Episode 2: Heart DisEase and Inspiration Excavation

Welcome to Story Time with Darcie! 

In every episode I’ll read you a piece (or two) of my own short fiction. I’m an eclectic writer, so you may be surprised by the genres and situations, but what these stories have in common is their exploration of big ideas.

I’m delighted to introduce the pod’s first guest voice this month! Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey is a voice actor who also happens to live next door to my parents!

Ron has been acting all his life, and recently made the transition from stage and screen, to voice acting. He has produced numerous audiobooks on Audible, the most recent of which, Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart, will be available soon. You can also hear him as a featured voice on many episodes of “Life’s Biggest Questions” on YouTube. Seriously, check him out! Ron is awesome! I’m so lucky he joined me this month!

I mentioned that last month’s story was exceptionally short, and then, chose another 250-word piece this month. But how could I not read Heart DisEase during National Organ Donation Month? So, today you get two stories. But before I get ahead of myself …

In Heart DisEase, you’ll find yourself in the near-future, where the wealthy can create and store personal clones for blood and organ replacement. 

It’s a little bit love story, a little bit love triangle, a little bit tragedy, and a little bit social commentary. I can’t decide if it will be a good or bad thing when we can grow clones for organ transplant. In this story, where the clones are self-aware and fully alive, it’s a little more cut and dry – oh, that was an unfortunate pun. 

At any rate, until we find a better option, please, sign your donor card, donate blood, enroll as a living donor candidate, and save lives!

Ok, on to our second story… 

Inspiration Excavation begins deep within a mine, but, things may not be quite what you expect. 

I wrote this story for a challenge where I just couldn’t figure out what to do with the prompts. I was so blocked that a story about my own writer’s block is all I could come up with. 

Well, that’s it for another episode of Story Time with Darcie. Special thanks to Ron for joining as the first guest voice on Story Time with Darcie and bringing the voices of our male characters alive – especially Humphrey with his accent! I’m so glad I didn’t have to voice that one! You can follow Ron on Twitter at ron_mckenzie_ .

If YOU would like to become a voice on Story Time with Darcie, please, reach out! My eclectic stories need a variety of voices, and yours will be a welcome addition!

Thank you all for listening. Please, take a moment to sign your organ donor card or book your blood donation appointment. To read more of my stories and perhaps inspire my next one, join me on facebook at DarcieTKelly, and of course, subscribe here for future episodes of Story Time With Darcie.

Direct link to text version Heart DisEase by Darcie T. Kelly.

Direct link to text version Inspiration Excavation by Darcie T. Kelly.