in our recent podcast.
The Beatles: While not only admitting knowledge, but admiration of The Beatles, I also remember those traumatizing headlines, and news headlines of December 8th, 1980. and how the world seemed to stop rotating in disbelief. Remember, this was long before 9/11 and all the subsequent horror days that have united the entire globe in a mixture of incredulity, skepticism. shock and personal tragedy.
But while undoubtedly a serious continuum of events for our players, we assure you that our new release is not to be taken too seriously. Just allow yourself time to listen, 23 minutes in fact.
Oh, and by the way… If you enjoyed the story, please give us a review on your favorite platform, or iTunes. And if you would like a copy of the manuscript, or any others, just pop across to our Contact page.
A Day Too Long: Our latest pod is another story that is difficult to classify. Although we have tagged it as one of TheSpouseTrap series, it does fit the CrimeWithoutGrime series too. But if you give thought to the story a little more, it could easily classify as MakesYouThink. Why? Well, usually our Spouse Trap stories cover marital discord in some way. But this marriage has lasted for over 40 years. Yet it would appear that 40 years is A Day Too Long