The Pinch by M.A. Smith

It's crime time! Daren Callow narrates the woes of a London pickpocket who picked the wrong pigeon.

Author M. A. Smith writes from Gloucestershire, UK, where she lives with her family.  Her fiction has appeared in magazines including Mythic, Gathering Storm and Dark Moon Digest,and her novella Severance was published by Fantasia Divinity.  Find out more at masmithwriting.com.

Narrator Daren Callow is a writer, voice actor and musician who is based in Hove on the south coast of the United Kingdom, a medium-sized cannon shot from the English Channel. As an actor, as well as (seemingly endless) live performances of Tales Of New Albion stories and plays, Daren has also lent his voice to Brighton Theatre of The Air and 2 Bit Productions audio dramas, he also finds time to record his own steampunk podcast (also entitled Tales Of New Albion) featuring original comedy material voiced by a cast of thousands (approx.) and readings of his sci-fi stories.

music:

Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina, used by permission

Tick Tock Tick Tock Quarantine Time by WinnieTheMoog
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6145-tick-tock-tick-tock-quarantine-time
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Bass Walker by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3423-bass-walker
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Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair
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Hard Boiled Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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