The brief for October 2021's Furious Fiction was to set the short story in a COURT, include a character who measures something, and the words BALLOON, ROCK and UMBRELLA. So recalling Ernest Hemingway's advice to write one true sentence, I wrote, "The policewoman at the front of the Court is trying to catch my eye."

Writing True Sentences is a blog post from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read the post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/writing-true-sentences

Read the Judgement short story on Talll And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/judgement

Listen to Judgement on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/judgement/

Read The Al-Rabie Hotel on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/the-al-rabie-hotel

Listen to The Al-Rabie Hotel on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-al-rabie-hotel/

Read Signs of the Second Coming on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/microfiction/signs-of-the-second-coming

Listen to Signs of the Second Coming on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/signs-of-the-second-coming/

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:

• Judge's Gavel: https://freesound.org/people/theneedle.tv/sounds/376667/

• Keyboard/Mouse Click: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/

• Guitar Strumming: https://freesound.org/people/Upright/sounds/131928/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 

Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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