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Tales from the Cauldron

TBM-2310.29 – Musings of a Solitary Ghost

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Tales from the Cauldron

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#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #ghosts

Excerpt:

But she can’t feel the heat, or stand in the shower, or work the taps. Her hands can’t grip, can’t touch.

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

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  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:11 — 4.5MB)

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TBM-2310.27 – His Lips

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Tales from the Cauldron

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #hislips

Excerpt:

His lips. Pressed together. Plush in a way that men’s lips typically aren’t.  Kissable.

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:36 — 7.2MB)

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TBM-2310.26 – Warehouse of Lost Dreams

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1730 - Dreams

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #lostdreams #warehouse

Excerpt:

Here, on the first aisle are the Childhood Fantasies… things kids grow out of before they turn ten.

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:35 — 6.4MB)

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TBM-2310.25 – Basic Cookery

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0412 - Demon

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #humor #demons

Excerpt:

He just enjoyed reading the recipes and trying to imagine what the various exotic dishes might taste like.

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Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:05 — 4.5MB)

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TBM-2310.24 – Heat Lightning

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Heat Lightning

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic  #heatlightning #faeries

Excerpt:

There’s flickering light out to the east, swaths of clouded sky lighting up and fading out like semaphore lamps, but the code they’re using isn’t Morse. It isn’t human language at all.

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  • Charlotte Kennedy

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:46 — 3.7MB)

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TBM-2310.23 – Operation

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Operation

 

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #bathtubmermaid #operation #motherdaughter #carving

Excerpt:

The operating table had been draped in protective material designed to collect any leaking fluids or stray bits of flesh, and the lighting had been adjusted to illuminate the field with no confusing shadows.

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:41 — 4.0MB)

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TBM-2310.22 – Five More Minutes

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dream2

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #bathtubmermaid #fivemoreminutes #faceless

Excerpt:

But I needed the dream-time with my lover out on patrol duty beyond the Rim more than I needed to be warm.

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:34 — 4.4MB)

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TBM-2310.21 – Tlanchana

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Tales from the Cauldron

 

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #flashfic #bathtubmermaid #tlanchana #mermaidlore #remixedmythology

Excerpt:

In those times her tears are salty, and she cries them over the graves of those who have left. She wraps her silky hair around herself like a cloak and keeps vigil over the bones of the dead.

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:55 — 5.3MB)

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TBM-2310.20 – Itchy

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Tales from the Cauldron

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #shortshortstories #bathtubmermaid #vengeance #moderndating #MarkKilfoil #encaf1

Excerpt:

With him shirtless in his living room, she tries to alleviate his itch, but it seems that with every stroke of her short nails the feeling only gets worse. “Is there something there?” he asks. “On my back? A bite? A rash?”

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Mark, the Encaffeinated One

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The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:17 — 12.4MB)

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TBM-2310.19 – Sleepless (A Remix of the Endymion Myth)

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Tales from the Cauldron

 

Description:

#audio #13NightsofHalloween #shortshortstories #bathtubmermaid #remixedmyths #missmelysse

Excerpt:

When she needed to remind herself of the precise curve of his lips or the exact position of the crease above his left eyebrow, he was there in her bed, a male sleeping beauty waiting for the princess’s kiss.

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Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:50 — 8.4MB)