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Ep. 15: From Russia without love
What happens when your father is taken by Stalin's purges? We explore Erwin's short story, "No Trial for Papa" and historical fiction
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
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Erwin Warkentin
23:56
No Trial for Papa
A young boy recounts the horrors of a Stalinist purge.
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Erwin Warkentin
When hurricanes come to die
An original poem.
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Saving Mr. Mendis
A short story set in colonial Sri Lanka (Ceylon), about a man in a rush to meet his fate.
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
The Chain Letter
What happens when you delete an email? A modern horror short story.
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
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Ep. 11: On the emotions of autobiography
Have you written about some emotional period in your life? Like the death of a loved one? Have you heard what you wrote being read back to you? Come…
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
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Erwin Warkentin
27:01
Ep. 10: Are you a manager or a leader? / To the lands of milk and honey
What are the perils of being a manager and not a leader or vice versa? Are you a manager or a leader? Here's my take along with a tiny short story.
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
15:59
To the lands of milk and honey
A flash fiction story about a mice clan and their way of life. This is featured in Episode 10 of Tales under the cat tree podcast about managers and…
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Ep. 7: Very Finnish midsummer tales
Hear a short story "The cottage on the shores of Yli-Kitka" in both Finnish and English and come journey with me to Finland's beautiful archipelago…
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
20:36
The cottage on the shores of Yli-Kitka
A short story set in Finland's north near Kuusamo on the shores of lake Yli-Kitka.
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Mökki Yli-Kitkan rannalla
The Finnish version of "The cottage on the shores of Yli-Kitka", a short story set in Finland's north near Kuusamo.
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Ep. 5: Fiction in the age of AI / Time travel to 1989
When anyone can use ChatGPT to write a novel, will anyone be creating and reading new original novels written by humans? Why should we bother to…
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Duleepa Wijayawardhana
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