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Dec 15, 2025 6 min

Nick's Helper

from Tall And True Short Reads

The job offer notification pops up on my phone early on Christmas Eve. It's a short-term role helping with overnight deliveries. The regular delivery driver has hurt his back and needs an offsider for heavy lifting. Nick's Helper is a short story written and narrated by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website. See episode show notes and links on the podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/nicks-helper/ Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/nicks-helper Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections: Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436 Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead Production Notes Royalty-free theme music from Pixabay.com - Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' - IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan: https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-beethoven-piano-sonata-nr-15-in-d-major-op-28-pastoral-iv-rondo-allegro-ma-non-troppo-30/ Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from Freesound.org - see show notes: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/nicks-helper/ Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the lands of the traditional owners and storytellers, the Gadigal people.

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