TBM-2512.23 – Dog Days of Advent: Sled

2025-12-24

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https://www.bathtubmermaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TBM-2512-23-DDOA-Sled.mp3 Description: Welcome to the Dog Days of Advent. I made a list of prompts, and wrote a bite-sized story for each one. They don’t live in the same universe, but they’re all a little off-kilter from what you might expect from holiday fare. And if you pay attention, you’ll notice that the last line of each story becomes the first line of the next. Today’s prompt is Sled. Excerpt She set the sled down. Ran her glove over the wooden slats. Felt her heartbeat double-tap ...

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Description:

Welcome to the Dog Days of Advent. I made a list of prompts, and wrote a bite-sized story for each one. They don’t live in the same universe, but they’re all a little off-kilter from what you might expect from holiday fare. And if you pay attention, you’ll notice that the last line of each story becomes the first line of the next. Today’s prompt is Sled.

Excerpt

She set the sled down. Ran her glove over the wooden slats. Felt her heartbeat double-tap behind her ribs.

Then she climbed on.

The world tipped. Not dangerously. Not wrong. Just… sideways enough.

Episode Cast:

Melissa A. Bartell

Links and References

Transcript: Sled
Dog Days of Advent

Credits:

The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
Bathtub Mermaid blog header art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
Sound Effects and Music are from Freesound and UppBeat
Music Used: Winter

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