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Tonight, in place of our usual tales, we present The Ragman, an urban legend of dubious origin. To find out more regarding the lurking shade, visit wiki.flashpulp.com
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[Music] Welcome to FlashPulp special episode 2. Tonight we present the Ragman. This week's episodes are brought to you by the Parsec Nominated Podcast Geek Out with Mainframe. This is Richard Green, aka Mainframe of the Geek Out with Mainframe Podcast. That can be found at GeekOutWithMainframe.com. With hundreds of Geek Interview Podcasts, I have one of them. Interviews have included people such as Michael Plastit, Gerald Axelrod, P.C. Herring, J.R. Murdock, Chris John Ellis, Mark the Encafnated One Killfall, Paul E. Cooley, and Nathan Lowell with more to come in 2011. So come to GeekOutWithMainframe.com, where our geek flag always flies hot. [Music] FlashPulp is an experiment in broadcasting fresh pulp stories in the modern age. Three to ten minutes of fiction brought to you Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Tonight, in place of our usual tales, we present the Ragman, an urban legend of dubious origin. To find out more regarding the lurking shade, visit wiki.flashpulp.com. The Ragman, written by J.R.D. Skinner, Art and Narration Biopoponax, an audio produced by Jessica May. [Music] The Ragman was supposedly once a doll carried on the card of a nomadic knife sharpener, who used it as a sort of calling card to differentiate himself from competition while roaming the suburbs in search of foodies with dull color. Although he was apparently quite abrupt with this clientele, he often stopped for the children playing at the edges of the cul-of-sacs and would make them tiny dancing figurines, ground from large metal bolts. The story goes that one sunny afternoon, a soccer mom, hurrying to retrieve her child from school, backed into the wandering man, and in her rush did not notice the collision. As his crushed internal organs left him gasping and bleeding on the pavement, she drove away with only the rag figurine, accidentally caught on her bumper to mark her mistake. Now they say, at night the doll will come dancing to any cookie-cutter household which demonstrates its lack of gratitude to those less privileged. All accounts state that he makes this presence known as a warning, and if the error is not corrected within three evenings of spotting him, one of the family members in the house will die by the following morning. Reportedly, a child has never been the victim. Flashpulp is presented by Flashpulp.com and is released under the Canadian Creative Commons attribution non-commercial 2.5 license. Text and audio commentaries can be sent to Skinner@ Skinner.fm or the voicemail line at 206-338-2792. But be aware that they may appear in a future flashcast. We'd also like to thank the Free Sound Project, found at freesound.org. For a full listing of effects used during the show, as well as credits for the users who provided them, please check this episode's notes at flashpulp.com. And thanks to you for listening. If you enjoyed the show, please tell your friends. ♪♪ ♪ Sunday is gloomy in my hours, I'm number left ♪ ♪ Here is the shadows I live with are number left ♪ (lively music) [MUSIC PLAYING]