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From My Mom's Basement

by David Chamberlain

Short and long-form fiction written and performed by David Chamberlain. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-chamberlain/support

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Episodes

  1. Episode 47: Frank's Friend

    This story chronicles the fraught relationship between famed American rocket scientists, Frank Malina and Jack Parsons.

  2. Episode 46: A Good Punt Falls Steeply

    A professional football punter's life totally falls apart...

  3. Episode 45: Mnemosyne

    Amanda has a wonderful memory, and a strange fascination with her neighbor's mailbox...

  4. Episode 44: Edelweiss

    A man works to clean out the house of his recently deceased father, struggling to decide what's worth holding onto and what is not.

  5. Episode 43: What's Hidden

    This story follows a young Henri Matisse on his first visit to Belle Isle. It's here that Henri receives a piece of inspiration that will forever change his art and, by extension, his life.

  6. Episode 42: Steady

    Enlisting her mom's help, a young woman returns home to start a YouTube channel.

  7. Episode 41: Nap Time

    A man quits his job and goes on a small odyssey to find something he's lost...

  8. Episode 40: The Pacifier's Chauffeur

    Follow corporal Ramsey as he assists his domineering superior in the complicated process of pacifying a newly conquered civilization.

  9. Episode 39: The Raspberry Flu

    Trouble ensues when an artist discovers inspiration during a bout with a serious, mind-altering virus.

  10. Episode 38: Airstream

    The loss of a loved one brings an estranged family member back into Joan's life. Can time and tragedy heal this rift, or will she always remain embittered? And what of the secret she holds...?

  11. Episode 37: If Everything Went According To Plan

    A father and his child run into a painter at the park...

  12. Episode 36: Verity And The Ice Cream Truck

    A young couple reevaluates their relationship after an upsetting event threatens to upheave their marriage.

  13. Episode 35: Staying The Night In A Springhill Suites In Kingman, Arizona

    Wherein I detail my brief but bizarre stay in the quiet, dusty town of Kingman, Arizona.

  14. Episode 34: I'm Too Hot

    Tasked with conveying his mom's ashes to his siblings two states away, our troubled protagonist has a profound experience on the road.

  15. Episode 33: The Dark

    Tasked with policing a planet whose nights last as long as sixteen Earth days, the soldiers of 2nd platoon fear only one thing more than the long night: being ordered to take the seeing pills...

  16. Episode 32: The Chinese Buffet

    Highly superstitious, Mr. Wilkes believes bad things are in store for his restaurant the day an ominous tarot-card reading and a full moon coincide.

  17. Episode 31: The Masterpiece

    An angsty artist struggles to complete a painting he knows will be considered his masterwork.

  18. Episode 30: Killing Gandhi

    Insisting that dogs have no redeeming value, this crazed man is on a mission to kill his neighbor's pup... with extreme prejudice.

  19. Episode 29: Sitting At The Metal Detectors

    Working 12-hour graves as a security guard has its pros and cons. One of the ultimate pros, however, is learning what makes your coworkers tick. In this episode, I explain what I learned from my fellow security guards-- what I loved about them, and what I didn't like so much-- and how really, at...

  20. Episode 28: Beach House

    Where does the past go?

  21. Episode 27: A Little Detour

    A young woman grieves the death of her husband.

  22. Episode 26: Skull

    Strange occurrences begin happening after a boy discovers a skull on his property...

  23. Episode 25: Dry Shampoo

    Not a very good first date.

  24. Episode 24: Somewhere For Sometime

    A man's suicide attempt is interrupted... CONTENT WARNING: Graphic depiction of an attempted suicide.

  25. Episode 23: New Pages

    The following is a correspondence between the famous novelist, Arthur Stonedish, and his editor, Frank O. Togliesh.

  26. Episode 22: This Dark This Early

    Old age and irrelevance contribute to this man's poor experience at a mountain resort.

  27. Episode 21: The Great Sea God

    A man faces the indifference of nature as a pleasant day at the beach unravels into something much darker.

  28. Episode 20: The Meteor Watcher

    A lonely man attempts to build a real telescopic observatory in his backyard...

  29. Episode 19: The Cripple King

    A brief semi-biography of King Montego IV of Onx, wherein he learns of the Wyvern's escape.

  30. Episode 18: Some Coffee With Zyklon-B

    A fictionalized encounter between a high-ranking S.S. officer and a business representative from the Tescha Distribution Firm.

  31. Episode 17: If We Were Like Trees

    A man contemplates his sick Mother's life.

  32. Episode 16: Ruth and The Power-Washer

    Sometimes certain profundities are found in the midst of menial, monotonous labor...

  33. Episode 15: Bald Spot With Freckles

    There is something floating out in the motel pool... what is it?

  34. Episode 14: St. Crispin's Day

    A lonely man gets an unexpected visitor on his front step.

  35. Episode 13: Killing The Bear

    Three unprepared suburbanites head into the brutal wilds of Northern Alaska in search of a bear to kill. It's in these wilds that these foolish men end up facing nature, and themselves, in a way they could have never imagined.

  36. Episode 12: Work For Hire | Part Two

    The second part and conclusion to Work For Hire...

  37. Episode 11: Work For Hire | Part One

    A young homeless man finds himself entangled in the dark schemes of a mysterious benefactor.

  38. Episode 10: The Crematorium

    A man gets more than he bargains for when he discovers the bleak and bizarre conditions of a certain crematorium.

  39. Episode 9: Viral Vengeance

    A disgruntled office employee takes revenge on his coworkers...

  40. Episode 8: Death Came Late

    Death is late for a business appointment...

  41. Episode 7: The Last Supper

    An inmate receives his last meal before his execution.

  42. Episode 6: The Graveyard Keeper

    This scary story details the unusual demise of an old graveyard keeper.

  43. Episode 5: The Execution of Sergeant Bolton

    This story follows an old Army Captain and his decision to execute one of his own Sergeants. CONTENT WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND SUBJECT MATTER.

  44. Episode 4: Rainy Days

    A man remembers his friend's wedding day.

  45. Episode 3: A Letter From A White Supremacist

    After the FBI uncovered a secret cult, thousands of correspondences between cult members were discovered in the form of letters and emails. In this episode we get to hear what one of those letters had to say...

  46. Episode 2: The Legend of Bill Allred

    Bill Allred is a substitute teacher that can't seem to catch a break...

  47. Episode 1: The Man Who Gathered The World

    Tori Quarrel, the famous 22nd century writer, persuades the entire world to meet in his hometown of Idaho Falls, Idaho.

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Short and long-form fiction written and performed by David Chamberlain. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-chamberlain/support

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Short and long-form fiction written and performed by David Chamberlain. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-chamberlain/support

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