Prose

Hello and welcome to episode fifteen of Prose.  This week, leap into forgiveness and death intertwined, find yourself two feet in the grave, and take a poetic crash course in comparative religion.   Episode fifteen has three major special features of note: Episode 15.1 contains the first ever musical composition written exclusively for Prose, a track by the indelible David Ezell, Episode 15.2 will be the final feature story in this hopefully first but not last story series from Nicholas B. Morris, and Episode 15.3’s narrative will take the form of a formal poem, a villanelle that has been slightly shifted for narrative purposes, to be precise.   Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose.  Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going.  Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast. 

Finish our harrowing  journey with the boy in the well in the final chapter of "The Boy in the Well" by Nicholas B. Morris. *** Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni. Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.  Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative.  He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.

In "Yel•Low, or One Hundred Indecisions," contemplate indecision and cowardice. 

Experience a terrifying fall in "The Fall."

Hello and welcome to episode fourteen of Prose.  This week, experience a terrifying fall, contemplate indecision and cowardice, and finish our harrowing journey with the boy in the well.    Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review for Prose.  Doing so truly helps this podcast keep going.  Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.    Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose.  Let’s get to the tales, shall we?   This week, we have “The Fall,” “Yel•Low, or One Hundred Indecisions,” and the final chapter, chapter three, of “The Boy in the Well” by Nicholas B. Morris.   Enjoy!

"The Death of Freedom" by David Ezell is a timely poem pondering trying times.  

Come experience a town with two stoplights, three churches, and a small dose of conflict. 

In "My Little Creatures," meet some individuals with imagination. 

"The Boy in the Well", Chapter 1 begins us on a journey of discovery with a young boy.

Hello and welcome to episode twelve of Prose.  This week, we will take a journey of discovery with a young boy, meet some individuals with imagination, and experience a town with two stoplights, three churches, and a small dose of conflict.  We also have a bonus episode that considers liberty through verse.  This episode of Prose marks a major first, in that all three short stories and the bonus poem are all from authors that submitted work to the podcast. Episode 12.1 features Nicholas B. Morris, Episode 12.2 features Alena Abrosimova, Episode 12. 3 features Jack Lee.  The bonus episode features David Ezell. More about these authors can be found in each of their episodes.   As I always plea, if you are enjoying Prose, Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review.  Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.    Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose.  Let’s get to the tales, shall we?   This week, we have chapter

"Any Given Sunday" takes a trip to a Southern Baptist church in the South on a Sunday.  *** The piano backing tracks for this story were performed from my dear mother.  The rain sound effect comes from Freesound.org and was provided by user Jongrubbs under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The beautiful loop at the end of the track comes from Little Robot Factory and is used under a Creative Commons attribution license 3.0.    

"Love Lost" examines a once beautiful goddess that is now wasting away.  *** The backing tracks for “Love Lost” was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set out to help one another through the sharing of their art.  These tracks are “Dances and Dames” and “Night at the Docks,” both from the amazing Kevin MacLeod.  A sincere thank you to Mr. MacLeod and the Free Music Archive for the contribution.  This track is being used under a Creative Commons attribution share alike license 3.0.  

"A Lesson for Ducklings" by Nicholas B. Morris looks into the brutal realities of nature.  ***  Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni. Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.  Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative.  He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well. The backing tracks for this story were taken from MusOpen at musopen.org. Musopen is a 501(c)(3)

Hello and welcome to episode eleven  of Prose.  This episode takes a trip to a Southern Baptist church in the South on a Sunday, looks into the brutal realities of nature, and examines a once beautiful goddess that is now wasting away.  The second of thee three stories, “A Lesson for Ducklings,” is the third from Prose’s current guest author in residence, Nicholas B. Morris. More information about Mr. Morris and his works can be heard in episode 11.2. If you are enjoying Prose, Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review.  Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.  Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose.  Let’s get to the tales, shall we? This week, we have “Any Given Sunday,” “A Lesson for Ducklings” by Nicholas M. Morris, and “Love Lost.” Enjoy!

In the wake of the 2017 US Presidential Inauguration, Episode 10.3 reminds us all upon what ideas the USA was founded by way of the words of Thomas Paine. 

Episode 10.1 revisits the intrepid space explorer with a dark from episode 1.1’s “Just Earth,” SJFC Ezekial Jatayu. 

Welcome to episode ten of Prose.  This episode revisits the intrepid space explorer from episode 1.1’s “Just Earth,” gives instructions for aging gracefully, and, in the wake of the 2017 US Presidential Inauguration, reminds us all what the USA was founded upon by way of the words of Thomas Paine.    If you are enjoying Prose, Please head over to iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or the podcast-catcher of your choice and leave a rating and/or review.  Also, follow Prose on Twitter through @prosepodcast.    Thank you for taking the time to listen to Prose.  Let’s get to the tales, shall we?   This week, we have “Paragon of Animals,” “Senior Sixty, or A Treatise on Complacency, or Farewell Self, or a Handbook to Simple Living”, and Thomas Paine’s “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death” speech.  

"My Autumn Companions" speaks to having small, woodland friends. 

"Mirror" by Nicholas B. Morris highlights a man trying to hide. ***  Nicholas B. Morris grew up in Arkansas but fell in love with Colorado. His stories and other assorted writings have been published in The Harpoon Review, Cliterature, Connotation Press, Danse Macabre Online, and Nebo. He has published two short story collections, the full-length Tapeworm and the chapbook The Boy in the Well, both with the now sadly defunct Monkey Puzzle Press. (You can buy copies of Tapeworm from him directly on Amazon.) He works in his dream job as Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Community College of Denver and watches endless re-runs of Star Trek with his partner Alyssa Piccinni. Mr. Morris tweets at @totallynotNickM.  Caleb Hicks produced the original audio for the narrative.  He and Mr. Morris worked closely together on the spoke album of Mr. Morris’s stories called The Boy in the Well.    The soundtrack was taken from the Free Music Archive at freemusicarchive.org, an amazing community of artists that set ou