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Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster (Sci-Fi Horror) – Story #16 – Stories from the Hearth
Welcome to Stories from the Hearth, a short-story podcast to help you escape the chaotic energies of the everyday; a podcast in which every episode you will encounter a brand new, original story – be it romantic, historical, or science fiction, fantasy, or speculative horror; where you will encounter stories packed full of adventure, misfortune, peril and triumph, loveable villains, roguish heroes, and all those in-between.
Continue reading “Stories from the Hearth – Listen Here!”PODCAST LAUNCH!
Stories from the Hearth is a brand-new, creator-led, short-stories podcast, launched in January 2021.
Stories from the Hearth is an original short-stories podcast for those who crave a little bit of escapism, from all the chaotic energies of the modern world.
Continue reading “PODCAST LAUNCH!”Book Review: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Activity in the Phoebus’s gun ports promises another round.
If I don’t keep talking, Jacob realises, I shall crack like a dropped dish.
‘I know what you don’t believe in, Doctor: what do you believe?’
‘Oh, Descartes’ methodology, Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas, the efficacy of Jesuits’ bark… so little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to co-exist, than seek to disprove…’
Clouds spill over the mountain ridges.
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Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists
Started: Hangzhou, China
Finished: Guilin, China
Hey, Cal!
Aye, whit?
Go an’ name me a few of your most favourite things.
What is this? The Sound of Music?
Just do it, eh?
I guess… military history… Japan… nature… and tattoos. Why?
Because, mi amigo, I have just the book for you… Continue reading “Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists”