Short Cornucopia Radio Fiction Productions

On a pitch black night. On a storm swept road a few miles out of town. Torrential rain had soaked him to the skin in seconds. But he had never been so grateful of a passing lift in his whole life. He opened the passenger car door and got in, and slowly the truth was revealed...

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction

“Old Ground” is our brand new #shortstory #flashfiction audio piece for #Halloween2023 about a mysterious meeting on an empty road.

It was written by our good friend Gareth Brownbill and all the voices were performed by the brilliant Idiom (Nick Anderson). You can find our more about Idiom on their castingclub profile: https://www.castingcall.club/idiom

I really like the original #graphicnovel artwork I’ve created for the video visuals and the tone/style I’ve directed the work with. I got a #CliveBarker #Hellraiser feel when I first read this story from Gareth and I’ve used this initial feeling in the final work.

As ever, do leave a comment with you own thoughts. I love the way we can all have our own ideas about a story and what it means; and no differing interpretation is ever wrong.

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Old Ground Written By Gareth Brownbill

Performed By Idiom (Nick Anderson)

Music: Dark Depression by Ashot Danielyan - Via a Creative Commons License

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

This work is part of our 2023 #Halloween collection

In the hedgerow of the park . Where the children play. Away from parents’ watchful eyes. A happy Saturday.

In the Hedgerow of the park. Where the children play In broken glass and syringes. A happy Saturday.

In the hedgerow of the park Where the children play. They poke the eyeball of the corpse. A happy Saturday.

A Happy Saturday. Written By Peter Richard Adams

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

This Episode is part of our 2023 #Halloween collection

Are you looking for creative inspiration? A way to turn an empty page into a story for the ages? Then you’ll need to connect with your  own “Muse”, but that creature of beauty and horror will need much more from you. Are you prepared to give it?

The Muse Written By Christopher Lee Scoville

https://www.facebook.com/CLScoville

Performed By Justine Leah Hince

https://justineleahva.com

Music: A Dragons Lullaby by Scott Buckley  - Via a Creative Commons License

https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/a-dragons-lullaby-2023

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction

This Episode is part of our 2023 #Halloween collection

Keep Digging

Written By Peter Beeston

Read By Matt McAteer

https://matt-mcateer.bandcamp.com/

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction

This work was created for the 60 Secondes Radio Festival and won the first place jury prize of £1000

https://www.60secondesradio.com/oeuvres-2023

#RadioArt #SoundArt #SonicArt #Digging #SoundScape #60SecondesRadio #French #English #SoundRecording #Festival #Competition #1Minute #ArtRadiophonique #ContinueÀCreuser #ArtSonore

The recorder beeps when she presses the stop button, the nuclear winds blowing through her close-cropped hair. He’s gone, but she’s survived. And she will keep surviving. To spite him, despite him, or because she truly does love him. She blows the sand off the microphone and presses record.

It Shouldn’t Have Been This Way

Written By Mike Gagne

https://www.mikegagnewrites.com 

Read By Adam Robinson

https://www.adamrobinsonvo.co.uk

& Sally Walker-Taylor

https://www.sallywt.com

Music: What The Heart Sees by Jonny Easton

https://uppbeat.io/track/jonny-easton/what-the-heart-sees

Last Squad by Alex Besss

https://uppbeat.io/track/alex-besss/last-squad

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction

#FlashFiction #Story #Father #Daughter #Message #VoiceActing #NuclearApocalypse #Post-Apocalyptic #Tape #MikeGagne #Audiodrama #Audiofiction

He stepped out of the murky mist as the dawn broke. The thistles swayed strangeness in the sullen air. A cool feeling breezed through him as he approached his desolate village, where family once worked and played. Bread in a window. Smoke in the air. Knives being sharpened. Now motionless. Without wings. His bare footsteps plodded on through the caked dirt. Not a sound or a soul to be found. Where was he? Who was he?

A stranger on his own ground.

Life Trail

Written By Barry M. Putt, Jr.

www.barrymputtjr.com

Read By Angela Ness

https://www.angelaness.co.uk/

Music: The First Wave by Ben McElroy

https://uppbeat.io/track/ben-mcelroy/the-first-wave

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction/

#FlashFiction #Abandoned #Story #House #Wander #VoiceActing #Village

"This way," he said, and led us past the merchandise—two dozen finely crafted coffins displayed on the forest floor. The trees were mulberries, and as we walked the fallen fruit stained our shoes, dark purple spreading over our soles like bruises.

The Coffin Merchant

Written By Dan Stout

https://www.danstout.com

Read By Sally Walker-Taylor

https://www.sallywt.com

Music: Neighbourhood Oddities by Matt Stewart-Evans

https://uppbeat.io/track/matt-stewart-evans/neighbourhood-oddities

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston 

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction/

#FlashFiction #Coffin #Story #Forest #VoiceActing # DanStout

A man alone on the wet bank of the creek. He rests softly on a hollow log with eyes forward, feet apart. His wide hat halts the advance of the midday sun from above, so it sneaks below by deflecting off the water. The man's reflection stares coolly up at him. It locks eyes with his as if to challenge him, and soon the pair appear lost in a contest of wills.

The Skip

Written By Paul Knierim

https://www.quietplease.org/100

Read By Wyatt Henry

https://www.castingcall.club/wyatt-henry

Music: Sleep And Create Moon by Ben McElroy

https://uppbeat.io/track/ben-mcelroy/sleep-and-create-moon

Video and Audio Edited By Peter Beeston

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction/

#Monologue #Poem #Water #Creek #River #Relaxing #Character #South #American   

Frax

Written By Rex Davies

Performed By: David Taylor, Pip Mason, Mills Ross & Kathleen Li

Audio and Video Edited By Peter Beeston

Music: Kungfu Glitch Beats Stems By Joel Frijters  - Used Under a Creative Commons

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction/

#Poetry #Poem #Beats #SoundCollage #SoundArt #WordPoetry #SoundPoetry #Glitch

Lost Sight

Written and Performed By Matt McAteer

Audio and Video Edited By Peter Beeston

Music: Mesmerize By Incompetech - Used Under a Creative Commons License

http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/short-video-fiction/

#Poetry #Poem #CCTV #Reading #longing #Performance