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Strange Tales and a Memory

By: J. R. Croft
Narrated by: Joe Ravenscroft
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A child prodigy becomes an international celebrity at the young age of four through his obsession with knife sharpening.

A man discovers that the food scraps he's been tossing overboard for more than three decades have been nourishing a lobster to the point that the beast becomes a real threat to his existence.

The brutal destruction of two island communities is witnessed by a young man who watches in amazed horror as all manners of sea monsters converge on the doomed islands. If only he could think of a solution in time!

The experience of traveling in a submarine carved from a tree is explained through a poem recited by one of the passengers.

A group of children lose control of their adult servants when a pair of swans defend their nest and attack the group, shattering the children's belief in their power over their guardians.

An old man remembers a nostalgic evening fishing with his father.

©2018 Joe Ravenscroft (P)2018 Joe Ravenscroft

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