Tag Archives: Thomas Jancis

TBM-2007.13 – Sonnet #5 (Happy Birthday Patrick Stewart)

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#audio #shakespeare The Bathtub Mermaid and Friends interpret Shakespeare’s Sonnet #5

Excerpt:

But flowers distilled, though they with winter meet,
Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.

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Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Music for this episode is Cello Duet #1 by Chief Boima.
  • Special thanks to Clay Robeson for producing this episode,

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656 - Eternal Companion

1908.20 – DDOP.20 – Eternal Companion

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656 - Eternal Companion

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#Audio. #Flashfic.  #Horror.  Eternity means different things to different people.

Excerpt:

Ever the storyteller, Diego chose to tell different stories with his paintings. Instead of capturing encounters between gods and men, he focused on the earthiest of the earthbound. The kind who most people made a point of never seeing: the poor, the ugly, the ill, the malformed.

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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.

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Curly hair fragment as a texture background composition

1908.06 – DDOP.06 – Coils

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Curly hair fragment as a texture background composition

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#Audio. #Flashfic.  #Horror.  A piece where our narrator is definitely NOT the hero…

Excerpt:

I decide I must have it. Her hair. Her.

I learn her patterns. She works in an art gallery, wears black far too frequently. I understand that dark colors are less likely to detract from the art, but a deep green would set off her hair, and suit her pale coloring, so much more favorably.

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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.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:10 — 5.1MB)

0280 - CWG - Father and Son

TBM-1808.26 – DDOP-026: Conversations with Ghosts: Father and Son

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0280 - CWG - Father and Son

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#Audio. #FlashFic A father and son have a long-overdue conversation.

Excerpt:

“Why didn’t you ever play music at home? Katie would have loved your music. You know she’s at Julliard now? And Mom… she kept that piano dusted and tuned for you, not for us. Why did you hide that part of you? Why didn’t you come to our recitals? What closed you off from this thing that you loved?”

“Life, I guess.”

“Ironic.”

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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 the readings.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:02 — 6.9MB)

251-Reginald via Flash Prompt

TBM-1808.14 – DDOP-014: Stranger than Fiction

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251-Reginald via Flash Prompt

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#Audio. #FlashFic A little boy makes a friend and learns a family secret.

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In the first one, a little boy named Ronald befriended a creature that was half-leopard and half-snowy owl, taming it by giving up bits of his breakfast bacon each morning. Of course, the creature had befriended the boy, ultimately protecting him from the Stone Knights that came to life, literally, once in a blue moon.

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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 the readings.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:50 — 7.9MB)

Sunbeam

TBM 1708.26 – DDOP-26: Vampire Fashion Tricks

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Sunbeam

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Thomas Jancis reads “Vampire Fashion Tricks”

Excerpt:

“Results were inconclusive.”

“How so?”

“Well. Vlad didn’t combust or anything.”

“That seems conclusive to me.”

 

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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 David Popper’s “Village Song” as performed by Cello Journey. This music came from the podsafe music archive at Mevio’s Music Alley, which site is now defunct.
  • Photo source: Facebook Flash-Prompt Group

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The First Time

TBM 1708.02 – DDOP_02: The First Time

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The First Time

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Flash-fiction: “The First Time.” Everyone is anxious the first time, right?

Excerpt:

“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asked. “I’m sure,” she said. He wasn’t convinced. “If you’re not ready, we can wait.” “No, I’m ready, I’m just a little nervous.” Her voice shook a little. “I get that. I was nervous too, the first time.”

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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 David Popper’s “Village Song” as performed by Cello Journey. This music came from the podsafe music archive at Mevio’s Music Alley, which site is now defunct.
  • Image credit unknown.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:57 — 4.0MB)