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.
"When the bombing started, J.T. Carter was deep in the bowels
of a bank in Baltimore with a video camera on his shoulder,
capturing, cinema verité, the mundane fate of
everyone’s rent check."
Desert Storm, 1991. And more foreign wars to follow. At home,
we live our safe American lives full of domestic tedium
and...