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The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...
- Added: Jun 27, 2023
- Length: 19:45
In the first month of lockdown during the global pandemic, I made this short poem/prayer. The music in this piece is Falling to Pieces Again, by t...
- Added: Aug 10, 2020
- Length: 01:46
Current Mood: Desperate. Mortified pays tribute to the kids who grew up in an era right before Myspace and Facebook and pioneered the idea of goin...
- Added: Apr 15, 2018
- Length: 27:04
Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better ...
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 28:53
Patrick Dorey sends us his Song Story about a time in his life when, with the loss of his Mom, he began to question who he was.
- Added: Sep 06, 2015
- Length: 05:19
Here's a Song Story guaranteed to make you smile, if not tear up.
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 03:41
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 05:13
A non-fictional piece about how I relinquished my power of DISSOCIATION in order to finally allow someone to love me.
- Added: Feb 03, 2014
- Length: 05:35
This week, our stories are all about turning points, as our writers move from innocence to knowledge, their lives forever changed. Stories by Sarah...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
An angry man expresses his feelings concerning unwanted ad circulars left in his driveway.
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- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
This time of year, even when the spirit isn’t really there at all, we can decorate and party and shop ourselves into a state of manufactured joy.
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- Added: Nov 22, 2009
- Length: 04:35
Basic facts and about elephants from Carol Buckley, founder of The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, plus a personal elephant story from NY Times be...
- Added: Dec 03, 2008
- Length: 07:06
