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- MUSIC BY THE SEA
Widowed, she has come alone to the sea from the flatlands of Illinois. She has come with hope and expectation. But soon, like the story of her life, hope and expectation dissolve into quiet bitterness. She decides it might be best to simply wade into the waves and let the vast ocean carry her, and her precious cello, away.
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13 min - TO HELL AND BACK
The kid just wants to shoot some hoops. Get in some practice before his school team tryouts next week. But inside the old dairy barn out back where his father has hung a hoop, the kid runs into a spooky stranger. The unexpected encounter will have consequences neither of them can imagine.
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9 min - THE PASS CATCHER
A knee injury put him out of the game before the start of his third NFL season. But already the damage had been done. Four years of high school ball. Four years of college ball. Two years of pro ball. Ten years of whacks to the head. This is the once legendary pass catcher today.
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9 min - FEAR & LOATHING IN AMURICA
Sam thinks he might run for school board. He meets with some "concerned parents." Things get weird. Critical race theory. Sex ed. Books that need burning.
The first offering in Thomas William Simpson's collection: 7 Minute Stories by Simpson
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About Wham Bam Stories by Simpson
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Want to hear some entertaining stories but don't have a lot of time. The stories in this podcast are short and tough or short and sweet. Few exceed ten minutes, the outer limit of the average…
American's attention span. Simpson has been writing fiction for a long time and has perfected the short short story. Subject matter varies considerably. Sidewinder features a hip young couple who have left Silicon Valley for New Mexico where they've opened an adult toys shop, but suddenly their one-year-old is about to crawl onto the tracks of the Union Pacific. In After the Wedding, a pair of young lovers find themselves confronting an OxyContin overdose in the middle of the night in an abandoned motel. In Music by the Sea, a middle age woman who has recently lost her husband finally overcomes the stage fright that had for decades silenced her brilliant cello playing. Wham Bam Stories by Simpson are packed with humor, pathos, vulnerability, humanity, and originality. Read by the author without editing, polishing, or any high tech gadgetry. Just the raw material for the listener's listening pleasure. Sit back, turn up the volume, as Simpson can be a whisperer, and enjoy.