#56: Achates, with The Bartender

This week the Cru welcome the Bartender, a Cleveland local connection made via the community-building crew over at StoryWars CLE.  Stories tonight feature a new twist on a classic bromance; an ode to a cat; a life, simply put; a tale of a monster; and a love song to a dog. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Achates (3 syl.) A faithful companion, a bosom friend, Achates in Virgil's Aeneid is the chosen companion of the hero in adventures of all kinds. Stories begin around the 13 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.