Name: Short Story 17: Taps by ALLIGATOR PRESERVES
Duration: 11 min 9 s
Description: In Laurel's horror short story "Taps," a halfway house employee is determined to retrieve her tap shoes from residents still learning lessons about respect.

missing a couple of lines here after "grudging agree with the plan"...“Hey, I didn’t sign up for this, man,” the newbie protests. His chair scrapes the floor and I flinch.  “Don’t matter none. Men? Make sure Boy Scout here don’t tell nobody nothin’.”

Multiple award-winning author Kathleen Kaska's new "cozy" murder mystery "Murder at the Menger" is sure to entertain you! Listen to my interview of this author here!

Episode 132: Kathleen Kaska's "Murder at the Menger"

New York Times Best-Selling Author David L. Robbins discusses the creation of the State of Israel in his epic novel "Isaac's Beacon" with author and podcast host Laurel McHargue.

David L. Robbins and "Isaac's Beacon"

Laurel makes an important discovery when she takes her baoding balls on a morning run and drops one. Her brainstorming about balls takes her back to childhood memories.

Episode 1: Balls

Laurel finally embraces her "pixie" hair style after countless attempts at growing it long. She talks about vanity and how she envied girls with long hair. After her butchering at the hands of an Army barber, she learned how to cut her own hair, and is grateful for the money she has saved over the years.

Episode 2: Hair

What will you be doing when you're 85 years old?

In this episode, Laurel visits with her friend's 85-year-old father--Bill Olson--and tries to determine why he still works every . . . single . . . day. This is Laurel's first attempt at curating a story from a last-minute decision to record an unplanned visit.

Episode 16: What Makes a Man?

Rest in Peace, Gracie. Thank you for the light you shared with me, and with everyone who knew you, not long ago. (1/25/2020)

Some might say that the Tour Divide would challenge the fittest among us. After all, this annual bicycling epic spans 2,745 miles between Banff, Canada and Antelope Wells, NM, right on the Mexican border. Some might even say that a person with Multiple Sclerosis would be a fool to attempt such a feat.

But not Grace Ragland. Having lived with M.S. since age ten (and she admits to being “50ish” now), she has yet to meet a challenge with an “I can’t.” When a friend mentioned trying this ultra-endurance event, Grace knew she had to challenge it. Spoiler alert: Grace is the first person with M.S. to complete The Tour Divide.

Episode 31: Divide by One: Grace Ragland Challenges the Tour Divide

Jerry Fabyanic--author, columnist, radio show host, and denizen of Mother Earth--talks with Laurel McHargue about his novel "Sisyphus Wins" and about growing up as a gay man in a time when coming out was not acceptable. He discusses his philosophy of life, strides in the LGBTQ community, and the Georgetown Christmas Fair where he and dozens of other authors will have their works available (December 1-2 and 8-9, 2018). 

Go to www.leadvillelaurel.com for upcoming show notes with links and photos.

Episode 41: "Sisyphus Wins" with Author Jerry Fabyanic

In Laurel's horror short story "Taps," a halfway house employee is determined to retrieve her tap shoes from residents still learning lessons about respect.

Short Story 17: Taps

A clip from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe (New Mic Test)

Laurel shares quarantine mental health tips and talks about puzzles, planting seeds, her upcoming graphic novel, and a surprise in her mailbox!

Episode 101: Q Diaries 26, COVID-19 Fatigue

Award-winning author Laurel McHargue lives and laughs and podcasts and writes in the breathtaking elevation of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Follow her on her website @ www.laurelmchargue.com and listen to her narrations of nonfiction on "Alligator Preserves" and dark fiction on "Dark Ebb." 
email her @ laurel@strackpress.com

Short Story 17: Taps

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