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.
"It took much convincing to get Zeitzer to don his hiking boots,
dig out his metal detector, and accept the premise that there was a
treasure trove stowed somewhere in the woods based on the word of a
spook."
Two guys with unlikely names, Coot and Z, hike up a mountain.
They encounter travails both physical and...