Drabblecast 455 – How Lovely Are Your Branches

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Comedy Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.8 • 975 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Norm closes out the year and existence as we know it, due to the phenomena known as “The Continuation,” with the Drabblecast annual holiday Tim Pratt story, an original commission called “How Lovely Are Your Branches.” Enjoy! Somebody was murdering people, but the killer’s name wasn’t showing up on my naughty list. That got me […]

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0:00.0	The Moon is clear. The stars are red. The end is near.
0:30.0	is near.
0:30.0	Simply having... Wonderful Christmas time.
0:34.0	Time.
0:35.0	Hey, you made it.
0:40.0	Wasn't sure you would.
0:41.0	Wasn't sure any of us would.
0:44.0	Life though, life sure does find a way, doesn't it?
0:50.0	A way to keep going.
0:52.0	You know, it's funny.
0:54.0	We always worry so much about things ending.
0:56.0	Like that's the worst thing that could ever happen to us.
0:59.0	We take for granted every year that we get to leave a lot of stuff behind us
1:02.0	as the holidays wrap up.
1:04.0	Should alled acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
1:08.0	I mean, some alled shit, at least till this time next year.
1:12.0	But science tells us that's not quite how inertia works.
1:16.0	Objects have a tendency to keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed when no forces act upon them.
1:22.0	How naive we were to think that Christmas music would be any different
1:26.2	this year. They're calling the phenomena the continuation.
1:33.2	I'm assuming it's back wherever you're listening to me right now.
1:36.7	If it ever really left your area at all.
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