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 crowd that had gathered on the quay to watch the
departure of Shadow Rose held no collective opinion as to whether
she would return. Now that the chronology of those events has
become so jumbled, it might be said that she never left."
A sailing ship, a sunlit city, a young man's search. This
reading, excerpted...