Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Step into the extraordinary with auditory anthology, a podcast series where science fiction short stories come alive

narrated by me your voice of weird darkness and curated by Keith Conrad each episode is a journey into imagination.

Explore cosmic wonders and futuristic tales,

and dive into a universe of stories

where the impossible is possible.

Auditory anthology, available Auditory anthology.com and on Apple, Spotify or your

podcast player of choice. Stories and

content in weird darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for

mature audiences only.

Parental discretion is strongly advised. Buck Lawson and his cousin and his cousin Sanders trudged through the six inches of snow that had fallen on the simple streets of Germantown.

It was a rare thing to see that kind of snow in North Carolina, but seeing as how it had fallen on Christmas, the boys felt no need to complain.

It seemed like the perfect day for it.

In fact, it was pretty much the perfect Christmas, Buck thought to himself.

The wiry 16-year-old had enjoyed a breakfast with his family, and when he left on an errand

to town, his sister and mother were busy starting on Christmas supper.

His sister Marie, and boy, she could cook, was making a special raisin cake for the family.

Buck's mouth watered just thinking about it.

Even Buck's father had been in a bright mood that morning.

Buck's father, Charlie, could be a difficult man.

He was prone to bad tempers and fits of rage and could

be harsh and even violent with his family. Buck knew that he often stepped out of line and

probably deserved some of the spankings that he'd gotten as a child, but he also felt that his father often took things too far.

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