"Young Strickland's Career" by J.D. Beresford

Are our lives predetermined? A father is anxious to see into the future to find out what his son will achieve...but what is the meaning of the bizarre vision he glimpses in a crystal ball?  This is an audio presentation of the 1921 short story "Young Strickland's Career" by J.D. Beresford, from the collection Signs and Wonders. Please support my work: Like what I do? Give me the fuel I need to create :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/encryptedpod https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast NEW! Become a patron on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod - exclusive patron-only content available, including another story by Frederick Cowles and a SURPRISE! Get  in touch!  If you want to discuss the show or have any ideas for  stories you'd like to see in future episodes, contact me:  [email protected] About the episode: "Young Strickland's Career" by John Dafys Beresford. First published in Signs and Wonders, 1921, G.P. Putman's Sons. Credit where credit's due: End  theme music:  The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley |  www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com  Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Incidental music: Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3798-gathering-darkness License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sound effects sourced at Freesound.org The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor. Help my channel grow! Please like, subscribe, comment, follow, share, tell a friend, get in touch, donate etc.