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War

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by Sherwood Anderson
11 minutes, 3 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1921

The narrator meets a refugee on a train, and learns the true meaning (or lack of meaning) of war.

Read by Alex Wilson.

Originally for sale on March 8, 2005, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) was an Ohio-born businessman whose exeunt from the middle class is one of America's literary legends. He was a novelist and advertising writer, but is probably best known for his short story collections. His stories were less tightly plotted tales than character studies organically grown from complex motivations, and this move from convention was a likely influence on Hemingway and Faulkner.

Alex Wilson is a writer and actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. His stories and comics have appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Outlaw Territory II (Image Comics), Weird Tales, Futurismic, LCRW and elsewhere. Locus has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Website)

Alex has performed lead roles in the North American premiere of (Richard Taylor's musical) Whistle Down the Wind and (Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido's film) The Third Cord. He has recently appeared in the Deep Dish Theater productions of Hedda Gabler and Moon for the Misbegotten, and recorded narrations for Escape Pod and Night Shade Books. (Acting Resume/Reel) On early Telltale recordings, Alex is sometimes credited as "Alexander Wilson." He founded Telltale in 2004.