Wham Bam Stories by Simpson

Want to hear some entertaining stories but don't have a lot of time. The stories in this podcast are short and tough or short and sweet. Few exceed ten minutes, the outer limit of the average American's attention span. Simpson has been writing fiction for a long time and has perfected the short short story. Subject matter varies considerably. Sidewinder features a hip young couple who have left Silicon Valley for New Mexico where they've opened an adult toys shop, but suddenly their one-year-old is about to crawl onto the tracks of the Union Pacific. In After the Wedding, a pair of young lovers find themselves confronting an OxyContin overdose in the middle of the night in an abandoned motel. In Music by the Sea, a middle age woman who has recently lost her husband finally overcomes the stage fright that had for decades silenced her brilliant cello playing. Wham Bam Stories by Simpson are packed with humor, pathos, vulnerability, humanity, and originality. Read by the author without editing, polishing, or any high tech gadgetry. Just the raw material for the listener's listening pleasure. Sit back, turn up the volume, as Simpson can be a whisperer, and enjoy.

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Wham Bam Stories by Simpson

TEN GRAND

February 19, 2023 • Thomas William Simpson • Season 1 • Episode 34

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Bill Monroe, a local businessman, owes Patrolman Dick Benson ten grand. Has owed the police officer ten grand for nearly two years. Dick wants his dough. And more than wants it, Dick needs it. For his family. For his wife and daughter.

Dick's at wit's end on how to collect. On several occasions he has begged and pleaded with Monroe to fork over the cash. All this begging and pleasing to no avail.

For months Dick has been hatching a plot in his head. He knows it's a crazy-ass scheme, got desperation written all over it. But hey, a man has to do it what he has to do. He can't be letting people push him around. This is America, after all. A man is entitled to what's his.

So, tonight's the night.

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