In November 2024, I met with the Volunteer Coordinator for my local MP, Allegra Spender, who asked if I'd help with the 2025 Federal Election campaign. I'd campaigned for Allegra in 2022 and assisted with her post-election events, so of course, I said yes. But I didn't expect that six months later I'd end up with a heart-shaped teal tattoo!
A Heart-Shaped Teal Tattoo is a blog post by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website.
Read the post with a photo of the heart-shaped teal tattoo on Tall And True:
https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/a-heart-shaped-teal-tattoo
Read An Independent Candidate on Tall And True:
https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/an-independent-candidate
Listen to Tall And True Short Reads Season Five episodes:
• Season Five Trailer: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/introducing-season-five/
• The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts - Prologue: The Clinic: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-prologue-the-clinic/
• The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts - One: Rock Fishing: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-one-rock-fishing/
Support the podcast on the Acast Supporter Page: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Tattoo Needle: https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive/sounds/430066/
• Glass Bottles: https://freesound.org/people/14G_Panska_Vagnerova_Adela/sounds/419471/
• Cheers/Applause: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_2104797/sounds/324892/
• Computer Keyboard: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/
• Car Revving: https://freesound.org/people/EwanPenman11/sounds/659548/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.
Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Indigenous Eora Nation.
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