The Midnight Edition Archive

A midnight obituary-radio fiction podcast.

Filed after midnight · Literary audio fiction

Reported from the Lantern Gull Marina Restaurant—where a Panama hat landed in a restricted spillway and June Albright went after it because laughter can become an order without using the words.

  • June Albright — Twenty-nine-year waitress at Lantern Gull who entered a restricted spillway after a Panama hat and table laughter made retrieval feel obligatory—though no one ordered her.
  • Panama hat
  • June's apron with peppermints
  • water that pulls
  • pressure without orders