The Right Side of Robin Miles

The Printed Versions


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We have really enjoyed working with audiobook narrator Robin Miles. She starred in our Audie Award winning audio movie, In The Embers a while back. (Available from the Downpour catalog.) And she did superb work on Brian Price’s The Wrong Side of the River (see below). And at a National Audio Theatre Festivals workshop she directed Brian’s audio play September, September. Now she has been featured in a New Yorker article, How A Great Audiobook Narrator Finds Her Voices. We always knew she was good, and that she was one of the best narrators around – she’s done well over 600 books. Now everyone should know it, too. We are proud to have been able to work with her – heck, we’re proud just to know her. Well done, Robin!

The Wrong Side of the River and Other Points of Interest


The Wrong Side of the River and Other Points of InterestI
t’s almost the end of the world, so what are you going to do about it except keep trying to cross the river, keep wrestling with invasive species, and keep looking for home even if it’s on the other side of the universe? Comic, poetic, kind of slippery, and oddly speculative, this collection of short fiction, poetry, and a novella by Great Northern Audio Theatre producer and playwright Brian Price is sure to round out anyone’s stockpile of pre-, near-, and/or post-apocalyptic literature.

Yes, we published the audio version first, because that’s what we do. Now Brian let’s us read it ourselves, along with numerous other short fiction works he has written. Paperback available from Lulu.

Big Fun Radio Funtime!


It’s been a while since Tim Wick’s
Big Fun Radio has been able to do a show at the Convergence convention. It’s been a couple years since… anything. But that just gave us here at Great Northern Audio more opportunity to write something for him to present. So here are two pieces we wrote and they performed back in August. I was pleased to be able to do the sound effects for the show.

Is It Right For Me? A tale taken from all those pharmaceutical ads you see on TV, and how they are REALLY perceived by those who watch them.

In The Shop. You just know Batman and Robin have to take the Batmobile into the auto repair shop sometime. And it’s not easy to maintain such a high-tech machine with such high expectations on it.




The Wrong Side of the River

An Audiobook by Brian Price


Read by Robin Miles



The Wrong Side of the River by Brian Price
The mighty river has broken. Everyone wants to get to the other side. Ain’t that always the way?
"This is a dream," says the narrator, "so I just jump to the good parts." 'The Other Side of the River' is a poetic allegory that we will all recognize as the current state of affairs in our world. Told through a collection of original voices, with whom mysteries fold and unfold like colorful fans, as the the story compels us to wonder, and wonder again: has the North Pole really moved? What happens when the river breaks? What is on the other side of the river? And where will we be when we get there? The author of the Old Cart Wrangler never disappoints with his comic meditations on his own private America.

Robin Miles throws herself into the narration of this lyrical novella with enthusiastic flair. In the not too distant past or future, everyone waits in the Town With No Name to cross the river. Folks can't get over it, and they can't get around it, so they learn to live with it. Miles crafts an astonishing array of voices to portray the inhabitants of the mysterious town--from a gruff wilderness man to an innocent girl--as they describe how the river affects them. Each character remains distinct but blends into a cohesive ensemble. Listeners will be swept into a story that starts as chaos and in the end fits together into a strange but enthralling whole. N.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine – Audiofile Magazine – October 2021


The Wrong Side of the River is stunning, it’s really wonderful what you’ve done.  I had no idea where it was going.  And Robin was so good, my god, she breathed it, she lived it.  A fine piece of writing too.  Hats off to you. –– Tom Lopez, ZBS Foundation
Wrong Side of the River Sample

Published by Blackstone Publishing.
Also available at
Audible.




The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 30


Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 30


This is the final chapter.  Turner tells about what he knows of the end of an era.  And then maybe he shuffles off.
Thanks for listening.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 30 (19 minutes, 13.5 MB)

See all the Turner Ashbey Chapters
here.


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 29


Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 29


Turner and Laze Fitzgerald participate in a happy ending or do they?

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 29 (12 minutes, 8.5 MB)

See all the Turner Ashbey Chapters
here.


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 28


Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 28


The world is changing.  The Age of Indenture is collapsing.  And Turner and Laze Fitzgerald are trapped in the crossroads town of Trinidad, Colorado.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 28 (15 minutes, 11 MB)

See all the Turner Ashbey Chapters
here.


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 27


Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 27


Turner and Laze have returned from Cyberspace.  Unfortunately, one of them didn't quite end up where they should have been.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 27 (14 minutes, 10 MB)

See all the Turner Ashbey Chapters
here.


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 23


T_Ashbey_Chapter 23

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 23


Turner finds himself drowning in the sands of West Texas and he has stumbled upon the Fair Liza Fair, but is the Fair Liza Fest just a simple Fertility Rite or something more?

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 23 (15 minutes, 11 MB)


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 22


T_Ashbey_Chapter 22

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 22


There's smoke in the air and it turns out Texas is on fire.  So, Turner and the Magic East Tennessee Travelers head for the hills in search of clear skies.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 22 (15.5 minutes, 11 MB)


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 21


T_Ashbey_Chapter 12

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 21


Turner and a perfect specimen of a human being are about to leave Texas when they witness a very special magic show and are compelled to stay.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 21 (15.5 minutes, 11 MB)


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 20


T_Ashbey_Chapter 12

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 20


Turner makes it back to Richmond and then ends up Texas.   But it's not because of the chip in his head.  It's because of the chip in Laze Fitzgerald's head.


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 20 (15 minutes, 11 MB)


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 19


T_Ashbey_Chapter 12

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 19


Turner wakes up in a horse-drawn ambulance and is accused of having been part of the plot to assassinate Fair Liza and is rescued by her at the same time.  Stuff that dreams are made of...

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 19 (15.5 minutes, 11 MB)


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 18


T_Ashbey_Chapter 12

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 18


Is Laze Fitzgerald really the legendary Fair Liza, the Angel of the Unity Movement?  Turner is trapped in a cave with the evidence.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 18 (10.5 minutes, 8 MB)


The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

Turner Ashbey, Chapter 17


T_Ashbey_Chapter 12

Writer, historian and former ambassador to the Great State of Colorado, Turner Ashbey looks back at his life including his on and off again relationship with resistance leader, Laze Fitzgerald.  

Chapter 17


The Somerset, Kentucky Irregulars (and we're talking irregular) believe that they have cornered Fair Liza in a cave in the hills.  Turner is hoping to get there first.

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey, Chapter 17 (18 minutes, 13 MB)