#40: Molotov

We really packed a punch for our season 2 premiere!  This episode has it all: Soviet heroes; the invasion of Taiwan; rodent warriors; a bar that's really purgatory; a bar that's really just a bar; a bakeshop poltergeist; period-tracking apps; and so much more! PC is back to share some exciting author news before we launch into discussing the writing challenge of the evening: experimenting with the "story within a story" literary device.  From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Molotov. The alias (meaning ‘hammer’) of the Russian diplomat Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin (1890-1986) was given in the Second World War to two weapons:Molotov breadbasket. A canister of incendiary bombs which, on being launched from a plane, opened and showered the bombs over a wide area.Molotov cocktail. A home-made anti-tank bomb, invented and first used by the Finns against the Russians in 1940 and developed in Britain as one of the weapons of the HOME GUARD. It consisted of a bottle filled with inflammable and glutinous liquid, with a slow match protruding from the top. When thrown at a tank, the bottle burst, the liquid ignited and spread over the plating of the tank. Stories begin around the 23 minute mark.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.