Accompanying a short story about smugglers, this song features one of the protagonists stumbling across an Inn on the cornish coast called 'The Bucket of Blood' where he - and his friends - are forced to shelter for the night.

The Bucket of Blood

Accompanying track to a story, one of our villains awakes to find himself amongst the rubble of a burnt down country hall, after hunting around for clues to the mystery he is trying to solve.

Buried Under Darrow Hall

It's morning at the Bucket of Blood Inn on the cornish coast, and the heroes of a story about smuggling and old family trees wake up in the old Inn, ready to tackle the next stage of their adventure. Accompanying track to a short story.

Breakfast In The Bucket

A sad realisation of the guilt of what he has done. Accompanying song to a story.

Regretful Eyes

The heroes of our story meet the next protagonist, a mysterious man called Marlowe who warns them against believing what they're already been told. Accompanying track to a story about smuggling in cornwall.

Which Way Will This Go?

In a starving, crumbling world, the Fulcher and Bandwagon Gentlemen’s Only Club stands as a fortress of abundance and privilege — a place where food, drink, and power flow freely for those deemed worthy. For one desperate Applicant, admission means survival. But membership demands more than credentials: it requires performance, secrets, and the ability to withstand ridicule from the Club’s eccentric hierarchy of self-styled officials. As the Applicant makes his case before the elders, he discovers that in Fulcher and Bandwagon, rejection is more than humiliation — it’s a death sentence.

From a book of short stories available herehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

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Too Much Trumpeting, Not Enough Jazz

Alternative chugging spooky rock song with electric guitars and walking bass about a ghost train set in a child’s attic. Accompanying track for a short story.

A Night In Frankie’s Attic

Accompanying song for a short story available from this collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

Leela, aka Cath, leads a determined scout troop on a wild and bumpy adventure from Birmingham to South America in search of the legendary Lost City of El Dorado. Battling language barriers, skeptical captains, and unexpected detours, their quest turns into a hilarious, frustrating, and unforgettable journey filled with quirky characters, towering alpacas, and golden disappointments. Will these scouts earn their badges or just return with stories of grit, friendship, and wild ambition?

Proficiency Badge

Song from a short story, available from this collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

When an ordinary job interview takes a turn for the surreal, Scott finds himself tangled in a bizarre conversation with a woman who insists his name is Colin, cares only for hypothetical machines, and smiles with lethal precision. As she presses him to design an absurd “gobbling machine,” reality unravels and the line between interviewer and interviewee blurs. With a cavalcade of strange staff, unexpected outbursts, and mounting chaos, Scott discovers this company isn’t what it seems—and neither are its inhabitants.

Darkly comic, unsettlingly plausible, and brimming with wit, Gobbling Machine is a tale of performance, pretence, and the wild machinery that motors beneath the surface of everyday life.

Gobbling Machine

When Doris, a no-nonsense tea lover with a sharp tongue, is unexpectedly crowned Emperor of the New English Empire for a week, her cozy life is turned upside down. Reluctant at first, Doris soon discovers the intoxicating thrill of absolute power—complete with dungeons, nuclear briefcases, and jam-fueled feuds. A comical tale of accidental sovereignty, domestic chaos, and one woman’s rise to temporary tyranny.

Accompanying song to a story from https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

Doris, Your Highness

A 1990s style indie rock/pop track accompanying a short story about that stupid situation we all face from time to time when you’re walking towards someone on a pavement and you both go the same way… dialed up to the ridiculous max!

Step Change (Alternate Version)

Karl is a designer, writer, illustrator - of sorts - who enjoys the end to end process of creative endeavours. The music created relates to writing and team projects, often with tracks to accompany short or collaborative stories (such as the tracks for the Encounter at Penzance playlist) and as a result the style and themes can be wide raning, depending on the stories the tracks are supporting.

Doris, Your Highness

Karl Binder

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