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June 13, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 192
Short story: The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Recommended.
Poem: He Lit a Fire with Icicles by Kay Ryan, listened to on the Poem of the Dam podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: A New Politics? by John Grey, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from June 2017.
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June 12, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 291
Short story: A Lady of Letters by Alan Bennett, from Talking Heads. Highly Recommended.
Poem: The Toll of the Sea by Sally Wen Mao, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Essay: Greek Comedy – Aristophanes by Jacke Wilson, listened to on the History of Literature podcast, from December 2015. Recommended.
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June 11, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 290
Short story: Space Opera by Donal Jacob Uitvlugt, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Late Melt by Melissa Broder, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: What Makes Us Human by Melvyn Bragg et al, listened to on the BBC’s A History of Ideas podcast, from January 2015. Recommended.
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June 10, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 289
Short story: Crossing the River No Name by Will Mackin, from the New Yorker, June 2017.Highly Recommended.
Poem: Korean Mums by James Schuyler, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017.
Essay: You Can’t Get There From Here – Zeno and Melissus, listened to on the History of Philosophy podcast, from November 2010. Highly Recommended.
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June 9, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 288
Short story: The Custody of Memory by Paul A. Hamilton, listened to on the Centropic Oracle, from June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: To the Angelbeast by Eduardo C. Corral, listened to on the Poem of the Day podcast, from June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Mischief by Aleks Krotosky, listened to on the BBC’s The Digital Human podcast, from April 2013. Highly Recommended.
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June 8, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 287
Short story: Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest by Sherman Alexie, from the New Yorker, June 2017. Highly Recommended.
Poem: At the Vietnam Center and Archive by Hai-Dang Phan, listened to on the Poetry Now podcast, from May 2017. Highly Recommended.
Essay: Admonition Scroll, listened to on the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects, from May 2010. Highly Recommended.
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June 7, 2017
Addict of the Wasteland paperback now available!
Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel novella to my Wasteland series, is now available to as a paperback for just £4.99/$4.99.
The addict leads a desperate life, stealing and robbing to pay for his next fix.
When the addict arrives at a settlement to hawk some stolen books, its leader offer him something he did not expect: the chance to get clean.
The addict must resist the temptations of a world without hope and live under the strict rules of settlement. And even having help on his side may not be enough…
Available for the first time as a paperback, Addict of the Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic novella about finding hope and redemption against all odds and includes the short stories from Jon Cronshaw’s collection of post-apocalyptic tales, Host.
Click HERE to buy today or click on the link to the right to claim your free ebook.
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 286
Short story: Stone Works by Claire Davon, listened to on the Far Fetched Fables podcast, from June 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Dreamsong 4 by John Berry, from 100 Poems by 100 Poets, edited by Harold Pinter, et al. (1986). Highly Recommended.
Essay: Renouncing Middlemarch by Howard Jacobson, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from June 2017.
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June 6, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 285
Short story: Straying from the Path, Charity Tahmaseb, listened to on the Centropic Oracle podcast, from May 2017. Recommended.
Poem: Parliament Hill Fields by John Betjamin, from 100 Poems by 100 Poets, edited by Harold Pinter, et al. (1986). Highly Recommended.
Essay: Don’t Fear Intelligent Machine. Work With Them by Garry Kasparov, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from May 2017. Highly Recommended.
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June 5, 2017
The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 284
Short story: Cataclysmic Irony by Ethan Hedman, listened to on the 600 Second Saga podcast, from May 2017. Recommended
Poem: The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop, from 100 Poems by 100 Poets, edited by Harold Pinter, et al. (1986). Highly Recommended.
Essay: The Fearsome Nature of Literary Festivals by Howard Jacobson, listened to on the BBC’s A Point of View podcast, from May 2017.
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