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Tales from the Cauldron

TBM-2310.24 – Heat Lightning

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Heat Lightning

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#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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  • 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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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.

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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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TBM-2310.22 – Five More Minutes

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dream2

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#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: 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

 

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#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: 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

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#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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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: 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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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: 7:50 — 8.4MB)

LaVieEnRose

TBM2309.27 – Life Lessons & La Vie en Rose

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Sasha-and-Martigan

 

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#audio ##essays #shortshortstories #SashaandMartigan #lifelessons #bathtubmermaid #missmelysse

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Another café, another ancient French song wafting out from speakers mounted above the door – why was my handler always asking me to meet in such places? And why did I always agree?

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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: 11:39 — 10.9MB)

Basil and Zoe - 25 Years

TBM2308.31 – DDOP.31 – Twenty-Five Years: Year Twenty-Five: Silver

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Silver anniversary

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#audio #flashfiction #flashfic  #dogdaysofpodcasting #basilandzoe #twentyfiveyears #anniversarygifts

Basil and Zoe - 25 YearsExcerpt:

“Do you wish to sign on for twenty-five more?” Basil asked.

“Oh, at least,” Zoe answered.

 

 

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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: 3:53 — 4.2MB)

Basil and Zoe - 25 Years

TBM2308.30 – DDOP.30 – Twenty-Five Years: Year Twenty-Four – Stone

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Elyraon Farmhouse

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#audio #flashfiction #flashfic  #dogdaysofpodcasting #basilandzoe #twentyfiveyears #anniversarygifts

Basil and Zoe - 25 YearsExcerpt:

“Happy anniversary, dearest,” Basil said. “I will add your name to the deed in the morning.”

 

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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: 1:59 — 2.3MB)

Basil and Zoe - 25 Years

TBM2308.29 – DDOP.29 – Twenty-Five Years: Year Twenty-Three – Air

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Hot Air Balloons

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#audio #flashfiction #flashfic  #dogdaysofpodcasting #basilandzoe #twentyfiveyears #anniversarygifts

Basil and Zoe - 25 YearsExcerpt:

But this time, they weren’t separated. Basil had chosen to use some of his allotted leave, and the children traveled with them.

 

 

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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: 1:50 — 1.9MB)