Prose

Dine on glass in "Crunching."

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The first backing track from this piece is "Mu Part 2" from Shadows on the Snow, was taken from the Free Music Archive, and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The crunching sounds were made by rLess and come from FreeSound.org. This track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Thank you to Shadows on the Snow, rLess, the Free Music Archive, and Freesound.org for the contributions

In Part I of "Grafting Street," meet a desperate man in a near future.

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The first backing track from this piece is "Not the Streets You Used to Walk Along" from Phillip Weigl. It comes from his album Sound-trax was taken from the Free Music Archive, and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The second track is "The Talons of Adventure, the Antlers of Romance" by Doctor Turtle. It was also taken from the Free Music Archive and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Please use the links provided to check both of these artists and the Free Music Archive out.

Hello and welcome to episode seventeen of Prose. This week, meet a desperate man, dine on glass, and reconsider your definition of stalker.

In Episode 17.1, you will encounter the first part of a multi-part series that I hope will span a few episodes of Prose. I hope this appeals to you as much as it does me! If it does, or even if it does not, please to feel free to contact me through [email protected] with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello. You can also keep up with or communicate with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.

Lastly, as I always plead, head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let's get to the tales, shall we?

This week, we have Part I of "Grafting Street," "Crunching," and "Stalker" by Alena Abrosimova.

Enjoy!

In "Probable Infidelity," confront the rotting stench of adultery.

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The backing tracks for this story were taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Frankum provided both tracks on this poem, "White Spirit" and "Enchantment." This track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to Frankum and Freesound.org for the contribution.

In "The Long Night, or Frogs," fear the disappearance of amphibians.

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The backing tracks for this story were taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Madbob69 is responsible for the frogs throughout the story, and Efecto Fudador is responsible for the ambient noises at the end. These tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to these two and Freesound.org for the contribution.

In "The Vodka Talks" question sanity and monogamy.

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The backing track for this story was taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Frankum wrote and recorded this track, titled "Sweetness Dark." This track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to Frankum and Freesound.org for the contribution.

In "Cheeks," experience a dream come true.

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The backing track for this story was taken from FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. Summonhue provided the track, which is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. A sincere thank you to Summonhue and Freesound.org for the contribution. The track that you are listening to now is titled "Neither Here Mix 1" and is by Massive Lad. You can find more from Massive Lad at his Sound Cloud page: soundcloud.com/massive-lad. Massive Lad happens to be my younger brother and has given me permission to use his track; however, these tracks are, indeed, copywritten materials and should be treated accordingly. Thanks so much for the tunes, little brother. The stories are better for them.

Hello and welcome to episode sixteen of Prose. This week, have a dream come true, question monogamy, fear the disappearance of amphibians, and confront the rotting stench of adultery.

In Episode 15, I mentioned that our most current guest author in residence Nicholas B. Morris's set of stories was at an end here on Prose. After which, several people emailed in about possibly getting some more of his work to show up on the show. Well, I've heard you, and I'm reaching out to Mr. Morris to see if that might be possible. In that vein, please to feel free to contact me through [email protected] with anything you might want to say, be it praise, critique, advice, or simply saying hello.

Also, as I always plead, head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going. You can also keep up with the podcast by following Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast or on Facebook under the same handle, though Twitter is the far more active of the two.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose. Let's get to the tales, shall we?

This week, we have "Cheeks," "The Vodka Talks," "Long Night, or Frogs," and "Probable Infidelity."

Enjoy!

In "Asclepius," take a poetic crash course in comparative religion.

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The backing tracks for this poem were taken from the FreeSound.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The opening track comes from Roigianno, the second track is the work of Kickhat, and Frankum is responsible for the final track on the poem. Roigianno and Frankum's tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses, and Kickhat's track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. A sincere thank you to these three and Freesound.org for the contribution.

In "Gravediggers," find yourself two feet in the grave.

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Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni.

Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.

Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative. He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris's stories called The Boy in the Well.

The backing tracks for "Gravediggers" were taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art. The track is called "Pompeii" and is by Josh Woodward. If you have yet to make it over and check out his website at joshwoodward.com, you're really missing out. This track is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. The second track is called "Exiled in the Land of Absentees" and is by adarcah [ianku]. This track is being used under an Attribution 4.0 International License. Lastly, the piano improvisation comes from another fantastic community based on artistic sharing—Freesound.org. The improv is provided by user unfa. A sincere thank you to all of these artists for sharing their work with the world and to both the Free Music Archive and Freesound.org for the contributions.

As always, keep your eyes peeled or the next episode of Prose.