At primary school in Perth, Western Australia, in the 1970s, I had a teacher who was also a lay preacher on the weekends. Before schoolwork, he started the day at our (supposedly) secular state school with the Lord's Prayer and gospel readings. And his favourite scripture topic was Signs of the Second Coming.

Signs of the Second Coming is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read Signs of the Second Coming: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/microfiction/signs-of-the-second-coming

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:

Classroom: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480708/

Church Bells: https://freesound.org/people/Audeption/sounds/425172/

Lords Prayer: https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive/sounds/380359/

Earthquake: https://freesound.org/people/zatar/sounds/514381/

Heavy Rain: https://freesound.org/people/jmbphilmes/sounds/200272/

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

Flies: https://freesound.org/people/Natty23/sounds/442839/

Mortar Fire: https://freesound.org/people/greenbastardd/sounds/240567/

Playground: https://freesound.org/people/mshahen/sounds/503841/

News Jingle: https://freesound.org/people/mansardian/sounds/61322/

Crickets: https://freesound.org/people/Woodmoodman/sounds/543450/

Clock Ticking: https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/522119/

Church Choir: https://freesound.org/people/kirmm/sounds/503504/

Hellfires: https://freesound.org/people/Leady/sounds/26727/

Girl Laughing: https://freesound.org/people/squashy555/sounds/240324/

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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