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.
"Ibn Zakarya was born in the western mountains of Persia, when
silk merchants from the east still plied their trade. Even as
a half-naked child playing in a dust, he proved himself
a prodigy, scratching the shape of the moon in the yellow
earth."
A tale of ancient deserts where the boundary between
science and magic...