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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Obsidian River - Free Flowing Fiction in Podcast Form!</title><link>http://obsidianriver.com/</link><description>Obsidian River is Free Flowing Fiction in Podcast form! Authors submit their work and after a simple approval process (basically filtering spam and hate speech) their works are included in the directory and podcast. Listeners get a fresh supply of new fiction and can reward authors via the "Tip" feature of ObsidianRiver.com. We look forward to hearing from you all!</description><ttl>60</ttl><media:copyright>Copyright 2006 ObsidianRiver.com All rights reserved.</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://static.flickr.com/48/151346004_9eb9704d9a_m.jpg" /><media:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Arts/Literature</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>obsidianriver@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Nat Thompson</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Nat Thompson</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://static.flickr.com/48/151346004_9eb9704d9a_m.jpg" /><itunes:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>Obsidian River is Free Flowing Fiction in Podcast form! Authors submit their work and after a simple approval process (basically filtering spam and hate speech) their works are included in the directory and podcast. Listeners get a fresh supply of new fic</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Obsidian River is Free Flowing Fiction in Podcast form! Authors submit their work and after a simple approval process (basically filtering spam and hate speech) their works are included in the directory and podcast. Listeners get a fresh supply of new fiction and can reward authors via the "Tip" feature of ObsidianRiver.com. We look forward to hearing from you all!</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Literature" /></itunes:category><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/obsidianriver" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Escape</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/242768651/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href=''&gt;Escape&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
What goes on behind closed doors is not always what you think.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/242768651" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:20:14 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3D1d9c8d65-e993-4e2e-8c62-9a0499fa99a5</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=1d9c8d65-e993-4e2e-8c62-9a0499fa99a5</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Escape</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/242768652/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href=''&gt;Escape&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
What goes on behind closed doors is not always what you think.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/242768652" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:19:30 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3Daee31ef7-da93-4ba6-8616-6a5aba23bf18</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=aee31ef7-da93-4ba6-8616-6a5aba23bf18</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Escape</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/242768653/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://www.ObsidianRiver.com/Audio/e43c7da5-4dc4-454b-9430-e03347f5484e.mp3'&gt;Escape&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
What goes on behind closed doors is not always what you think.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/242768653" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:08:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/242768654/e43c7da5-4dc4-454b-9430-e03347f5484e.mp3" fileSize="3055827" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Escape What goes on behind closed doors is not always what you think.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Nat Thompson</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Escape What goes on behind closed doors is not always what you think.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</itunes:keywords><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3De43c7da5-4dc4-454b-9430-e03347f5484e</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=e43c7da5-4dc4-454b-9430-e03347f5484e</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/242768654/e43c7da5-4dc4-454b-9430-e03347f5484e.mp3" length="3055827" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.ObsidianRiver.com/Audio/e43c7da5-4dc4-454b-9430-e03347f5484e.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Hell's Keeper</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/223449461/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://cdn.libsyn.com/quanick/Promo.MP3'&gt;Hell's Keeper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Austin Whitfield is dying.  A man dressed as a priest comes to his bedside and reveals to him the nature of God and the afterlife.  He has come both to guide Austin to the next stage and to take over his position as Hell's Keeper.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/223449461" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:53:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/223706955/Promo.MP3" fileSize="644598" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Hell's Keeper Austin Whitfield is dying. A man dressed as a priest comes to his bedside and reveals to him the nature of God and the afterlife. He has come both to guide Austin to the next stage and to take over his position as Hell's Keeper.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Nat Thompson</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Hell's Keeper Austin Whitfield is dying. A man dressed as a priest comes to his bedside and reveals to him the nature of God and the afterlife. He has come both to guide Austin to the next stage and to take over his position as Hell's Keeper.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</itunes:keywords><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3D1b8fa19b-8a4f-4737-af72-735891c00381</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=1b8fa19b-8a4f-4737-af72-735891c00381</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/223706955/Promo.MP3" length="644598" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://cdn.libsyn.com/quanick/Promo.MP3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Faking It</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/209856129/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://media.libsyn.com/media/quanick/898d4a5e-065e-47fa-91d3-4a0f9b2185f4.mp3'&gt;Faking It&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
A teacher gets put on the spot and has to fill an unexpected hour with a room full of uninterested students.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/209856129" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:08:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/209856130/898d4a5e-065e-47fa-91d3-4a0f9b2185f4.mp3" fileSize="3647554" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Faking It A teacher gets put on the spot and has to fill an unexpected hour with a room full of uninterested students.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Nat Thompson</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Faking It A teacher gets put on the spot and has to fill an unexpected hour with a room full of uninterested students.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</itunes:keywords><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3D898d4a5e-065e-47fa-91d3-4a0f9b2185f4</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=898d4a5e-065e-47fa-91d3-4a0f9b2185f4</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/209856130/898d4a5e-065e-47fa-91d3-4a0f9b2185f4.mp3" length="3647554" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.libsyn.com/media/quanick/898d4a5e-065e-47fa-91d3-4a0f9b2185f4.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>When They Were Calling You in for Dinner</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/209856137/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://media27a.libsyn.com/podcasts/63a0f56d3c1c463764973cda50e700f2/45e91026/podiobooks/LongWayDisney/PB-LongWayDisney-01.mp3'&gt;When They Were Calling You in for Dinner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
This is the first story in my collection, A Long Way from Disney. Here we meet Adam Berkman and start to find out what's going on between his parents.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/209856137" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:22:03 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3D2186444c-c6be-4054-873a-6fe02e96b999</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=2186444c-c6be-4054-873a-6fe02e96b999</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A Long Way from Disney</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/209856138/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://media27a.libsyn.com/podcasts/e8e58a298b3194c4284ab85b65f77ab9/45e9158f/podiobooks/LongWayDisney/PB-LongWayDisney-02.mp3'&gt;A Long Way from Disney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Here we learn more about Adam Berkman and his family. This story includes sections from the mother's and father's perspectives. Here we see the father has a big decision to make.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/209856138" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:21:56 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3D47a67914-3a7a-471c-bf8e-1758e7061e34</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=47a67914-3a7a-471c-bf8e-1758e7061e34</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>All the Write Moves</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/209856151/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://www.archive.org/download/All_the_write_moves/All_the_write_moves.mp3'&gt;All the Write Moves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
This story is a short and mostly true. Certainly I took some liberties with the description of the hideous journals that were actually for sale at Harry W. Schwartz that day, but it emotion, all of it, including the callous indifference the author had toward the woman at the bookstore, is reals. For reals, yo.
Music Credits: Both of our music selections come today from “Mel’s,” a french pop-act that I ran across the other day. I’d love to tell you more about Mel’s but I can’t. All their supporting documentation is in French. Here’s what Internet translation will buy you.
“I name myself Mélissa I am 15 years old and a dream which is being carried out… “

You can get copies of Mel’s works at Jamedno. Jamendo is a netlabel which distributes its albums via p2p networks. It’s a pain in the ass to use. But, the music is free. Well, not free. Mel’s particular works are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License, which, as a matter of fact, are the same terms as this podcast. Imagine that.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/209856151" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:40:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/22966938/All_the_write_moves.mp3" fileSize="12334504" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>All the Write Moves This story is a short and mostly true. Certainly I took some liberties with the description of the hideous journals that were actually for sale at Harry W. Schwartz that day, but it emotion, all of it, including the callous indifferenc</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Nat Thompson</itunes:author><itunes:summary>All the Write Moves This story is a short and mostly true. Certainly I took some liberties with the description of the hideous journals that were actually for sale at Harry W. Schwartz that day, but it emotion, all of it, including the callous indifference the author had toward the woman at the bookstore, is reals. For reals, yo. Music Credits: Both of our music selections come today from “Mel’s,” a french pop-act that I ran across the other day. I’d love to tell you more about Mel’s but I can’t. All their supporting documentation is in French. Here’s what Internet translation will buy you. “I name myself Mélissa I am 15 years old and a dream which is being carried out… “ You can get copies of Mel’s works at Jamedno. Jamendo is a netlabel which distributes its albums via p2p networks. It’s a pain in the ass to use. But, the music is free. Well, not free. Mel’s particular works are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License, which, as a matter of fact, are the same terms as this podcast. Imagine that.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</itunes:keywords><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3D6b9f1930-38e2-4553-914f-cfa42584950f</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=6b9f1930-38e2-4553-914f-cfa42584950f</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/22966938/All_the_write_moves.mp3" length="12334504" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/All_the_write_moves/All_the_write_moves.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>A Man About a Horse</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~3/209856157/viewarticle.aspx</link><description>&lt;a href='http://media.libsyn.com/media/quanick/AManAboutAHorse.MP3'&gt;A Man About a Horse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Rivals at a horse auction.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~4/209856157" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><author>obsidianriver@gmail.com (Nat Thompson)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/17356651/AManAboutAHorse.MP3" fileSize="10132669" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A Man About a Horse Rivals at a horse auction.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Nat Thompson</itunes:author><itunes:summary>A Man About a Horse Rivals at a horse auction.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Fiction,Amateur,Writing,Stories,Authors,Writers</itunes:keywords><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=obsidianriver&amp;itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobsidianriver.com%2Fviewarticle.aspx%3FStoryId%3Da276b53d-f6e7-4816-bc75-dca1949162b7</feedburner:awareness><feedburner:origLink>http://obsidianriver.com/viewarticle.aspx?StoryId=a276b53d-f6e7-4816-bc75-dca1949162b7</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/obsidianriver/~5/17356651/AManAboutAHorse.MP3" length="10132669" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://media.libsyn.com/media/quanick/AManAboutAHorse.MP3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2006 ObsidianRiver.com All rights reserved.</copyright><media:credit role="author">Nat Thompson</media:credit><media:rating>adult</media:rating><feedburner:awareness>http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=obsidianriver</feedburner:awareness></channel></rss>
