Short Story Live Reading: Bumper Boats

Here’s a reading of a short story (which might also be a poem, depending on how you hear it) called Bumper Boats. You can read below an earlier version of this — there are some slight changes in the reading vs. this text version linked here: Anyway, I’m enjoying exploring this — it’s meant to be a single sentence, which obviously presents challenging when reading, so here’s an earnest first attempt. Thanks for reading Sounds Good! ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Start writing today. Use the button below to create a Substack of your own Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/

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Short Story Live Reading: Bumper Boats is an episode from Sweetman Podcast by Simon Sweetman.

This episode is 3:22 long.

This episode was published on Aug 16, 2025.

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