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This week, I’ve read another of my favorite Mark Twain stories, The Petrified Man, a perfect April Fool’s season tale of a prank gone wrong.

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John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

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I’m back podcasting after a long post-surgical hiatus. I don’t have any new material to read, so instead, I’ve read one of my favorite comedic Mark Twain stories, Punch, Brothers, Punch. It’s a great little essay about a earworming mind-virus, prefiguring Snow Crash by a century and more!

There’s more administrivia than usual in this one as I get caught up.


Conductor, when you receive a fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

CHORUS

Punch, brothers! punch with care!
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

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I’m taking a hiatus from podcasting while I recuperate from hip surgery; instead, I’ll be posting a couple stories a week from the podcast edition of my DIY short story collection, With a Little Help. I hope you enjoy ’em — I love how these readings came out. You can buy the whole audio on CD in Ogg or MP3 form, buy it in one of four paperback editions, get a limited edition hardcover, donate a copy to a school or library, make a cash donation, and, of course, get the free ebook and free audio download.

This installment’s story is Epoch, read by Jesse Brown.

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

MP3 Link

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

/ / Podcast

I’m taking a hiatus from podcasting while I recuperate from hip surgery; instead, I’ll be posting a couple stories a week from the podcast edition of my DIY short story collection, With a Little Help. I hope you enjoy ’em — I love how these readings came out. You can buy the whole audio on CD in Ogg or MP3 form, buy it in one of four paperback editions, get a limited edition hardcover, donate a copy to a school or library, make a cash donation, and, of course, get the free ebook and free audio download.

This installment’s story is Chicken Little, read by Emily Hurson.

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

MP3 Link

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

/ / Podcast

I’m taking a hiatus from podcasting while I recuperate from hip surgery; instead, I’ll be posting a couple stories a week from the podcast edition of my DIY short story collection, With a Little Help. I hope you enjoy ’em — I love how these readings came out. You can buy the whole audio on CD in Ogg or MP3 form, buy it in one of four paperback editions, get a limited edition hardcover, donate a copy to a school or library, make a cash donation, and, of course, get the free ebook and free audio download.

This installment’s story is Pester Power, read by Mary Robinette Kowal.

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

MP3 Link

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

/ / Podcast

I’m taking a hiatus from podcasting while I recuperate from hip surgery; instead, I’ll be posting a couple stories a week from the podcast edition of my DIY short story collection, With a Little Help. I hope you enjoy ’em — I love how these readings came out. You can buy the whole audio on CD in Ogg or MP3 form, buy it in one of four paperback editions, get a limited edition hardcover, donate a copy to a school or library, make a cash donation, and, of course, get the free ebook and free audio download.

This installment’s story is Constitutional Crisis, read by JC Hutchins.

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.

MP3 Link

Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com

John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook.