A prison make

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A prison make

by William W. Stuart

EN·~36 minutes·1 chapter

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1 total
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36:23

Description

A disoriented young man awakens in a stark, steel‑barred cell, his mind fogged and his past a blank canvas. He knows only that he is a man, not a criminal, and that the cold concrete, the blanket‑clad bunk, and the endless grey light hint at a place that feels more bureaucratic nightmare than ordinary prison. As he tests the bars and calls out into the silent corridor, the listener is drawn into his immediate uncertainty and the unsettling atmosphere that recalls Kafka’s most claustrophobic moments.

The narrative unfolds as he pieces together fragments of his identity, the circumstances that landed him behind steel walls, and the strange logic governing this enigmatic institution. Along the way, subtle hints of a larger, possibly extraterrestrial or governmental experiment emerge, mixing psychological tension with a dry, almost absurd humor. Listeners can expect a thought‑provoking, tightly paced first act that raises more questions than answers, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of freedom, accountability, and the limits of perception.

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Language

en

Duration

~36 minutes (34K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2023-11-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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William W. Stuart

A mid-20th-century science fiction writer, he published a string of imaginative stories in Galaxy magazine that mixed sharp ideas with an easy, entertaining style. His work has stayed in circulation through anthologies and public-domain reprints, helping new generations of readers discover him.

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