Audio version of the short story, Togorang, by Sean Costello.

Sean Costello's short stories are inspired by 3 items nominated by readers of his blog, Capital Yarns.

Via Facebook, Mel B requested three items that hint at a yarn about modern (or near modern) life in Canberra's south. These are certainly items that evoke memories of my youth in Tuggeranong. But I couldn't resist taking a slightly different tack:

Horse Agistment Paddocks + Skates Alive (Erindale) + Kingsley's Chicken

As always, full transcript at http://www.capitalyarns.com.au

Thanks to Hashemoto for the theme music: http://www.hashemoto.com

Audio version of the short story, The Eyes Have It, by Sean Costello.

Sean Costello's short stories are inspired by 3 items nominated by readers of his blog, Capital Yarns.

Via Email, Liz requested three very interesting Canberra items:

No Lights No Lycra + Loading Zone + Belconnen Owl

Owl Picture courtesy of the very awesome Newcastle Productions 

As always, full transcript at http://www.capitalyarns.com.au

Thanks to  number of local Canberra artists for letting me showcase their music on this one:

The iconic Falling Joys, and their track, 'Lock It' from the Wish List album: http://fallingjoys.com/. You can also hear more of Suzi Higgie at http://www.suziehiggie.com/

Sam Whitmore, _Skarma_ on Soundcloud for extracts of his great music, Fine Gold: https://soundcloud.com/sam-whitmore-4

Crumpet, and their track 'Queenie'. Not to mention Trouser Trouser, who became Hashemoto: http://www.hashemoto.com 

Listen to a full Spotify list of what Simone, the heroin of our story, hears at No Lights No Lycra:

http://open.spotify.com/user/1236589146/playlist/0x6doMqEBG6zwzgGRyNOQN

A special Halloween edition of Capital Yarns with a scary yarn about the haunted trams of Canberra.

Audio version of the short story,Freakshakes, by Sean Costello.

Sean Costello's short stories are inspired by 3 items nominated by readers of his blog, Capital Yarns. This yarn features 3 challenging items nominated by Sharife via Facebook

Milkshakes by Kelis + Edinburgh Trams + St Kilda. 

What follows is an explanation of why Canberra's clubs no longer have trams. 

As always, full transcript at http://www.capitalyarns.com.au

Thanks to Sam Whitmore, _Skarma_ on Soundcloud for extracts of his great music, Fine Gold: https://soundcloud.com/sam-whitmore-4

Thanks also to Soundbible for their 'casion ambience' sound you hear in the background. 

http://soundbible.com/1763-Ambience-Casino.html

Audio version of the short story, Canberrans Say Welcome, by Sean Costello.

Sean Costello's short stories are inspired by 3 items nominated by readers of his blog, Capital Yarns. This yarn features 3 challenging items nominated by Matt via Facebook

Pialligo Bacon + M16 Gallery + Selfie Stick. 

Inspired by Refugee Week, the Real Australians Say Welcome campaign and Canberra's status as an official Refugee Welcome Zone, I came up with this story. 

As always, full transcript at http://www.capitalyarns.com.au

The audio version features samples of the track Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100192

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Audio version of the short story, The Sexpert, by Sean Costello.

As always, Sean Costello's short stories are inspired by 3 items nominated by readers of his blog, Capital Yarns. This yarn features 3 challenging items nominted by ABC Local Radio presenter, Adam Shirley:

666 + Calling a Woman, 'Dude' + Thomas Keneally 

The yarn is written from a female perspective, and fittingly is read by legendary amateur audio star-wannabe (and Sean's wife), Melanie Skinner.

As always, full transcript at http://www.capitalyarns.com.au

The audio version features samples of the tracks 'Follow Me' by Jjimmy Fontanez and the 'Beginning of the End' by HIM.

To celebrate the climax of Canberra's annual Truffle Season, the first fictional Canberra story read by Peter is 'Voice in the Mist'. Sonja request these 3 items to be weaved into the story, via Twitter:

•Truffles

•A Library in Canberra

•Vapour rising from Canbera's Lake Burley Griffin

You won't believe how Sean spun a Canberra fictional tale featuring all three!

See http://www.capitalyarns.com.au for more information.

Haunting photo of Lake Burley Griffin taken by Drew Sheldrick see https://twitter.com/drewsheldrick.  

Thanks also to Canberra band, Hashemoto, for supplying the theme music. See http://www.hashemoto.com for more details.

Capital Yarns is an experiment in storytelling developed by Sean Costello. He invites social media users to nominate three items for him to weave into a short story set in Canberra, capital of Australia.

Capital Yarns is an experiment in storytelling developed by Sean Costello. He invites social media users to nominate three items for him to weave into a short fictional story set in Canberra, capital of Australia. 

This first episode provides an introduction to the regular audio versions of Sean's Canberra stories he and good friend Peter Hewston will be releasing. 

See http://www.capitalyarns.com.au for more information.

Thanks also to Canberra band, Hashemoto, for supplying the theme music. See http://www.hashemoto.com for more details.