The Floating Fountain

About this episode

In this episode, Matthew Mitchell narrates 'The Floating Fountain', part of a series exploring a whimsical underground lounge with inconsistent gravity.

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Welcome to A Bedtime Story. I'm Matthew Mitchell, and tonight's story is titled The Floating Fountain, Part 2 of this week's series: The Case of the Vanishing Gravity. The Low-G Lounge was located so far underground that the patrons often forgot which way was north. It was a place where the walls were padded, mostly because the gravity was so inconsistent that a sneeze could send a person flying into a brick wall. The air was thick with the smell of old grease and ozone-free cleaning spray. Cletus and Beatrice arrived, the latter looking like a deep-sea diver with all the lead weights hanging from her waist. She walked with a heavy, clanking gait that drew several stares from the regulars. The bartender was a man named Gus Vex. He had arms the size of tree trunks and a face that looked like it had been carved out of an old tire. He was currently polishing a glass that didn't need polishing, watching a group of teenagers try to play pool while the balls drifted three inches above the felt. It was a frustrating game, but Gus didn't seem to mind as long as they paid for their sodas. "Cletus,"…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Mitchell

Topics covered

• fantasy
• gravity
• adventure
• underground
• characters
• storytelling

Keywords

• floating fountain
• gravity
• Cletus
• Beatrice
• Gus Vex
• Low-G Lounge
• story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Floating Fountain, The Case of the Vanishing Gravity

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