Short fantasy fiction – Something Will Turn Up by David Mason
So, I read this story for the Sci-Fi Collection ages ago, and then it sat on my computer in an unedited state while I worked on other things. And in the end I got a round tuit … and decided that it really wasn’t science fiction at all, and might fit better as a general fantasy story in the Short Story Collection. It contains one of my splendidly bad attempts at a cod-Californian accent (don’t tell me how bad it is, it was just for fun!) and is a tres random story, all in all.
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/short_story_036_0904_librivox/shortstory036_somethingwillturnup_cs.mp3] (14:33)
It was catalogued today, and also in that collection is a group reading of a very silly Dickens story, The Lamplighter which I joined in with. I have yet to listen to how it came out — it was recorded on a handheld recording device, sitting in a chilly pub garden in London with some far-flung visiting LibriVoxers and a persistant blackbird. Very good company. 🙂
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/short_story_036_0904_librivox/shortstory036_lamplighter_var.mp3] (38:34)
I love the accent. It works really well.
And it’s impossible to make ‘ya dig?’ sound good at any time other than a brief window between ’67-’69.
This story made me giggle.
Thank you!