Next weeks story is The Piano Tuner by Peter Meinke.

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This episode had major sound quality problems. Ah, the perils of live recording. In the end, Anais decided a distorted computer sounding 4th host was better than a band saw.

Today we introduced our new fourth host Rammy! He’s well traveled, educated and lends a more conservative ear to the podcast. Rammy is a great addition and we are happy to have him. Learn more about him on the front page of literaryroadhouse.com

Usually a fourth host means at least one person will hate the story. While we’ve had science fiction in the past and we read an experimental story before, we’ve never read anything that truly felt this new. The author took many risks in both formatting the story as a series of tweets and finding a voice that works with the format. With the 2nd person point of view and exploited women in danger… I knew Gerald would be a shoe in. But alas, we all enjoyed this story. There was just something about this story that could be read so many different ways. Where Gerald found an good spy story with bombs and speedboats, Anais saw a feminist screen and commentary on narcissism. Rammy and I… well we pulled out communism and what living for the greater good can look like. Then Rammy asked the ten thousand dollar question that made us all squirm. I highly recommend the youtube video for fun “who do you picture as the terrorist” liberal discomfort.

Don’t forget, to rate the story! For the history of our goofy system, see Anais’ post “Read Short Stories or Ray Bradbury Cries.” If you want to design a Bradberry, we’d love to see it. On a scale of 1-6 Bradberries, how do you rate “Black Box”? Tell us in the comments below or via voicemail, and we will give the final tally on the next episode.

Listener’s last week gave Not From Here by Angela Mitchell 5 Bradberries.

Next weeks story is The Piano Tuner by Peter Meinke.