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PodCastle Miniature 79: The Dolphin
* Author : Dave Bishop
* Narrator : Joe Scalora
* Audio Producer : Peter Wood
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PodCastle Miniature 79: The Dolphin is a PodCastle original.
Rated R. Goddamn the Dolphin! Happy Halloween!
The Dolphin
by Dave Bishop
I couldn’t see anything amiss and I’d already signed my name, so I pulled myself from my mother’s embrace and sailed away with her tears staining my coat.
“Man the pumps,” called the mate on my first watch. “Davey Jones is watching us and he thinks the God damn Dolphin‘s his very own pet. He wants her back, you dogs, so pump or we’ll all go swimming.”
“God damn the Dolphin,” we said as we pumped all ninety-five days to Montego Bay though the sky was untouched, the glass stayed high, and a soft breeze blew us gently from the East.