Archive - Corvairs & Horny Toads

Season 2, Episode 11: Little Vera Sharp

This is the last story in my short story collection, Corvairs and Horny Toads. It means a great deal to me.

May 11 •

Lucinda Blackwood

27:11

Season 2, Episode 10: The Griffins

The Griffin took in each thorny mesquite tree, tumbleweed, lizard, prairie dog, coyote, snake and every child she was there to guard and protect.

May 4 •

Lucinda Blackwood

33:53

April 2025

"Give Thanks" Bonus Content

For years, I have struggled with the holiday we call Thanksgiving.

Apr 27 •

Lucinda Blackwood

Season 2, Episode 9: Give Thanks

She was determined to tell Jace a different version of the first so-called Thanksgiving. Things he was surely old enough to understand. Things that laid…

Apr 20 •

Lucinda Blackwood

38:15

February 2025

Coming Soon: The Last Three Stories

I’m getting close to the end of the 18 stories in my short story collection. With the last three stories in sight now, I want to savor them even more.

Feb 19 •

Lucinda Blackwood

"Who's Your Daddy?" Bonus Content

In Who’s Your Daddy?, I included parts of the story my father told me about crossing the North Atlantic on the Queen Mary in 1942.

Feb 16 •

Lucinda Blackwood

Season 2, Episode 8: Who's Your Daddy?

On liberty at the pubs and dancehalls—drinking, dancing, holding pretty girls who were less inhibited than the American girls they were used to—Trey and…

Feb 9 •

Lucinda Blackwood

35:36

"Oil Wells, Fried Quail and Silver Dollars" Bonus Content

All over the world, helpless, vulnerable children are preyed upon, abused, mistreated or undervalued. It’s wrong. It’s unforgivable.

Feb 2 •

Lucinda Blackwood

January 2025

December 2024

Season 2, Episode 6: A Christmas Surprise

Jerry Dale had been busy buying furniture and having drapes made for their new house while Ike put in a lawn and landscaping. Christmas had almost been…

Dec 29, 2024 •

Lucinda Blackwood

27:02

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