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The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Drabblecast 429 – Letter from Lynchburg

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Comedy Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.8975 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Alternate history on this week’s show– an original story by Edward J. Knight about the American Civil War that we perhaps only narrowly missed! 7 August 1865 My darling Emily, I do not know if this letter will reach you, but if it does, I hope it finds you well. General Lee has sent word […]

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the travel cast episode

0:14.9

49 the travel cast is a weekly audio fiction magazine that brings strange

0:19.7

stories by strange authors to strange listeners such as yourself. I'm your host, Norm Sherman.

0:27.0

Wait, episode 429? Wait, did I miss an episode? You might be asking yourself right now and well no you didn't but we

0:34.7

did we double counted episode 425 because numbers be numbering and stuff anyways

0:40.6

this week like last week we bring you another original story that deals with, I don't know, interesting themes that might be poignant to you right now.

0:48.0

Maybe not, maybe alternate history with giants is cool to you too, and that's certainly passable on the travel cast.

0:54.0

We bring you letter from Lynchburg by Edward J Knight.

0:58.0

Edward writes fantasy and science fiction from his home in Colorado.

1:01.0

He's a rocket scientist, literally, that put two satellites into

1:04.7

orbit and is also raising two children along with his partner, Sarah. He hates stories

1:09.2

with idiot plots, and he loves stories with Cowboys fighting giants.

1:14.0

The stories read to you by one of your favorite reoccurring male voices here on the travel

1:17.4

cast, not me, Mike Boris.

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And so without further ado, we bring you letter from Lynchburg by Edward J. Knight. 7. 7 August 1865

1:48.0

My darling Emily

1:50.0

I do not know if this letter will reach you, but if it does I hope it finds you well.

1:57.0

General Lee has sent word to President Johnson requesting the evacuation of Washington.

2:03.0

And I fear that Baltimore will be next.

2:06.0

Remember that I have an uncle outside of Boston,

2:09.0

and he should be happy to take you in,

2:11.0

should worst come to pass. Just tell him that we are engaged to be

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