Drabblecast 316 – A Memory of Seafood

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Science Fiction, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2014

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week’s column is not about a restaurant, exactly, but about a memory. A distinct and painful memory, like a softened tooth you can’t help but poke at with your tongue to see if it still hurts. A memory of seafood. (That sounds like one of those divine collections, doesn’t it, like a flight of […]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Drabblecast, episode 316. The Drabble
0:17.4	Cast is a weekly audio fiction magazine that brings strange stories by
0:21.6	strange authors to strange listeners, such as yourself.
0:25.8	I'm your host, Norm Sherman.
0:29.1	Women and Aliens Month continues here on the Drapylcast, a celebration of women writers and science fiction.
0:34.8	Let's jump in with a Drabble.
0:39.0	This week's 100 word story is a traveler from a distant land by Nathan Lee.
0:43.9	Nathan Lee, aka Scattercat,
0:46.0	is her managing editor at the Drabblecast
0:48.0	and is a great treasure trove of 100-word stories
0:50.6	that he's been writing the past several years
0:52.1	over at mirrorshards.org. Hope you enjoy.
0:57.0	Stupid alien, stupid ugly alien.
1:04.0	Tommy was flailing his bat, the good wooden one he'd begged and begged for last Christmas,
1:09.8	and hitting something on the ground. Darlene sighed,
1:14.0	Tommy, stop that, you'll ruin your toys, and come in.
1:17.0	It's almost dark, time to wash up and set the table.
1:20.0	But, mom, I'm killing aliens.
1:24.0	You can do that later.
1:25.5	Dinnas in ten minutes. March, mister.
1:28.0	Tommy groaned and trudged inside, dragging his bat on the ground.
1:33.0	Behind him, the crumpled helmet gleamed
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