Special Thank you to the wonderful folk at Spiked Eggs! Spiked Eggs serves up deliciously twisted, darkly comic tales with a foot in both the present and the reimagined past. Picture a world populated by sociopathic reindeer, cold-blooded assassins, scheming sheep, a shifty politician who blusters in and out of episodes, and a spy-drone- snooping Internet web host. Each episode stands alone and can be listened to in any order. In 2024, Spiked Eggs won Best Comedy Podcast at the 2024 Hollywood Series Awards and also earned three silver awards for Best Fiction Podcast, Editing and Sound Design at the Signal Awards in New York City. This particular episode is called “Who’s the Ass? (Part One).” It is a current nominee for Best Comedy/Adventure Podcast in the LA Webfest 2025. Desperate for cash, a miller and his daughter turn to the Internet to pump up the sale price for their tired, old donkey. They instantly become an online sensation, yet trouble awaits them on their way to market. An angry scrum of animal-rights advocates is hot on their heels. A slippery politician, hell-bent to cash in on the hoopla, races to intercept them. And pot-stirring host Katie Klickit whips up a snarling Greek chorus on her drone-spying Internet web series. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking. Can father and daughter cross the river ahead and reach the market in time? Or will it be a bridge too far? Listen to Spiked Eggs on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Audible, or your favorite platform.

In the grand finale, Whiskers spends a night with his fellow townsfolk before facing the music.

After being treated as a joke all his life, Donald lays down the law and makes an arrest. Things do not go well in his favor.

As the water begins to boil, Ray decides to cut ties and make an escape with his love. Jo, however, isn’t able to make such a commitment.

Whiskers tries his hand at the Black Hart while Keys gets a bad hand when playing with Smokey.

With a heavy task lingering on the back of his mind, Whiskers spends the night digging a hole with Spots the prospector.

The gunslinging team of X, Whiskers, and Smokey begin their big heist when the trio meet their biggest obstacle: musical theatre.

Whiskers teams up with Keys to break Smokey out of prison. Meanwhile, an anxious Joanna has a drink with Hoggs.

With auditions going on for a new angel at the Black Hart, bar owner Mark Hoggs Jr. delves into his hatred for sheriff Donald Knightley. Meanwhile, widow Smokey gets new info about her late husband's fate.

Pianist Ray Peter yearns for singing starlet Joanna Porter, but she only sees him as thieving Keys. Character actor Clara Brown proposes a temporary change for the angel scene at the Black Hart.

Welcome, traveler, to The Town with No Name. Follow along with newcomer Sparks as he begins to meet and swindle the inhabitants.

Welcome to The Town with No Name! Here, you’ll find a community of gunslingers and tune singers. But be wary; a dark shadow looms over this little village’s inhabitants. Each of the many townfolks, from that no-good Whiskers to the big-fished starlet Joanna Porter, find themselves haunted by a dastardly figure named X. The Town with No Name is an ensemble tragicomedy about avoiding responsibility packed with catchy earworms sure to be stuck in your head stronger than a bullet in a tight-knit wound. It is a tale told through 10 chapters where you’ll hear the stories of love, guilt, prison breaks, dead pigs, and, if you’re lucky, a chance to meet who in their right mind would be in charge of a world like this: the mayor. The Town with No Name is the 2nd season of the audio anthology collection: Sommer Stories. sommerstories.com