Caught up in the story, a reader crosses the line between reality and fiction.


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On a hot summer day, Wilem discovers one of the river's hidden secrets.


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A child of the forest is never just a child.

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When Helene goes to harvest the tree that grows buttons, she finds something far more surprising and far more sinister than she ever expected. 

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Introducing Don Henry - an Opera by Frank Nawrot 

Premiering August 23, 2022 wherever you listen to podcasts.

Don Henry was a Dodge City native and University of Kansas student whose ideals led him to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s. Don was a young man when Mussolini and Hitler established fascist governments in Western Europe. He and others from around the world traveled to Spain to help prevent a fascist government from taking hold there as it had in Italy and Germany. He became a member of the International Brigade that fortified the leftist Spanish Republicans (also referred to as the Loyalists). Don knew the dangers of his ambition and so hid his real intentions by telling his family he was taking a vacation in Europe. On his first day of battle, Don was mortally wounded by a gunshot to the chest as he tended to an injured comrade. 

In this recording, the story of Don Henry is told from three asynchronous perspectives: 1) a 21st-century 24-hour news channel program, 2) a letter written by Don Henry to his family in Kansas, and 3) the frontlines of the war as told by Salaria Kea, a nurse from Akron, Ohio. 

The words of this opera are taken from historical documents, poems written by British international brigaders, and original lyrics by Frank Nawrot. The historical documents are the University of Kansas Board of Regents press release commissioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee and Don Henry’s letter.

Don Henry stars Neal Long, Gretchen Pille, Rachael Rule, and Frank Nawrot. 

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As long as the sun rises, we endure...As long as there is light to speak, we endure.

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S.J. is going to be a little voice, but nothing can prepare her for what she's about to undertake.

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The bathynaut's journey is long...will she find what she is seeking?

"Diving into the Rift" was written by Dennis Mombauer. Dennis currently lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he works on climate change and as a writer of speculative fiction and textual experiments. He is co-publisher of a German magazine for experimental fiction, “Die Novelle – Magazine for Experimentalism,” and has published fiction and non-fiction in various magazines and anthologies. His first English novella, “The House of Drought,” (Stelliform Press) and first English novel, “The Fertile Clay,” (Nightscape Press) are both scheduled to be published in 2022.
Learn more at https://dennismombauer.com/ 

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"She dreamed of fields wild and lush, but like every dream, love wasn’t enough..."

Today's episode was written by Julie Reeser (https://persephoneknits.com/)

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Today, we revisit one of our favorite episodes: "What Happened That Night"

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Narration by James Barnett from The Night's End podcast. Visit nightsendpodcast.com or follow on Instagram @nightsendpodcast & Facebook @nightsendpod

Other Voices in Order of Appearance:
R. E. Rule (rerulewrites.com)
Frank Nawrot (franknawrot.com)
Dutcher Snedeker (dutchersnedeker.com)
Gretchen Pille (gretchenpille.com)

Music by Frank Nawrot and Amy Beach
featuring James Alexander on cello

Production by Frank Nawrot

Production Assistants:
Matthew Ferrandino
John C. L. Jansen (johnjansenmusic.com)

What Happened That Night was written by R. E. Rule

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