The Strange Recital is an audio anthology of short fiction. It is not genre-specific and delights in perceptions of reality that warp and fold in unexpected ways. The literary works we showcase might be odd, humorous, or surreal.... They might remind you of Borges, Nabokov, Kafka, Pynchon. Or none of the above.
Each podcast episode features one writer and runs about 25 minutes. It includes a story reading – the Recital – a brief musical interlude, and an author interview with a twist – the Post Recital. Subscribe to get a new episode twice a month. It's free.
"He looked at me. And, at last, I was
certain of what I somehow felt I had known all along: this man,
seated at the table in front of me, was no man at all. For these
were not the eyes of a human."
Among medieval documents, an encounter
with a mysterious being.... Who is he, and where will it
lead?
"I mixed my first martini at five. The morphine was taking its
toll. The ceiling receded and the window looked out over the
sea. The nurses appeared to be made of wire, sculpted..."
An artist trapped in a desert town in wartime. Or is it
hospice? Pencils, doors, bottles, an ancient brass lamp... and the
high cost of...