Excuse me, humanity, please pay attention. I have an urgent message. "What? Not in the middle of my reality TV show!" I'm sorry. I'll be brief. But first, a little background. My message concerns the fate of a pale blue dot in the inky expanse of the universe. Beyond its fragile borders is vast nothingness.

You Have Been Warned is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/you-have-been-warned

Listen to Episode 59, Once Upon A Time: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/once-upon-a-time/

Not Quite Write Podcast and Prize website: https://notquitewritepodcast.com/

Tall And True Short Reads website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Apple Books:  https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• TV Static: https://freesound.org/people/Kleber_KGF/sounds/354019/

• Gunfire: https://freesound.org/people/C-V/sounds/523404/

• Screaming Voices: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486179/

• Angry Voices: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486193/

• Car Horn: https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/684521/

• Bicycle Bell: https://freesound.org/people/altazor80/sounds/367744/

• Storm Wind: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/481139/

• Story Rain: https://freesound.org/people/2887679652/sounds/164921/

• Flood Waters: https://freesound.org/people/martialway47/sounds/258187/

• Desert Crickets: https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/641589/

• Fire: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483309/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.

Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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