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Unfettered, edited by Shawn Speakman on Audible:
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Summary:

You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story that Shawn could sell to help alleviate those bills - and suggested he ask the same of his other writer friends. Unfettered is the result: An anthology built in order to relieve that debt, featuring short stories by some of the best fantasy writers in the genre.

Twenty-three tales comprise this incredible collection, and as the title suggests, the writers were free to contribute whatever they wished. Here is the table of contents:

    Foreword by Patrick Rothfuss
    Introduction: On Becoming Unfettered
    Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks
    How Old Holly Came to Be by Patrick Rothfuss
    The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams
    Game of Chance by Carrie Vaughn
    The Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey
    Mudboy by Peter V. Brett
    The Sound of Broken Absolutes by Peter Orullian
    The Coach with Big Teeth by R. A. Salvatore
    Keeper of Memory by Todd Lockwood
    Heaven in a Wild Flower by Blake Charlton
    Dogs by Daniel Abraham
    The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne
    Select Mode by Mark Lawrence
    All the Girls Love Michael Stein by David Anthony Durham
    Strange Rain by Jennifer Bosworth
    Nocturne by Robert V. S. Redick
    Unbowed by Eldon Thompson
    In Favour with Their Stars by Naomi Novik
    River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
    The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan
    The Duel by Lev Grossman
    Walker and the Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks
    The Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman

    With the help of stalwart friends and these wonderful short stories, Shawn has taken the gravest of life’s hardships and created something magical. Unfettered is not only a fantastic anthology in its own right, but it’s a testament to the generosity found in the science fiction and fantasy community—proof that humanity can give beyond itself when the need arises. After all, isn’t that the driving narrative in fantasy literature? 

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Unfettered: Tales By Masters of Fantasy, edited by Shawn Speakman, Multi-Cast Narration

Matt Giroveanu, Rachel Bouton, and Kiki Mikkelson improvise a love song in Vern’s Audible special, "A Very Improvised Holiday Musical".  The prompt for the special was to create a new holiday on the spot, and the live audience chose “pickles” as the celebratory food, “periwinkle and maroon” as the holiday’s colors, and “the poop emoji” as the sacred symbol (Oh, millennials). But the resulting musical is surprisingly sweet.
 
Listen to the FULL holiday special on Audible: http://tinyurl.com/VernSpecial

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A Very Improvised Holiday Musical (Teaser Clip)

Exclusively on Audible, an original audio documentary narrated by award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker.

It’s always hard to make the crowd laugh — especially when joking about war, PTSD, and mental health. Strong Ending follows three military veterans as they attempt to turn their most painful stories into laughs by participating in a stand-up comedy boot camp.

After joining the military, deploying to combat zones, and coming home fundamentally changed, Michael Garvey, Isaura Ramirez, and Patrick Harth challenge themselves to share their stories on stage and perform original stand up-comedy about their experiences for a packed house.

Narrated by Emmy and Tony award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker and featuring interviews with professional comedians Rob Riggle (The Daily Show, The Hangover) and Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite, Arrested Development), Strong Ending explores the science behind the healing power of laughter and the role of military-comedies in popular culture.

Is laughter really the best medicine? Listen to find out: Audible.com/StrongEnding

Strong Ending  - Maria Bamford on Mental Health & Comedy (clip)

Strong Ending - Rob Riggle On Comedy (clip)

Featuring Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Eliza Skinner.

In this scene excerpt from a live cast reading, alien commander 9-Krelblax orders his navigator, Zzarvon, to set a course for the Big Dipper but things get off track pretty quickly.

Download and listen to the full Audible Original, "The Pole Vault Championship of the Entire Universe", at Audible.com/PoleVault!

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5. 400 Bones (Kevin Devine)

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Unfettered: Tales By Masters of Fantasy, edited by Shawn Speakman, Multi-Cast Narration

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