The Old Story Teller - Audio Version

Here’s a little story I recently completed that I’ve posted here as an audio podcast for you. It’s a short, sweet, little tale about an old man who loves to tell stories. I hope you enjoy it! I’ve got several other things I’d like to update you on as well.In my last post I mentioned that I’ve been working on several projects. I’ve been collaborating with my friend Tom Bulling on a science fiction novel that' we’ve been working on for the better part of six months. We’re over 120,000 words in and our plan is to have it finished and ready to publish by the end of the year. I’ve had a blast working on this with Tom and I think we’ll have a very good book for you to see when it comes out. Tom is an engineering and creative genius and I’ve really enjoyed working on this with him. He came up with some fascinating technology and world building ideas that we explore in the novel that I’ll think you’ll really enjoy. I also started a new novel called the First Men back in February. I work on it in between writing sessions with Tom and that book explores the time frame From Adam in the bible up through the birth of Noah. That’s a fascinating period of time and I’ve used story lines from Genesis, The Book of Enoch, and John Milton’s Paradise Lost to build a world that involves not only the bible characters you may have learned about in sunday school, but also the Nephalim and the Watchers, those fallen angels that were cast out of heaven. I’m trying to give it the feel of a western, and I’ve enjoyed working on it. That period of time from the bible and humanity is full of great story potential and I’m trying my best to tap into that! I’m at about 140,000 words and I hope to have it done by early next year.I’ve also launched a new Youtube Channel called the House of Lytton. Lytton is the original spelling of our family name from England. I thought it looked pretty cool and I wanted to start to branch out a bit and try to broaden the audience to a wider group of folks. I’m taking all my stories and creating video’s with me narrating and with music where it makes sense. You can find the channel here: @lyttonhouse. I’ll continue to post here under the Texasgrit brand and I’m so appreciative to all of you for taking the time to read and listen to my work. The House of Lytton channel already has about a dozen videos up so take a look if you like and please subscribe! I’ve hired an assistant who is helping me expand our reach into all the social media platforms and we’ll post links to those as well once they’re ready.I’ll continue to publish short stories and I may even put out a few chapters of the First Men novel in the coming months her on Texasgrit. I need to talk to Tom as well, perhaps we’ll do the same for the Sci-Fi novel. I was telling my wife the other day that I have nearly one hundred short stories stored in my computer at various stages of completion. Some of them will get finished, and some will just sit there. But I will continue to produce these stories that are mostly Christian/Spiritual themed that involve everyday people thrust into unique situations that challenges the way they see the world. I want to thank you all again for coming on this journey with me here at Texasgrit! I look forward to writing and producing stories in the years to come and sharing them with you here as well as the new platforms that we’re expanding into. I hope you enjoy the story! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit texasgrit.substack.com