Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry
Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry · Terrance Ó Domhnaill
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Show Notes
Cead Míle Failté (kead mile falche)
Welcome to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry
I am back again this week to start off the New Year with more stories and poetry. I have three stories and a poem for everyone. A science fiction story from David Pahor, a supernatural story from Suzy Jacobson Cherry, a romantic poem by Malakai, and an alien visitation story from Harry Hogg.
The difference this season is that I started adding sound effects to the stories and poems to accentuate certain portions. I had to subscribe to a UK company for the sound effects at the cost of £40 a year but it is worth it to be able to bring quality sounds to these stories. I also changed up the intro and post message music. I hope you like it.
The dark side of the additions, besides the costs, is the extra work involved in editing everything. I learned on my first go around this week, that I need to work on my time management. I can’t do all of this in one day anymore. It’s beginning to become almost a full time job producing podcasts.
Not that I mind. I enjoy the work, just not putting in a 12 hour day. I will have to split the labor out across two days now to bring everyone an enjoyable show.
My goal is to reach out far and wide across the world to introduce these stories to all who care to listen. I imagine the show could be translated, if someone wanted to do that. So if you like the show, share it with everyone you know who likes to hear stories. Be mindful, if any of the stories have any bad words, I always give a warning in the episode description on rss.com in case any children are listening.
Having said all of that, let me get the advertising out of the way so we can get into the business of showcasing these stories and the poem I have for you.
This once a week podcast is being hosted on rss.com and is also available on these mobile apps and websites. Spotify, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcasts, Podcast Index, Listen Notes, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, Pandora, Tune In, and Deezer
My shows are free to subscribe to with these podcast platforms but I do have a donations tab on the rss.com webpage where I post the episodes and my website at www.crann-na-beatha.com. All donations are routed through PayPal, so there is no worry about personal information getting out. Much like passing the hat at the end of my visit to your digital village.
I also have a special set of web pages in my website dedicated to just listening to the podcasts without any subscriptions. The links are set up for Spotify and rss.com, which I will be making a small adjustment to later today. I discovered a neat little feature from rss.com for my podcasts I am dying to try on the podcast webpages in my website.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I am of Irish descent and a self-professed Seanchaí (shawn a key), which is Gaelic for Irish storyteller. Imagine we are sitting together under the village oak tree, Crann na beatha (crown na be’ha), which is Gaelic for The Tree of Life.
In this podcast, I read to you fictional stories and poetry from writers I have found from around the world who publish in Medium.com, with their permissions of course.
And now the stories if you want to read along as I read them aloud to you, if you happen to be a member of Medium.com (sorry but I haven’t found any fictional stories in Substack yet. If you know of anyone who would like to contribute, let me know).
By David Pahor
Are children born in the between-time touched by the Fae?
By Malakai
A writer intent on suicide meets a woman
By Harry Hogg
I hope you enjoyed this weeks show. I try to offer everyone a variety of different fictional stories and poetry, and maybe something that touches the heart a little at times.
My parting song for this week is titled When a Man’s in Love by The Chieftains in the Boiling The Breakfast Early album, which is only available to listen to in the podcast. Until next week. Sláinte
T. Ó Domhnaill — Gaelic Seanachaí (storyteller)
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