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
SPRING BREAK REDUX
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Thomas William Simpson
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Season 1
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Episode 39
Mac’s on vacation. On spring break. With his wife and teenage kids. They drove down to Duck on the Outer Banks. For a week of sun and fun.
Mac is not happy. Mac dislikes vacations. Hates sitting around on his duff. But he has to tow the line. Can’t irritate the wife. Can’t ruin it for the others. Has to put a smile on his face.
The days grind on. Mac starts to ruminate. Recalls his spring break to Key West back when he was a senior in high school. Sloppy Joe’s. Captain Tony’s Saloon. Mallory Square. Booze and dope. The old Hemingway House.
A Spring Break to remember.
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