Tall And True Short Reads Robert Fairhead

Less than forty-eight hours after receiving her online order, Third Age Cybertronics delivered Jack to Daisy, a sprightly centenarian who purchased the Advanced Companion Droid to help her with household chores and carry her bags when travelling.
A New Jack is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/a-new-jack
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Episode 87 of Tall And True Short Reads, The Lonely Moon: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-lonely-moon/
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
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• Jack Russell Barking: https://freesound.org/people/GH0STY_XD/sounds/594343/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.
Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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My first "published" writing was an Enid Blyton-Famous Five-style adventure story, Sand Island, in 1972. I wrote the story and illustrated it with coloured Texta markers. My aunt, the only one in our family with a typewriter, typed up the manuscript. And my father helped bind and cover the book. I was ten.
A Good Story is a blog post from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the post and see my illustrations on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/a-good-story-sand-island
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Episode 88, Finding Inspiration (also mentions Sand Island): https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/finding-inspiration/
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Typewriter: https://freesound.org/people/supersupernator/sounds/519622/
• Sticky Tape: https://freesound.org/people/megashroom/sounds/390166/
• Bell-Ping: https://freesound.org/people/Antimsounds/sounds/556049/
• Happy Birthday Music Box: https://freesound.org/people/marianna-emma/sounds/516080/
• Rowing: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438846/
• Waves Breaking: https://freesound.org/people/VMan533/sounds/575894/
• Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/plantmonkey/sounds/377107/
• Speed Boat: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438283/
• Computer Keyboard: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/
• TV Laugher: https://freesound.org/people/Evil_Ear_Recordings/sounds/524775/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 
Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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Eighteen-year-old Hugo glanced up at the train station clock. It seemed time had stood still, with the minute hand barely moved since he'd last checked. He confirmed the time on his watch and then looked at the departure board, breathing a sigh of relief. His train was running on schedule.
Moving On is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/moving-on
Read A Dad and Son Road Trip: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/a-dad-and-son-road-trip
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Train Station Ambience/Announcements: https://freesound.org/people/peridactyloptrix/sounds/615660/
• Train Arrives: https://freesound.org/people/Yoyodaman234/sounds/341204/
• Dogs Barking: https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/676407/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 
Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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While sorting through storage boxes at home, I found an old notebook belonging to my son. It wasn't a school exercise book but something he'd jotted and doodled in as a twelve-year-old. Among its random pages was a short story he'd written in 2014 about a father who doesn't have "great ideas".
Trigger warning: This episode mentions teenage self-harm and death.
Lifeline Australia: https://www.lifeline.org.au/
Finding Inspiration is a blog post from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/finding-inspiration
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Episode 60, Kurd Friends in the Mountains: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/kurd-friends-in-the-mountains/
Episode 69, Two Visits to the Berlin Wall - Part One: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/two-visits-to-the-berlin-wall-part-one/
Episode 70, Two Visits to the Berlin Wall - Part Two: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/two-visits-to-the-berlin-wall-part-two/
Episode 78, Taking a Bow: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/taking-a-bow/
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Cardboard Boxes: https://freesound.org/people/RavenWolfProds/sounds/503661/
• Clock Ticking: https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/522119/
• Ship Horn: https://freesound.org/people/monotraum/sounds/208714/
• Metal File: https://freesound.org/people/14F_Panska_Dittrichova_Diana/sounds/420107/
• Footsteps City: https://freesound.org/people/Rico_Casazza/sounds/538949/
• Police Siren: https://freesound.org/people/conleec/sounds/159744/
• Metal Stairs: https://freesound.org/people/conleec/sounds/148462/
• Applause: https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/462362/
• Computer Keyboard: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/
• Baby Chuckling: https://freesound.org/people/jodybruchon/sounds/459458/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 
Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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If you ask me, the Moon is the best object in the night sky. And you don't need an expensive telescope to observe it. A pair of binoculars does the trick. I'm looking at the Moon now, leaning against a wall to steady my hands, and it's a beautiful sight. No wonder it inspires poets and lovers.
The Lonely Moon is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/the-lonely-moon
Listen to Some Things Change: 
Episode 79 – Perth, Western Australia, 1979: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/some-things-change-perth-1979/
Episode 80 – London, England, 1992: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/some-things-change-london-1992/
Episode 81 – Perth, Western Australia, 2023: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/some-things-change-perth-2023/
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Owl Hoots: https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/465697/
• Wind: https://freesound.org/people/mario1298/sounds/181248/
• Footsteps: https://freesound.org/people/Yuval/sounds/205817/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads produced using Audacity. 
Podcast episodes recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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"In space no one can hear you scream. But what if you're deep in the backwoods, in an isolated cabin on a dead-end trail?" Karen set aside the book. A horror story was not ideal reading for the off-grid log cabin Peter had booked for their thirtieth wedding anniversary weekend, especially as she was alone in bed, listening to wind from a storm whistle through cracks in the doors and windows.
A Knock at the Door is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/a-knock-at-the-door
2020 blog post about my first Furious Fiction, A Song on the Radio: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/furiousfiction-writers-centre-competition
Episode 4 of Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/a-song-on-the-radio/
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Door Knock: https://freesound.org/people/anagar/sounds/267931/
• Storm: https://freesound.org/people/2887679652/sounds/164921/
• Car Interior: https://freesound.org/people/devy32/sounds/439252/
• Thunderclap: https://freesound.org/people/Dave%20Welsh/sounds/194364/
• Creaky Door: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_7146007/sounds/383816/
• Applause: https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/462362/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads produced using Audacity. 
Podcast episodes recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
Acast Podcast Supporter Page
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads.

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