{"id":7599,"date":"2026-04-15T09:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/?p=7599"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:04:22","slug":"listen-to-oasis-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/archives\/7599","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Oasis Tales!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exciting-news-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exciting-news-dog-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7600\" style=\"width:377px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exciting-news-dog-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exciting-news-dog-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exciting-news-dog-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exciting-news-dog.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Exciting news. The audio book edition of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/audiobook\/oasis-tales-of-the-conjuror-and-other-stories-unabridged\/id1893453201\">Oasis Tales of the Conjuror and other stories<\/a><\/em> delightfully narrated by yours truly is now available from <a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/audiobook\/oasis-tales-of-the-conjuror-and-other-stories-unabridged\/id1893453201\">Apple Books<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Oasis-Tales-of-the-Conjuror-And-Other-Stories-Audiobook\/B0GX7FTXVK?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;pf_rd_p=f3abc0ee-320d-4c19-8388-fcd3a8e6c3a4&amp;pf_rd_r=JA1ZYXD79A6BMS0VXK70&amp;plink=lOyBZ5xPOkKGIMxu&amp;pageLoadId=ZM9samT47FIDHW2g&amp;creativeId=73c32a9a-e504-4597-bb87-c30c58fc0204&amp;ref=a_author_To_c19_lProduct_1_1\">Audible<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I published this collection in 2020, the novella <em>Oasis Tales of the Conjuror<\/em> being the only futuristic fiction I\u2019ve ever published, and <em>The Golden Light<\/em> the only existential war story I\u2019ve ever written. Also included in the collection is my most successful performance piece, the Depression-era fable <em>Of Water and Melons, <\/em>along with two delightful stories set in California circa 1976: <em>When Is It Done?<\/em> and <em>Clumsy Booby.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand-1024x922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7601\" style=\"width:413px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand-1200x1080.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Peters-Vertical-Grand.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the audio book I performed piano improvisations to conclude each of the chapters composing <em>Oasis Tales<\/em> and to enhance the other stories in the collection. Several of these improvisations will appear on my upcoming music album <em>Much Too Beautiful<\/em>, soon to be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oasis-tales-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oasis-tales-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7538\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oasis-tales-cover.jpg 435w, https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oasis-tales-cover-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The e-book editions of <em>Oasis Tales of the Conjuror and other stories <\/em>are available for just 2.99 from <a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/oasis-tales-of-the-conjuror-and-other-stories\/id1547297489\">Apple<\/a>, Amazon, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/oasis-tales-of-the-conjuror?sId=8755e3e9-8b17-4fd8-8b6c-4c82469e2f9d&amp;ssId=YlQ05jpQYARUoZf4FySy-&amp;cPos=6\">Kobo<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alibris.com\/Oasis-Tales-of-the-Conjuror-and-other-stories-Todd-Walton\/book\/48918655?matches=5\">the paperback <\/a>is widely available, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or someone you know enjoys audio books, I think you\u2019ll very much enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/audiobook\/oasis-tales-of-the-conjuror-and-other-stories-unabridged\/id1893453201\"><em>Oasis Tales of the Conjuror and other stories<\/em>, my tenth audio book<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessings and Thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting news. The audio book edition of Oasis Tales of the Conjuror and other stories delightfully narrated by yours truly is now available from Apple Books and Audible. I published this collection in 2020, the novella Oasis Tales of the Conjuror being the only futuristic fiction I\u2019ve ever published, and The Golden Light the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8453,8452,8451,6335,4400,8454,4305],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7602,"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions\/7602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}