When Will and I first conceived of Western Thought we pictured it as a literary magazine. Obviously there were practical roadblocks to this and I thought a podcast would be more fun. But I've maintained interest in doing something with more fiction. If you or anyone you know has a piece of fiction that they think is solid and would be good as audio I encourage you to submit. Will and I do this podcast cause we like reading and will read most anything.

Submit to my email [email protected]

If we like it I'll find an actor and we'll record something like this.

Regarding this specific story titled INNOCENCE. It's a story I drove up to Alaska to do research for. It's a true story about my great uncle. While the prose does have some youthful indulgences I think the essential core of the story still comes through. Read with emotion by the actor Stanton Pavlichek.

I edited this purposefully with some flubs cause I think including outtakes in your art can be fun.

Finally, this episode is sponsored by the superior audio product, my novella, The Town of Books.

https://www.amazon.com/The-Town-of-Books/dp/B082WYBXFC