No Free Time | Dystopian Short Story

Howard, or employee 9472, is an achiever in a company that seems to disparage achievement. His coworkers are obsessed with their free time, which they fill with entertainment--food, drink, sex, and cinema. Howard is different. Howard just wants to work...
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Written and Recorded by Curtiss Christensen
Music by Curtiss Christensen

[@terranhealer]

Holy moly 😮I wasn’t expecting this story to grip and captivate me but it sure did! Almost stopped at the beginning but the narrator’s voice grew on me. Reminded me of 1984

[@oddiocurtiss]

I'm glad you stuck around long enough to get sucked into the story. 1984 was definitely an influence.

[@oddiocurtiss]

I had such a bad cold when I recorded this.

[@KatHarper-ni3eg]

I think the stuffiness works well with the setting

[@oddiocurtiss]

@@KatHarper-ni3eg Well thank you. I was pretty self conscious about it and even considered recording it again. But even one recording is a lot of work for a blue collar slob such as I. 😁

[@oddiostories]

Silence, fool. Experience. It was meant to be, so it was. You had no bearing on the sound.