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.
"The zodiacal light is very faint and so are we, from hunger,
a hunger for the stars, the stars we can never reach. Yes, it is
faint and so are our hopes, but that doesn’t matter if we enjoy the
standing and reaching, on the shoulders of our friends, on a
ladder, on chairs piled on chairs. We are nearer the stars...