PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
Show Notes
Rated R: For Fairies and F-Bombs!
Accompaniment
by Keffy R.M. Kehrli
“You’re making me crazy,” Jonas said. “Can’t you play the fucking thing any quieter?”
I didn’t speak. I just kept playing the damn guitar while my cracked fingers bled rivulets that clung to the strings and dripped down the lacquered wood. Eventually I did say that I was sorry, that I couldn’t stop, but he’d already gone out for a smoke. He left the shed door cracked open, so the nicotine-laden winter air flooded in and froze my lungs.
Outside, Jonas’ phone trilled. He answered with a sharp, “Yeah?”
About the Author
Keffy R. M. Kehrli
Keffy R. M. Kehrli is a speculative fiction writer who currently lives on Long Island, where he’s working on a PhD in Genetics. He attended Clarion UCSD in 2008 and since then, his fiction has appeared in magazines such as Lightspeed, Apex, and Uncanny. In 2015, he launched GlitterShip, a podcast featuring LGBTQ short fiction.
He is also a former editor of Shimmer Magazine.
About the Narrator
John Meagher
John Meagher is the writer and narrator of Tales of the Left Hand, an ongoing fantasy series offering “swashbuckling, intrigue, and a dash of magic.” In his secret identity, he’s a graphic designer living outside Washington DC with his wife, daughter and two cats.
