# Prodigal - by Julian Kern

**URL:** https://softart.discourse.group/t/prodigal-by-julian-kern/895
**Category:** Voice.club
**Tags:** fiction
**Created:** [January 15, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/prodigal-by-julian-kern/895 "2026-01-15T03:40:15Z")
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### Author: ![JulianKern](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/softart.discourse.group/juliankern/32/300_2.png) [@JulianKern](https://softart.discourse.group/u/JulianKern)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/prodigal-by-julian-kern/895/1 "2026-01-15T03:40:15Z")

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/softart/original/1X/7fb019fa9efbd62255154533ffb109093f0113dd.jpeg "Voice.club - Fiction - Prodigal - by Julian Kern") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCBucNuVA00)

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### Author: ![MargaridaBrei](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/softart.discourse.group/margaridabrei/32/26_2.png) [@MargaridaBrei](https://softart.discourse.group/u/MargaridaBrei)
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As always I enjoyed hearing your clear voice reading of “Prodigal.” Your twist on the prodigal son returning and being welcomed back so lavishly was disturbing for the industrious son. Even more disturbing was the thought that fate is not in our hands. Unfortunately, some hoi polloi are just delivered a terrible hand.