Tall And True Short Reads

Kris Kringle – Xmas 2023

Episode 85 (22 December 2023)

I’m taking a short break from podcasting because I’m going on a long road trip with my son from Sydney to Western Australia to spend Xmas and New Year with our WA family. But as I did in 2022, I’ve put together a Kris Kringle collection featuring three episodes from the Tall And True Short Reads archive: Too Late, Lenny, Stuck in Time and Family Reflections.

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Kris Kringle – Xmas 2023

Show Notes

Season Four: Episode 85 (22 December 2023)

The Kris Kringle – Xmas 2023 stories first appeared on the Tall And True writers’ website and were written and narrated by Robert Fairhead:

Too Late, Lenny: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/too-late-lenny
Stuck in Time: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/stuck-in-time
Family Reflections: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/family-reflections

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

Episode Insight

As I did during a break for Xmas 2022, I’ve put together a Kris Kringle collection featuring three episodes from the Tall And True Short Reads archive:

Too Late, Lenny (Episode 3, 1 October 2020): Between you and me, Lenny, there are more mourners at your funeral with the COVID restrictions than would have been graveside had you died before the pandemic. Streaming it over Zoom helps boost your numbers. Mind you, most of the faces on my computer screen are strangers, or I haven’t seen for ages.

Stuck in Time (Episode 54, 22 June 2022): It’s 1997. I’m fifteen, and Dad’s delivering another lecture on my poor prospects: “If you carry on like this, son, you’ll end up in prison.” I won’t admit it, but he may have a point. Because today, on the drive home after catching me shoplifting again, the local cop issued a “last warning”.

Family Reflections (Episode 73, 9 May 2023): Mum’s up first, though she doesn’t like looking at her reflection nowadays. She splashes her face and turns away from me with a towel. Over her shoulder, I watch Mum gaze out the bathroom window. And when she turns back, Mum’s wearing her pained expression again, like she’s failed to solve the riddle of life.

At the end of each Kringle episode, I’ll explain when, why and how I wrote the story.

I hope you enjoy this year’s “reflective” Kris Kringle collection. You can read all my short stories, blog posts and other writings at TallAndTrue.com. You can also buy my short story collections, including my latest Tall And True Microfiction anthology, from the Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Kobo online bookstores — links are available in the show notes.

The next episode of Tall And True Short Reads will be released in the new year. In the meantime, please check your feed or the podcast website for earlier episodes from all four seasons, and follow or subscribe to the podcast and rate and review it via your favourite app — doing so helps me share my storytelling.

You can support the podcast financially by making a small one-off or regular donation via the Acast Supporter Page.

I hope you have a happy and safe festive season. Please share this Kris Kringle collection with your family and friends, and tell them about Tall And True Short Reads and the Tall And True writers’ website.

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