Hello and welcome to episode forty-three of Prose . This week, become a bit confused along with some poor schmuck just trying to make a coffee run and figure out who you are. The stories this week continue to be based on Inktober prompts. What this means is that each story is composed in roughly thirty minutes and is limited to 1000 words or less. Though October, and therefore Inktober, is over, I encourage any artists, writers, or other creators out in the world to take on a challenge of creati...
Nov 05, 2017•2 min
Happy Halloween from Prose ! *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website....
Oct 31, 2017•12 min
Ponder an age-old cliché’s meaning in "Mightier." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website....
Oct 22, 2017•13 min
Experience the death of an old friend with a side of guilt in "An Old Friend." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website....
Oct 22, 2017•14 min
Hello and welcome to episode forty-two of Prose . This week, experience the death of an old friend with a side of guilt and ponder an age-old cliché’s meaning. The stories this week are super special because they are connected to the October tradition that many artists cleave to—Inktober. I go a bit more in depth about how that is so at the end of the first story this week, so keep your ears open for that connection. Please do follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help...
Oct 22, 2017•1 min
In "2068," peer and ponder into the quasi-distant future. *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website....
Oct 08, 2017•14 min
Find a connection between a brutal murder and a matchbook collection in "Roberta's Optimism." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website....
Oct 08, 2017•12 min
Hello and welcome to episode forty-one of Prose . This week, find a connection between a brutal murder and a matchbook collection and peer and ponder into the quasi-distant future. I actually save some of the updates for the ends of the stories, but, please do follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose . Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into...
Oct 08, 2017•1 min
Join Barb, Anton, Hy, and Mack for one last adventure in "Sonbol: Part V- The Smock." *** The ambient noise track in the background of the story is from Freesound.org , and come from user Sclolex . It is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The music you hear was taken from the Free Music Archive. The track comes from Lee Rosevere’s album 5 Minute Meditations and is titled “ 5 Minute Meditations (album mix with alpha waves) .” Mr. Rosevere’s track is being used ...
Sep 24, 2017•28 min
Come embrace the cold as a companion in "Geodetic North." *** All sounds present are from Freesound.org , and come from user Pufermufin . The track is being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License.
Sep 24, 2017•10 min
Hello and welcome to episode forty of Prose . This week, let cold become your constant companion and join Anton, Barb, Hy, and Mack for one last adventure out near Academy Prime.
Sep 24, 2017•1 min
Rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see what happened after Hy and Mack had an intimate moment in the flight simulator. *** All sounds present come from Freesound.org , and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the sit— soundathon . The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Sep 10, 2017•15 min
Lose your grip on the waking world and disappear into dreams in "The Waking World." *** All sounds present come from Freesound.org . The ocean waves come from rucisko , and the piano track comes from soundathon . The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Sep 10, 2017•15 min
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-nine of Prose . This week, lose your grip on the waking world and disappear into dreams and rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see what happened after Hy and Mack had an intimate moment in the flight simulator. Now, for a some updates. Firstly, thank you all so much for being understanding about the need for a hiatus. A little time away from the podcast does the stories good. Thank you a second time for being willing to come back and join me ...
Sep 10, 2017•2 min
Come for the update on Season 2. Stay for the reading of John Keat's "Season 2 Update and "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer."
Aug 27, 2017•4 min
Rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see how they escaped from what seemed like certain death in their last set of adventures. *** All sounds present come from Freesound.org , and, indeed, they all come from the same contributor to the sit— editijo . The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.
Aug 06, 2017•15 min
Decide whether you really can live with...or without...someone in Emily Dickinson's "I cannot live with You." *** Both sounds present behind the poem come from Freesound.org . The first cello tuning sound comes from speedryce , and the melody comes from editijo . The tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses....
Aug 06, 2017•4 min
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-eight of Prose . This week, decide whether you really can live with someone and rejoin the Quad from Primrose 33, picking back up to see how they escaped from what seemed like certain death in their last set of adventures. The big announcement upon my returning to the USA is that the podcast will be going on a partial hiatus until the month of September. I will take these four weeks to write new tales and poetry, upgrade equipment and software, and prepare for...
Aug 06, 2017•2 min
Revel in sylvan paradise and examine the loss of love in "Lovely, Dark, and Deep." *** The music you have heard here comes from the Free Music Archive. The beginning and end of the story is “Worlds Fall Apart (Instrumental Version)” by Josh Woodward from his album Addressed to the Stars. It is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The tune for the vast middle of the story is “5 Minute Meditations (album mix with Alpha Waves)” by Lee Rosevere coming from his a...
Jul 30, 2017•29 min
Watch a man glitter while he walks in Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory." *** All the sounds present behind the poem come from Freesound.org . Users reasanka , cabled_mess , burning-mir , and edtijo are those whose work is included here. All tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses. I do want to take another moment and let anyone listening that is having dark thoughts in the vein of this poem that they should reach out to the National Suicide Prevent...
Jul 30, 2017•3 min
Consider the divinity of that girl you love and how you might be affecting her in "To Be Divine." *** The tracks you have heard behind this poem are all taken from Freesound.org . The first sound was uploaded by user Sclolex and is being used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Both of the piano tracks were created by Setuniman and are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licenses. I hope that you’ve enjoyed this short ...
Jul 30, 2017•5 min
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-seven of Prose. This week, consider the divinity of that girl you love and remember that smiles do not equivocate happiness. In case you missed the memo last week, instead of taking two weeks off for my summer course at Oxford, I have elected to have some shorter offerings here on Prose . So, for episodes thirty-six and thirty-seven, this has, indeed, been the case. Additionally, these episodes are coming to you having been preprogrammed, so I pray that all is...
Jul 30, 2017•2 min
Hope for something worth having in old age in Lord Byron's "Growing Old." *** The music behind the poem comes from Freesound.org . It was uploaded by user IESP and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Jul 23, 2017•5 min
Get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel with "The Hanging." *** The music behind the story comes from Free Music Archive . The first track comes from the artist Jelsonic . It titled is “ Another Brilliant Age ” from the album Various Moods II . The second track is by the artist Axletree . It is titled “ Goodnight Esme (Instrumental Version) ” from the album Cormorant EP . Both tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. Next up we have a poem ...
Jul 23, 2017•8 min
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-six of Prose. This week, get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel and hope for something worth having in old age. Instead of taking two weeks off for my summer course at Oxford, I have elected to have some shorter offerings here on Prose . So, for episodes thirty-six and thirty-seven, do keep this in mind. Additionally, these episodes are coming to you having been preprogrammed, so I pray that all is well with them upon delivery. I also hope that yo...
Jul 23, 2017•2 min
Continue the journey toward fighting back against an incoming alien horde at Academy Prime with the residents of Primrose 33 in the second installment of "Sonbol" titled "Persenche." *** This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from Freesound.org . The first ambient track comes from user cabled_mess and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The second bit of music and the alarm sounds come from the same soundscape uploaded by user...
Jul 16, 2017•16 min
Reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime in "The Magdalene." *** The two backing tracks for this story were taken from the Free Music Archive and are by Fleslit . The first track is “ Detour Ahead ” and is its own collection in the archive. The second track is “ Wack ” and is also its own collection in the archive. They are being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. Thank you to Fleslit and the Free Mus...
Jul 16, 2017•14 min
Hello and welcome to episode thirty-five of Prose. This week, reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime and continue the journey toward fighting back against an incoming alien horde at Academy Prime with the residents of Primrose 33. One note about the first story this week, Episode 35.1, it is the first story in quite some time that is actually rather graphic, so if you or any little ears nearby are easily by coarse language or explici...
Jul 16, 2017•2 min
Examine why small dogs are wonderful and fear those woods near your home in "The Leash." *** The sounds you are hearing even now and have heard through the entire story are Tibetan singing bowls. The track was uploaded to from Freesound.org by user the_very_Real_Horst and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License....
Jul 09, 2017•10 min
Begin training to help save the human race from an inevitable alien invasion in Part I of "Sonbol," titled "The Breach." *** This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from both from Freesound.org the Free Music Archive . All of the backing tracks save to the next to last one come from the artist Jelsonic and were taken from the Free Music Archive. The tracks are titled “ The Last Whale ,” coming from the album Various Moods , “ Seasong ,” and “ No Doubt ,” coming fro...
Jul 09, 2017•16 min