The Midnight Edition Archive

A midnight obituary-radio fiction podcast.

Filed after midnight · Literary audio fiction

Filed from Crossroads Arena—where Rafe Dunlow knew where ridiculous stopped until the crowd laughed too early and survival felt like part of the act.

  • Rafe Dunlow — Rodeo clown and bus-route substitute who stepped between Apostle and the crowd at Crossroads Arena; died after the laugh came too early and he bowed to give them something.
  • rubber chicken (VICE PRINCIPAL)
  • route thirteen school-bus sheet
  • laughter as pressure
  • survival mistaken for performance