TORN APART AND DEVOURED BY LIONS : Written by Jeffrey Wells + read by Jesse Thorn

Published: Aug. 25, 2011, 11:37 a.m.

b'"Missus Murphy, I will have you know that I am to be torn apart and devoured by lions." Simon Pfennig was fully aware of how strange he must sound. He had no choice. It was too exciting not to share. "I\'m sorry," said Mrs. Murphy. "Weren\'t you just talking to me about insurance a moment ago?" "I was," said Simon. "Now I\'m talking about lions."'