This Is For You

Read By: Kim Ayres
Written By: Kim Ayres
Length: 2:41
Introduction: Stop thinking this is for someone else. It isn’t.

This is for you

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For those who can't listen to the above player, it's written out here:
http://kimayres.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/this-is-for-you.html

Yellow Bowl II

Read By: Eryl Shields
Written By: Eryl Shields
Length: 0:40
Introduction: This is a short poem inspired the mixing bowl my mother used to make all our cakes in, and that I have now inherited.

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Brief Encounter

Read By: Kim Ayres
Written By: Kim Ayres
Length: 1m 54s
Introduction: A couple of weeks ago, Pat from Past Imperfect asked about people's brief encounters with complete strangers where a moment was shared. It set me off thinking about a particular moment for me nearly 10 years ago

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On Saturday & Sunday

Read By: Kanani
Written By: Herself (no one else would bother do this stuff...)
Length: 7 minutes
Introduction: Here's something about attraction that I wrote last year. Ah, get a bit to drink, sit back and listen!

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The Sailor Who Drank The Sea

Read By: Jock Hunter
Written By: Bock the Robber
Length: 8:50
Introduction: One of a series of fairytales written by Bock and Wrinkly Paddy for their children.

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The Contract

Read By: Kim Ayres
Written By: Kim Ayres
Length: 12 seconds
Introduction: Sometimes you just have to survive one day at a time


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Friendly Fire

Read By: Mary Witzl
Written By: IMary Witzl
Length: 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Introduction: Wherein Mr Kreplach, a clueless French teacher, is on the receiving end of an egg.

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It's a Dirty Job...

Read By: Kim Ayres
Written By: Kim Ayres
Length: 1m 32s
Introduction: Mary first saw a version of this story when I submitted it to a Flash Fiction competition, and Eryl first heard it when I used it at a Storytellers' Workshop we were both on last year. I originally wrote it in a cartoon strip format over 20 years ago, but keep coming back to it and the questions it raises.


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Sarah's Secret

Read By: Patorpi from Past Imperfect
Written By: Patorpi from Past Imperfect
Length:3mins 29secs
Introduction: I first wrote this when my grandson was a small boy. Now he is 6' 2" and hoping to join the army.

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The Story Of Red

Read By: Kanani Fong
Written By: Kanani Fong
Length: Around 12 minutes or so
Introduction: This story follows Ava, from childhood through middle age, along with her mother and four aunts and their obsession with the color red.

This is my first attempt at podcasting, and I have no idea if I'm loading this thing properly. If I'm not, then you can find it on my new podcasting site over on Podbean, which by the way is annoying because I keep thinking "bean pod" and fee fie fo fum.

Try this link: Listen to this episode

Gothic - part 2

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Read By: Kim Ayres*
Written By: Dr Maroon
Length: 4m 57s
Introduction: A tale of mystery and suspense from the casebook of Doctor Maroon

Dr Maroon is informed by his old friend that the Redheaded League has been revived.


*With deepest apologies to Scots, Amercians, gorillas and manservants everywhere for the narrator's poor attempts at the variety of accents required for this tale.

The Rite Of The Lie

Read By: Problemchildbride
Written By: Problemchildbride
Length: 9 minutes - I know, I know
Introduction: Yarn from the Hebrides

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A sense of Routine

Read By: Eryl Shields The Kitchen Bitch Ponders
Written By: Eryl Shields
Length:2 minutes 33 seconds
Introduction: This is a kind of story poem. I was asked to write an autobiographical poem based on one of our five senses and told to think 'jazz'. I used Tomaz Salamun's poem I smell Horses in Poland as a model, not being a poet myself! It is the essence of my life up to a certain point now long since passed...

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Gothic- Part 1

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Read By: Kim Ayres
Written By: Dr Maroon
Length: 4m 21s
Introduction: A tale of mystery and suspense from the casebook of Doctor Maroon

After a casual stroll through London, Dr Maroon finds himself outside the door of his old friend Mr. Gorilla Bananas, the celebrated investigator.

Captain Dan

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Read By:Devin
Written By:Devin
Length:3:23
Introduction:A visit to the airport gets inspirational.

Shaggy Dog Story

Read By: Pat or PI
Written By: Pat or PI
Length: 3:17
Introduction: A visit to the local cinema.

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Getting Attached

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Read By: Justin
Written By: Justin
Length: 2:32
Introduction: You will have to know the cold to relate.

Sitting Sheepherder

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Read By: Justin Barker
Written By: Justin Barker
Length: 2:07
Introduction: A short story about rural life in Colorado.

The Flower

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Read By: Kim Ayres
Written By: Kim Ayres
Length: 2m 25s
Introduction: Sometimes it feels that no matter what you say or do, you are not going to convince someone who has determinedly made up their mind, especially when it comes to matters of appearance.

Tuglik and her Granddaughter

Read By: Eryl Shields
Written By: An old Inuit tale
Length: 1m 46s
Introduction: I found this story in Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales which is bursting with the fabulous. This one is from the icy depths of Innuit culture and I love it for it raises so many questions whilst at the same time being a rollicking good yarn.

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