Since Episode 100, I've taken a break from podcasting to plan a new direction for Season Five of Tall And True Short Reads, which I hope to launch early next year. Meanwhile, I've "gift-wrapped" the first episodes from Seasons One to Four of the podcast for this year's bumper Kris Kringle episode.
The stories written and narrated by Robert Fairhead for The Kris Kringle - Xmas 2024 first appeared on the Tall And True writers' website.
Read the stories on Tall And True:
• Five Meet on Zoom: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/five-meet-on-zoom
• The Last Book That Made You Cry: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/the-last-book-that-made-you-cry
• Once Upon A Time: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/once-upon-a-time
• Some Things Change – Perth, Western Australia, 1979: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/some-things-change
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Episode 100, Twin Souls in the Universe: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/twin-souls-in-the-universe/
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story 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:
• Santa’s Sleigh Bells: https://freesound.org/people/BrianJamesLong/sounds/330415/
Five Meet on Zoom:
• None
The Last Book That Made You Cry:
• Page turning: https://freesound.org/people/Kodack/sounds/256475/
Once Upon A Time:
• Slow Clock Ticking: https://freesound.org/people/Julien%20Matthey/sounds/457651/
• Conference Noise: https://freesound.org/people/shazam118/sounds/83788/
• Glasses Clinking: https://freesound.org/people/KenRT/sounds/319994/
• Applause: https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/462362/
Some Things Change – Perth, Western Australia, 1979:
• Kids playing: https://freesound.org/people/cognito%20perceptu/sounds/61503/
• Glasses Clinking: https://freesound.org/people/KenRT/sounds/319994/
• Car Interior: https://freesound.org/people/devy32/sounds/439252/
• Sipping Wine: https://freesound.org/people/bbrocer/sounds/382656/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.
The podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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