Almanac for August 13

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for August 13: https://ko-fi.com/post/August-13-V7V011LB3A

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Artist Birthday: Alfred Hitchcock

Happy 1-year publishing anniversary to Art and the Bronco by O. Henry and Northern Drinking.

Bummer August 13

August 13, 1521: Hernán Cortés and his small army of Spanish conquistadores conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán after an extended siege that began in 1519. 

August 13, 1944: Lucien Carr, friend of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, stabs and kills his acquaintance David Kammerer. Carr will serve two years in prison for manslaughter, then go on to father children who include novelist Caleb Carr.

O. Henry at Overdue Podcast

In this episode of Overdue Podcast, hosts Andrew and Craig discuss O. Henry's short story collection The Four Million.

If you like listening to O. Henry short stories, you might enjoy Art and the Bronco.

Apparently, I've never mentioned Overdue Podcast on this blog before. I'm surprised, because I've been listening to this books podcast for years. A brief list of some of the many, many books they've covered since February 2013:

The Amityville Horror

Animal Farm

Bad Feminist

Bunnicula

Charlotte's Web

The Color Purple

The Da Vinci Code

Fifty Shades of Grey

Frankenstein

Gone Girl

Gone With the Wind

The Haunting of Hill House
The History of Love

How to Win Friends and Influence People

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Little Women

Ready Player One

Rosemary's Baby

Till We Have Faces

To Kill a Mockingbird

Wuthering Heights

...You get it: A combination of classics and popular literature. 

Jokingly, I say that I theorize that Andrew and Craig of Overdue are secretly Ghost Beach, the dj duo named after a Goosebumps book. 

O. Henry Audiobook "Art and the Bronco" for Sale at Walmart and Everand (Scribd) Now

 

In the mood for a Western? Stream Art and the Bronco by O. Henry, a Western short story available now on Kobo (Rakuten, Walmart) and 

Walmart/Kobo Link: kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/art-and-the-bronco-1
Everand/Scribd Link: https://www.everand.com/audiobook/906020046/Art-and-the-Bronco

Here's a sample:

That's my campfire from this past weekend, by the way. The husband and I stayed at a camper in Niles, Michigan.