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The Strange Recital

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.

Jan 19, 2020

"George Washington Crosby began to hallucinate eight days before he died. From the rented hospital bed, placed in the middle of his own living room, he saw insects running in and out of imaginary cracks in the ceiling plaster."

 
A Pulitzer-winning novel about generations of New England men begins with a death, then...


Jan 5, 2020

“'Do you have five minutes?' The best thing was not to answer. 'Why?' 'If you give me five minutes, I’ll tell you my life.'"

 
A stranger stops you on the street. Do you listen? Maybe one childhood is like another. But whose story is being told here, anyway?