Hey y'all, this is Levar Burton Reads, and I am, as you may have guessed, Levar Burton.

I'm gearing up for a season of all new episodes coming your way in just a few weeks.

However, in the meantime, our talented engineers have been taking some of our favorite past

episodes and giving them an incredible, immersive 3D sound treatment.

This story was a prime candidate, and it fits perfectly with our current theme this

month of paranormal activity.

A skeptical reporter goes to Miami to meet the widow of a famous composer and pianist,

and to check out the widow's claim that she's captured her husband's soul in his piano.

It's a fun one.

Take a listen.

Hi, I'm Levar Burton, and this is Levar Burton Reads.

In every episode, I handpick a different piece of short fiction, and I read it to you.

The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them, and I hope you will

too.

We are going to get a little fantastical today with a story by the speculative fiction author

Carlos Hernandez.

It's from his collection entitled The Assimilated Cubans Guide to Quantum Centuria.

I love this title.

Carlos often explores those places where science and religion meet.

The boundaries between life and what only appears to be life.

But the thing that I really love about this story is that it has an amazing sense of humor.

The story is called Fantasy in Prompt 2, number 4 in C Sharp Minor, Opus 66, and it borrows

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