This bonus episode of Makeshift Stories was performed by Mitchell Tew in front of a live audience at the Calgary Expo Comics & Entertainment con on April 21, 2022. The story being read originally appeared in our feed on April 17th, 2020, as episode 184 DIARY OF AN UNINTENTIONAL EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. Please note this was a live performance so the audio quality is limited. We hope you enjoy this performance of the story.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchell Tew.

Opening and closing were composed and created by Matthew Erdmann.

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A rogue android, hiding from capture in Tokyo by posing as a stand-in, begins to feel the need to develop friendships. Risking detection, it lets its guard down only to find what it initially thinks is betrayal turns out to be the help of a future friend.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Reads by Mitchell Tew.

Opening and closing were composed and created by Matthew Erdmann.

Audio mastering by David Hume.

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After reading his rediscovered diary Emilio, an indentured farm labourer, begins to suspect an entire year is missing from the world’s collective memory. When he tries to reach out to see if this is true, he meets resistance and is tagged by management as a problem. Befriended by a new worker, Emilio reveals the source of his suspicions only to find himself betrayed.

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CREDITS

Written and read by Alan V Hare.

Opening and closing were composed and created by Matthew Erdmann.

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While taking time away from a protest he and Mrs. Green started to prevent Boardwalk Estates from adopting a new landscaping bylaw, Ken finds a mysterious pendant lying on the sidewalk. In picking it up, he unwittingly becomes the supreme ruler of an alien galactic empire with the power to destroy entire worlds or force everyone to have golf course green lawns.

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Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

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After a successful operation to regain her sight, Annisa starts to suspect people around her are lying. When she catches her reflection in a window and doesn’t recognize herself, her doctor reveals that she has been living in a simulation since birth. But Annisa isn’t convinced.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

Audio Editing and Post-production by Matthew Erdmann

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After trying to upgrade his memory to compete with colleagues at work, Matteo discovers the alteration to his DNA is causing him to go blind. Desperate, he turns to the House of Veracity for help, an organization his parents joined when he was born. The House is committed to preserving the DNA of unenhanced humans and is more than eager to assist, but there is a hidden cost for the help.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

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Lighting forces the artificial intelligence which brought Ex Caelo to the fifth world to use Opertarius as a temporary host. It is not until Ex Caelo is forced to flee after being turned over to the authorities by a technician that Opertarius becomes aware he is sharing his body with the alien mind.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

Audio post-production by Matthew Erdmann

Makeshift Stories is released under a creative commons non-commercial attribution no derivative license.

A billionaire wants to live until the technological singularity appears so that he can upload his consciousness to it. He plans to extend his life by using the blood of a young boy to repair his body and reverse the ageing process. The boy, whose family’s well-being is dependent on the billionaire’s money, discovers the transfusion process will result in his premature ageing and early death and must make a difficult choice

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

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While working in the fields, Ex Caelo and Opertarius are caught in a freak storm. The deluge causes a flood that traps them as they run for safety. Meanwhile, the energy of the lightning begins to awaken Ship.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

Makeshift Stories is released under a creative commons non-commercial attribution no derivative license.

After recovering from the crash landing, the visitor is indentured to the landowner who discovered them and named them Ex Caelo. Ex Caelo finds Ship’s container while working at the crash site with another indentured worker, only to have it stolen.

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CREDITS

Written by Alan V Hare.

Read by Mitchel Tew

Opening and closing composed and created by Matthew Erdmann

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