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.
"'Listen to this,' he said. What sounded like a
wind chime filled the room, a wind chime on a farmhouse porch,
restless in a shifting tempest. I could feel a change in barometric
pressure and a subtle increase in humidity as the sound floated on
the breeze. The feeling was vast and lonely as though isolated on
an...