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.
"Valentine Basilevich Glass,
native of Vyborg, accountant in the bureau of administration of the
Leningrad Parks of Culture and Rest, led a number of unrelated
lives. Whereas most people were trapped by the web of Soviet
bureaucracy, he reveled in its complexity and quirkiness, finding
in the course of his work numerous...