Cabbage Roses

Published: March 28, 2020, 2:05 a.m.

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Bio: Rob\\xa0Stringer writes sci-fi sitcom podcast,\\xa0Oblivity. He\\u2019s also one half of \\u2018musicians\\u2019 Nik and the\\xa0Sputz, and their alter-egos, Auctioneers \\u2013 an Oxford-UK-based duo.\\xa0@robdmstringer\\xa0

Rob Stringer

Links to Oblivity: www.oblivitypodcast.com\\xa0https://oblivity.libsyn.com/\\xa0

NARRATOR: "I\\u2019m\\xa0sorry?\\u201d She winced in her kneeling spot beside the cabbage roses.\\xa0\\xa0

From behind the crumbling wall, the silhouette whispered again.\\xa0

She shielded her eyes with a mud-caked cotton glove, and a cold breeze stole past her cheek, disturbing the untucked strands of her white fringe.\\xa0

\\u201cI can\\u2019t hear you from over there!\\u201d\\xa0

The dim figure glided to her gate \\u2014 a lattice of iron and ivy \\u2014 and waited. The sky dragged a shroud of darkness across her rosemary bed.\\xa0

Negotiating knee complaints, she clambered to her feet, and every neighbouring garden came into view; brown and withered.\\xa0\\xa0

\\u201cIt\\u2019s no good, I\\u2019ll have to come to you\\u201d, she said; the pruning shears snug in her grip.\\xa0\\xa0

Show notes:\\xa0Written\\xa0and voiced by Rob Stringer, creator of sci-fi sitcom podcast\\xa0Oblivity. Listen for cybernetic rodents and cr\\xe8me de menthe.\\xa0www.oblivitypodcast.com\\xa0@oblivitypodcast\\xa0

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