New Union Dues story published today :)

[BigMcLargehuge]

“Which one are you?”

The kid fans out a small stack of super hero trading cards, but it’s not a Union deck. Figures. “Lemme see what you got there.” I flip through and remember my old baseball card collection. I knew there was something special about me, when at nine-years-old, I accurately calculated the probable batting stats of each player, on every team, in the 1996 season after opening only one pack. The Union recruited me five years later after my dad beat a couple of Atlantic City casinos for ten million bucks. I was caught on security camera tape telling him when and how to bet at the roulette wheel.

“These don’t look like you.”

The card displays a blue-costumed man leaping between buildings. I hand it back to him. “Those guys aren’t real, but I am.” Wow. Did I just say that? Maybe I’ll tell the kid that Santa and the Easter Bunny aren’t real either. He’s staring at me now, I can almost see his little brain struggling to make sense of my answer. I should tell him to buy Union Cards but, you know, he’s five.

http://www.escapepod.org/2006/11/16/ep080-union-dues-cleanup-in-aisle-five/#comments

Comments welcome!

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. kick

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[mainegreen]

2. Thats a big download.

I'll have to listen to it later. Looks like an interesting site though.

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. Kick?

No one listened to it?

x(

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. Final kick

:kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Hey!

It looks good, but I don't have time to listen right now...

I'm busy trying to finish my homework for my creative writing class.

I have bookmarked this thread, and will listen to it later.....

Thanks for posting!

And for that final kick..........I have at least some small idea of how tough it is.......to get folks to pay attention........

[BigMcLargehuge]

6. let me know what you think of it once you've heard it

:)

Links to the other three Union Dues stories are there in the show notes too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Wow!

Outstanding! It took a few minutes to get into it, but once I did...

Well.....it was excellent.

The story was compelling as it developed......it seemed that the events were inevitable.

I really enjoyed listening...Thanks!

And....KICK!



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