Hello and welcome to the Drabblecast, episode 497.

The Drabblecast is an audio fiction magazine that brings strange stories by strange authors to strange listeners,

such as yourself. I'm your host, Norm Sherman.

Great original Drabblecast story for your folks this week, but first,

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our opening act this week. We've got a hundred word story for you.

One hundred words, not a word less or more. They're called Drabbles, and we're called the Drabblecast because we love these little jokers. Our drabble this week is called The Hills, and it comes to us from Kitchener, Ontario resident Jonathan Lee Wilson. Jonathan's an aspiring narrator and crafter of short stories, and you can hear his voice work at places such as Doonstief, ankle cast and dribblecast.

Find more of her stories at Tale Teller Universe on YouTube.

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