The Strange Recital

By Tom Newton and Brent Robison

The Strange Recital is an audio forum for short fiction. We delight in perceptions of reality that twist and fold in unexpected ways.

Each podcast episode runs about 30 minutes and includes a story r... more

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The podcast currently has 172 episodes available.

The Strange Recital episodes:

July 21, 2019 The Ancient
"He looked at me. And, at last, I was certain of what I somehow felt I had known all along: this man, seated at the table in front of me, was no man at all. For these were not the eyes of a human." Among medieval documents, an encounter with a mysterious being.... Who is he, and where will it lead?
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27min
July 07, 2019 Ruinous Price
"I mixed my first martini at five. The morphine was taking its toll. The ceiling receded and the window looked out over the sea. The nurses appeared to be made of wire, sculpted..."
An artist trapped in a desert town in wartime. Or is it hospice? Pencils, doors, bottles, an ancient brass lamp... and the high cost of immortality.
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21min
June 23, 2019 The Sound of Snow
"The apartment brought her a new sense of calm. She thought of it as her cocoon. Her husband's death had now moved into her back brain and settled down."
She is frozen, hurt by deaths of various sorts... until one becomes the door to a life change. Listen... do you hear the colors?
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38min
June 02, 2019 Codex Plasmodium
"There is no future. This is not pessimism but the borderland of science, where time is only the present tense." A man's voice deep in the night... is anybody listening but you? City streets at dawn... those other humans... apostasy, enigma. Are you as real as you think you are?
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26min
May 19, 2019 Never the Same Again
"The self-styled philosopher with whom I share this little concrete cage tells me this: a normal life is like, say, a fancy ring with jewels." A young man ponders big questions.... Who controls the chain of events? How on earth did he end up here?
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18min
May 05, 2019 Beyond the Door
"That night at the dinner table he brought it out and set it down beside her plate. Doris stared at it, her hand to her mouth." A bit of early PKD madness... a selfish husband, an antique clock. Where exactly does the little cuckoo go? Can he see into your soul?
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25min
April 21, 2019 The Man Who Loved Solitude
"Terrence Murphy was a carpenter, still young but with middle age bearing down on him, and the prospect did not please him." New York 100 years ago... a mysterious girl... a man's life is transformed. What does "love" really mean, anyway?
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24min
April 07, 2019 Squid in Love
"Ramona likes Bruno ’cuz he has three arms. That’s right, three." What's a mother to do? Can she protect her son from the judgement of the "normal?" Maybe he doesn't want her to try.
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19min
March 24, 2019 Wasted
"For 24 hours after his world imploded, Nate lay in a St. Vincent’s Hospital bed, alternating between moaning like a homeless lunatic over Sheila and swearing at various masochistic Attack on America marathons..." The world looks bleak after September 11. New York is more toxic than ever. Can a man's life take a new course?
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24min
March 10, 2019 The Cloisonné Pill Box
"He has always hated that jewelry store, but something catches Marshall's eye as he passes by on his walk home from the Gray Panthers meeting...." A man's gift to his wife marks the days, and the cycle of life continues. In this jewel-like story, perhaps birds are symbols of some ultimate freedom.
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22min

FAQs about The Strange Recital:

How many episodes does The Strange Recital have?

The podcast currently has 172 episodes available.