"River's Giving" by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, and River Shaw

LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A mystical phenomenon brightens the dreary days of winter — until one year, when it suddenly stops.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lovar Burton and this is Lovar Burton Read.
0:10.7	In every episode I hand-picked a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.
0:17.8	The only thing these stories haven't common is that I love them and I hope you will
0:25.0	too.
0:28.7	Last holiday season, I read a fun little mystery about mall Santas entitled The Usual
0:34.7	Santas, written by the novelist, Meg Haran.
0:38.4	Just saying the title of that story makes me smile.
0:42.2	It's such a silly but delightful quirky holiday story.
0:49.1	We're actually going to be re-releasing the usual Santas next week with the new immersive
0:55.5	3D sound treatment, so watch the feed for that.
0:58.6	Anyway, I wanted to take this opportunity again to read a win-tree seasonal story.
1:04.4	A story about traditions born out of happenstance.
1:09.6	About the joy we can find in anticipation.
1:14.2	If you're hanging out with kids or family this holiday season, this is one you can absolutely
1:19.8	share with them.
1:20.8	So grab the kiddies and grandparents, bring them all next to the iPod like we used together
1:29.2	around a radio.
1:30.8	Anyway, you get the idea.
1:33.3	Share this with the fam.
1:35.1	The story is called Rivers Giving and it was written by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, and River
1:40.4	Shaw, and originally released in Podcasts, The Fantasy Podcast.
1:45.4	Tim Pratt is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer and senior editor
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