Summer Snow Storm

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Summer Snow Storm

by Stephen Marlowe

EN·~27 minutes

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In the heat of a July afternoon, the nation’s weather service is stunned when a forecast calls for snow. Chief Botts, a stickler for accuracy, discovers the mistake too late, and the streets of America awaken under an impossible flurry. At the center of the chaos is Johnny Sloman, a beleaguered forecaster nursing a hangover and a broken engagement. As he watches the snow fall, he must confront both the professional embarrassment and the personal fallout of his recent split.

The office becomes a micro‑cosm of rivalry and humor, with the charismatic Harry Bettis turning the fiasco into a running joke while eyeing a promotion that Johnny desperately needs. Their banter and the meddling secretaries add a light‑hearted counterpoint to the absurd weather emergency. As Johnny scrambles to correct the record, the story balances bureaucratic satire with a man’s search for redemption. Listeners will find themselves laughing at the absurdity while rooting for a man who just wants a second chance.

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Language

en

Duration

~27 minutes (25K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-10-19

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Stephen Marlowe

Stephen Marlowe

1928–2008

Best known for fast-moving crime and science fiction, this versatile American writer published under several names and built a career that ranged from pulp magazines to acclaimed historical novels. His work includes the detective Chet Drum series and the prizewinning novel The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus.

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