Splendid Views

The trip app listed the hotel as an "Exotic Getaway" with "Splendid Views". After the year-long anxiety of COVID-19 and lockdowns, it looked perfect. I tapped BOOK on my phone, entered my credit card details, and texted Sally: "Pack the bags. We're off to the mountains for the weekend."

Splendid Views is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read Splendid Views: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/splendid-views

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Text message notification: https://freesound.org/people/katjajansen1997/sounds/538006/

• Driving car interior: https://freesound.org/people/devy32/sounds/439252/

• Keys jangling: https://freesound.org/people/anational/sounds/443956/

• Female laughter: https://freesound.org/people/sagetyrtle/sounds/33658/

• Male laughter: https://freesound.org/people/Eneasz/sounds/119459/

• Opening curtains: https://freesound.org/people/BiancaDrey/sounds/543570/

• Australian birds: https://freesound.org/people/mooncubedesign/sounds/402690/

• Restaurant Ambience: https://freesound.org/people/lunchmoney/sounds/380200/

• Bottles chinking: https://freesound.org/people/jawbutch/sounds/344401/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads produced using Audacity. Thanks to Josh (VoiceOverMaster) Meyer for Audacity recording tips and tricks.

Podcast recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the land of the traditional custodians of the Eora Nation.

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