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.
Wham Bam Stories by Simpson
THE DEAD COON
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Thomas William Simpson
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Season 1
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Episode 38
Crumb and Fuse drive home late from a boozy party in Crumb's 911. They spot a raccoon crossing the road. Crumb swerves and goes out of his way to run over the coon. Leaves it dead in the middle of the road.
The act sets off a confrontation between the two men. Fuse demands to know why Crumb killed the raccoon. They argue and taunt one another. Fire off wisecracks and insults. It's a philosophical melee.
All while that 911 races faster and faster down the twisty mountain road. Is that old coon gonna be the only casualty tonight?
It's a beautiful triangle: Booze, men, and their egos.
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