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Rats * NEW *
by M.R. James
In this short ghost story, a gentleman comes to regret the desire to investigate a locked room in the country inn where he is staying.
Read by Richard Mitchley.
Playing time: 14 minutes.
Campfire Story * NEW *
by Theo Clarke
We all like telling scary stories round the campfire, but what happens when life becomes more scary than the fiction you're telling? Here, a group of friends discover what it really means to be scared. Expect the unexpected...
Performed by The Bunbury Banter Theatre Company.
Playing time: 12 minutes. www.bunbanter.com
The Girl from Arles * NEW *
by Alphonse Daudet
A poignant and tragic tale from a wonderful French short story writer and novelist.
Read by Stephen Fry.
Playing time: 8 minutes. www.csaword.co.uk
Cryosleep * NEW *
by Hugh McDowall
We follow 2nd docking pilot Carolyn Fry, indeterminate age 41, on her space travel journal for the next seven days; that's seven standard of space flight, probably two to three months or years in your time. Welcome to Cryosleep: designed to sustain life, kill drive, ambition, light and love.
Performed by Gayle Dudley.
Playing time: 28 minutes.
Tell Me About It * NEW / Continued *
by Maurice Leitch
Blair Burnside, a young Ulster-born producer working for the BBC in London at the end of the sixties, is making a radio documentary on the Irish in Britain, a project which has become his consuming passion. Meanwhile, his domestic life is showing signs of strain; his nights away from his wife and young son merging in a crazy blur...
Read by the author. Part 3 of 4.
Playing time: 69 minutes. www.absoluteaudiobooks.com
Pat Hobby and Orson Welles * NEW *
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hollywood is buzzing with the arrival of Orson Welles. Meanwhile, tightened security prevents Hobby from entering the studio. His frustration takes the form of a hatred of Welles, about whom Hobby knows very little aside from the fact that he has a beard, and is making a great deal of money.
Read by Kerry Shale.
Playing time: 15 minutes.
In Conversation: T.C. Boyle * NEW *
with Michael Silverblatt
T. Coraghessan Boyle is a predigious fiction writer with ten potent novels and counting. Boyle is also a virtuoso short story writer, and always hip to the latest in social culture that he delights in skewering with his trademark wit.
A 'live' recording.
Playing time: 64 minutes. www.lannan.org
Out of the Confusion * NEW *
by Brenda Guiton
Hard pressed mother Pat is finding domestic life a source of pressure, especially worrying about her mother's failing health. Pat's sister Mavis enjoys the high life. Will Pat decide to up sticks and join her?
Performed by Encore.
Playing time: 33 minutes. www.encore01.com
Face to Face * NEW *
with Helen Bar-Lev
In an interview that first appeared on Israel Radio English Language news, Helen reads her poem Venus which recently won her the title of International Senior Poet Laureate from the Amy Kitchener Foundation. Born in New York, artist and poet Helen has been based in Israel for many years, a home that continues to inspire her wonderful words and watercolours.
Please visit www.helenbarlev.com for more information.
Playing time: 6 minutes.
Paying Up * NEW *
by Brendan Nolan
A very angry man phones the gas company about a huge bill and it all ends up in a very unexpected place!
Performed by Kim Hartman and John Nolan.
Playing time: 9 minutes. www.absoluteaudiobooks.com
Speaking For Virtue * REGULAR FEATURE *
with Gola Wolf Richards
"Stop, and smell the roses..." That is probably the simplest way of introducing a truly remarkable contributor to ABR. While other radio stations "Pause for thought", Wolf's wisdom and wordplay will leave you inspired. To borrow one of his own quotes, "Understanding the nature of change, changes the nature of understanding". Sit back and enjoy. For more information please visit www.mottocitizens.com
Playing time: 13 minutes.
Dream On * NEW *
by Paul Ekert
Robert is having a dream. Breakfast with his wife. His ex-wife. His dead ex-wife. The next night there she is again. His current wife is not amused as his dreams and reality begin to overlap. Robert begins a desperate hunt to find out what is happening. Be careful what you dream for...
Performed by The Wireless Theatre Company.
Playing time: 57 minutes. www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Animal Poems * NEW *
by Various
Including work from the imaginations of Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson and D.H. Lawrence.
Read by David Shaw-Parker and Jan Francis.
Playing time: 32 minutes.
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