I'm going to be here. Underwood and flinch. A novel written and performed for podcast by Mike Bennett.

This podcast is intended for an adult audience.

Episode 1.

Hello listeners and welcome to episode 1 of Underwood and Flinch.

My name is Mike Bennett and I shall be your guide through the next 40 or so episodes of this podcast.

Before we begin, a few words of listener guidance.

As I mentioned at the very beginning, this is an adult podcast.

You can expect scenes of horror, violence, and strong language.

There, now that we've got that out of the way, with no further ado, let's raise the curtain on our scene. A dark and dusty road winding out of the Port of Malaga, Spain in 1958. A hear 1958, a horse, a Rolls-Royce Wraith cruises through the pitch black country

night as we, like wraiths ourselves materialize into the passenger seat.

We are of course invisible and the driver beside us remains unaware of our presence. He seems far more

concerned with whatever it is he sees in his rearview mirror. What is that? Why, if I'm not mistaken, it's our beginning. The Flinch looked in the rearview mirror and saw headlights, their distant beams slivering over the surface of the coffin like

moonlight on water.

Then a third red light began pulsing above the headlights and the trill ringing of a siren

started.

We seem to have attracted the attention of the authorities, sir.

For a moment there was no answer.

Then a low muffled voice came from the back of the hearse.

Drive on, Flinch. Very good, your lordship.

Should I attempt evasive action?

But for the noise from the siren, the hearse was silent.

Then the lid of the coffin slid aside and Underwood sat up and looked out of the

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