54.2 A Handwritten Confession

<p><em>In a future, highly regulated society, the Authorities control all human behaviour, including how life companions are selected, even forbidding the use of the word love. Any societal transgressions are punished with banishment and scarring of the offenders. Before the banishment and scarring, a transgressor is compelled to write a handwritten confession.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Written by J. J. Steinfeld</p><p>Narrated by <a href="https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Josh Curran</a></p><p>Edited by <a href="https://twitter.com/duncanmuggleton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Duncan Muggleton</a></p><p>With music by&nbsp;<a href="https://soundcloud.com/andrew-kn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrew KN</a> and <a href="https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thom Robson</a>&nbsp;</p><p>And sound effects provided by <a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a></p><p>The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of <a href="http://www.carrionhouse.com/home-page" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carrion House</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Canadian fiction writer, poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island, where he is patiently waiting for Godot’s arrival and a phone call from Kafka. While waiting, he has published 20 books, including Madhouses in Heaven, Castles in Hell (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2015), An Unauthorized Biography of Being (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2016), Absurdity, Woe Is Me, Glory Be (Poetry, Guernica Editions, 2017), A Visit to the Kafka Café (Poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2018), and Gregor Samsa Was Never in The Beatles (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2019). His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and periodicals internationally, and over 50 of his one-act plays and a handful of full-length plays have been performed in Canada and the United States.</p><p><br></p><p>Josh Curra