3. We Need To Talk
Sep 22, 2026 · 21 min · 8 segments
Mark deals with a labor dispute and seeks advice from Lyudmila. \*\** THE CROWS MADE ME DO IT is a serial audio fiction work by Sean McGinty Two Seasons, 16 episodes \*\** Sean McGinty in the…
Sep 22, 2026 · 21 min · 8 segments
Mark deals with a labor dispute and seeks advice from Lyudmila. \*\** THE CROWS MADE ME DO IT is a serial audio fiction work by Sean McGinty Two Seasons, 16 episodes \*\** Sean McGinty in the…
When I got home, I found a bunch of crows at my desk gathered around my laptop.
As I approached, they closed a browser.
What were you looking at? I asked.
They didn't answer.
The window was wide open, and when I went to close it, the crows cawed at me, and three more crows flew in, one after the other, and I left the window alone.
There were a lot of crows, over a dozen now.
Not quite a murder, but close.
An attempted murder.
In my days with the crows, I discovered that the common caw had many variations and subtleties, and also that the crows made other sounds too, clicks and squawks, as varied as human language.
Tonight they seemed to be trying to shout over each other.
It was like a wave.
The sound would swell into a cacophony, caws and clicks, and then suddenly stop.
Then start up again.
In the morning, I got a message from Ludmilla.
What was up with last night? What? I replied.
It sounded like a zoo up there.
It was the crows, I answered.
They were having a big gathering.
A murder, she replied.
Tell them to keep it down next time.
Okay, yes.
That night, a dozen crows gathered at my desktop.
I slapped the laptop closed, and they all jumped back.
Listen, I said.
You need to keep it down.
When I got home, I found a bunch of crows at my desk gathered around my laptop.
As I approached, they closed a browser.
What were you looking at? I asked.
They didn't answer.
The window was wide open, and when I went to close it, the crows cawed at me, and three more crows flew in, one after the other, and I left the window alone.
There were a lot of crows, over a dozen now.
Not quite a murder, but close.
An attempted murder.
In my days with the crows, I discovered that the common caw had many variations and subtleties, and also that the crows made other sounds too, clicks and squawks, as varied as human language.
Tonight they seemed to be trying to shout over each other.
It was like a wave.
The sound would swell into a cacophony, caws and clicks, and then suddenly stop.
Then start up again.
In the morning, I got a message from Ludmilla.
What was up with last night? What? I replied.
It sounded like a zoo up there.
It was the crows, I answered.
They were having a big gathering.
A murder, she replied.
Tell them to keep it down next time.
Okay, yes.
That night, a dozen crows gathered at my desktop.
I slapped the laptop closed, and they all jumped back.
Listen, I said.
You need to keep it down.
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