The sky-blue swell pounded the breakwater at Borthel on Sea in a steady rhythm. John gazed out at the mountains across the broad bay and drew a deep calming breath. The anxiety that had built up and wracked him in recent months and on his spontaneous long drive from the city eased its intensity.

Memories and Marshmallows is a short story from the Tall And True writers’ website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read Memories and Marshmallows: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/memories-and-marshmallows

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

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

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:

• Sea and wind: https://freesound.org/people/Globofonia/sounds/547011/

• Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/plantmonkey/sounds/377107/

• Fire: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483311/

• Laughter: https://freesound.org/people/Evil_Ear_Recordings/sounds/524775/

• Car horns: https://freesound.org/people/allanh15/sounds/353180/

• Walking on pebbles: https://freesound.org/people/775noise/sounds/494571/

• Phone ringing: https://freesound.org/people/aldenb4610/sounds/348584/

• Phone pickup: https://freesound.org/people/MootMcnoodles/sounds/444399/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads produced using Audacity. Thanks to Josh (VoiceOverMaster) Meyer for Audacity recording tips and tricks.

Podcast recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the land of the traditional custodians of the Eora Nation.

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