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September 11, 2014 by Dave Knadler

And now for something fiction-related: One of my stories is now available as a podcast. Remember podcasts? They were those sound files you could get on the Internets and listen to on a device called an “iPod.”

Now featuring a work of staggering genius.

Now featuring a work of staggering genius.

Apparently that’s still a thing, even if iPods are not. A few months back I was contacted by a site called Crime City Central. The man in charge, Jack Calverly, said he liked my most recent story and wanted to know if I had another he and his crew could turn into a podcast. I thought about it for about five minutes and agreed. So now my story “The Least Best Place” can be experienced without the inconvenience of actually reading it.

It’s interesting to hear somebody read aloud something you wrote. Certain lines of dialog didn’t come off quite the way I’d intended, and my protagonist’s name was consistently mispronounced. Mostly, though, it was pretty well done. And I appreciated having my little bio rendered in a gravelly English accent.

Anyway, if you’ve got a spare half-hour, check it out. The story’s probably not as noirish as the rest of them on the site, but I like it anyway. It’s about how decisions made as a dissolute youth can come back to haunt you as an older man. I’m working on a sequel.

More along these lines:

  • ‘Game of Thrones’: Feel-good romp of the year
  • titanic doorStill afloat
  • Those wide roads to nowhereThose wide roads to nowhere
  • toilet troubleI’m dreaming of a nice condo
  • For Petula, whenever I may find her

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Comments

  1. John H. says

    September 11, 2014 at 11:15 am

    Congrats, Dave! I will certainly check it out.

  2. Deb says

    September 11, 2014 at 11:26 am

    Impressive! I will take a listen as well!

  3. Jean Smith says

    September 11, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    I remember the story and will enjoy hearing it read. Thanks for the tip. I enjoy ALL your stories, even if I have to read them in print (of all things). Haven’t seen the most recent one though. Is it in the same magazine as earlier ones?

  4. John H. says

    September 12, 2014 at 4:24 pm

    “…my protagonist’s name was consistently mispronounced.”

    What is the correct pronunciation?

    • Dave Knadler says

      September 16, 2014 at 11:09 am

      Supposed to rhyme with “tennis”

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