The Strange Recital

The Strange Recital

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The Strange Recital episodes

  • The Calling
    "The moon cast eerie shadows over the body. Moonlight filtering through the shifting sycamore branches created the illusion that he was moving. Father Daniele knelt next to the man, who was lying in a pool of blood. 'Can your hear me, my son?'"   A murder in an Italian village... did the priest do it? Or is this mystery novel really about something else entirely?
    23 min
  • Sophie Last Seen
    "The initial sight of the living room was always a shock, as if she’d forgotten how she’d left it.... Years’ worth of ephemera and objects were stacked in overflowing boxes that lined the perimeter of the room...."    What changes inside you when a loved one disappears? Do you become a different person? Maybe this novel is all a metaphor.
    23 min
  • A Confession of Love and Emptiness
    "Living half a century is no great accomplishment; I’ve done it and more. Living through tomorrow may be something much bigger...."   What thoughts would you have as you face open heart surgery? Can someone be obsessed with empty space?
    22 min
  • Antiquity

    “Have you ever touched a really old person? I don’t mean just their hand or kissing their cheek or anything, I mean their naked skin, have you ever handled an old person?” What happens to sensuality with age? Can minds connect? This thoughtful story explores the bond between two women, almost strangers, young and old.

    29 min
  • Bacon's Revenge
    "Neal reached into his jeans pocket and touched the screw cap on the little glass vial he’d brought back from that old Cajun witchee-woman.... Okay. Almost showtime."   What steps would you take to protect your family pride? Down in the Irish Channel, things get a little rough.
    29 min
  • World Leader Retired
    "I knew him when we were young. We were friends of sorts for a few months. Then we lost touch..."   What if your old pal became President? He must live on a different plane of reality, that overlays yours like etched glass. But is your barber really a KGB agent?
    22 min
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    "A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck."   If you were facing imminent death, what would go through your head? This classic Civil War story explores that moment in exquisite detail.
    31 min
  • Nothing But The Truth!
    "He'd been working quietly on a memoir of his own, but suddenly saw that memoir, once the noblest of genres, would be forever tainted by the mendacity of fraudsters...."   If fiction is unbelievable, maybe that means it's actually true! But what would Oprah Winfrey say?
    23 min
  • Artcrime
    “Lately when people ask me how much longer I have on parole, I respond that I am practically on parole for life.”   An artist whose name is a diamond, trapped in an Orwellian nightmare. Or a petty criminal getting justice. Which is it?   (Photo by Patrick Simons 2013)
    27 min
  • Mistletoe

    "Christopher and Mary were looking for a place to have a picnic, not for a house, when they drove down the overgrown lane..."

    A young couple bring life and love to an abandoned house--just what it needs. But what if there are residents that only the cat can see? And what does mistletoe have to do with it?

    22 min

About The Strange Recital

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