Podcast appearances and mentions of laurel winter

Louis sits down with Dan Illman and John Piassek to talk about the Preakness Trail. Everyone gives their picks for the races at Laurel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/horseracinghappyhour/message

First Story: “Infinity Syrup” by Laurel Winter Fay was Zen shopping, something she had learned when she worked swing shift in card assembly at IBM. The effort of plugging six components into the right holes on four hundred cards had always left her too tired to think. Too tired to think, but too wired to sleep. So she usually stopped at a twenty-four-hour grocery on her way home and let her hands do the shopping for her. Hands reaching mindlessly, plucking items off the shelves. And she was always surprised to find — when she got home and unpacked the paper bags — that she had exactly what she needed. Odd combinations, perhaps. Who would have paired avocado and Kashi, kippered herring and strawberries? But the four basic food groups were always represented. No unappealing leftovers, tastebuds tantalized in wonderful ways. And so, even when she worked her way from swing shift to first and from manufacturing to management, she still practiced Zen... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First Story: “The Flying Woman” by Laurel Winter The boats rested uneasily on the surface of the sea, waiting to leave. Chief Loah gripped Raff’s shoulder in one hand and tilted Dannilla’s face up with the other. “Swear you will not use your unnatural power to leave this island,” he said. “Swear on your father’s life.” His fingers squeezed Dannilla’s chin. Their father sat in one of the boats, his face shiny with tears. “I swear,” she said. “I swear. Please don’t hurt him.” Raff held silent, and then he gasped as the leader’s hand closed on his arm. “I swear.” The leader pushed him, hard, and let go of Dannilla. Her eyes blurred and she fell to her knees in the sea. Laurel Winter grew up in the mountains of Montana and attended a one-room country grade school with 12 to 25 students in grades 1 through 8. She then went 30 miles one way on the bus to Absarokee High School, where there were 33 in her graduating class. Since... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First Story: “A Night in the Tropics” by Jeffrey Ford The first bar I ever went to was The Tropics. It was and still is situated between the grocery store and the bank along Higbee Lane in West Islip. I was around five or six, and my old man would take me with him when he went there to watch the Giant games on Sunday afternoon. While the men were all at the bar, drinking, talking, giving Y.A. Tittle a piece of their minds, I’d roll the balls on the pool table or sit in one of the booths in the back and color. The juke box always seemed to be playing “Somewhere, Beyond the Sea” by Bobby Darin while I searched for figures, the way people do with clouds, in the swirling cigar and cigarette smoke. Jeffrey Ford is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humour, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming Up: Good evening… 0:00:40 Cover Art by Skeet Scienski 0:04:42 Fiction: Run, Run, Run by Laurel Winter 0:07:30 Fiction: The White House by John Everson 0:24:50 Pleasant dreams… 1:03:26 Narrators: Tycelia Santoro, Josie Badin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming Up: Good Evening 0:00:00 Poetry: Egg Horror Poem by Laurel Winter 0:00:45 Main Fiction: The Horned Man by Steven Savile 0:07:23 Narrator: Tycelia Santoro Jack Calverley Pleasant Dreams 0:49:25 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aural Delights No 30 Michael Moorcock Poetry: How To Make Love To A Shark by Laurel Winter 01:31 Flash Fiction: Remorse by Adam Roberts 02:45 Main Fiction: The Spencer Inheritance by Michael Moorcock 17:38 Narrators: Diane Severson, Kenny Park, Gareth Stack See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aural Delights No 29 Allen Steele Poetry: Time Travel Verb Tenses by Laurel Winter 02:11 Flash Fiction: Downtown by John Kessel 03:41 Fact: Science News by Jim Campanella 09:26 Main Fiction: The Last Science Fiction Writer by Allen Steele11:22 Narrators: Diane Severson, Grant Stone and Mark Nelson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aural Delights No 10 Laurel Winter Main Fiction: Infinty Syrup by Laurel Winter Narrator: Diane Severson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.