Description:

#Audio. #Flashfic.  Write a story using a metaphor to describe a mental health condition without naming it.

Excerpt:

But you come out of the white, at the end, and you realize that you’ve amassed this collection of art – writing, paintings, light sculptures – but you didn’t really get to experience them because you were in a frenzy of creation when they sprang into being.

Links and References

• Read the text of this piece at MissMeliss.com
• Learn more about the Dog Days of Podcasting
• Learn more about The Literal Challenge

Credits:

• The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the BossJock iPad app and Audacity.
• Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
• Music used for the opening and closing is a mix of Chris Zabriskie’s “The Oceans Continue to Rise” from the Free Music Archive and Kevoy’s clip of whales off the coast of French Polynesia from Freesound.
• Chris Zabriskie’s song is also used under some readings.

Contact:

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• Email: missmelysse@gmail.com
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