Sunlight or Rock – Part Three


Today’s reading is part three of Sunlight or Rock by John Kessel, part of a collection of short stories called The Baum Plan for Financial Independence. It’s about eleven minutes long. Like other Okanagan Reader stories it is licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. Erno gets propositioned by Luis who wants him to go in with him on a bet. Erno hawks his remaining possessions and goes for it. Listen to this and other stories on the Audio page. There are over a hundred readings there now, so scroll down near the bottom of the page for this one.

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Sunlight or Rock – Part Two


Today’s reading is part two of Sunlight or Rock by John Kessel, part of a collection of short stories called The Baum Plan for Financial Independence. It’s about twelve minutes long. Like other Okanagan Reader stories it is licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. Erno doesn’t get a job at the labor pool, so he goes to a bar and drinks wine. He intervenes when his neighbor Alois gets beat up. Listen to this and other stories on the Audio page. There are over a hundred readings there now, so scroll down near the bottom of the page for this one.

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YouTube – Most of My Friends are Two-Thirds Water – Part Three


Today’s reading is the conclusion of of Most of My Friends are Two-Thirds Water by Kelly Link. It is part of a short story collection called Stranger Things Happen. It’s about eleven minutes long. The narrator is preparing for her reading, and Jak is beset by blonde women, more of them resembling Sandy Duncan. He’s sure that they are aliens and they seem to have anatomically incorrect bodies.

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