The Taxidermist's Other Wife
Our first piece of audio fiction for December is "The Taxidermist's Other Wife" written by Kelly Barnhill and read by Kate Baker.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kelly Barnhill's work has appeared in Postscripts, Weird Tales, Fantasy, The Sun, Sybil's Garage and other publications. She also writes high-interest nonfiction books for children (the fact that she has written books about sea monsters, sewer systems, eyeless salamanders and pee, has made her very popular at children's parties). Her first novel The Mostly True Story Of Jack, a middle grade fantasy set in rural Iowa (a lonely boy, and avenging girl, a mysterious house, two possibly murderous cats, a remarkable skateboard, and a nasty bit of magic) will be released next summer by Little, Brown. She is, by all accounts, ridiculously excited about it. She is a former schoolteacher, a former bartender, a former janitor, a former receptionist, a former park ranger, a former wildland firefighter, and a former waitress. The sum of these experiences have prepared her for nothing — save freelance writing, which she has been happily doing for the past six years. She lives in Minneapolis with her brilliant husband, her three evil-genius children, and her emotionally unstable dog.
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Kelly Barnhill wrote on December 2nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm:
Magnificent job reading, Kate! Honestly, it gave me chills.
Patrick wrote on December 3rd, 2010 at 1:01 am:
Great Story and delivery spooky. Margret...Margret... (Turns on lights looks around room
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JimMcD wrote on April 29th, 2011 at 11:58 am:
Yes very spooky! Ego is such a horrible nemesis for man yet we can never seem to avoid its pitfalls!
The story was made all the strong by Kate's reading! Well done.