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Bronson Pinchot
About this listen
“Children of the Bedtime Machine”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in the 2012 anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.
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- 05-16-24
Hopeful Tale
Some of Robert’s short stories can be so dower and leave you depressed. I feared this one may be one of those as it began. I’m happy to say by the end I was left hopeful and in awe at how he so easily captured the power of stories and how they can shape the world for better.
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