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Behind the Cut – Enemy Wanted

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Left side: a Cross section of a cut tree with a grassy background. Text reads: Behind the Cut. The Not About Lumberjacks Companion. Photo of a piece of paper taped to a telephone pole with blue tape. Text reads: ENEMY WANTED. 123-555-1212. To the left, the wires from the pole continue to another. Behind that, a bit of a highway overpass. To the right, grass, a wooden fence, a free behind that, and apartments. Text reads: Enemy Wanted. Commentary by: Christopher Gronlund.

In this behind-the-scenes look at the latest Not About Lumberjacks story, “Enemy Wanted,” I talk about the first writing I was ever paid to do, collaboration, and how I’m lucky to have support from creative friends I’ve known for decades.

As always, this commentary contains spoilers from the latest episode, so you might want to listen to that first.

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Enemy Wanted

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Photo of a piece of paper taped to a telephone pole with blue tape. Text reads: ENEMY WANTED. 123-555-1212. To the left, the wires from the pole continue to another. Behind that, a bit of a highway overpass. To the right, grass, a wooden fence, a free behind that, and apartments. Text reads: ENEMY WANTED. Written and Narrated by: Christopher Gronlund

Ferdinand Pérez gets more than he bargained for when he answers a flyer ad taped to a telephone pole looking for an enemy.

Content Advisory: “Enemy Wanted” deals with difficulty sleeping, a blurred sense of reality, crime, cartoonish violence, illness, a death, and wishing for an early end to life. That makes it sound dismal, but I assure you…it’s a blast of a story.

Also, it’s one with no swearing. Still, were it a movie, it would be rated PG (or maybe PG-13 for mature themes), so be aware. Also, because there are scenes with action, be prepared for the occasional surprising loud sound.

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Before we get to the story, I want to talk about the music in this one. Clarke Jaxton Motorbike makes electronic music and writes badass stories on his YouTube channel. (You should go listen and read some…most are only a couple minutes long.)

We started chatting after I replied to some of his work. One day, he contacted me — saying he would love to do the score for a Not About Lumberjacks story. Originally, we thought his music would be perfect for “A Very Strange Day (On Our Neighboring Red Planet),” from this year’s Christmas episode, but Mr. Motorbike was in the middle of scoring a feature film.

So, instead, he gets the first Not About Lumberjacks story of the new calendar year!

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Oh! One more quick thing: there’s mention of a soup review podcast in this story. Paul Csomo’s The Soup Review Podcast is a real thing, and you should check it out!

Onward!

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Credits:

Music: Theme – Ergo Phizmiz. Story – Clarke Jaxton Motorbike.

Story and Narration: Christopher Gronlund.

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