Nadine lies on her mattress on the floor of the attic. She stares up at the naked light bulb hanging from the ceiling and the moth circling it. Wind gusts through cracks under the doors and windows, whistling down hallways and upstairs, carrying with it the storm-muffled moans of Paul and the new housemate.

A Free Spirit is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read A Free Spirit: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/a-free-spirit

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

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Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Storm: https://freesound.org/people/2887679652/sounds/164921/

• Wind Whistling: https://freesound.org/people/pavelvon/sounds/396533/

• Moth Hitting Light Bulb: https://freesound.org/people/kaonaya/sounds/131339/

• Busy Street: https://freesound.org/people/iankath/sounds/220890/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads produced using Audacity. 

Podcast recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the lands of Gadigal people, traditional custodians of the Eora Nation.

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