Shenanigan Free Press

Before dawn, Shiloh Malachi writes one small word on a blank name tag and walks into the room where someone is still awake. A cycle of 33 stories by Sammy Sutton. Shiloh is the title in Genesis 49:10, “until Shiloh comes,” long read as messianic. Malachi means “my messenger,” and is the last prophetic book before the silence. Before dawn, the name tag is blank on purpose. Shiloh Malachi turns it in his fingers on a bench that does not belong to any one employer. Plastic, clip still good, the kind a night-shift manager hands you from a drawer and never asks for back. He has not written tonight’s word yet. The guitar case sits against his knee like a second person who already knows the hour. He is not waiting for a bus. He writes one small word. JANITOR. GROUNDSKEEPER. SUBSTITUTE. Then he goes inside. That is the whole method of Who is Shiloh Malachi? , a cycle of 33 stories by Sammy Sutton. A nurse fighting a custody hearing after a double shift. A soldier who has not unpacked the duffe...

  A mysterious stranger with a blank name tag and a guitar appears in the lives of people at the edge of collapse. He offers no easy miracles, only truth, mercy, and one next step. Who is Shiloh Malachi? is a moving cycle of modern parables about guilt, grief, faith, justice, and the unsettling presence of grace. THE NURSE Morning came in through the lace curtains in thin strips and laid itself across the kitchen table, the syrup bottle, and the two plates. Maria Santos moved the way she always moved before a double shift: navy scrubs, hair in a ponytail that would hold for sixteen hours, and lunch already zipped in its bag. The bungalow was yellow because she had painted it herself on a Tuesday when she should have slept. The roses by the walk were hers too. Japanese beetles had been at the leaves again, and she had picked them off at dawn with her fingers, one by one, before Lucas woke. "Shoes," she called. "The bus will be here in five minutes." He came do...

On today's show: Truth or Fiction? Is it true or is it fake and/or a conspiracy theory? Grace and Connor go through some info bits and rumors that listeners can investigate and decide for themselves if it's true or fiction. For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/1689/truth-or-fiction-dueling-dialogues-ep-194/ Listen to "Truth or Fiction? - Dueling Dialogues Ep.194" on Spreaker.