Completed Audio Fiction Calms My Pre-Surgery Nerves

I'm having surgery tomorrow to remove yet another f$%&ing kidney stone. Ugh. Luckily, I'll be asleep for it. And as a bonus, the $7,200 I've paid maxes out both my deductible and out-of-pocket expenses for the year, so any other medical charges for the rest of 2024 should be covered. (To my international friends—US health care is every bit as f$%&ing broken as you've heard.)

Related, I need to give a big shout of thanks to Marc Langston for signing up his production company, Nocturn Hall, as a Supporting Creative Shop. You'll hear more about them and their show, Dupont Investigations, in the coming weeks. Another huge shout out is due to Jon Rolfe, because he also signed up his production company, Cryptic Radio, as a Supporting Creative Shop. More is coming from them quite soon as well.

Seriously, Mark and Jon, thank you for your support. It means the world to me. Apropos of my opening paragraph. Yikes!

You, too, can help offset some of those costs and the other very real costs it takes to run The End, either by signing up as a Supporting Creative Shop, an Individual Supporter, or becoming a Sponsor of The End. All the details are at https://theend.fyi/support, and I appreciate your support.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo